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Willie · Intermediate · 26 min

TwoMinutePiano – a perfect solution for those students with limited time. In these 9, two-minute mini-lessons, you’ll learn a variety of concepts with minimal t…

Willie · Intermediate · 70 min

Lesson for advanced students.

Willie · Intermediate · 74 min

Lesson for beginner students.

Willie · Intermediate · 11 min

Learn how to create jazz chords.

Willie · Beginner · 66 min

PLEASE WATCH THIS LESSON! Do you suffer pain from playing the piano? Have you hit a wall in your playing speed? Is your body tense while playing? If you answere…

Willie · Professional · 70 min

In this 2nd volume, we will be learning how to build a solo over the Norah Jones song, "Don't Know Why." These techniques work well for most pop/rock songs so y…

Willie · Professional · 44 min

In this lesson I'm going to show you a technique to break up scales into tetrachords. This technique makes it easier to find scales "on the spot" that will work…

Willie · Intermediate · 84 min

In this first volume, we will work on getting down the chords and the groove for this song that Norah Jones made famous. If you want to accompany yourself or ot…

Willie · Professional · 60 min

In this unique lesson, I am using 5 student-submitted videos as a Master Class. You will see each student video followed by a response from me with tips and tri…

Willie · Intermediate · 65 min

In part 2 we pick up where we left off in the song and breakdown some more Bill Evans concepts. In the chapter on scales in 3rds, an important Bill Evans techni…

Willie · Professional · 69 min

After our Unforgettable Part 1 lesson, students were asking for more ways to fill out the accompaniment with improvisation, fills and runs. In this lesson we wi…

Willie · Professional · 71 min

In this lesson you will learn how to play Adele's song Someone Like You. The song will be broken down into 4 parts and is taught slowly, so it is well suited fo…

Willie · Intermediate · 48 min

I'll show you how to play the first 16-measures of Bill Evan's beautiful song Waltz For Debby. Using techniques right from Bill Evan's recordings, you'll learn…

Willie · Professional · 56 min

In this lesson, I'm going to show you how to come up with cool, funky and interesting chord progressions on the spot. We're not going to be using traditional ch…

Willie · Beginner · 64 min

This lesson is designed to help students understand how to form and play triads. We will cover the 2 ways to form triads and most importantly discuss how to cre…

Willie · Intermediate · 67 min

In this second part, we will be covering improvisation techniques. The concepts in this lesson are extremely important for improvisors of ALL levels. In particu…

Willie · Professional · 60 min

In this song by Joe Zawinul, we are going to learn the song step-by-step while also learning some improvisation and groove techniques in the latter half of the…

Willie · Professional · 60 min

In this 2-part lesson we are going to work through a common progression with a walking bassline and comping chords. Part 2 we will improvise over the bassline.…

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 · Professional · 56 min

In part 2 we will finish up with the organ solo. I'll also show you how to practice the left-hand bass and bring that into the solo. We will end by covering som…

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…

Willie · Intermediate

In this series, I break down how to create a blues song using my ABC approach. A stands for accompaniments and style, B is Building a Solo and C is chords and p…

Willie · Professional · 57 min

In this 2-part lesson we are going to cover Ray Manzarek's epic solo on the Door's song: Light My Fire. There are many great tips to gain from this solo and it…