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Learn 3 exercises to improvise minor jazz piano, the minor turnaround progression, essential grooves, scales for soloing, 8th notes, turns, & patterns.

Learn how to play Contemporary Praise and Worship piano accompaniment using extensions, cluster chords, inversions, and extended groove patterns.

Learn 5 rhythm exercises for blues piano improv. We'll cover the blues scale, 12-bar blues form, & 1-measure & 2-measure "Rhythm Templates".

Learn how to play Bossa Nova Piano in 5 Steps. You'll learn the lead sheet for Girl from Ipanema, left hand accompaniment, & right hand harmonies & fills.

Learn how to play 2 blues roll piano exercises. Master blues roll timing, multiple positions, combining hands, and transforming any lick into a roll.

Learn the 4 levels of jazz piano harmony so you can play any lead sheet. Topics include 7th chords, chord extensions, chord voicing, and passing chords.

Learn to play background jazz piano music for any gig. You'll learn the Turnaround Progression, scale for improv, & 3 improv tools.

Improvise jazz piano with a walking bass line. You'll learn the Turnaround Progression, the blues scale, and 3 exercises to practice improvisation.

Learn to play Happy Birthday in a Cocktail Jazz piano style. You'll learn how to add beautiful jazz harmony, color chords, use chord extensions, & more.

Learn to play 3 blues piano runs to take your blues improv to the next level. Runs include the Crunch Run, Turn-Run, & Gospel Slide Triplet Run.

Learn to play 5 amazing jazz piano scales for improv on dominant 7 chords, including Mixolydian, Dominant Diminished, and Altered Scales.

Learn 3 exercises to master slow blues piano improv, inluding 8th note, triplet, and slide exercises over the minor blues walkdown progression.

Learn how to play Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas lead sheet in a Jazz Ballad or Cocktail Jazz piano style using 8 essential improv techniques.

Learn to play Jingle Bells in a jazz swing piano style, including how to color your chords with extensions & alterations, how to swing your melody, & more.

Learn how to improvise jazz piano with in 6 steps. You'll learn the Turnaround Progression, Mixo-Blues scale, & 3 exercises to master jazz improv.

Learn 2 jazz piano intro runs that work on any lead sheet, including Cocktail Jazz, Jazz Swing, Latin Jazz, Blues, Bossa Nova, Samba, and Jazz Ballads.

Learn 3 essential blues piano Fire Licks and riffs to create an exciting blues improvisation. You'll improv over 12 Bar Blues with your teacher Jonny May.

Learn to play Ragtime Piano with Disneyland Piano Legend Johnny Hodges. You'll learn rag rolls, ornaments, the wolfe whistle, and 6 rag roll exercises.

Learn 3 exercises to master Cocktail Jazz Piano over the Turnaround Progression using Major Blues Scale (Gospel Scale), 8ths, triplets, and slides.

Learn how to use upper structure triads to improvise jazz piano over the turnaround progression, also called Rhythm Changes.

Learn 3 essential blues intros that work over just about any blues tune.  Plus, use these as blues outros.