The Confident Improviser - Advanced

Learn how to improvise over our "Just Standards" songs in this class.

This is an advanced-level class so you should have already gone through several major scales and know your chords.

To get ready for this class, be sure to work through these preparation lessons.

It is also a great idea to work through The Confident Improviser™ - Level 1.

In this class, you'll learn:

Scales and "ingredients" for improvising
How to use rhythm in your improvisation
How to create licks and variations
How to apply your improvisation skills to other styles (i.e. rock, pop, gospel, blues, latin and more)
Exercises to practice to stay on track

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Class Date: September 20, 2023 1:00 pm
Timezone: Eastern Timezone
Day of Week: Wednesday
Type: class
Event Focus: Building a solo over the A section
Event Song: Saving All My Love For You
Teacher: willie
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Level One

30-Day Playbook™

30-Day Piano Playbook

Piano Essentials™

Pain, Tension and Technique
Foundations For Beginners – Technique
Piano Essentials Key of C
Piano Essentials Key of G
Piano Essentials Practice Tips

The Confident Improviser™

How the TCI Program Works
TCI - Exercise #1
TCI - Exercise #2
TCI - Exercise #3
TCI - Exercise #4
TCI - Exercise #5
TCI Practice Guides

Chord Essentials™

Chord Essentials Tips
Chord Essentials - Key of C
Chord Essentials - Key of F
Chord Essentials - Key of G

Level Two

Piano Essentials™

Piano Essentials Key of F
Piano Essentials Key of D
Piano Essentials Key of A
Piano Essentials Key of B Flat

The Confident Improviser™

TCI - Exercise #6
TCI - Exercise #7
TCI - Exercise #8
TCI - Exercise #9
TCI - Exercise #10
TCI - Exercise #11
TCI - Exercise #12
TCI - Exercise #13
TCI - Exercise #14
TCI - Exercise #15

Chord Essentials™

Chord Essentials - Key of B Flat
Chord Essentials - Key of D
Chord Essentials - Key of A
Chord Essentials - Key of E Flat

Piano Accompaniment Essentials™

PACE Pattern #1 (Triads and Inversions)
PACE Pattern #2 (Slash Chords & Broken Triads)
PACE Pattern #3 (Seventh Chords)
PACE Pattern #4 (Mixing Triad & Seventh Chords)

Standards by the Dozen™

SBTD-1: The Days of Wine And Roses
SBTD-2: Autumn Leaves
SBTD-3: Misty

Level Three

Piano Essentials™

Piano Essentials Key of E Flat
Piano Essentials Key of A Flat
Piano Essentials Key of E
Piano Essentials Key of D Flat
Piano Essentials Key of F Sharp
Piano Essentials Key of B

The Confident Improviser™

TCI - Exercise #16
TCI - Exercise #17
TCI - Exercise #18
TCI - Exercise #19
TCI - Exercise #20
TCI - Exercise #21
TCI - Exercise #22
TCI - Exercise #23
TCI - Exercise #24
TCI - Exercise #25

Chord Essentials™

Chord Essentials - Key of E
Chord Essentials - Key of A Flat
Chord Essentials - Key of B
Chord Essentials - Key of D Flat
Chord Essentials - Key of G Flat

Piano Accompaniment Essentials™

PACE Pattern #5 (Chord Tensions & Flow Between The Hands)
PACE Pattern #6 (How to Create Fills & Riffs)
PACE Pattern #7 (Accompaniment Fluidity)
PACE Pattern #8 (Fills Within The Accompaniment)

Standards by the Dozen™

SBTD-4: The Way You Look Tonight
SBTD-5: All The Things You Are
SBTD-6: My Funny Valentine
SBTD-7: On Green Dolphin Street
SBTD-8: New York State of Mind

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