Lesson Library

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 · 53 min

In this course you’ll learn how to comp in both a solo and group setting. If you’ve wondered how to get a fuller sound with your left-hand accompaniment, this l…

Paul · Intermediate · 19 min

In part 2 of this lesson, you will learn to play the second half of Billy Joel’s She’s got a way. You will be shown how to construct the chords and vary them al…

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 · 62 min

This is the lesson where we learn how to play rootless chords and apply them to the bassline. You'll learn about syncopation and different chord comping techniq…

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.

Willie · Professional · 48 min

In this lesson you'll learn what rootless chords are and how to use them. You'll also learn how to practice these chords to better integrate them into your play…

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 · Intermediate · 59 min

In part 1 of this lesson, you’ll learn how to play Billy Joel’s “She’s Got a Way.” You will be shown how to construct the chords and vary them along with harmon…

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…

Willie · Professional · 34 min

In this lesson we are going to deep-dive into the Whole Tone scale and its usage.

Willie · Professional · 54 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to take your improvisation outside and also use quartals in your left hand for accompaniment.

Willie · Intermediate · 429 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to comp chords and improvise over a simple minor-key bassline. We will discuss how to create longer phrases and add rests to you…

Willie · Intermediate · 47 min

In this lesson you'll learn my popular song, Kimmy's So Cool. You'll learn the song along with improvisation and I'll show you exactly what you need to practice…

Willie · Intermediate · 42 min

In this lesson you'll learn a really cool minor chord progression and how to play it with two-handed chord voicings and an easy bassline.

Willie · Intermediate · 48 min

Learn how to vocalize rhythms to make your rhythmic playing stronger. Using my song "Do'h Blues" you'll also learn how to create 7th chords, chord shells and ho…

Willie · Intermediate · 363 min

The blues is an extremely important form to learn. In this lesson I'll show you the entire blues in C along with a great bassline.

Willie · Intermediate · 289 min

In this lesson you'll learn a bunch of licks that you can use to solo over the bassline and progression we learned in the previous lesson.

Willie · Intermediate · 270 min

In this last lesson of this course you will be learning another original piece, "Chicken Pox Blues" which we will use to learn more about the blues and improvis…

Willie · Intermediate · 37 min

In this first lesson we will be covering the basics of improvisation like rhythm, fingering, relaxing, phrasing and more. I'll also show you how to get started…

Willie · Intermediate · 68 min

Improvisation Over Standards in 5 steps teaches you the 5 steps that are critical for students to learn in order to effectively improvise over jazz standards an…