Lesson Library

Willie · Intermediate · 75 min

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.

Willie · Professional · 50 min

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…

Willie · Beginner · 66 min

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…

Willie · Beginner · 64 min

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…

Willie · Beginner · 59 min

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…

Willie · Professional · 105 min

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…

Willie · Intermediate · 21 min

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…

Willie · Intermediate · 64 min

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…

Willie · Intermediate · 46 min

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…

Nina · Intermediate · 76 min

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

Nina · Intermediate · 77 min

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

Nina · Intermediate · 73 min

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

Nina · Intermediate · 76 min

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

Nina · Intermediate · 80 min

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

Nina · Intermediate · 85 min

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.

Nina · Intermediate · 81 min

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

Nina · Intermediate · 86 min

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

Willie · Intermediate · 39 min

Welcome to "Just Standards," a new iteration of my popular Standards by the Dozen™ series. In this exciting new series of live classes, Just Standards offers a…

Willie · Intermediate · 90 min

Welcome to "Just Standards," a new iteration of my popular Standards by the Dozen™ series. In this exciting new series of live classes, Just Standards offers a…

Willie · Intermediate · 100 min

Welcome to "Just Standards," a new iteration of my popular Standards by the Dozen™ series. In this exciting new series of live classes, Just Standards offers a…

Willie · Intermediate · 88 min

Welcome to "Just Standards," a new iteration of my popular Standards by the Dozen™ series. In this exciting new series of live classes, Just Standards offers a…

Willie · Intermediate · 83 min

Welcome to "Just Standards," a new iteration of my popular Standards by the Dozen™ series. In this exciting new series of live classes, Just Standards offers a…

Willie · Beginner · 81 min

In this 2-part workshop we cover how to master and use your rootless chords. Rootless chords are an important tool in both group and solo piano playing. In sess…

Willie · Professional · 6 min

Blues Progression Matrix block tutorial.