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Paul · Intermediate · 94 min

In this live class, students will learn to use the music notation software “Sibelius.” Students can join live, or access the replays. Students Will... Be introd…

Paul · Intermediate · 136 min

In this live class, students will learn to use the music notation software “Sibelius.” Students can join live, or access the replays. Students Will... Be introd…

Willie · Intermediate · 58 min

Learn this fun Christmas song in 5 steps. Each measure is broken down and several ways to make the arrangement easier are also discussed.

Willie · Intermediate · 78 min

"O Holy Night" (also known as "Cantique de Noël") is a well-known Christmas carol. Originally based on a French-language poem by poet Placide Cappeau, written i…

Willie · Intermediate · 100 min

Dating back to the 1800's, The First Noel is a traditional English Christmas carol. In this lesson, you'll learn a beautiful slow arrangement of the song.

Willie · Intermediate · 59 min

"Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" is a Christmas song written by Johnny Marks and recorded by Brenda Lee in 1958. This popular Christmas classic will be a gre…

Willie · Intermediate · 22 min

In this lesson we will add some melody and licks to the right hand over our 12-bar blues progression.

Willie · Intermediate · 19 min

By mixing chord tones and arpeggios, this lesson will show you how to create more focus in your improvisation by utilizing guide tones and chord tones.

Willie · Intermediate · 30 min

You'll learn how to use grace notes and double stops to add a bluesy "gritty" sound to your improvisation. This gives you that classic blues piano improvisation…

Willie · Intermediate · 24 min

"Christmas Time Is Here" is a popular Christmas standard written by Vince Guaraldi and Lee Mendelson for the 1965 television special A Charlie Brown Christmas,…

Willie · Intermediate · 111 min

Learn both an easy and intermediate arrangement of this rock classic. I'll also break down HOW to create an arrangement so you can take these concepts to other…

Willie · Intermediate · 114 min

"Blueberry Hill" is a popular tune published in 1940, and is best remembered for Fats Domino's 1950s version. We will learn both an easy arrangement and one tha…

Willie · Professional · 65 min

In this lesson you'll learn 4 intros that you can use for the blues and other styles.

Willie · Professional · 62 min

We will cover: Tension & Wrong Notes, Launch & Target Notes, Bebop Scales, Inside/Outside, Autumn Leaves Progression.

Paul · Beginner · 58 min

This lesson teaches you the Beatles’ classic hit “Hey Jude” by focusing on 6 essential areas of instruction: technique, rhythm, reading, theory, licks/fills, an…

Paul · Professional · 69 min

Are you interested in writing or arranging music? Are you interested in understanding why certain chords “work” and sound so cool? Then this is the lesson for y…

Willie · Intermediate · 23 min

Learn how to improvise using arpeggios (broken chords) along with rootless voicings in the left hand. This is a great "intermediate" step to learn.

Willie · Intermediate · 207 min

In this lesson you'll learn some killer voicings that I love to us for the standard "My Ship."

Willie · Intermediate · 52 min

Dominant motion is the strongest chordal motion in Western music. Learn how to use this technique to expand your chord progressions.

Willie · Professional · 44 min

In step 2 I am going to show you how to re-harmonize the song using some simple concepts at first, then moving into more advanced techniques. The first part of…

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…

Intermediate · 29 min

In this lesson we will learn play/rest and space.

Intermediate · 29 min

In this lesson we will learn the coupling exercise.

Intermediate · 25 min

In this lesson we will learn blues turns.