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
Shells with Open Voicings
If you’ve ever been interested in piano accompaniment in a solo setting, this workshop is for you! Using the popular jazz standard, “The Way You Look Tonight” by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields, we will explore various solo accompanying techniques so you’ll sound like a pro!
This course will help you master Over the Rainbow 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.
Hands Together & Improv Solo
Lead Sheet
Right Hand
This course will help you master Over the Rainbow 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.
Discover pro insights on how to dress up Erroll Garner's "Misty" with intermediate and advanced jazz piano concepts and techniques.
Discover pro insights on how to dress up Erroll Garner's "Misty" with intermediate and advanced jazz piano concepts and techniques.
If you’ve ever been interested in piano accompaniment in a band setting, this workshop is for you! Using the iconic song, “Over the Rainbow”, we will explore various band accompanying techniques so you’ll sound like a pro!
Putting It All Together
Lead Sheet Melody
Intro & Ending
Open Voicing 7th Chords
Left Hand Rootless Voicings, Right Hand Fills
4-Note Quartal Voicings
If you’ve ever been interested in piano accompaniment in a band setting, this workshop is for you! Using the iconic song, “Over the Rainbow”, we will explore various band accompanying techniques so you’ll sound like a pro!
Do your improv lines sound aimless? Develop authentic jazz language with bebop scales used by legends like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie!
Do your improv lines sound aimless? Develop authentic jazz language with bebop scales used by legends like Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie!
Discover how to professional jazz pianists use voice leading techniques on piano to approach harmony from a melodic perspective.
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