Chords

Learn the essential building blocks of Jazz harmony with chord shells and guide tones. Master these piano voicings with exercises for major, dominant, and minor 7th chords in all 12 keys to build your foundation for advanced jazz harmony.

Learn how to make any major chord sound jazzy on the piano with Cut 4 approach. You'll discover how to jazz up chord inversions plus best chord voicing.

Learn how to make any major chord sound jazzy on the piano with Cut 4 approach. You'll discover how to jazz up chord inversions plus best chord voicing.

Learn 3 techniques for slow blues piano improv, including blues chords, 12-bar blues form, the harmonized blues scale, 8th lines, triplet lines, and slides.

Learn 3 techniques for slow blues piano improv, including blues chords, 12-bar blues form, the harmonized blues scale, 8th lines, triplet lines, and slides.

Q&A

4 Right Hand Harmony Techniques

Ornaments & Counter-Melodies

Story Arch & Form

Targeting Consonant Notes

Motifs, Sequencing, Mirror Image, & Rhythmic Displacement

Scale, Step-Wise Motion, & Skips

Chord Sheet & 3 Left-Hand Accompaniment Options

Learn how to compose a jazz ballad on piano, including compositional techniques like motifs, sequencing, mirror image, ornaments, counter-melody, & harmony.

Learn how to compose an original jazz ballad. We'll discuss a chord sheet, 3 left hand accompaniments, & compositional techniques like motifs, story arch, form, ornaments, counter-melodies, & harmony.

Learn how to create happiness at the piano with 4 improv techniques, the happiest chord progression of all time, and a sweet left hand accompaniment.

Learn how to express happiness at the piano with 4 improv techniques, the happiest chord progression of all time, and a sweet left hand accompaniment.

Learn 3 exercises to improvise minor jazz piano, the minor turnaround progression, essential grooves, scales for soloing, 8th notes, turns, & patterns.

Learn 3 exercises to improvise minor jazz piano, the minor turnaround progression, essential grooves, scales for soloing, 8th notes, turns, & patterns.

Exercise 5: Inversions 4

Exercise 4: Inversions 3