Lesson Library

Willie · Intermediate · 14 min

In this lesson you'll learn three easy introductions you can use in your blues and jazz playing.

Willie · Intermediate · 9 min

In this lesson you'll learn three easy endings you can use in your blues and jazz playing.

Willie · Professional · 13 min

In this lesson you'll learn three advanced introductions you can use for your blues improvisations.

Willie · Intermediate · 16 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to create and play an easy walking bassline that you can use for both jazz and blues songs.

Willie · Professional · 15 min

In this lesson you'll learn different turnarounds that you can use to "tag" and end your song or go back to the beginning of the form.

Willie · Professional · 12 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to use 4-note chord cells for improvisation over the blues. This is part 2.

Willie · Intermediate · 15 min

In this lesson you'll learn how 2 new triplet-based rhythms along with how to apply them to licks.

Willie · Intermediate · 16 min

In this lesson you'll learn how play an alternate minor bassline. This new bassline is based off the bassline we learned in lesson #17.

Willie · Intermediate · 16 min

In this lesson you'll learn how improvise over the minor blues progression we have been working on for the past couple of lessons.

Willie · Professional · 17 min

In this lesson we will learn how to play a blues bassline with rootless chords in the right hand.

Willie · Intermediate · 9 min

In this lesson you'll learn how play a minor blues progression with rootless chords.

Willie · Intermediate · 15 min

In this lesson you'll learn how play a minor blues progression walking bass with the rootless chords we learned in lesson #16.

Willie · Beginner · 17 min

Tremolos and Grace Notes really make your blues playing sparkle. In this lesson you'll learn how to use both.

Willie · Professional · 22 min

Enclosures and neighbor tones are what allow you to weave through a chord progression with your improvisation. You'll learn 8 enclosure patterns and how to prac…

Willie · Beginner · 8 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to transform the lick you learned in lesson 12 using triplets.

Willie · Professional · 15 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to "shell out" your improvisation using guide tones. This is the first step to creating longer, more interesting bebop and jazz…

Willie · Beginner · 12 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to use double-stops in your improvisation. Double stops create a lot of nice tension in your solo.

Willie · Beginner · 10 min

In this lesson you'll learn about blues notes and how to use them to embellish your improvisation.

Willie · Beginner · 13 min

Learn how to use licks, tetrachords and the blues scale to improvise over the blues form.

Willie · Professional · 12 min

In this lesson you'll learn to play the 2nd part of the blues head that uses a lot of turns.

Willie · Beginner · 12 min

In this lesson you'll learn about blues notes and how to use them to embellish your improvisation.

Willie · Beginner · 15 min

Learn how to use licks, tetrachords and the blues scale to improvise over the blues form.

Willie · Beginner · 18 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to create licks to jam over the blues by combining rhythms and notes.

Willie · Beginner · 15 min

The blues scale doesn't have to be scary. In this lesson you'll learn how create tetrachords to make improvising using the blues scale easier.