Lesson Library

Willie · Professional · 13 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to form your rootless chords. We will also discuss using quartals in your voicings.

Willie · Beginner · 81 min

In this 2-part workshop we cover how to master and use your rootless chords. Rootless chords are an important tool in both group and solo piano playing. In sess…

Paul · Professional · 35 min

In this lesson, you’ll learn the 4-way closed position and rootless voicings that make your chord voicings scream professional. We begin by focusing on the voic…

Willie · Intermediate · 94 min

In this 2-part workshop we cover how to master and use your rootless chords. In session 2 we will apply rootless chords to jazz standards so you can see how to…

Willie · Professional · 72 min

In this lesson you'll learn: how to pick out the guide tones for any chord, how to create basic rootless voicings and which tensions to add.

Willie · Professional · 48 min

In this lesson you'll learn what rootless chords are and how to use them. You'll also learn how to practice these chords to better integrate them into your play…

Paul · Professional · 44 min

In this 2nd part we will focus on dominant 7 chord voicings with 2 hands along with some examples of how to apply these techniques.

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 · 207 min

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

Willie · Beginner · 39 min

Group playing uses rootless chords, learn how to create and use them.

Willie · Intermediate · 46 min

This blueprint focuses on creating your major, minor, and dominant seventh rootless chords, with a step-by-step process to form them. Rootless chords can be use…

Willie · Intermediate · 9 min

In this lesson you'll learn how play a minor blues progression with rootless chords.

Willie · Intermediate · 9 min

Learn how to create simplified rootless chord voicings by adding tensions to our guide tones.

Willie · Professional · 11 min

Part 2 of our lesson where you'll learn how to use upper structures in your chords to create rich sounding turnarounds!

Willie · Professional · 14 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to use upper structures in your chords to create rich sounding turnarounds!

Nina · Intermediate · 76 min

Focus: Modal and endings review, specifically 4th voicings as taught by McCoy. The song for this session is "Little Sunflower."

Willie · Professional · 11 min

Learn to play Swingin' Shepherd Blues along with rootless chords in the left hand.

Willie · Intermediate · 7 min

Willie · Intermediate · 13 min

Learn how to add the 9th to our guide tones for fuller-sounding chords.

Willie · Professional · 39 min

Learn how I go about transposing patterns into new keys.

Willie · Professional · 76 min

This up-tempo Rogers/Hart jazz piano classic will get your toes tapping and is great for the intermediate or more advanced player. If you’ve gone through my Ste…

Willie · Professional · 40 min

In this important lesson for ALL styles, we will talk about the core ingredients of a 2-5-1 progression and chord voicings. Once you understand these core conce…

Willie · Professional · 44 min

Learn how to improvise over the Charlie Parker classic song, "Blues For Alice" with a bassline and rootless chords in the right hand, and rootless chords in the…

Willie · Professional · 70 min

In this lesson you'll learn how to create improvisation ideas over a minor chord progression. You'll also learn four different rootless chord voicings and what…