Lesson Library

Willie · Intermediate · 57 min

10 examples in a variety of styles to help you learn your chords, comping, styles and rhythms in the key of G

Willie · Intermediate · 82 min

10 examples in a variety of styles to help you learn your chords, comping, styles and rhythms in the key of C.

Willie · Intermediate · 37 min

We will be covering: Solfege Simple Exercises Solfege Chords Tendency Tones To improve your ear, use a combination of: 1. Solfege (melodies, chords, progression…

Willie · Intermediate · 75 min

Day 21-30 of the 30-Day Piano Playbook. These lessons will be more difficult than days 1-20 by design to help you find your playing level.

Willie · Intermediate

In this improvisation lesson, we will be covering different approaches to improvisation like chord-tone improvisation and chord-to-scale relationships. I’ll als…

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 · Professional · 17 min

Learn how to use the dominant bebop scale to improvise over dom7 chords.

Willie · Beginner · 63 min

This fun jazz standard is a great introduction to the world of jazz piano. Using simple block chords, you’ll learn how to play this arrangement in 4-steps. Gear…

Paul · Professional · 32 min

In this lesson, you will get an inside look into creating a reharmonized, solo piano jazz arrangement of the pop tune “Every Breath You Take”. If you're interes…

Willie · Intermediate · 62 min

This is the lesson where we learn how to play rootless chords and apply them to the bassline. You'll learn about syncopation and different chord comping techniq…

Willie · Professional · 35 min

In this lesson you'll learn an improvisation over "In The Wee Small Hours of The Morning" with rootless chords and quartals in the left-hand.

Willie · Intermediate · 48 min

Learn how to vocalize rhythms to make your rhythmic playing stronger. Using my song "Do'h Blues" you'll also learn how to create 7th chords, chord shells and ho…

Paul · Professional · 47 min

In this lesson, you will learn how to play Some Day My Prince Will Come note for note. We will also discuss the theory behind the chords. We will go over how to…

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 · 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 · 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

In this part 1, we will cover the form, chords and bassline of the song. We will cover a bit of improvisation, but the bulk of improvisation will be covered in…

Willie · Intermediate · 62 min

9 Secrets of the Blues We will be going over: Use Blues Scale Simple Left Hand Important Chords and Form Rhythm Driven Licks 3 Licks and Repeat Slide and Crush…

Willie · Professional · 68 min

In this second part we will cover in detail the minor 2-5-1 progression and you will learn some really cool improv licks. We will also cover how to create chord…

Willie · Intermediate · 66 min

In this lesson we are going to work through an arrangement for Auld Lang Syne in 8 steps (The 8th step is Special Reharm pt 2). In each step we will add a new t…

Willie · Intermediate · 24 min

In this lesson I will show you exactly what a secondary and extended dominant is and how they are used. These chords are a great way to help your re-harmonizati…

Willie · Professional · 92 min

In this lesson we will be working through arranging this 6/8 traditional piece using re-harmonization techniques. We will also focus on various ways to 'groove'…

Willie · Professional · 69 min

In this lesson we will start by working through minor-key harmony. This is important if you want to work in minor keys or expand on your own progressions. Next,…

Willie · Professional · 55 min

Learn how to play Billy Prestons "Will It Go Round in Circles" with each section broken down. You'll also learn about scales chords, how to create a bassline al…