Lesson Library

Paul · Professional · 64 min

In this lesson, you will learn note for note the solo from Someday My Prince Will Come. This solo is described as being influenced by Bill Evans and it uses a l…

Paul · Professional · 41 min

In this lesson you will learn how to play eight 2-5-1- licks in major mode. We will also discuss the theory behind these licks and how to take these licks and a…

Willie · Beginner · 189 min

This is the lesson to begin with if you are a complete beginner to the piano. You'll learn all of the important techniques to get started properly. Work through…

Willie · Professional · 31 min

In this arrangement, the song What a Wonderful World is played three times. The first time the arrangement from Wonderful World part 1 is played. The second tim…

Willie · Intermediate · 77 min

Different topics covered like stride technique and improvisation ideas. Nov 27th session.

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 · Professional · 38 min

In this lesson we will be using the 3/4-time song Alice In Wonderland to cover some very important comping techniques. This first part of the lesson will cover…

Willie · Intermediate

In this second part, we are going to cover how to create your own blues composition in four different styles: Shuffle, Swing, Rock and Stride. This lesson makes…

Paul · Professional · 55 min

In this lesson, I will show you note-for-note Fats Waller’s performance of Ain’t Misbehavin. This lesson will be broken into 2 parts. Part 1 (this lesson) will…

Willie · Intermediate · 60 min

In this second part of the Moondance lesson, we will be focusing on the improvisation. In this lesson, I'll show you some of the licks played on the recording a…

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 · Professional · 55 min

In this original composition, I will show you how I organized this song for a gig that I had later that night. I will show you the techniques that I used to cre…

Willie · Professional · 63 min

The Gospel Piano Riffs lessons (1 & 2) will show you how to play gospel-flavor licks along with bassline accompaniment. In this first part, we are going to focu…

Willie · Professional · 49 min

In this lesson, I will show you some important soloing techniques for organ. Since the organ is so different than the piano, these techniques will help you crea…

Willie · Professional · 55 min

In this part 1 of 2, we will cover different exercises that you can use to build up your improvisation over rhythm changes. We will also cover left-hand chord s…

Willie · Beginner · 54 min

In this lesson we will cover gospel piano basis that we will expand upon and use as a foundation for future lessons. These important ~tricks~ come in handy in m…

Willie · Intermediate · 59 min

In this lesson, we will focus on creating a beautiful arrangement using our shells and melody technique. Much like the My Romance lesson, this lesson will go st…

Willie · Intermediate

In this part 1, we will cover the form, chords and bassline of the song. We will cover a bit of improvisation, but the bulk of improvisation will be covered in…

Willie · Professional · 64 min

For this lesson, I transcribed (3) choruses from a YouTube video featuring a Ray Charles bebop blues. In the lesson I will teach you step-by-step each of the ch…

Willie · Professional · 83 min

I've been wanting to do this song for a while! Take 5 was written by Paul Desmond and performed by The Dave Brubeck Quartet on their 1959 album Time Out. In thi…

Willie · Professional · 73 min

I will teach you my arrangement of the Lennon-McCartney song "Blackbird." I will explain the harmony and arrangement to you while also showing you how to create…

Willie · Intermediate · 75 min

This is a fun New Orleans groove! In this lesson I break down the form of "Tipitina" measure-by-measure. These are the licks and grooves that Dr. John plays. I…

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 · Professional · 60 min

In this traditional spiritual, I have created an advanced arrangement which includes a change of rhythm, tritone substitutions and some really fat-sounding chor…