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Willie · Intermediate · 75 min

30-Day Piano Playbook

Day 21-30 of the 30-Day Piano Playbook. These lessons will be more difficult than days 1-20 by design to help you find your playing level.

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…

Pain, Tension and Technique

Willie · Beginner · 66 min

Piano Essentials (Beginner)

PLEASE WATCH THIS LESSON! Do you suffer pain from playing the piano? Have you hit a wall in your playing speed? Is your body tense while playing? If you answere…

Triad Primer

Willie · Beginner · 64 min

Rock Piano Basics

This lesson is designed to help students understand how to form and play triads. We will cover the 2 ways to form triads and most importantly discuss how to cre…

Suzuki Workshop - Easy Rock and Blues Grooves

Willie · Beginner · 59 min

Rock Piano Basics

This lesson I am going to show you some techniques I taught Suzuki students this past week in Louisville, KY. These are some great easy Blues techniques as well…

Slow Minor Blues - Vol. 2

Willie · Professional · 105 min

Slow Blues 2

In this lesson, we will continue where we left off from volume 1. We begin by reviewing “The Thrill is Gone” groove and bassline. Everything is broken down for…

Style of Johnny Rivers

Willie · Intermediate · 21 min

Blues Artists

Using Johnny Rivers 1972 classic, “Rockin Pneumonia & the Boogie Woogie Flu”, you’ll learn 5 different breaks/fills, a simple and advanced chordal groove, how t…

Part 1: Root & Seventh Chord Shells

Willie · Intermediate · 64 min

Chord Shell Mastery Program (CSMP)

Learn why chord shells are such a powerful foundation for jazz, blues, pop, and cocktail piano. In this first lesson, Willie shows you how to read chord symbols…

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Rootless Chords (Advanced)

Willie · Intermediate · 46 min

Blueprints

This blueprint focuses on creating your major, minor, and dominant seventh rootless chords, with a step-by-step process to form them. Rootless chords can be use…

Modal/ Endings Review/4th voicings

Nina · Intermediate · 76 min

Class - Jazz Piano

Focus: Modal and endings review, specifically 4th voicings as taught by McCoy. The song for this session is "Little Sunflower."

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No Woman No Cry / Intros / Pick modal tune

Nina · Intermediate · 77 min

Class - Jazz Piano

Focus: Review of the "No Woman/Intros/Pick" modal tune Song: "Maiden Voyage" by Herbie Hancock, "Little Sunflower" by Freddie Hubbard

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More triads! Lines, Rhythms

Nina · Intermediate · 73 min

Class - Jazz Piano

Focus on more triads, lines, and rhythms. The song selected for this study is "No Woman, No Cry."

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2nd part no woman, bass vamps, triad pair

Nina · Intermediate · 76 min

Class - Jazz Piano

Focus: The second part of the session will cover the bass vamps and triad pairs. Song: "No Woman, No Cry."

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Wide Triads, Gospel Ideas, Reggae Bubble

Nina · Intermediate · 80 min

Class - Jazz Piano

Focus on wide triads, gospel ideas, and the reggae bubble. The song is "No Woman, No Cry Part 1."

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In Walked Bud -Bridge

Nina · Intermediate · 85 min

Class - Jazz Piano

Focus: The arrangement of the song "In Walked Bud," specifically the version by Tito Puente, with an emphasis on its more complex and minor tonal elements.

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In Walked Bud - minor lines, rhythm, intro ideas, pedal point

Nina · Intermediate · 81 min

Class - Jazz Piano

The focus of the work is on minor lines, rhythm, introductory ideas, and pedal point. The song being analyzed is "In Walked Bud."

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In Walked Bud - altered scale, left hand comping

Nina · Intermediate · 86 min

Class - Jazz Piano

Focus: altered scale and left-hand comping Song: "In Walked Bud"

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