Ragtime & Stride Piano – Track 1
Follow the Ragtime & Stride Learning Track to get started with these styles.
Ragtime
Learn the ragtime style.
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Ragtime Crash Course 1
Learn how to rag up a simple song with beginner rag rolls and the jumping left hand. After this course, you'll have a working knowledge of how to "ragify" any melody you encounter.
America The Beautiful Rag
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.
Stride
Learn the stride style.
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After You’ve Gone 1
With this structured Ragtime & Stride Learning Track, you’ll discover the essential techniques of ragtime, stride, and stride-waltz music with techniques like rag rolls, ornaments, & bass treatment.
The Bare Necessities 1
A flashy ragtime rendition of Disney's Bare Necessities! Starting with a lead sheet, you learn how to apply Forward Rag Rolls & the Stride-Ragtime left hand.
The #1 Stride Piano Exercise
Learn to master the stride piano techniques that dominated early solo jazz piano styles for nearly half-a-century with this #1 stride piano exercise.
How to Play Stride Piano
Learn how to play stride piano in the style of Fats Waller. Building from a lead sheet, you'll learn the stride left hand and right hand embellishments.
Stride-Waltz
Learn the stride-waltz style.
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Once Upon a Dream – Jazz Waltz 1
Learn this simple, beautiful arrangement of Once Upon a Dream while exploring the building blocks of the Stride-Waltz style, including the rocking techniques, chord sweeping, and more.
Jazz Waltz Challenge
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.
How to Compose a Piano Waltz
Learn how to compose a beautiful jazz waltz with Jonny's essential arranging techniques. We'll master left hand accompaniments, melodic writing, and harmonization.
Beginner
Intermediate
Ragtime
Stride
3 sections
Learning Focus
Full Description
With this structured Ragtime & Stride Learning Track, you’ll discover the essential techniques of ragtime, stride, and stride-waltz music with techniques like rag rolls, ornaments, & bass treatment.