Improvisation
Learn how to improvise jazz lines over your favorite jazz standard.
Improvisation Content
91 Courses
604 Lessons
216 Smartsheets
Learn how to play It Came Upon a Midnight Clear in a jazz waltz piano style. We'll cover chord shells, right hand harmony, slides, fills, & turns, 3 exercises for soloing.
Soloing, the Gospel Scale, 3 exercises
Right hand embellishments - 3/7 harmony, slides, fills, turns
Left hand chord shells
Lead sheet melody and chords
Learn how to improvise jazz piano with in 6 steps. You'll learn the Turnaround Progression, Mixo-Blues scale, & 3 exercises to master jazz improv.
Learn 3 exercises to master jazz piano improv using the Turnaround Progression and the Mixo-Blues scale. We'll cover 8th notes, triplets, and slides.
Learn 2 jazz piano intro runs that work on any lead sheet, including Cocktail Jazz, Jazz Swing, Latin Jazz, Blues, Bossa Nova, Samba, and Jazz Ballads.
Learn 2 essential runs that you can use on any jazz tune. You'll learn 2 stock runs, the Cocktail Jazz Run and the Blues Run.
Learn 3 essential blues piano Fire Licks and riffs to create an exciting blues improvisation. You'll improv over 12 Bar Blues with your teacher Jonny May.
Learn 3 essential blues piano Fire Licks that you can use in your blues improvisation, including double slide licks, triplet licks, and rolled licks.
Learn how to play It Came Upon a Midnight Clear in a jazz waltz piano style. We'll cover rootless voicings, right hand harmony, slides, chord pops, fills, turns, & exercises for soloing.
Learn how to play It Came Upon a Midnight Clear in a jazz waltz piano style. We'll cover chord shells, right hand harmony, slides, fills, & turns, 3 exercises for soloing.
Learn to play Ragtime Piano with Disneyland Piano Legend Johnny Hodges. You'll learn rag rolls, ornaments, the wolfe whistle, and 6 rag roll exercises.
Learn to play Ragtime Piano with Disneyland Piano Legend Johnny Hodges. You'll learn rag rolls, ornaments, the wolfe whistle, and 6 rag roll exercises.
The Sad Ending, Big Band, & Count Basie Endings
The Country & Fan Ending
Melody Spotlight 1 & 2
Walk Up Turns & Parallel Gospel Scale
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