Body and Soul

Super Simple Standards (Part 1)

Discover how to create beautiful, simple arrangements for jazz standards in Super Simple Standards, a course designed specifically for beginners. This course focuses on building a strong foundation with: Chord Shells: Master the essential framework of jazz chords. Breaking Up Shells: Learn how to bring variety and motion to your arrangements. Simple Left-Hand Motion: Develop confidence with easy left-hand patterns. Filling in the Right Hand: Add simple melodic fills to complete your sound. By the end of this course, you’ll have the tools to create your own arrangements for popular jazz standards with ease and confidence. Perfect for beginners ready to bring jazz to life on the piano! Are these arrangements for SOLO or GROUP playing? The arrangements and techniques that you'll learn in this course are the absolute FOUNDATION for either solo or group playing. In other words, these techniques are needed whether playing in a group or solo. That said, you'll find these arrangements work very well in both settings!