Improvisation

Learn the essential scales used to improvise over the most common 7th chords found in jazz and popular music. Scales are the musical building blocks used to create interesting solos.

Learn the essential scales used to improvise over the most common 7th chords found in jazz and popular music. Scales are the musical building blocks used to create interesting solos.

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Half Diminished Chords, Diminished Scale, Diminished #7

Dominant 7th Chords, Mixolydian, Bebop, Diminished, & Altered Scales

Minor 7th Chords, Dorian Scale, Bebop 2 Versions

The Lydian, Major bebop, & Pentatonic b3 scales

Major 7th Chords, Principles of Soloing

Transform a lead sheet into an awesome swing arrangement with this course. Learn essential swing techniques like walking bass lines, harmonizing the melody, adding fills, & soloing.

Transform Fly Me to the Moon into a swingin' arrangement. From a lead sheet, we apply swing ingredients like shells, harmonies, chord pops, & fills. Plus, learn an intro, outro, & how to improvise.

Nobody will be able to resist getting on the dance floor when you play this jaunty and upbeat 1920's style stride piece. Along with the melody and left hand stride, you'll learn a full solo.

Play a classic Blues & Boogie-inspired original song. Become familiar with the left hand groove, bluesy melody, authentic jazz chords, and a fun solo section.

Discover how to play in the style of Ray Charles with this soulful improvised blues arrangement. You'll learn a reharmonized blues with rich left hand chords and expressive riffs.

Learn a punchy and upbeat pop contemporary tune that is tons of fun to play. This song features suspended chords, syncopated bass, key changes, and a big buildup to the final chorus.

Explore the sounds of John Williams, Hans Zimmer, & Danny Elfman in this improvisation based on the Film Improv Course. You'll learn the progression and dozens of exciting melodic riffs.

Get that modern jazz sound in your improvisation using this upper structure run for piano. You can use this triad pair pattern over any dominant 7th chord!

Learn 3 essential blues riffs and licks for piano! You'll learn an easy lick, an intermediate lick, and an advanced lick, as well as left hand blues chords.

Get that modern jazz sound in your improvisation using this upper structure run for piano. You can use this triad pair pattern over any dominant 7th chord!

Learn 3 essential blues licks. You'll learn an easy lick, an intermediate lick, and an advanced lick.

Learn 3 stock primary chords that you can use to jam over just about any tune. We'll explore them over Ode to Joy.

The complete course on how to create a gorgeous cocktail jazz ballad. You’ll learn Stride-Ballad Left Hand techniques, rootless voicings, and right hand embellishment with extensions, fills, runs, and more.