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
Learn harmonized turns, a soloing technique that adds a magical, whimsical sparkle to your solos, fills and melodies. You'll go from the basic concept to building your own improvisations over popular pop chord progressions.
Bring lively, energetic movement to your right-hand solos with turns, one of the most useful ornaments in pop piano. You'll learn the essential turn types, the right fingering and the rhythm, then use them to improvise over popular chord progressions.
Take the One Chord Wonder to the next level with a rich, lush 4-note cluster you can play over any chord in your left hand. Then use it to build fresh, memorable solos that break you out of the same old scales.
Make every chord progression sound more colorful and sophisticated with one simple right-hand shape. It's an easy way for beginner and intermediate players to take both their chords and their solos to the next level.
Jonny May's Quick Tips (Instructor)
I'm breaking down 4 of the things that make Luca Sestak’s playing so fun to listen to.
In this live lesson, I'll be breaking down the two major chord shapes behind modern gospel piano and show you how to use them to harmonize an entire major scale.
In this lesson, I’m breaking down how to take a really simple turnaround progression and turn it into those big, lush cocktail piano chords.
In this lesson, I break down 3 of Yohan’s coolest piano runs and show you how you can use them in your own solos.
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Jonny May's Quick Tips (Writer)
I'm breaking down 4 of the things that make Luca Sestak’s playing so fun to listen to.
In this live lesson, I'll be breaking down the two major chord shapes behind modern gospel piano and show you how to use them to harmonize an entire major scale.
In this lesson, I’m breaking down how to take a really simple turnaround progression and turn it into those big, lush cocktail piano chords.
In this lesson, I break down 3 of Yohan’s coolest piano runs and show you how you can use them in your own solos.
Jonny May's Smartsheets
Learn harmonized turns, a soloing technique that adds a magical, whimsical sparkle to your solos, fills and melodies. You'll go from the basic concept to building your own improvisations over popular pop chord progressions.
I'm breaking down 4 of the things that make Luca Sestak’s playing so fun to listen to.
In this live lesson, I'll be breaking down the two major chord shapes behind modern gospel piano and show you how to use them to harmonize an entire major scale.
In this lesson, I’m breaking down how to take a really simple turnaround progression and turn it into those big, lush cocktail piano chords.
Jonny May's Latest Shows
Live Workshop (September 17)
In this workshop, we're learning pop soloing.
Ask Jonny (September 15)
Ask Jonny is an opportunity to get personalized feedback from Jonny!
Student Recital (September 2026)
Congratulations to our Recital participants!
Ask Jonny (September 8)
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