Lesson Library

Willie · Intermediate · 46 min

Learn Willie’s arrangement of Ramsey Lewis’s classic “The ‘In’ Crowd,” exploring groove, style, and rhythmic feel while building confidence in your own creative…

Anna · Beginner · 52 min

A lesson to develop awareness of how we are breathing, learn to draw deeper, more supported breaths and increase breath capacity.

Willie · Intermediate · 59 min

"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" is a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks and recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958. This popular Christmas classic will be a gre…

Willie · Intermediate · 6 min

Play along with the bass player over Swingin' Shepherd Blues.

Willie · Professional · 41 min

In this lesson we will create a more advanced sound in our improvisation by using quartal straddles and by adding grace notes to chords.

Willie · Intermediate · 26 min

In this lesson we are going to focus on R7 and R3 chord shells over dominant seventh chords. We will also work through a pentatonic scale exercise.

Willie · Intermediate · 26 min

In this lesson we are going to learn the entire 12-bar advanced blues form along with chords and comping.

Willie · Intermediate · 30 min

You'll learn how to use grace notes and double stops to add a bluesy "gritty" sound to your improvisation. This gives you that classic blues piano improvisation…

Willie · Intermediate · 26 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to use neighbor tones to create a bebop sound in your improvisation lines.

Paul · Intermediate · 94 min

This lesson features a song by one of the most famous folk singer-songwriters of all time, James Taylor. A beautiful piece that is familiar to a large audience,…

Paul · Intermediate · 81 min

This lesson features one of the most classic and recognizable pieces of piano repertoire of all time. The piece, by Vince Guaraldi from "A Charlie Brown Christm…

Willie · Intermediate · 39 min

Sheet music has been added. Please note, this is version 1 of the music and it will likely change a bit once the lesson video is released. I am no longer teachi…

Willie · Intermediate · 45 min

In this lesson you'll learn the jazz standard Autumn Leaves in both a solo and group style arrangement. We will also cover improvisation.

Willie · Intermediate · 38 min

In this first standard, you'll be learning the Henry Mancini classic "The Days of Wine and Roses." Be sure to watch "How the course works" to learn how best to…

Willie · Intermediate · 226 min

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 "Wal…

Willie · Beginner · 89 min

In this lesson you'll learn the last part of the solo for "Just The Way You Are" and I will also answer students' questions about improvisation and how to get s…

Willie · Intermediate · 74 min

In this lesson we will focus on how to add play and rest techniques to your solo.

Willie · Professional · 74 min

In this lesson we will add on 2 new scales and discuss why and how to build your solo using one scale at a time.

Willie · Professional · 73 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to analyze the song Easy Living. We will also cover what to do if you lose the form and how to quickly spin up an improvisation…

Willie · Professional · 42 min

Learn how to create altered chords and improvise over them in this lesson.

Willie · Beginner · 6 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to play the 12-bar blues form along with 7th chords.

Willie · Beginner · 8 min

Learn the 12 bar blues form, its analysis along with basic 7th chords.

Willie · Intermediate · 13 min

Learn how to add the 9th to our guide tones for fuller-sounding chords.

Willie · Professional · 57 min

In this lesson, you'll learn my 8-Steps To Improvisation method which includes: 1. Target Notes, 2. Chord Tones, 3. Scales, 4. Activating the Left Hand, 5. Neig…