Jazz: The Story of America's Music
Like Duolingo, but for Jazz: The Story of America's Music. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
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You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo turns Jazz: The Story of America's Music into a game you actually finish. Levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that make it stick. Five minutes a day.
Where Jazz: The Story of America's Music takes you
Travel through time to discover how a mix of cultures in New Orleans created a brand new sound. Learn to hear the secrets of improvisation and meet the legends who changed music forever.
- 1
The Birth of a New Sound
- Where Jazz Started
- Mixing Different Cultures
- The Rhythm of the Streets
- Early Instruments and Bands
- 2
How Jazz Works
- Making It Up as You Go
- Keeping the Beat
- Call and Response
- The Blue Notes
- How to Listen to a Solo
- The Role of the Piano
- 3
The Era of Big Bands
- Music for Dancing
- Leading a Large Group
- The Famous Ballrooms
- 4
The Great Soloists
- The King of the Trumpet
- Singing Without Words
- The First Ladies of Song
- Saxophone Giants
- Piano Masters
- 5
Modern Jazz and Beyond
- Fast and Complex Sounds
- Cool and Relaxed Styles
- Mixing Jazz with Rock
- Jazz Around the World Today
5 sections · 22 units · 88 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
Which specific combination of people turned 19th-century New Orleans into a unique cultural crossroads unlike any other American city?
Get it right to open this lesson and 87 more in the app.
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