Jonny May
Nashville, TN
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About Jonny May
Years of piano experience
26
Favorite piano styles
Fun Fact
At age eighteen, Jonny became the youngest pianist to perform at Disneyland.
Jonny May's Latest Courses
This course teaches students how to solo in the pop style using harmonized chord tone targets, a technique used by renowned pianists like Billy Joel, Elton John, and Nora Jones.
This course teaches how to solo in the pop style using chord tone targets, a fundamental technique for targeting the most important notes in each chord.
This comprehensive course teaches students how to solo using block chords, a technique involving beautiful five-note chords that can harmonize any melody.
This course introduces the concept of soloing with chord blocks, a technique using simple three-note chords for soloing instead of single notes
Jonny May's Quick Tips (Instructor)
If you’ve ever wanted to sound like you’re absolutely tearing it up at the piano (in the best way possible), you’re gonna love this one!
Let's dive into my all-time favorite funk runs—the kind that instantly make your playing sound hip, soulful, and full of personality.
Let's turn some pretty basic chords into something that sounds a whole lot more jazzy and impressive using a technique called Tritone Substitution.
If you really want to play buttery, blues piano, this is my all-time favorite technique.
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Jonny May's Quick Tips (Writer)
If you’ve ever wanted to sound like you’re absolutely tearing it up at the piano (in the best way possible), you’re gonna love this one!
Let's dive into my all-time favorite funk runs—the kind that instantly make your playing sound hip, soulful, and full of personality.
Let's turn some pretty basic chords into something that sounds a whole lot more jazzy and impressive using a technique called Tritone Substitution.
If you really want to play buttery, blues piano, this is my all-time favorite technique.
Jonny May's Smartsheets
If you’ve ever wanted to sound like you’re absolutely tearing it up at the piano (in the best way possible), you’re gonna love this one!
Let's dive into my all-time favorite funk runs—the kind that instantly make your playing sound hip, soulful, and full of personality.
Let's turn some pretty basic chords into something that sounds a whole lot more jazzy and impressive using a technique called Tritone Substitution.
If you really want to play buttery, blues piano, this is my all-time favorite technique.
Jonny May's Latest Shows
Live Workshop (April 16)
In this Live Workshop, Jonny will be teaching a live lesson while you ask him questions.
Live Workshop (April 10)
In this Live Workshop, Jonny will be teaching a live lesson while you ask him questions.
Ask Jonny (March 31)
Ask Jonny is an opportunity to get personalized feedback from Jonny!
Monthly Update (March 2026)
In March, we released 3 new Courses, 4 Quick Tips, 7 Smart Sheets, 12 Backing Tracks, and more!
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