Lead Sheets
Learn how to play your favorite jazz standards and pop tunes using just the melody and chords from fake books or The Real Book.
Lead Sheets Content
114 Courses
653 Lessons
148 Smartsheets
If you’ve ever been interested in piano accompaniment in a duo setting, then this workshop is for you! Using the great Isham Jones and Gus Kahn standard, “It Had to Be You”, we'll explore various accompanying techniques so you’ll sound like a pro!
Discover essential skills for a crafting a solo jazz piano arrangement of Jimmy Van Heusen's popular standard "It Could Happen to You."
Discover essential skills for a crafting a solo jazz piano arrangement of Jimmy Van Heusen's popular standard "It Could Happen to You."
In this comprehensive jazz course, we'll learn how to accompany on Blue Skies. Starting with the lead sheet, we’ll memorize the chords, review left hand patterns & rhythms, add chord extensions & rhythmic hits, and learn an intro/outro for a beautiful final arrangement.
In this comprehensive jazz course, we'll learn how to accompany on Blue Skies. Starting with the lead sheet, we’ll memorize the chords, review left hand patterns & rhythms, add chord extensions & rhythmic hits, and learn an intro/outro for a beautiful final arrangement.
Lead Sheet Melody
Putting it All Together
Intro & Ending
Rootless Voicings, Walking Bass
3-Note Voicings, "2-Feel" Bass
Shells with Rhythmic Hits
Learn how to play piano lead sheets using quartal voicings to create a richer and more interesting sound, including 8 songs with the most common progressions in fake books. You'll also learn melody embellishments and various bass lines.
Learn how to play piano lead sheets using quartal voicings to create a richer and more interesting sound, including 8 songs with the most common progressions in fake books. You'll also learn melody embellishments and various bass lines.
Misty Progression - "Going Along"
Chromatic Walk-Up - "My Heart is Jumpin"
Sentimental Progression - "When You Said Goodbye"
Turnaround Progression - "Over the Meadow"
Blues Progression - "Treat Me Right"
Extended Turnaround - "Gone Away"
Minor Turnaround - "In this Quiet Hour"
Cycle of 5ths Progression - "Fly on By"
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