Lesson Library

Willie · Professional · 13 min

Learn how to use cells to easily incorporate altered and diminished scales into your improvisation.

Willie · Professional · 42 min

Learn how to create altered chords and improvise over them in this lesson.

Willie · Professional · 13 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to use your altered and diminished scales for improvisation over the blues.

Nina · Intermediate · 86 min

Focus: altered scale and left-hand comping Song: "In Walked Bud"

Willie · Professional · 74 min

In this lesson we will add on 2 new scales and discuss why and how to build your solo using one scale at a time.

Willie · Intermediate · 73 min

These are the scales that you should know, practice and master to become a good improviser. Each scale is written out along with fingering. Scales covered are:…

Willie · Intermediate · 57 min

Adding accents to your scales creates shape and intensity in your solo. In this lesson you'll see how I use accents to create rhythms within the scale through t…

Willie · Professional · 57 min

In this lesson, we will cover all of the scales for improvisation. How often do you get confused when it comes to making these scales start to sound like improv…

Willie · Professional · 55 min

A quick story, years ago when I was first learning improvisation, I was always confused and frustrated with those chord/scale charts. You know the ones that tel…

Willie · Beginner · 15 min

The blues scale doesn't have to be scary. In this lesson you'll learn how create tetrachords to make improvising using the blues scale easier.

Paul · Professional · 49 min

In this lesson you will learn 5 scales that are essential when learning how to solo over a funk groove. Each chapter will present a new scale and will examine h…

Willie · Intermediate · 20 min

In this lesson you'll learn 5 scales that are great for both jazz and blues improvisation.

Willie · Professional · 15 min

The minor pentatonic and blues scales are really important scales to start with when learning improvisation.

Willie · Intermediate · 55 min

Learn how to master and own your scales with these exercises.

Willie · Beginner · 30 min

Learn how to create your Major scale and all of the modes of the Major scale. Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian and Locrian.

Willie · Professional · 17 min

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

Willie · Beginner · 18 min

In this fifth session of the "Confident Improviser" class, we focus on solidifying your left hand's baseline while exploring rhythmic variations and the full bl…

Nina · Intermediate · 86 min

The focus of this lesson is on pentatonic scales, blues riffs, and two-handed voicings. The song used for demonstration and practice is "All Blues."

Willie · Intermediate · 54 min

Learn how to use scale cells for easier improvisation.

Willie · Professional · 20 min

Learn how to use the bluesy version of the pentatonic scale.

Willie · Intermediate · 29 min

In this lesson you'll learn the scales needed for improvisation over "Beautiful Love."

Willie · Intermediate · 30 min

In this lesson we will build an improvisation over The Thrill is Gone. We will cover the scales needed to build a solo.

Willie · Intermediate · 30 min

Learn how to move between scales with more fluidity using scale slipping.

Willie · Intermediate · 25 min

Learn how to improvise over the first part of the standard Autumn Leaves using your major scale.