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
Learn the most important fundamentals for the Key of D Minor with the scales, diatonic chords, and common chord progressions. Then put it all together with an original tune, "Jonny's Moonflight."
Learn the most important fundamentals for the Key of D Major with the scale, diatonic chords, and common chord progressions. Then put it all together with an upbeat Blues groove.
Learn the most important fundamentals for the Key of C Minor with the scales, diatonic chords, and common chord progressions. Then put it all together with a fun minor swing tune, "Long Ago."
Learn the most important fundamentals for the Key of C Major with the scale, diatonic chords, and common chord progressions. Then put it all together with Jonny's Canon.
Swing like a big band in the Fly Me to the Moon Challenge for all playing levels. Apply essential swing techniques like shells, walking bass lines, harmonies, slides, & fills for a rich swing sound.
Transform a lead sheet into an awesome swing arrangement with the Fly Me to the Moon 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.
Learn the most important fundamentals for the Key of Bb Major with the scale, diatonic chords, and common chord progressions. Then put it all together with the swingin' tune "PWJ Avenue."
Learn the most important fundamentals for the Key of B Minor with the scales, diatonic chords, and common chord progressions. Then put it all together with a sweet Latin groove!
Learn the most important fundamentals for the Key of A Minor with the scale, diatonic chords, and common chord progressions. Then put it all together with an original song "Jonny Darko."
Diatonic Chords, 4 Common Chord Progressions
A Major Song "Doin' the PWJ Rock", Melody, Chords, & Shuffle
A Major Scale, Hands Separate & Together, 2 Octaves
Learn the most important fundamentals for the Key of A Major with the scale, diatonic chords, and common chord progressions. Then put it all together with a fun rock song!
Take the Jingle Bells Rag Challenge, where you'll learn how to develop the lead sheet into a super fun ragtime arrangement! Explore Rag Rolls, the Stride Left Hand, and more!
Learn 3 essential Jazz styles - Jazz Swing, Stride, & Latin - with Heart & Spirit, inspired by Heart & Soul. From the lead sheet, we'll apply 4-On-The-Floor, Walking Bass, re-harmonizations, & more.
Learn Heart & Spirit, a tune inspired by Heart & Soul. You'll learn how to develop the lead sheet into 3 essential jazz styles - Swing, Latin, and Broadway Kickline - plus, how to improvise over it.
Learn how to transform a lead sheet into a jazz waltz with the Jazz Waltz Challenge. Learn the chords, rootless voicings, stride-waltz bass, & how to embellish the melody with turns & fills.
Jazzify Greensleeves in the spirit of Vince Guaraldi's Charlie Brown Christmas Special arrangement. Learn 2 left hand accompaniments, jazz harmonies, turns, walking bass, & how to improvise a solo.
Learn how to create an easy waltz-swing arrangement of Greensleeves. We explore the lead sheet, simple left hand shells, 2 waltz grooves, how to harmonize the right hand, and soloing tricks.
Swing like a big band in the Fly Me to the Moon Challenge for all playing levels. Apply essential swing techniques like shells, walking bass lines, harmonies, slides, & fills for a rich swing sound.
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