Lesson Library

Willie · Professional · 78 min

Using the song Everything Happens to Me (pg 85 Realbook 3) you'll learn how to add motion to your chords to create a more advanced arrangement that fills the sp…

Willie · Intermediate · 41 min

The techniques in this lesson are a great way to improve your improvisation.

Willie · Professional · 66 min

Learn how to improvise over "The Chicken" with these exercises along with a written-out solo.

Willie · Professional · 35 min

In this lesson we will learn about diatonic triads and seventh chords. In addition you'll learn about subdominant chords.

Willie · Intermediate · 32 min

In this lesson I’ll show you how to create different improvisation lines using a variety of techniques like chord tones and approaches. These techniques work ov…

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…

Willie · Professional · 31 min

In this arrangement, the song What a Wonderful World is played three times. The first time the arrangement from Wonderful World part 1 is played. The second tim…

Willie · Beginner · 37 min

Learn an easier version of Ben's Blues in this class I did for Suzuki students.

Willie · Professional · 82 min

In this second part of the You've Got A Friend lesson, we will learn how to create the ending groove section, how the harmony works and how to create a groove s…

Willie · Professional · 74 min

Learn how to improvise over Herbie Hancock's classic tune "Chameleon". The exercises presented in this lesson are a great way to get your hands playing in sync,…

Willie · Intermediate · 90 min

In this lesson we will cover ALL of the modes of the Major scale and how to incorporate them into your soloing.

Willie · Intermediate · 78 min

In this third volume, we will be covering how to create bebop lines using a variety of different scales. We will also discuss using diminished chords for upper…

Willie · Intermediate · 110 min

Expanding upon what we did in Volume 1, Volume 2 will cover take-off and landing notes, approaches, tensions, minor chords, rhythmic segmenting and more. We wil…

Willie · Beginner · 29 min

Learn improv and jam over rhythm changes.

Willie · Intermediate · 22 min

Jam over the Gene Harris blues groove.

Willie · Intermediate · 229 min

These are the recordings from the live teacher check-ins. Even though the class is no longer live, we are keeping these check-in videos here because they are fi…

Willie · Beginner · 48 min

Learn some basics of how to improvise over standards.

Willie · Intermediate · 50 min

In this blueprint, you will learn an easy way to create major seventh, minor seventh, and dominant seventh chords using triads as a foundation. You'll also lear…

Nina · Intermediate · 77 min

Focus: Review of the "No Woman/Intros/Pick" modal tune Song: "Maiden Voyage" by Herbie Hancock, "Little Sunflower" by Freddie Hubbard

Willie · Intermediate · 13 min

Willie · Intermediate · 7 min

Willie · Intermediate · 34 min

Learn how to improvise over our "Just Standards" songs in this class. This is an advanced-level class so you should have already gone through several major scal…

Willie · Intermediate · 50 min

Learn how to improvise over our "Just Standards" songs in this class. This is a beginner-level class so you do not need any experience in order to get started i…

Willie · Intermediate · 48 min

Learn how to improvise over our "Just Standards" songs in this class. This is a beginner-level class so you do not need any experience in order to get started i…