Lesson Library

Willie · Intermediate · 52 min

Dominant motion is the strongest chordal motion in Western music. Learn how to use this technique to expand your chord progressions.

Willie · Intermediate · 41 min

The techniques in this lesson are a great way to improve your improvisation.

Willie · Professional · 33 min

Another lesson designed to show you how to improvise over rock songs.

Willie · Professional · 38 min

Learn how to use both major and minor pentatonic scales in your improvisation.

Willie · Intermediate

In this improvisation lesson, we will be covering different approaches to improvisation like chord-tone improvisation and chord-to-scale relationships. I’ll als…

Willie · Intermediate

When it comes to playing the piano, you can play…Right Hand Alone, Left Hand Alone, or Hands Together. Don’t think of your hands being independent, think instea…

Willie · Beginner · 72 min

Another classic Christmas song. Its lyrics were written by William Chatterton Dix, in 1865. This carol is set to the tune of “Greensleeves”, a traditional Engli…

Willie · Professional · 103 min

This is where the “rubber meets the road.” It’s game time. In this session you will be playing along with the band…LIVE! Don’t worry, we will go slow and I’ll b…

Paul · Professional · 60 min

In Part 2 of this lesson, you will learn the jazz devices that are used to build this advanced arrangement. Once finished, you will have a full solo piano arran…

Willie · Professional · 76 min

This up-tempo Rogers/Hart jazz piano classic will get your toes tapping and is great for the intermediate or more advanced player. If you’ve gone through my Ste…

Willie · Beginner · 63 min

This fun jazz standard is a great introduction to the world of jazz piano. Using simple block chords, you’ll learn how to play this arrangement in 4-steps. Gear…

Willie · Beginner · 26 min

Learn the basics of technique including my grab technique.

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…

Paul · Professional · 32 min

In this lesson, you will get an inside look into creating a reharmonized, solo piano jazz arrangement of the pop tune “Every Breath You Take”. If you're interes…

Paul · Intermediate · 52 min

One of the most famous piano melodies of all-time by one of music’s greatest composers – you will definitely want to have this piece in your repertoire! In this…

Paul · Professional · 43 min

“Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”: In this lesson, you will learn the keyboard part that was played on the classic recording “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”. This…

Willie · Intermediate · 25 min

The key to being a good jazz pianist is knowing how to switch between chords, basslines and other accompaniment patterns quickly. In this first lesson we will b…

Willie · Intermediate · 29 min

In this next lesson we will be adding on the melody to the blues song "Ben's Blues." If you want, you can skip this lesson and come back to it later. Learning t…

Willie · Intermediate · 55 min

In this last lesson we will focus on improvisation. You'll learn how to vocalize rhythms and create licks out of scale blocks. We will cover both the blues scal…

Willie · Intermediate · 19 min

In this lesson we will focus on putting the melody together with the bassline.

Paul · Professional · 63 min

In part 2 of this lesson, you will learn a transcribed portion of Jelly Roll Morton’s composition, “The Crave,” featured in the movie “The Legend of 1900.” This…

Paul · Beginner · 56 min

Classical music introduces students to some of the greatest composers of all-time, such as Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven. In addition to providing some of the mos…

Paul · Professional · 45 min

In this lesson, you will learn a transcribed portion of Jelly Roll Morton’s composition, “The Crave,” featured in the movie “The Legend of 1900.” This piece fus…

Paul · Professional · 55 min

In part 2 of this lesson, you’ll learn how to play the classic pop songs Michael Jackson’s Billie Jean, and the theme from the movie Dirty Dancing I’ve Had The…