Holiday

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.

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

Learn a beautiful Jazz Ballad accompaniment for Silent Night using rootless chords.

Learn a New Orleans Blues Rhumba version of Silent Night with slides, tremolos, rolls, and blues improv. If Dr. John ever got his hands on Silent Night, this is how he might play it!

Dive into this exciting Christmas challenge where you'll learn a fun swing version of O Christmas Tree.  We'll develop the the lead with with walking bass, chord shells, blocked chords, and more!

Make it a swingin' Christmas with O Christmas Tree. We'll build a swing arrangement from the lead sheet with techniques like walking bass, block chords, & jazz fills, plus learn how to improvise!

Learn a fun swing arrangement of O Christmas Tree.  Discover how to transform the lead sheet with swing techniques like shells, slides, fills, & tremolos, plus learn to improvise over it.

Learn a super fun Jingle Bells accompaniment that you can sing along with! You'll discover how to play "through-lines" to create a more interesting accompaniment.

Take the Jingle Bells Rag Challenge, where you'll learn how to develop the lead sheet into a super fun ragtime arrangement. Explore Rag Rolls, the Stride Left Hand, and more.

Master this flashy ragtime rendition of Jingle Bells, arranged by Disneyland Main Street Pianist Johnny Hodges.  Learn the Christmas "Bell" Introduction, Rag Rolls, Bass Crossover, and more.

A beautiful jazz rendition of It Came Upon a Midnight Clear, exploring guide tones, turns, & the waltz-swing style.

Play a Jazz Stride Waltz over this classic holiday tune using roots and shells, in the style of Vince Guaraldi.

Create a relaxing atmosphere with this beautiful Bossa Nova accompaniment of the classic Christmas tune Silent Night. With jazzy chord voicings and the Bossa rhythm, you'll never hear it the same way again.

A beautiful Latin Bossa Nova accompaniment for Silent Night. Using chord shells and a root-fifth bass approach, this rendition will have all your friends singing along during the holidays!

Learn how to play The Christmas Song as a Latin Samba accompaniment. We explore the Samba rhythm, chord progression, how to jazz-up the chords, and chord reharmonizations.

Learn Away in a Manger in a beautiful Contemporary style.  We cover important accompaniment patterns, the right hand Rocking Technique, & melodic embellishments.

Learn Away in a Manger in a gorgeous Contemporary style.  Working from a lead sheet, we discuss left hand accompaniment patterns, the right hand arpeggiation technique, and more.