Holiday

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

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.

Chord Variations, Tag Ending, Arpeggios, Ending Vamp

The Samba Groove, Chords of the A Section & B Section

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

Root Position Chords

The Bossa Nova Groove, Rootless Voicings

Intro/Outro, Playing With the Track

Improvisation Techniques

Learn the Melody

Jazzing Up the Chords, Changing the Time Signature, Practice Tips