Lesson Library

Willie · Professional · 106 min

Learn how to effectively use tritones to add spice to your arrangements. I’ll also teach you how to create fuller, richer chords with Upper Structure Triads and…

Willie · Professional · 98 min

Learn how to improvise and create chord progressions. Several common progressions are discussed along with a lot of in-depth theory. Great lesson on creating a…

Willie · Professional · 97 min

These Jazz and Gospel exercises will teach you many 2-5-1 exercises, pentatonic exercises, playing outside along with Gospel grooves. This is an older lesson bu…

Willie · Intermediate · 29 min

Learn how to use the minor scale in your improvisations. We will be covering the following scales: Dorian, Aeolian (natural minor), Melodic Minor, Harmonic Mino…

Willie · Intermediate · 26 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to use neighbor tones to create a bebop sound in your improvisation lines.

Willie · Intermediate · 77 min

In this beautiful Rogers & Hart song, you'll learn how to create beautiful ballad arrangements using various techniques.

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 · Professional · 15 min

Turns are a great way to create embellishment in your improvisation. Plus they sound really cool. This lesson will show you how to create three different blues/…

Willie · Professional · 16 min

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

Willie · Beginner · 8 min

Learn the 12 bar blues form, its analysis along with basic 7th chords.

Willie · Beginner · 16 min

Perhaps one of the most important progressions in jazz, you need to know how to improvise over the ii-V-I progression. In this lesson we begin by learning how t…

Willie · Intermediate · 96 min

Now we will learn how to create an arrangement using the chords we created in the last lesson.

Willie · Intermediate · 54 min

In this second part you will finish learning the arrangement of the song step-by-step. You will also learn a cool C minor pentatonic lick.

Willie · Intermediate · 100 min

Learn Paul Simon’s classic song Bridge Over Troubled Water. In this part 1 lesson you’ll learn the first 2 pages of the arrangement, step-by-step along with all…

Willie · Professional · 101 min

In this lesson we focus on improvisation. I will cover some common questions like "What notes do I choose for my solo?" I will also teach you exercises that wil…

Willie · Beginner · 59 min

This lesson I am going to show you some techniques I taught Suzuki students this past week in Louisville, KY. These are some great easy Blues techniques as well…

Willie · Intermediate

This Meter's tune is a great song to help round-out both organ players and pianists alike who want to play a bassline groove while improvising in the right hand…

Willie · Intermediate · 81 min

If you are new to improvising over the blues, or you want to do more than “hunt and peck” using the Blues scale, this lesson is for you. We will cover over a ha…

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 · 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 · 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 · Intermediate · 32 min

In this lesson we will learn the second half of the song.

Willie · Intermediate · 28 min

In this lesson we will learn the first half of the song.

Willie · Professional · 37 min

Learn how to create an arrangement of this beautiful song in 3/4 time. In this lesson we will cover the first half of the song.