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Discover best practices in piano accompaniment for singers while exploring Erroll Garner's timeless jazz standard, "Misty."

Learn how to play Pachelbel's famous canon in D in 5 easy steps on the piano! Make it your own using its beautiful melodies and chords.

A PWJ tribute to the life and legacy of International Jazz Hero Beegie Adair, whose inspiring jazz piano career stretched over 6 decades! In honor of some of the great contributors to jazz as an art form, this blog recognizes Beegie Adair, an American jazz pianist and bandleader whose influence and talent resonated with jazz enthusiasts all over the world.

To play piano with an original sound think "stylization, not complication." Here are 10 ways to spice up a simple piano chord progression.

You've learned professional jazz piano voicings, but now what? Explore adding countermelody and tensions with beautiful inner voice movement.

Minimize your improv materials to maximize your results. Explore 5 techniques for all levels to improvise on piano with just 1 scale!

Learn 6 essential jazz piano chord voicings used by Bud Powell, Red Garland, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, George Shearing, and McCoy Tyner.

Drawing inspiration from world-renowned musicians, this blog explores less common approaches to practicing that can help you break out of a rut. Some of the "off instrument" techniques could even help you double your practice time.

Discover how the path to reaching your full potential as a musician includes using your head, hands and heart. Each of these areas are a unique focus in practice, and work together synergistically to create meaningful progress.

Learn essential techniques for beginner jazz piano accompaniment on one of the most iconic jazz forms of all time—Gerswhin's "I Got Rhythm."

Look for a fresh perspective on improv? Learn to use piano chord shapes to create beautiful improv lines that sound interesting and organic.

Capture the breathless charm of Jerome Kern's "The Way You Look Tonight" that has made it one of the most popular piano ballads of all time.

Learn to play authentic New Orleans blues piano in the style of Dr. John, Fats Domino, and Professor Longhair. There's a party in this lesson!

Learn to embellish any tune like a pro by adding rich passing chords with the tritone substitution technique—a complete guide for all levels.

Learn 4 steps to play beautiful neo soul piano chords. Then, seamlessly connect diatonic and borrowed chords using the common tone technique.

Want to learn how to make a chord sound jazzy? Master 3 simple formulas to play advanced jazz piano voicings, even if you're a beginner.

Fast is fun! There's just something exhilarating about pushing things to the limit. Learn to play piano with lightening-fast speed today!

"What should I be practicing?" Include these 5 pillars of piano practice every day for a well-rounded routine to take you to the next level!

Learn a beginner arrangement of "Jingle Bells" like no other with Jonny's simple jazz piano arrangement of this holiday classic.

Learn from the amazing Youtube jazz sensation Jimin Park (Jimindorothy) as she shares her essential stride piano tips and techniques!

Learn to play "Silent Night" in a jazz ballad style with diatonic 7th chords, extensions, alterations, secondary dominants & reharmonization.