This comprehensive course covers half-diminished drop 2 voicings. We’ll learn these voicings with fun exercises, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Sheet Type: Lesson Sheet
Locked Hands – The Piano Guide
Learn how to play jazz melodies in the classy Locked Hands piano style (aka “Block Chords”) of Milt Buckner made popular by George Shearing.
Modal Interchange: The Complete Guide to Borrowed Chords
Learn how to draw on modal interchange to create unique chord progressions with borrowed chords. Then, use borrowed chords in reharmonization.
Jazz Piano Upper Structures With Minor Triads
Create rich polychordal jazz piano voicings using the minor triad as an upper structure for major, minor, dominant, altered dominant sounds.
Giant Steps – The Ultimate Guide
Learn to comp and improv on “Giant Steps”…one of the most feared and revered jazz tunes. Then master reharmonization using Coltrane changes.
Dominant Drop 2 Voicings
This comprehensive course covers dominant drop 2 voicings. We’ll learn these voicings with fun exercises, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Jazz Piano Comping With Two Hand Voicings
An essential guide for understanding and mastering various two-hand voicings techniques used by jazz pianists when comping in an ensemble.
Key of Bb Minor – Funky Time
Learn the most important fundamentals for the Key of Bb Minor with the scales, diatonic chords, and common chord progressions. Then put it all together with “Funky Time.”
Minor 2-5-1 Four-Note Quartal Exercises
This comprehensive course covers 4-note quartal voicings. We’ll learn these voicings over the 2-5-1 progression in all the minor keys, how to incorporate chord alterations, and finally we’ll apply them to a song at the end using the chord changes from Alone Together.
Major 2-5-1 Four-Note Quartal Exercises
This comprehensive course covers 4-note quartal voicings. We’ll learn these voicings over the 2-5-1 progression in all the major keys, how to incorporate chord alterations, and finally we’ll apply them to a song at the end using the Satin Doll progression.
Minor Drop 2 Voicings
This comprehensive course covers minor drop 2 voicings. We’ll learn these voicings with fun exercises in all the minor keys, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Major Drop 2 Voicings
This comprehensive course covers major drop 2 voicings. We’ll learn these voicings with fun exercises in all the major keys, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Misty – Band Accompaniment 1
In this comprehensive jazz ballad course, we’ll learn how to accompany on Misty in a band setting. Starting with the lead sheet, we’ll memorize the chords, apply rootless voicings, add right hand fills, and learn an intro/outro for a beautiful final arrangement.
Funk Chords – The Complete Guide
Learn the “Top 5 Funk Chords Every Pianist Must Know” and funk piano grooves in the style of Herbie Hancock, Bill Withers and Bruno Mars.
6th Chords – The Complete Guide
The missing chapter on Sixth Chords from your music theory textbook. Discover essential exercises and applications for major 6th & minor 6th chords.
Play Piano Lead Sheets With Block Chords
Learn how to play piano lead sheets using block chords to create a richer and more interesting sound, including 8 songs with the most common progressions in fake books. You’ll also learn melody embellishments and various bass lines.
Diminished and Dominant Diminished Block Chords
This comprehensive course covers diminished & dominant diminished block chords. We’ll learn these chords with fun exercises in each key, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Lydian Dominant Scale – The Complete Guide
Improvise jazz piano with the magical sound of the Lydian Dominant Scale. Learn to hear, construct and solo over 4 common jazz progressions.
Augmented Chords – The Complete Guide
Piano students usually only play augmented chords on accident. However, this Complete Guide shows why you will want to play these chords on purpose!
Misty – Accompaniment 1
In this comprehensive jazz ballad course, we’ll learn how to accompany on Misty. Starting with the lead sheet, we’ll memorize the chords, review some basic left hand patterns, add right hand fills, and learn an intro/outro for a beautiful final arrangement.
Half Diminished Block Chords
This comprehensive course covers half-diminished block chords. We’ll learn these chords with fun exercises in each key, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
