Take our most comprehensive course on Cocktail Jazz. Discover how to develop a lead sheet, stylize the left hand, harmonize the right hand, add fills, & improvise.
Course Objectives
Learn the Lead Sheet Melody & Chords
Explore the Stride-Ballad Left Hand
Discover the Bass & Chord "Money Ranges" & Inverted Chords
Learn How to Harmonize the Right Hand
Discover How to Solo in the Upper & Lower Positions
Learning Focus
Improvisation
Lead Sheets
Reharmonization
Songs
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Thanks!
Once again, clear and organised. Great lesson on soloing (love the B section)
Excellent application
Good song, liked being able to apply previous exercises.
Great introduction to Jazz Concepts
Vary patiently presented and very useful information to apply to many songs
Great tips!
This is a great course for a Jazz beginner with classical piano training - made it easy to pick up the jazz fundamental principles. I've been wondering all these times what the tricks were and now boom I can start to bang out some cocktail jazz chords. So much more to explore but can't thank you enough Jonny!
And now I know jazz ballad techniques
I used this course to take a dive into jazz, something new to me. I’m looking forward to applying what I’ve learned from this course to other songs. Thanks for holding the door to jazz open for me Jonny- onward!
Once again, clear and organised. Great lesson on soloing (love the B section)
Excellent application
Good song, liked being able to apply previous exercises.
Great introduction to Jazz Concepts
Vary patiently presented and very useful information to apply to many songs
Great tips!
This is a great course for a Jazz beginner with classical piano training - made it easy to pick up the jazz fundamental principles. I've been wondering all these times what the tricks were and now boom I can start to bang out some cocktail jazz chords. So much more to explore but can't thank you enough Jonny!
And now I know jazz ballad techniques
I used this course to take a dive into jazz, something new to me. I’m looking forward to applying what I’ve learned from this course to other songs. Thanks for holding the door to jazz open for me Jonny- onward!
The complete course on how to create a gorgeous cocktail jazz ballad. You’ll learn Stride-Ballad Left Hand techniques, rootless voicings, and right hand embellishment with extensions, fills, runs, and more.
Discover 6 approaches for harmonizing a Jazz Ballad. Working through the chord progression for Misty, we discuss how to add beautiful extensions to create that classic jazz sound.
Learn to improvise over a Jazz ballad with Jazz Ballad Soloing Challenge. Working with the Turnaround Progression, we explore scales, lower/upper positions, exercises, chromatic connectors, & more.
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Piano With Jonny offers three core content types:
Courses
Courses are comprised of lessons and are based on selected styles of music and learning focus topics. PWJ offers regular courses, workshops which include teacher interaction, and challenges which are divided into a 4 week learning format.
Lessons
Lessons are combined into courses. Most lessons build upon concepts of the previous lesson, with the exception of Quick Tips which stand alone.
Smartsheets
Smartsheets use the Soundslice sheet music player to give students digital access to all arrangements and lesson sheet music.
Course Types
Courses are comprised of lessons and are based on selected styles of music and learning focus topics. PWJ offers regular courses, workshops which include teacher interaction, and challenges which are divided into a 4 week learning format.
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Lessons are combined into courses. Most lessons build upon concepts of the previous lesson, with the exception of Quick Tips which stand alone.
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