Advanced
These tracks are for more seasoned players who are ready to take their playing to the next level. All styles and learning focus topics are covered.
Advanced Content
171 Courses
982 Lessons
283 Smartsheets
Big Band (Shout Chorus) Approach, Q&A
Rootless Voicings
Altered Dominant Quartal Voicings
Quartal Voicings, Backing Track
Upper Structures, Minor 11 Chords
4 Simple Swing Grooves, Backing Track
Cycle of 5ths Chord Progression, Analysis
5 Jazz comping (accompanying) approaches for tunes like Fly Me to the Moon & Autumn Leaves. We explore the chords, comp rhythms, and 5 harmonic approaches.
2 Off-The-Beat Rolls, 3 Tremolos, 4 Smash Licks
Learn how to create a gorgeous cocktail jazz ballad with Stride-Ballad left hand techniques, rootless voicings, and right hand embellishment using extensions, fills, runs, and more.
Learn the building blocks of stride piano with this fun stride arrangement of Ode to Joy. Discover how use triplet rolls, stride runs, turns, & stride harmony as we dissect each note of the arrangement.
Learn the sad progression used in hundreds of different songs. Discover the chords, harmonization approaches, 7 accompaniments with song examples, & improv techniques.
Learn how to quickly & easily transpose a lead sheet to any key! With the Number Chart method, we analyze a lead sheet, "convert" it to numbers, and apply it to 2 new keys.
Learn how to transform a lead sheet into a jazz waltz with the Jazz Waltz Challenge. Learn the chords, rootless voicings, stride-waltz bass, & how to embellish the melody with turns & fills.
Discover how the pros master soloing in this course by practicing the underlying principles such as: how to target notes, how to connect scales, and how to create rhythmic alterations & displacements.
Get ready to learn Silent Night in a fun Blues Rhumba Style with slides, tremolos, and rolls. A Rhumba Intro and Outro are included, along with a valuable toolkit of soloing techniques.
3 Beginner, 2 Intermediate, & 5 Advanced Options with Modern Jazz Techniques
Happy New Year! Do you want to play the classic New Year’s song Auld Lang Syne in a hip jazz piano way? In today’s Quick Tip, you will learn Jonny’s fantastic jazz piano arrangement in 3 easy steps: Learn the melody Learn the basic chord progression Add jazz piano concepts to create a hip arrangement … Continue reading “Auld Lang Syne Jazz Piano Arrangement”
Learn Away In A Manger in a Contemporary Style & how to transform major/minor chords into Sus 2 & Sus 4 chords.
Learn how to play a rockin' boogie woogie piano riff/lick for beginners through advanced players using harmonized turns, boogie-shuffle, & boogie-octaves!
Learn this Funk-Gospel jam that uses fat minor 7 chords, 2nd-Inversion Gospel chords, slides, & syncopated bass.
