Popular Classics Vol 2

In this lesson, you will learn how to play a reharmonized version of the Sting & The Police classic Every Breath You Take. Note, this is not the original version and contains some jazz style reharmonizations.

In this lesson, you will get an inside look into creating a reharmonized, solo piano jazz arrangement of the pop tune “Every Breath You Take”. Topics include how to reharmonize chords, jazz theory, reading a lead sheet, and how to create comping and soloing ideas over a static (2 chords only) harmony.

In this beautiful ballad, I'll take you step-by-step through my arrangement. I will also give you arrangement tips along the way. We will cover a bit of improvisation at the end. However, this lesson is mostly about learning the song.

Learn the classic piano section from Eric Clapton's song Layla originally released by Derek and the Dominos.

Learn Radiohead's "Paranoid Android" along with advanced techniques to make this song your own. We will cover all sections of the song along with alternate bass lines and right hand fills. We will also discuss how to learn a song by ear and what to listen for. If you like that rock piano sound, you'll like this lesson a lot. The last section of the song is very pretty and is open to a lot of improvisation, making it fun to jam on this song.

This Meter's tune is a great song to help round-out both organ players and pianists alike who want to play a bassline groove while improvising in the right hand. Some important scale techniques are discussed in this lesson which benefit both pianists and organists. This lesson is categorized under improvisation because of the valuable improvisation techniques covered in the second-half of the lesson.

This is a fun New Orleans groove! In this lesson I break down the form of "Tipitina" measure-by-measure. These are the licks and grooves that Dr. John plays. I will also show you how to transpose these patterns to new keys and create new combinations.