Pop Soloing – 2
Take your pop soloing to a professional level with five advanced techniques that add harmony, depth and texture to your right hand. This track takes the core ideas from the Beginner/Intermediate track and expands them, mostly by harmonizing single notes into chord shapes. The result is the full, polished sound you hear from pop pianists like Billy Joel, Elton John and Bruce Hornsby.
Learn the most common techniques used in pop soloing.
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Pop Soloing with Harmonized Chord Tone Targets
Get the deep, resonant sound heard in songs by Billy Joel, Elton John, Norah Jones and Bruce Hornsby by harmonizing your chord tone targets. You'll learn two essential positions and use them to build intentional lines with real direction.
Pop Soloing with Chord Blocks
Play bold, full-sounding solos with chord blocks, the go-to technique for soloing with chords in pop music. You'll learn the right block for every chord in a progression and connect them into a powerful improvisation.
Pop Soloing with Harmonized Slip Notes
Add an edgy, gritty bite to your solos by slipping entire chord shapes instead of single notes. Four essential positions let you use this bold sound over almost any pop chord progression.
Pop Soloing with Harmonized Turns
Learn harmonized turns, a soloing technique that adds a magical, whimsical sparkle to your solos, fills and melodies. You'll go from the basic concept to building your own improvisations over popular pop chord progressions.
Pop Soloing with the Big One Chord Wonder
Take the One Chord Wonder to the next level with a rich, lush 4-note cluster you can play over any chord in your left hand. Then use it to build fresh, memorable solos that break you out of the same old scales.
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Pop Soloing
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Full Description
Once you’re comfortable with single-note soloing, the next step is to fill out your sound. This track takes the core ideas from the Beginner/Intermediate track and expands them, mostly by harmonizing single notes into chord shapes. The result is the full, polished sound you hear from pop pianists like Billy Joel, Elton John and Bruce Hornsby.
Each course includes focused exercises and step-by-step improvisation examples to help you use these advanced techniques naturally in your own playing. If you’ve completed the Beginner/Intermediate track, or you’re already an experienced player looking to expand your vocabulary, this track will help you solo with more depth, color and confidence.
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