Vault lessons are older lessons which still contain a bunch of great material but are housed here to make it "cleaner" for you to not see a bunch of older lessons mixed with newer lessons.
These are older gospel lessons but still contain a bunch of great material.
In this advanced course, you'll take your jazz playing up a level by learning how to form rootless chords, comp and improvise over a more complicated blues progression. Course too difficult? Check out my beginner course.
My No Bull Piano™ course features lessons that strip away the B.S. that bloats other methods. Learn new techniques, clearly explained, that you can use right away in your piano playing.
The pentatonic scale and quartal chords are some of the most interesting and widely used techniques by jazz pianists for soloing and accompaniment over all styles. You'll learn numerous techniques in the course on how to use them in your playing.
Stop wandering around at the piano and learn once and for all of the accompaniment patterns you need to sound more professional while backing yourself or others at the piano.
Learn your essential scales, chords and progression in this in-depth course. This advanced course focuses on the next 6 keys. Start with the beginner course before doing this advanced course.
Learn your essential scales, chords and progression in this in-depth course. This beginner course focuses on the 6 keys you should master first. Once complete, move on to the advanced course.
In this course you'll learn some classic song arrangements. This course focuses on songs by Billy Joel, Elton John, Bruce Hornsby and the Doobie Brothers.
In this course you'll learn more classic song arrangements. This course focuses on songs by Van Morrison, The Police, Radiohead and Eric Clapton.
In this course you'll learn more classic song arrangements. This course focuses on songs by Carole King, Simon and Garfunkel, Deep Purple and The Animals.
In this 6-week course, you'll learn how to create "quick arrangements" of 6 different songs. You can use these concepts to spin up your own arrangements of not only jazz standards but rock and pop too!
In this course you will learn how to improve your rhythm at the piano. Using a combination of my easy vocalization approach, exercises, examples and tips you'll be on your way to becoming what I call a “Total Musician.”
Learn some great Doors songs while also learning how to play rock piano.
This course (from Rock Piano Lessons) teaches you the basics of how to play rock chords and technique. If you're new to the rock style, begin here.
When it comes to playing rock/pop piano, there are several basic concepts that you need to master to become a great rock player. These lessons will guide you through improving your technique and soloing for rock piano songs.
Learn that slow, soulful blues style in this course. You'll learn different accompaniment styles to make your slow blues playing sound more rich and full. We will also cover how to improvise over the blues for beginners.
In this course you'll learn more slow blues techniques like playing a blues in minor. We will also learn a slow blues-type rag and how to play slow gospel blues.
In this course, you'll learn a new standard every month. Each standard will be broken down into both simple and advanced arrangements so this course is great for players of all levels. You'll learn how to create both a solo and group arrangement while also learning two-handed comping and improvisation.
This course will focus mostly on stride piano and features songs by Fats Waller and Jelly Roll Morton.
In this course you'll learn how to master improvisation from the ground up. Whether you've improvised in the past or not, this course will show you, in detail, the steps needed to create a professional-sounding improvisation.
In this next level, we will be expanding our improvisation into new progressions and adding new accompaniments and scale ingredients. You must have a full Jazzedge membership to view this course.
The lessons and songs in this course are a blend of jazz/rock and smooth jazz styles. I will teach you ways to cross over from rock to jazz styles through reharmonization and arrangement techniques.
In this course you'll how to play arrangements for popular jazz standards. View the course to see the lessons inside!
In this course you'll learn how to create arrangements for three classics songs: "Yesterday" by Lennon/McCartney, "Well You Needn't" by Thelonious Monk and "Waltz For Debby" by Bill Evans. This course was taught live and shows you in detail the steps that I take to create both simple and more complex arrangements from a lead sheet / fakebook. It is recommended that you take my Step-By-Step Standards course before taking this course.
These easy arrangements are a great to way get started playing jazz standards. In combination with my "How To Play Standards" course, you will be well on your way to building a great jazz repertoire!
Learn some easier arrangements of classic latin standards.
This course is designed to teach you songs that would be great to have in your repertoire and I think these songs represent a great beginning repertoire to practice.
Similar to my How To Play Standards course, this course will give you a streamlined group of lessons designed to teach you how to QUICKLY spin up an arrangement from a leadsheet.
Have you always wanted to be able to sit at the piano and jam on a slow blues? This is the course for you then! We will break down the blues into its components and you'll learn how to put together your own slow blues using these different modules, accompaniments and reharmonization techniques.
If you have never played a standard before, start here to learn the different layers to create an arrangement of a standard and learn to improvise over it. This course is also home to my 12 Days of Jazz Standards lesson featuring "A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square."
In this course you will learn how to effectively improvise over jazz and blues forms using a variety of exercises. These techniques are great, especially if you are new to improvisation but know how to play the piano.
This lesson is great for intermediate players or any student that wants new ideas that add to their toolkit. Learning how to improvise doesn’t have to be mysterious or scary. I’ve learned that there is a definite approach in how to teach this skill that makes it easy for all students to learn.
In this collection we will cover the basics of how to combine melody, rhythm and harmony to create an improvised line. By utilizing material that I’ve created for beginners to improvisation, this collection will be easy and welcoming to all levels. The techniques you learn here will apply to all styles of improvised music!
In this course we will learn the styles of 7 different pianists who used blues, jazz, gospel and country piano techniques in their playing. You can do the lessons in this course in any order.
In this course you will learn several different Otis Spann, Gene Harris and blues/gospel licks. Chord progressions, chord voicings, rhythmic techniques and a wealth of improvisation material are also included.
In this collection we will be covering four different blues progressions, shuffle grooves, boogie in octaves, sliding, crushing, rolling notes and much more! This is an older course without the virtual keyboard but still has a ton of valuable info!
In this course you will learn different blues song arrangements. If you like the bebop and blues sound, slow and soulful blues and are ready to focus on improvisation combined with some advanced concepts, then this is the collection for you!
In this short course you'll learn four key concepts of how to effectively play jazz blues. You'll learn how to create a bassline, play rootless chords, reharmonize the blues progress and effectively comp chords.
In this course you'll the basics of boogie-woogie piano. You'll learn a walking bassline, licks, riffs, transposition of riffs, intros and endings.
In this course you will learn your chords using real examples that focus on the different keys using a variety of styles! These styles include, ballad, driving Rock, bossanova, swing, country rock, boogie blues, funk, classical, smooth jazz and stride.
Learn the basics of how to create cocktail piano arrangements using chordal techniques in the left hand along with style changes, basslines, tritone substitutions and improvisation.
In this course you'll find all of the lessons from the Jazz Christmas Music site that are intermediate or higher skill-level.
In this course you'll find all of the beginner-level lessons from the Jazz Christmas Music site.
In this TheTotalMusician course, you'll learn how to create and master use of your rootless chords. Rootless chords are an important tool in both group and solo piano playing. In session 1 we are covering the basics of how to create rootless chords. In session 2 we apply rootless chords to standards. We will follow up these 2 sessions with a session with a bass player to see how to interact and pick tunes with another musician.
In this TheTotalMusician course, you'll learn how to become the singer you've always wanted to be. With Anna's easy-going teaching style, you'll learn the techniques and exercises needed to learn to sing or improve your singing. All levels of singer are welcome, including absolute beginners to singing!
In this course, you'll learn from Mike Marble the "ins and outs" of rhythm and how to improve your rhythm and time!
My 30-Day Piano Playbook is a great way to get started with my lessons. Through these 30 lessons you'll learn about rhythm, improvisation, chords and more. Days 1-19 are easier lessons, while days 20-30 are more advanced.
Learn beautiful, slow ballad arrangements of popular songs in a range of styles. These songs range in difficulty but are rich with gorgeous chords and motion.
In this course you'll learn the song "My Funny Valentine" step-by-step along with techniques like right-hand fills, reharmonization and left-hand accompaniment patterns. This four-lesson course is a great way to improve your fakebook skills.
