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Day 3

Willie · Intermediate

7 Days of Improvisation

When it comes to playing the piano, you can play…Right Hand Alone, Left Hand Alone, or Hands Together. Don’t think of your hands being independent, think instea…

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Day 6

Willie · Intermediate · 51 min

7 Days of Improvisation

This lesson will show you how to create and weave your own solo using chord tones and enclosures. We will use the song “It Could Happen To You” to create our so…

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Play Piano For Hours #7

Willie · Intermediate · 43 min

Play Piano for Hours

In this lesson we will move toward a jazz style and you’ll learn how to create chord structures that sound more open.

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Play Piano For Hours #2

Willie · Intermediate · 53 min

Play Piano for Hours

Building off of lesson 1, now learn to substitute chords to create a more robust chord progression. We will also use Jingle Bells as a springboard.

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Play Piano For Hours #3

Willie · Intermediate · 56 min

Play Piano for Hours

In this lesson, slash chords and chord tensions are introduced which change the bass motion of the song and create a more sophisticated “spicy” sound.

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Play Piano For Hours #4

Willie · Intermediate · 51 min

Play Piano for Hours

In lesson 4 we will add more rhythm to the chord progression to create a better sense of flow between chords.

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Improvising Lines Over Songs

Willie · Intermediate · 32 min

Jazz Improvisation Exercises

In this lesson I’ll show you how to create different improvisation lines using a variety of techniques like chord tones and approaches. These techniques work ov…

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Organ A Flat Shout

Darby · Professional · 68 min

Organ Techniques

Shout music is a type of gospel music characterized by very fast tempo, chromatic basslines, snare hits and hand claps on the upbeat of each beat. In this lesso…

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Advanced Organ Shout

Darby · Professional · 58 min

Organ Techniques

This more advanced lessons will give you more organ shout techniques that you can use.

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Soon and Very Soon

Willie · Professional · 50 min

Gospel Arrangements 1

This Andraé Crouch (July 1, 1942 – January 8, 2015) classic Soon and Very Soon was written in 1978 and features a lot of rich gospel piano techniques. You’ll le…

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Rock Piano Arranging

Willie · Intermediate · 46 min

Rock Piano Basics

Learn how to create an arrangement for rock styles by learning rhythmic accents, how to break up chords, clusters and more.

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Arpeggios, 2-5-1's and Tritones

Willie · Professional · 50 min

2-5-1 Essentials

Learn how to use arpeggios over 2-5-1 progressions to create beautiful introductions and endings.

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Walking Bass At The Piano

Willie · Intermediate · 6 min

Blues, Basslines, Re-harm, Chords and Comping

A quick lesson on how to create a walking bassline.

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"Blue In Green"

Willie · Professional · 60 min

Jazz Standards Vol. 2

Learn how to play this classic song from Miles Davis, “Kind of Blue” recording. Since this is a more advanced “like a pro” lesson, you’ll learn how to create ch…

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"It Had To Be You"

Willie · Intermediate · 15 min

Great Beginning Repertoire

In this lesson I’ll show you how to play this classic song using an extremely easy technique. Perfect for students of all levels. It Had To Be You – Learn my si…