Scales
Learn the essential scales that form the foundation of all music, and some colorful scales you can use for soloing.
Scales Content
52 Courses
344 Lessons
105 Smartsheets
Blues licks & riffs
Harmonized 8ths & slides
Slides, slide exercises, & lower & upper position soloing
Triplet exercises & creatine lines
G Blues Scale, 8th note exercises, & how to create lines
Charleston, 4-On-The-Floor, & 8th Note Blues Shuffle
Smart Sheet Features, Blues Chords, & 12-Bar Blues Form
Learn to play 5 amazing jazz piano scales for improv on dominant 7 chords, including Mixolydian, Dominant Diminished, and Altered Scales.
Learn to play 5 amazing jazz piano scales for improv on dominant 7 chords, including Mixolydian, Dominant Diminished, and Altered Scales.
Learn 3 exercises to master slow blues piano improv, inluding 8th note, triplet, and slide exercises over the minor blues walkdown progression.
Learn 3 exercises to master slow blues piano improv, inluding 8th note, triplet, and slide exercises over the minor blues walkdown progression.
Learn to improvise over the Extended Turnaround Progression, including 2 left hand accompaniments, 12 right hand soloing techniques, 12 improv exercises, and the 3 Line Building Principles.
Learn how to improvise over the Extended Turnaround Progression, including 3 left hand accompaniments, 4 right hand soloing techniques, and 6 exercises to master improv.
Review the notes and fingerings for all major and minor scales through the circle of 5ths. Majors are presented with the relative minor scales.
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 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.
Learn 3 exercises to master Cocktail Jazz Piano over the Turnaround Progression using Major Blues Scale (Gospel Scale), 8ths, triplets, and slides.
Learn 3 essential exercises to master Cocktail Jazz Piano over the Turnaround Progression. We explore shells, rootless voicings, the Major Blues Scale (gospel scale), 8th notes, triplets, and slides.
Learn modern jazz piano chords using Minor 11 Parallel Quartals, an essential technique to improvise modern jazz. We'll harmonize with the C Dorian scale.
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