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Have you noticed that fake books don't contain intros? Master each stock jazz piano intro in this lesson to setup your favorite standards with confidence.

Get a professional jazz piano improv sound with the dominant diminished scale. Here's everything you need to know to start using this scale today!

In this lesson, piano students of any level will learn an essential blues piano lick. Students can also use this lesson to level-up their blues sound.

Two birds...one jazz piano exercise! This concise daily exercise helps jazz piano students master their diatonic 7th chords and improve their swing feel.

Learn to use triad pairs to improvise angular, modern-sounding jazz piano lines. Take your jazz piano improv to a whole new level in just three steps.

You've decided to learn piano. Now the most important question is "what kind of music will you play?" Here are 10 reasons why you should learn jazz piano.

Discover the most beautiful minor chord voicing on piano, The Sorrow Chord. This rich minor 11 chord voicing is great for expressing complex emotions.

Learn to play beginner cocktail jazz piano improvisation in 3 simple steps. You'll learn to play jazzy rootless voicings and 3 essential solo techniques.

How do you keep from playing amateur sounding piano accompaniment patterns? Use these 3 simple steps to upgrade your accompaniment texture today.

Learn to play electrifying rock piano solos in 4 steps with these improv techniques for all levels including double stops, slides, turns and more.

These simple techniques will help the amateur pianist improvise contemporary piano lines that sound refined and professional.

Learn how to sound pro with these advanced jazz piano arranging tips on the ballad Misty, using colorful chord voicings and rich jazz harmonic motion!

Take your jazz piano playing to the next level. Memorize hundreds of jazz songs by learning 8 common chord progressions found in jazz fake books.

Learn to master the stride piano techniques that dominated early solo jazz piano styles for nearly half-a-century with this #1 stride piano exercise.

Discover the techniques used by composer Joshua Foy to improvise various moods used in film music on the piano.

Piano students of all levels will learn to improvise effortless and musical lines with the major scale in the contemporary style using these 3 techniques.

This Quick Tip is the ultimate cure for the common chord progression with 10 unique techniques to harmonize your favorite jazz tunes on piano.

What is cocktail blues piano? You can use these 4 steps to master this specific dialect of cocktail jazz to add some bluesy personality to your sound.

This blues lesson is like no other. You will get more beginner blues piano mileage out of 2 chords and 4 notes than you thought possible with these 6 steps!

Learn how to play a beautiful jazz ballad piano accompaniment of the classic Christmas song, Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas.

Learn a breathtaking contemporary piano arrangement of the holiday favorite "O Holy Night" with a breakdown of contemporary piano techniques for all levels.