Lesson Library

Willie · Intermediate · 59 min

Welcome to "Just Standards," a new iteration of my popular Standards by the Dozen™ series. This class is a "prep" lesson to get you ready for the main class.

Willie · Intermediate · 41 min

Welcome to "Just Standards," a new iteration of my popular Standards by the Dozen™ series. This class is a "prep" lesson to get you ready for the main class.

Willie · Intermediate · 29 min

Welcome to "Just Standards," a new iteration of my popular Standards by the Dozen™ series. This first class is a "prep" lesson to get you ready for the class.

Willie · Intermediate · 41 min

We’re going to create blues licks using something other than the Blues Scale. This new scale gives us a bluesy sound without the same “biting” quality of the bl…

Willie · Professional · 38 min

In this lesson you'll learn some advanced warmup techniques that I like ot use to get ready for a performance.

Willie · Intermediate · 6 min

A quick lesson on how to create a walking bassline.

Willie · Intermediate · 67 min

Student questions answered.

Willie · Intermediate · 60 min

Learn some advanced ways to improvise over 2-5-1's. Approach tones will be discussed.

Willie · Beginner · 62 min

Beginner technique part 2.

Willie · Intermediate · 65 min

Student questions answered. Discussion on analysis and advanced rhythms.

Willie · Beginner · 59 min

Beginner technique, learn how to play basic rhythms and chords.

Willie · Intermediate · 64 min

Learn how to create a flowing left hand accompaniment. We will use the song "The Nearness of You" as an example.

Willie · Intermediate · 67 min

#IV ending covered along with alterations.

Willie · Intermediate · 66 min

Student questions answered. Beginner concepts also covered.

Willie · Beginner · 48 min

Beginner techniques part 3.

Willie · Beginner · 63 min

Beginner techniques part 4.

Paul · Intermediate · 34 min

The secrets for creating rich chords and snappy endings, that are actually used on gigs by professional musicians, are revealed step-by-step.

Paul · Intermediate · 31 min

Part 2 of the lesson. The secrets for creating rich chords and snappy endings, that are actually used on gigs by professional musicians, are revealed step-by-st…

Paul · Professional · 44 min

In this 2nd part we will focus on dominant 7 chord voicings with 2 hands along with some examples of how to apply these techniques.

Paul · Professional · 35 min

In this lesson, you’ll learn the 4-way closed position and rootless voicings that make your chord voicings scream professional. We begin by focusing on the voic…

Willie · Intermediate · 26 min

TwoMinutePiano – a perfect solution for those students with limited time. In these 9, two-minute mini-lessons, you’ll learn a variety of concepts with minimal t…

Willie · Beginner · 85 min

In this lesson you will learn how to identify and create different intervals. I will also be covering chord tensions. There is no sheet music for this lesson.

Willie · Beginner · 37 min

Learn an easier version of Ben's Blues in this class I did for Suzuki students.

Willie · Beginner · 51 min

This is an older lesson of one of my fun original songs, "Kimmy's So Cool" written for a student of mine years ago. Even though this isn't a jazz standard, I th…