In this lesson you'll learn how to create a bassline for Tennille's Blues. I have included the sheet music for the bassline by itself along with the melody with the bassline.

Learn how to use the basslines from Jazz & Blues Made Easy. Refer to that lesson for the sheet music in today's session.

In this lesson you'll learn different techniques to add motion to your left hand along with groove and bassline approach exercises.

In this lesson I'll show you how to use the bluesy pentatonic scale to create more improvisation licks over the blues. We will play these licks over both the bassline and boogie-woogie bass pattern.

You'll learn how to play an easy boogie-woogie bass pattern in this lesson.

In this lesson you'll learn how to create and play an easy walking bassline that you can use for both jazz and blues songs.

In this lesson you'll learn how 2 new triplet-based rhythms along with how to apply them to licks.

In this lesson you'll learn how play an alternate minor bassline. This new bassline is based off the bassline we learned in lesson #17.

In this lesson you'll learn how play a minor blues progression walking bass with the rootless chords we learned in lesson #16.

In this lesson you'll learn how improvise over the minor blues progression we have been working on for the past couple of lessons.

In this lesson we will learn how to play a blues bassline with rootless chords in the right hand.

In this lesson you'll learn how play a minor blues progression with rootless chords.

In this lesson, you'll learn three critical aspects of improvisation: Accompaniment, Rhythm and Licks. By combining together these three elements, you'll see how anyone can improvise...even if you have never done it before!

We will cover: Accompaniment with three bass patterns and the Improvisation Secret Weapon with examples.

In this lesson, we will show you how to play the piano-based funk groove that makes up Earth Wind & Fire’s classic funk-party hit “September.” You will learn the chords and specific voicings, as well as the left-hand bassline, that make up this groove, and we will show you how to practice establishing the groove using your metronome and the 2 provided jam tracks.

Oftentimes funk tunes are built on the traditional 12-bar blues form. The elements which transform a tune from a swing-blues to a funk-blues are usually things like groove, instrumentation, and comping rhythms. In this lesson, we will teach you a powerfully effective yet simple blues-funk comping groove. In addition, you will also learn to add a left hand baseline, a funky fill, and even a bonus chapter which discusses a commonly-encountered funk voicing for dominant chords.

First 10 piano challenges.

In this lesson you will learn LUSH, full jazz/soul chords to use in your arrangements and compositions.

Learn step-by-step a full arrangement of "All Blues." You will also learn some improvisation tips for the song.

In this lesson you will learn 2 left-hand basslines and 2 right-hand riffs which you will be able to mix-and-match to create four different two-handed blues grooves. We will also discuss the skill of transposition as you bring these basslines through the blues form.

This course brings you through walking bassline exercises #2-5, each getting more challenging. Topics of discussion include chord tones, scale tones, chromatic tones, and whole-step and half-step resolution.

This course focuses on bringing the standard 12-bar blues form into a more advanced and diverse chord structure by demonstrating some specific places where alternate chord changes are commonly used. Altered extensions can also be used on particular chords in order to create motion from one chord to the next.

In this lesson you are going to be using chord substitutions in a 12 bar blues form to create a full blues "song" with bassline.

In this lesson you'll learn some of the specific elements of the blues song we created in the last lesson like descending harmony and a must have lick.

If you've never played boogie-woogie before, this is a great place to start! We will break down all of the licks and riffs and you'll learn how to play them over a boogie bassline,

In this lesson we will continue where we left off and break down the licks along with the bassline.

In this first lesson you'll learn how to play the bassline and get in the groove. You'll also get some helpful practice tips and learn how to increase your speed.

We will finish up our advanced boogie song learning a couple more licks and endings.

In this first lesson, you'll learn about rhythm in improvisation and how to create improvisation lines using proper fingering and dynamics. You'll also learn some improvisation exercises.

Now we will learn how to create an arrangement using the chords we created in the last lesson.

In this lesson we will create a bassline in different styles to use on Silent Night.

Learn how to create a solo over a blues bassline and play rootless chords in the right hand. If this lesson is too difficult, try the Ben's Blues lesson first.

In this lesson we will continue working on Summertime and add a bassline and improvisation. You'll also learn about rootless chords and how to comp.

"O Tannenbaum" (German), English: "O Christmas Tree", is a German Christmas song. Based on a traditional folk song which was unrelated to Christmas, it became associated with the traditional Christmas tree by the middle of the 19th century. This song was also popularized in the 1965 animated "A Charlie Brown Christmas " played by Vince Guaraldi.

In this lesson we will learn how to play a simple arrangement of It’s Only A Paper Moon using chord shells and bass line concepts.

Learn how to play each part of this classic rock song. This is a great jam song to play with other musicians as well!

"Break On Through (To the Other Side)" is a song by the Doors from their debut album, The Doors. It was the first single released by the band. In this lesson we will break down each section of the song, including Ray Manzarek's solo.

10 examples in a variety of styles to help you learn your chords, comping, styles and rhythms in the key of A

10 examples in a variety of styles to help you learn your chords, comping, styles and rhythms in the key of Ab

10 examples in a variety of styles to help you learn your chords, comping, styles and rhythms in the key of B

10 examples in a variety of styles to help you learn your chords, comping, styles and rhythms in the key of D

10 examples in a variety of styles to help you learn your chords, comping, styles and rhythms in the key of Db

10 examples in a variety of styles to help you learn your chords, comping, styles and rhythms in the key of E

10 examples in a variety of styles to help you learn your chords, comping, styles and rhythms in the key of F

10 examples in a variety of styles to help you learn your chords, comping, styles and rhythms in the key of F#

10 examples in a variety of styles to help you learn your chords, comping, styles and rhythms in the key of C.

"The Chicken" or simply "Chicken" is an instrumental funk tune composed by Pee Wee Ellis that was the B-side to James Brown's 1969 single "The Popcorn". Jazz bassist Jaco Pastorius also performed this song and we will learn it step-by-step.

Learn how to recreate that 50's blues piano sound.

Day 21-30 of the 30-Day Piano Playbook. These lessons will be more difficult than days 1-20 by design to help you find your playing level.

Shout music is a type of gospel music characterized by very fast tempo, chromatic basslines, snare hits and hand claps on the upbeat of each beat. In this lesson you'll learn how to play the bassline along with chords.