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34 Courses
144 Lessons
76 Smartsheets
Learn how to infuse Funk, Blues, & Gospel with the tune Swag Time. Discover techniques like Blues blocked chords, Funky 4ths, boogie octaves, rolls, harmonized turns, and other improv techniques.
Learn how to infuse Funk, Blues, & Gospel with the tune Swag Time. Discover techniques like Blues blocked chords, Funky 4ths, boogie octaves, rolls, harmonized turns, and other improv techniques.
Master this flashy ragtime rendition of Jingle Bells, arranged by Disneyland Main Street Pianist Johnny Hodges! Learn the Christmas "Bell" Introduction, Rag Rolls, Bass Crossover, and more.
Make your friend's birthday party unforgettable with Happy Birthday in 7 fun styles. We'll explore traditional, Latin Samba, Swing, Stride, Ragtime, Bass Cross-over, & Broadway Kickline.
Complete Beginners, welcome to your first piano course, the Introduction to the Keyboard. You'll learn note names, proper technique, stretches, exercises, note/chord reading, improv, & more.
Learn Gospel Stride from the Gospel Groove Series. We’ll explore this celebratory progression reminiscent of New Orleans music, the stride-Gospel left hand, chord punches, Gospel rolls, & more.
Rock out with Gospel Spell from the Gospel Groove Series. You'll learn an infectious driving bass line, the chromatic chord walkup, how to create "rub" between chords, and fat Dominant chords.
Rock out with Gospel Spell from the Gospel Groove Series. You'll learn an infectious driving bass line, the chromatic chord walkup, how to create "rub" between chords, and fat Dominant chords.
Jam on Gospel Soul from the Gospel Groove Series. You'll learn an inspiring "lifting" progression, gorgeous inverted sus2 chords, minor 11 chords, altered chords, diatonic slides, & more.
Jam on Gospel Soul from the Gospel Groove Series. You'll learn an inspiring "lifting" progression, gorgeous inverted sus2 chords, minor 11 chords, altered chords, diatonic slides, & more.
Learn the PWJ jingle with Shout Hallelujah from the Gospel Groove Series. We explore Gospel Chords, a fun syncopated groove, chord pops, blues brushes, slides, & more!
Learn the Gospel Love groove from the Gospel Groove Series. Master a Gospel-Rhumba bass line, Gospel rolls, syncopated bass, tritone substitutes, turns, & more.
Learn the Gospel Love groove from the Gospel Groove Series. Master a Gospel-Rhumba bass line, Gospel rolls, syncopated bass, tritone substitutes, turns, & more.
Learn the Gospel Jam groove from the Gospel Groove Series. Discover a syncopated Gospel left hand bass, fat Dominant 7th chord punches, Diminished Chords, Dominant 9 Sus 4 Chords, & more.
Jam on the Gospel Grace accompaniment groove from the Gospel Groove Series. Explore the Amazing Grace progression, how to fill in a 6/8 meter, how to use Gospel Chords, bass fills, & more.
Jam on the Gospel Grace accompaniment groove from the Gospel Groove Series. Explore the Amazing Grace progression, how to fill in a 6/8 meter, how to use Gospel Chords, bass fills, & more.
Learn the infectious Gospel Earth Groove from the Gospel Groove Series. Explore Gospel Chords, syncopations, chromatic Dominant 7th walkdowns, & the Gospel turnaround.
The A and B Sections
The Bridge, Build-Up, and Melody Repeat
Back to the B Section, Big Octaves
Section A & B, Chord Voicing Analysis
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