Jazz Ballads
Learn the lush voicings, colorful scales and improvisational techniques behind your favorite jazz ballads.
Jazz Ballads Content
73 Courses
468 Lessons
187 Smartsheets
Left Hand Shells
Adding Harmony to the Right Hand
This course will help you master Erroll Garner's Misty at the beginner level. We'll learn the right hand melody, left hand shells, and a few easy tricks to spice it up for a final arrangement.
Explore essential jazz piano skills and concepts for beginners as you learn how to play "Misty," the timeless jazz ballad by Erroll Garner.
Explore essential jazz piano skills and concepts for beginners as you learn how to play "Misty," the timeless jazz ballad by Erroll Garner.
Stretch your piano sound with quintal chords! These voicings use stacks of 5th intervals to create complex colors that are perfect for contemporary jazz, gospel and R&B music.
Stretch your piano sound with quintal chords! These voicings use stacks of 5th intervals to create complex colors that are perfect for contemporary jazz, gospel and R&B music.
If you’ve ever been interested in accompanying on piano in a band setting, this workshop is for you! Using the great Irving Berlin standard, “Blue Skies,” we'll explore various accompanying techniques so you’ll sound like a pro!
4-Note Quartal Voicings
Lead Sheet Melody
Putting it All Together
Left-Hand Rootless Voicing Chords
Intro & Ending
Open Voicing 7th Chords
If you’ve ever been interested in accompanying on piano in a band setting, this workshop is for you! Using the great Irving Berlin standard, “Blue Skies,” we'll explore various accompanying techniques so you’ll sound like a pro!
Take your jazz improv up a notch with double time lines using 16th notes. Explore double time licks for all levels over 2-5-1 progressions.
Take your jazz improv up a notch with double time lines using 16th notes. Explore double time licks for all levels over 2-5-1 progressions.
The essential guide for students of all levels to master playing jazz licks with professional sound…including what makes the pros sound so good!
The essential guide for students of all levels to master playing jazz licks with professional sound…including what makes the pros sound so good!
In this comprehensive jazz course, we'll learn how to accompany on Blue Skies. Starting with the lead sheet, we’ll memorize the chords, review left hand patterns & rhythms, add chord extensions & rhythmic hits, and learn an intro/outro for a beautiful final arrangement.
In this comprehensive jazz course, we'll learn how to accompany on Blue Skies. Starting with the lead sheet, we’ll memorize the chords, review left hand patterns & rhythms, add chord extensions & rhythmic hits, and learn an intro/outro for a beautiful final arrangement.
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