Improvisation

This month, we are featuring Chick Corea, a prolific jazz pianist and innovative composer, who seduced the public with his creativity and verve.

Learn how professional jazz pianists draw on the chromatic scale using neighbor notes and enclosures to add interest to their solo lines.

Learn how professional jazz pianists draw on the chromatic scale using neighbor notes and enclosures to add interest to their solo lines.

Play lounge jazz piano to create the perfect mood whenever people gather. This sophisticated blend of bebop & blues is the perfect ambience for any occasion.

Play lounge jazz piano to create the perfect mood whenever people gather. This sophisticated blend of bebop & blues is the perfect ambience for any occasion.

Discover how to improvise jazz piano with the half-whole diminished scale (or "dominant diminished"), including scale exercises in all 12 keys.

Minimize your improv materials to maximize your results. Explore 5 techniques for all levels to improvise on piano with just 1 scale!

Minimize your improv materials to maximize your results. Explore 5 techniques for all levels to improvise on piano with just 1 scale!

Look for a fresh perspective on improv? Learn to use piano chord shapes to create beautiful improv lines that sound interesting and organic.

Look for a fresh perspective on improv? Learn to use piano chord shapes to create beautiful improv lines that sound interesting and organic.

Learn a blues in G that keeps going ’round and ’round. The Carousel Blues will melt your troubles away.

No ending? No problem! Learn these 7 beautiful endings for jazz tunes to hold your audience's attention to the last note every time!

No ending? No problem! Learn these 7 beautiful endings for jazz tunes to hold your audience's attention to the last note every time!

Analyzing the brilliant Sonny Rollins' solo from his timeless recording of "St. Thomas."

Halloween is simply way more fun when you add these spooky sounds to your piano bag of tricks.

Learn to solo confidently with the most important scale for piano improv that works on any song in any style over any chord progression.

Learn to solo confidently with the most important scale for piano improv that works on any song in any style over any chord progression.

In this workshop, you'll learn how to solo over the 2-5-1 progression with enclosures. We’ll explore upper & lower enclosures, along with a variety of exercises and example lines for each chord in the progression. By the end of the workshop, you’ll understand how to use enclosures to create a more interesting piano solo.

In this workshop, you'll learn how to solo over the 2-5-1 progression with enclosures. We’ll explore upper & lower enclosures, along with a variety of exercises and example lines for each chord in the progression. By the end of the workshop, you’ll understand how to use enclosures to create a more interesting piano solo.

Dm7 Enclosures

Cmaj7 Enclosures