Songs

Ornamentation, Song application, When the Saints Go Marching, The Entertainer

Arrangement Preview, Melody, Chords, Left Hand

Rag Rolls, Introduction, Ending

Create the classic slow blues sound with this original tune. "Bernie's Blues" covers all the essentials to groove in this style with fills, slid notes, and reharmonization.

Create the classic slow blues sound with this original tune. "Bernie's Blues" covers all the essentials to groove in this style with fills, slid notes, and reharmonization.

A deep dive on Ragtime stylization using the tune America the Beautiful. Learn the stock Ragtime intro, forward rag rolls, reverse rag rolls, triplet rag rolls, ornaments, & the bass treatment.

Soloing, Pentatonic Scale, Blues Scale, Combining both

Rolls & Tremolos, Apply to Each Chord

Intro, Outro, Dynamics, & Phrasing

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."