Lesson Library

Paul · Intermediate · 103 min

In this class, students will engage in a comprehensive process in order to cultivate their aural skills and enhance their ability to learn and play music by ear…

Anna · Intermediate · 64 min

Anna will be working both singers and non-singers to feel more confident using their voice in their art. As a pianist and Berklee grad herself, Anna will be the…

Willie · Intermediate · 58 min

Learn this fun Christmas song in 5 steps. Each measure is broken down and several ways to make the arrangement easier are also discussed.

Mike · Beginner · 43 min

In this course, Mike discusses rhythms in life, The Pulse in music, time signatures, notes and rests (and the importance of space!) down to 16ths, counting as a…

Willie · Intermediate · 78 min

"O Holy Night" (also known as "Cantique de Noël") is a well-known Christmas carol. Originally based on a French-language poem by poet Placide Cappeau, written i…

Willie · Beginner · 220 min

In this course you'll learn how to play Jingle Bells three ways: Easy, Jazz and Klezmer. We will also cover improvisation in session #4.

Willie · Beginner · 333 min

In this course you'll learn how to play three Christmas classics: Away in a Manger, God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen and Silent Night.

Willie · Beginner · 218 min

In this course you'll learn how to play five Christmas classics: Silent Night, Joy To The World, Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire (The Christmas Song), O Chri…

Willie · Beginner · 73 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to create a full arrangement, using the 4-step Standards Approach, from a lead sheet for Baby It's Cold Outside, a popular Chris…

Willie · Intermediate · 100 min

Dating back to the 1800's, The First Noel is a traditional English Christmas carol. In this lesson, you'll learn a beautiful slow arrangement of the song.

Anna · Intermediate · 66 min

Anna will be working both singers and non-singers to feel more confident using their voice in their art. As a pianist and Berklee grad herself, Anna will be the…

Willie · Professional · 101 min

In this workshop, you’ll learn how to work with a bass player. My friend, and bassist extraordinaire, Bryan Frank Rizzuto and I will teach you the techniques yo…

Anna · Intermediate · 59 min

Anna will be working both singers and non-singers to feel more confident using their voice in their art. As a pianist and Berklee grad herself, Anna will be the…

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…

Anna · Intermediate · 68 min

Anna will be working both singers and non-singers to feel more confident using their voice in their art. As a pianist and Berklee grad herself, Anna will be the…

Paul · Intermediate · 59 min

In this lesson we will be learning a quintessential jazz standard by one of the most famous musicians in jazz - 'Round Midnight by Thelonious Monk. We'll be exa…

Paul · Intermediate · 89 min

In this lesson we will learn a popular jazz standard by a famous bossa nova musician and composer - Desafinado by Antonio Carlos Jobim. We will learn how to cre…

Paul · Intermediate · 66 min

This lesson features one of the greatest and most-covered songs of all-time. "Sunny" was written by Bobby Hebb 60 years ago and has been recorded by Stevie Wond…

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 · 24 min

"Christmas Time Is Here" is a popular Christmas standard written by Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson for the 1965 television special A Charlie Brown Christmas,…

Willie · Intermediate · 37 min

This classic Billy Joel tune is a great bridge between rock and jazz and offers many exciting jazz 'twists' which we will cover. This rock standard will be appr…

Willie · Intermediate · 45 min

We start this course by discussing a few important lead sheet concepts. This first lesson is really an introduction to the course and there is no sheet music fo…

Willie · Professional · 67 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to create a bassline for Tennille's Blues. I have included the sheet music for the bassline by itself along with the melody with…

Willie · Intermediate · 33 min

Learn how to use the basslines from Jazz & Blues Made Easy. Refer to that lesson for the sheet music in today's session.