Improvisation

5 Left Hand Accompaniments

In this workshop, you will learn how to improvise piano over major chords with the Lydian scale. We'll cover essential soloing techniques, left hand accompaniments, common chord progressions and rhythms, and we'll learn how to solo over multiple chords.

In this workshop, you will learn how to improvise piano over major chords with the Lydian scale. We'll cover essential soloing techniques, left hand accompaniments, common chord progressions and rhythms, and we'll learn how to solo over multiple chords.

Soloing Technique #1: Steps

Soloing Over Multiple Chords

Soloing Technique #3: Outlining Chords

5 Left Hand Accompaniments

Improv Blocks & Rhythm Exercises

Lydian Scale

Soloing Technique #1: 3rds

Chords & Progressions to Use Lydian Scale On

Q&A

Discover the techniques used by composer Joshua Foy to improvise various moods used in film music on the piano.

Piano students of all levels will learn to improvise effortless and musical lines with the major scale in the contemporary style using these 3 techniques.

Piano students of all levels will learn to improvise effortless and musical lines with the major scale in the contemporary style using these 3 techniques.

What is cocktail blues piano? You can use these 4 steps to master this specific dialect of cocktail jazz to add some bluesy personality to your sound.

This blues lesson is like no other. You will get more beginner blues piano mileage out of 2 chords and 4 notes than you thought possible with these 6 steps!

What is cocktail blues piano? You can use these 4 steps to master this specific dialect of cocktail jazz to add some bluesy personality to your sound.

This blues lesson is like no other. You will get more beginner blues piano mileage out of 2 chords and 4 notes than you thought possible with these 6 steps!

Learn the techniques to expand your jazz vocabulary with three useful exercises. First Austin explains how to play arpeggios over all the changes. Next, he covers the "Rock Climber" exercise, and finally he provides a brief overview of "upper structures."

Learn the techniques to expand your jazz vocabulary with three useful exercises. First Austin explains how to play arpeggios over all the changes. Next, he covers the "Rock Climber" exercise, and finally he provides a brief overview of "upper structures."