In this lesson, I'll give you techniques that will help you improvise over chord progressions more easily.

This lesson teaches you a great bluesy two-handed comping riff that works over the various dominant chords in a 12-bar blues form. You’ll learn to build the chords for this riff note-by-note, transpose them through the blues form, and practice playing in a rock and shuffle groove setting.

The ii-V-I (2-5-1) chord progression is one of the most popular and important in jazz. In this lesson you'll learn different ways to improvise over 2-5-1 progressions and how to create your own licks and phrases.

Perhaps one of the most important progressions in jazz, you need to know how to improvise over the ii-V-I progression. In this lesson we begin by learning how to create 2-5-1 voicings in all 12 keys.

Learn an improvisation pattern that you can use over cycle 4 motion.

Learn how to play a full 12-bar blues. You'll also learn about tags and how to transpose the blues into different keys. This prepares you for the next lesson on Chicken Pox Blues improvisation.

In this lesson we will learn how to improvise over the song Do'h blues. This is a great introduction to improvisation.

Dominant motion is the strongest chordal motion in Western music. Learn how to use this technique to expand your chord progressions.

Putting Chords to a Simple Melody. For this lesson we will be using the melody of “Early One Morning” and learning how to put chords to the arrangement. These techniques work if you want to apply chords to a pop or rock melody as well.

Learn the essentials in the Key of F

Learn the essentials in the Key of F#

Learn the essentials in the Key of E

Learn the essentials in the Key of Eb

Learn the essentials in the Key of B

Learn the essentials in the Key of Bb

Learn the essentials in the Key of Ab

Learn the essentials in the Key of Db

Learn the essentials in the Key of A

Learn the essentials in the Key of D

Learn the essentials in the Key of G

In this lesson (part 1 of 2) you’ll learn several different basslines that you can use to play a slow blues. Using Stormy Monday as a starting point, these 8 basslines allow you to create multiple slow blues arrangements.

Learn the essentials in the Key of C

In this lesson you'll learn about different blues progressions from basic to more advanced jazz/blues progressions. You'll also learn several basslines and licks to use over these progressions.

In this lesson you'll learn a really cool minor chord progression and how to play it with two-handed chord voicings and an easy bassline.

This lesson is designed to help students understand how to form and play triads. We will cover the 2 ways to form triads and most importantly discuss how to create and USE inversions. Students will also be given some valuable exercises to increase the speed in which they can move between chords. If you are interested in Rock/Pop piano, this lesson is a must! You need to know the information in this lesson inside and out before moving on to any of our more advanced lessons. This lesson also pairs well with our Rock Basics lesson.

In this 2-part lesson we are going to work through a common progression with a walking bassline and comping chords. Part 2 we will improvise over the bassline. Solid walking basslines are an important skill for any keyboardist and this lesson will show you techniques that I use to this day on gigs. Lesson is done on an organ but is great for all pianists!

If you want to learn improvisation, this is the lesson for you. These concepts are VERY IMPORTANT for creating both bebop lines and general improvisational lines. Think of a line as a lick or phrase. In this lesson we will cover several lines and their construction. These ideas will quickly help you in 2 ways: 1) it will make your playing sound more sophisticated right away and 2) you will start to understand how to create and "weave" an improvised line through a set of chords. (Faster Fingers 3c)

In this first volume of Deep Purple's version of the Joe South song, "Hush," we will be covering the groove and form of the song. We will spend a lot of time breaking down different ways of using the organ to create a groove over the chords. Volume 2 will work on improvisation.

In this lesson we are going to work through an arrangement for Auld Lang Syne in 8 steps (The 8th step is Special Reharm pt 2). In each step we will add a new technique that we can use for reharmonization of this song and countless others. If you are interested in reharmonization, want to create your own arrangements or need more help with concepts like Dominant motion, related ii's, tri-tone substitution then this lesson is for you! Even beginners can benefit from this lesson...just remember to go slow and re-watch the chapters!

This lesson I am going to show you some techniques I taught Suzuki students this past week in Louisville, KY. These are some great easy Blues techniques as well as some Rock/Pop piano ideas.

In this week's lesson we will be covering one of the most important songs that you should have in your repertoire...."Happy Birthday," also known as "Good Morning to All." In this lesson you'll learn a very simple way to play the song then 4 different variations including an advanced jazz version!

In this lesson, I'll teach how to create a sus-chord groove. You'll learn passing chords and chordal groove techniques. I'll also teach you some hip improvisation tricks.

This is the place to start if you want to learn the basics of Blues & Boogie piano playing. I'll teach you the "basic" shuffle groove and show you some licks to play over it. You'll also learn about sliding and crushing notes. Neighbor chords and suspensions.

You'll learn the New Orleans, Gene Harris and Fat's Domino grooves on this DVD. I'll also teach you the Boogie in octaves plus a bunch of licks, turnarounds and endings! Sheet music is included along with DVD502

This is a "summary" DVD of the first 3 DVDs making it easy to see how the lessons work together. This is also a 'quick-start' for advanced players. The music for DVD504 is found on DVD501-503.