Lesson Library

Willie · Professional · 44 min

In volume 3 of our New Age Piano series, you will learn 5 different left-hand accompaniment patterns that you can use to create your own New Age piano compositi…

Willie · Beginner · 42 min

Master these 10 Jazz and Blues licks to use them in your songs.

Willie · Professional · 70 min

In this 2nd volume, we will be learning how to build a solo over the Norah Jones song, "Don't Know Why." These techniques work well for most pop/rock songs so y…

Willie · Intermediate · 84 min

In this first volume, we will work on getting down the chords and the groove for this song that Norah Jones made famous. If you want to accompany yourself or ot…

Willie · Professional · 74 min

In this lesson we will cover four important uses of diminished harmony: 1) Diminished chord reharmonization, 2) Harmonizing melodies using diminished chords, 3)…

Willie · Professional · 69 min

After our Unforgettable Part 1 lesson, students were asking for more ways to fill out the accompaniment with improvisation, fills and runs. In this lesson we wi…

Willie · Intermediate · 67 min

In this second part, we will be covering improvisation techniques. The concepts in this lesson are extremely important for improvisors of ALL levels. In particu…

Willie · Professional · 44 min

In step 2 I am going to show you how to re-harmonize the song using some simple concepts at first, then moving into more advanced techniques. The first part of…

Willie · Intermediate · 63 min

In this 4-step mini course we will cover different ways to arrange, improvise and accompany oneself using George Gershwin's standard Someone To Watch Over Me. S…

Willie · Intermediate

In this series, I break down how to create a blues song using my ABC approach. A stands for accompaniments and style, B is Building a Solo and C is chords and p…

Willie · Intermediate

This Meter's tune is a great song to help round-out both organ players and pianists alike who want to play a bassline groove while improvising in the right hand…

Willie · Intermediate · 72 min

In part 2 we are going to finish up creating 3 options for lines 5-8 for the song. We will also cover some "options within the options" like tri-tone substituti…

Willie · Intermediate · 47 min

In this second part, we will cover soloing techniques and endings. Using the soloing techniques in this lesson, you will be able to create a basic solo over mos…

Willie · Intermediate · 16 min

Improvisation over the song "Bring Him Home" from Les Misérables.

Willie · Beginner · 49 min

Using techniques from our step-by-step standards series you will learn how to create an easy bossa nova arrangement for "The Shadow Of Your Smile." We will also…

Willie · Professional · 75 min

In this second part of "Use Me" we will talk about how to create some interesting improvisation ideas using different scales and arpeggios. Using some simple co…

Willie · Beginner · 58 min

Wondering how to start that song? Need a cool ending? This series will teach you some of the intros and endings that I have come to love. We will break each exa…

Willie · Professional · 68 min

In this second part we will cover in detail the minor 2-5-1 progression and you will learn some really cool improv licks. We will also cover how to create chord…

Willie · Intermediate

In this lesson we will use the chord progression to Summer Samba to learn how to create that cool, relaxed Bossa Nova beat. We will also cover how to add fills…

Willie · Professional · 66 min

In this 2 part lesson we will be working through the groove for Bill Withers Use Me. In part 1 we will cover the different keyboard licks and variations. We wil…

Willie · Professional · 65 min

In this second part we will cover some usage of the diminished chord for improvisation. We will also apply diminished replacement techniques to song snippets "I…

Willie · Professional · 72 min

In this "Romantic," rubato-style version I will show you step-by-step the improvisation of the song and how to use arpeggios in your songs to create flourishes,…

Willie · Professional · 71 min

In this lesson, we will focus on really digging into diminished harmony. This is an important skill, especially if you want to learn to play cocktail piano and…

Willie · Intermediate · 24 min

In this lesson I will show you exactly what a secondary and extended dominant is and how they are used. These chords are a great way to help your re-harmonizati…