Smooth Jazz

"The Lick" jazz meme is a pervasive musical phrase used so much as to become an inside joke among jazz musicians. Here's how to tastefully play it without shame.

"The Lick" jazz meme is a pervasive musical phrase used so much as to become an inside joke among jazz musicians. Here's how to tastefully play it without shame.

This comprehensive course covers rootless voicings on major 9 chords. We'll learn how to construct these colorful chords and how to apply them to tunes in various styles.

Major 9 "B&A" Voicing Exercise

Bossa Round

Swingset

Definition & Positions

Major 9 "B" Voicing Exercise

Major 9 "A&B" Voicing Exercise

Ballad Salad

Love to See You Smile

Major 9 "A" Voicing Exercise

This comprehensive course covers rootless voicings on major 9 chords. We'll learn how to construct these colorful chords and how to apply them to tunes in various styles.

Learn 5 common ways that jazz pianists use diminished 7th chords to add variety, momentum and color to their piano arrangements and improv.

Learn 5 common ways that jazz pianists use diminished 7th chords to add variety, momentum and color to their piano arrangements and improv.

Shine a light on complex and shadowy jazz scales with this simple approach for piano improv on a minor 2-5-1 with the melodic minor scale.

Shine a light on complex and shadowy jazz scales with this simple approach for piano improv on a minor 2-5-1 with the melodic minor scale.

Learn how to improvise a hip piano solo over neo soul chord progressions. This easy piano improv approach only uses 1 pentatonic scale.

Learn how to improvise a hip piano solo over neo soul chord progressions. This easy piano improv approach only uses 1 pentatonic scale.

The ultimate 2-5-1 jazz scale exercise will unlock your potential as an improvisor and help overcome choppy, directionless improv lines.

The ultimate 2-5-1 jazz scale exercise will unlock your potential as an improvisor and help overcome choppy, directionless improv lines.