Songs

The Bass Walk-Up, Harmonizing the Melody

Lead Sheet, Melody & Chords

The Rhumba Groove, Add Pops and Slides

Learn how to create a gorgeous cocktail jazz ballad with Stride-Ballad left hand techniques, rootless voicings, and right hand embellishment using extensions, fills, runs, and more.

The most comprehensive course on Cocktail Jazz (Jazz Ballads). Discover how to develop a lead sheet, stylize the left hand, harmonize the right hand, add fills, & improvise.

Learn the building blocks of stride piano with this fun stride arrangement of Ode to Joy.  Discover how use triplet rolls, stride runs, turns, & stride harmony as we dissect each note of the arrangement.

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.

Get ready to learn Silent Night in a fun Blues Rhumba Style with slides, tremolos, and rolls. A Rhumba Intro and Outro are included, along with a valuable toolkit of soloing techniques.

Happy New Year! Do you want to play the classic New Year’s song Auld Lang Syne in a hip jazz piano way? In today’s Quick Tip, you will learn Jonny’s fantastic jazz piano arrangement in 3 easy steps: Learn the melody Learn the basic chord progression Add jazz piano concepts to create a hip arrangement … Continue reading “Auld Lang Syne Jazz Piano Arrangement”

Learn Away In A Manger in a Contemporary Style & how to transform major/minor chords into Sus 2 & Sus 4 chords.

A fun boogie version of Go Tell It On the Mountain with Boogie-shuffle, 2nd inversion Gospel chords, & blues-slides.

Learn the most important fundamentals for the Key of G Major with the scale, diatonic chords, and common chord progressions. Then put it all together with an original tune, "Jonny's Lullaby."

It's time to swing with this jazz-swing rendition of O Christmas Tree.  Learn jazzy chords, chord extensions, inner-voice movement.

Learn how to develop a Pop arrangement with Jonny's Wake Me Up (Avicii) arrangement. You'll learn every note, fingering, & practice tips, plus arranging techniques for Pop and Ragtime.

Lead Sheet, Chords and Melody

Verse 1, Pop Style

Verse 1 Continued, Rag Rolls

The Chorus, Arpeggiated Runs

Instrumental Section, Ragtime, Verse 2

The Boogie Section, Final Instrumental, Ending

2nd Solo: Funky-Blues Rolls, Harmonized Slides, & Harmonized Turns