Improvisation
Learn how to improvise jazz lines over your favorite jazz standard.
Improvisation Content
91 Courses
604 Lessons
216 Smartsheets
Midnight Strutters - Section 3
Midnight Strutters: Section 1
Midnight Strutters - Section 4
Question and Answer
Master the techniques used by jazz pianists to solo over a minor turnaround progression. Utilizing scale theory, enclosures, triad shifting, and more, Jonny deconstructs his top techniques for soloing.
Snappin' at Coney - Lesson 3
Snappin' at Coney - Section 1
Major Turnaround Progression and Soloing Techniques
Snappin' at Coney - Section 4
Snappin' at Coney - Section 3
Question & Answer
Learn how jazz pianists construct a solo in this note-for-note analysis workshop. Using the major turnaround, you'll understand how to elegantly combine rhythmic and melodic ideas.
Learn how to play stride piano in the style of Fats Waller. Building from a lead sheet, you'll learn the stride left hand and right hand embellishments.
Learn how to play stride piano in the style of Fats Waller and James P Johnson. Building from a lead sheet, you'll learn the stride left hand and right hand embellishments.
How to Play A Jazz Piano Lead Sheet in 4 Steps
Learn how to play jazz piano if you are a complete beginner. In this lesson, you'll learn 4 essential jazz chords, 1 scale, and 3 improvisation exercises.
Learn how to play jazz piano if you are a complete beginner. In this lesson, you'll learn 4 essential chords, 1 jazz scale, and 3 improvisation exercises.
Learn 2 essential blues scales for blues piano improv: Major Blues Scale and Minor Blues Scale. Learn an exercise and how to improvise a blues solo.
Learn 2 essential blues scales for piano improv: Major Blues Scale and Minor Blues Scale. Learn a blues scale exercise and how to improvise a blues solo.
Learn how to improvise jazz piano with chord enclosures. You'll learn an essential enclosure exercise, left hand accompaniment techniques, and how to solo.
Learn how to improvise jazz piano with chord enclosures. You'll learn an essential enclosure exercise, left hand accompaniment techniques, and how to solo.
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