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Willie · Professional · 33 min

In this lesson we focus on how to "activate" our left-hand and make it part of our improvisation.

Willie · Professional · 44 min

In step 2 I am going to show you how to re-harmonize the song using some simple concepts at first, then moving into more advanced techniques. The first part of…

Willie · Professional · 55 min

A quick story, years ago when I was first learning improvisation, I was always confused and frustrated with those chord/scale charts. You know the ones that tel…

Willie · Intermediate

In part 1, I am going to cover some of the most common requests that I have gotten from students. We will learn more about creating a walking bassline, how to f…

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 · 65 min

In this lesson we are going to cover 8 variations of the classic chord progression Rhythm Changes. This progression is an important 'right of passage' for any j…

Willie · Professional · 69 min

A question I get asked a lot is “How do you create an arrangement for a song?” Or, “How do I ‘modernize’ this song and give it new life?” In this lesson I am go…

Willie · Professional · 76 min

Learn how to create and extend your chord progressions. Have you ever been asked to just "wing it" and create a chord progression? Well, now you'll have some te…

Willie · Intermediate · 54 min

Georgia on My Mind was written in 1930 by Hoagy Carmichael (music) and Stuart Gorrell (lyrics). I’ll teach you how to re-harmonize and play my arrangement. Solo…

Willie · Professional · 147 min

I cover a lot of really neat reharmonization techniques in this lesson, including dominant motion, related ii-V’s, dominant motion and much more. Best of all, y…

Willie · Professional · 121 min

Learn the Erroll Garner classic, “Misty”. This three-step (Standards in 3) series will teach you how to re-harmonize the lead sheet, how to play the arrangement…