Lesson Library

Paul · Intermediate · 57 min

Use the 2 left-hand basslines and 2 right-hand riffs to create a total of four blues grooves. Work with the rock and shuffle jam tracks, transpose the grooves t…

Paul · Intermediate · 23 min

In this lesson you'll learn different variations you can use in your left hand, how to create your own licks and riffs and different intros and endings.

Willie · Professional · 59 min

In this first lesson, you'll learn about rhythm in improvisation and how to create improvisation lines using proper fingering and dynamics. You'll also learn so…

Willie · Professional · 343 min

In this massive 12-part lesson I'll show you how to create and improvise over arrangements in different styles. We will also cover some advanced improvisation t…

Willie · Professional · 55 min

"My Yiddishe Momme" is a song written by Jack Yellen (words and music) and Lew Pollack (music), first recorded by Willie Howard, and was made famous in Vaudevil…

Willie · Professional · 49 min

Learn major and minor dominant upper structure triads with examples from “Days of Wine and Roses”, “Misty”, “My ship”, and “Prelude to a Kiss." A helpful Upper…

Willie · Intermediate · 19 min

This lesson is a great followup to Intros and Endings Volume 1 and will help you understand the material much better.

Darby · Professional · 81 min

Learn how to get those classic organ sounds by manipulating the drawbars and settings of the organ. If you want those classic organ sounds, this is the lesson f…

Paul · Professional · 62 min

This lesson features a popular Duke Ellington tune. You will learn an advanced arrangement of this tune and breakdown the various jazz devices that go into crea…

Paul · Beginner · 59 min

From the Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach This famous melody is a beautiful piece to add to your piano repertoire. You will learn this piece in a step-by-step ma…

Willie · Intermediate · 31 min

This live lesson dives into how to use your metronome on beats 2 & 4 and how this can help your practice and improvisation.

Paul · Professional · 45 min

In this lesson, you will learn to tackle the standard “Blue Bossa” and arrange various phrases of the song with some pro techniques. In the end, you’ll have a f…

Willie · Intermediate · 53 min

In this course you’ll learn how to comp in both a solo and group setting. If you’ve wondered how to get a fuller sound with your left-hand accompaniment, this l…

Willie · Professional · 49 min

If you love Blues piano, this is the course for you. In this course, we are going to spend 8 weeks covering different blues styles and progressions. I’ll show y…

Willie · Professional · 44 min

Learn how to improvise over the Charlie Parker classic song, "Blues For Alice" with a bassline and rootless chords in the right hand, and rootless chords in the…

Willie · Intermediate · 429 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to comp chords and improvise over a simple minor-key bassline. We will discuss how to create longer phrases and add rests to you…

Willie · Intermediate · 42 min

In this lesson you'll learn a really cool minor chord progression and how to play it with two-handed chord voicings and an easy bassline.

Paul · Professional · 47 min

In part 1 of this lesson you will learn how to play The Beatles – In My Life. Not only will you learn the basic melody and harmony but you will learn their rela…

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 · 61 min

In this lesson, I’ll share my tips, tricks and techniques that I use to pick out songs and chord progressions by ear. I’ll also show you how to use a mix of you…

Willie · Professional · 59 min

In this lesson we will focus on the stride technique that we ended on in part 2. We will work through an easy and more advanced stride pattern along with licks…

Willie · Intermediate · 3 min

In this arrangement we will learn how to go from a groove to adding the melody. By learning a few key rhythmic patterns, you can apply the melody on top and cre…

Willie · Professional · 40 min

In this important lesson for ALL styles, we will talk about the core ingredients of a 2-5-1 progression and chord voicings. Once you understand these core conce…

Willie · Professional · 80 min

In this lesson we will continue to build upon our grooves with 3 new grooves. We will also expand our progression and talk about how to combine all of these con…