Intermediate
This is for players with some experience playing piano, who want to fill in the gaps of their knowledge & try new styles of music.
Intermediate Content
209 Courses
1190 Lessons
556 Smartsheets
Learn a beautiful Jazz Ballad accompaniment for Silent Night using rootless chords.
Jazzing Up the Chords, Changing the Time Signature, Practice Tips
Bossa Nova Technique, Application to Silent Night
Soloing Techniques
Melody & Chords, Analysis
Playing with the Backing Track
Learn a New Orleans Blues Rhumba version of Silent Night with slides, tremolos, rolls, and blues improv. If Dr. John ever got his hands on Silent Night, this is how he might play it!
Rhumba Groove Exercise
Melody, Chords, Rhumba Left Hand
Right Hand Rhumba, Hands Together
Right Hand Harmonies, Slides, Fills, Tremelos
Intro, Outro, & Soloing Techniques: C Bluesy Pentatonic Scale, C Dorian Scale
Learn 12 essential blue piano accompaniment techniques. You'll learn shuffles, slow blues, walking bass, country blues, stride, 4-on-the-floor, and boogie blues.
Blues Walking Bass #1, #2, #3, #4
Blues Chords, 12-Bar Blues Form, Shuffle Patterns 1 & 2
F7 & G7 Variations, The Turnaround, Shuffle Patterns 3 & 4
Countryesque Blues, Chunky 4-On-The-Floor, Boogie Octaves, Stride Blues
Learn how to rag up a simple song with beginner rag rolls and the jumping left hand. After this course, you'll have a working knowledge of how to "ragify" any melody you encounter.
Lead Sheet Melody & Chords, Forward Rag Roll
Reverse Rag Roll, 8th-Note Roll, Combined Rolls
Lead Sheet, Bossa Nova Rhythm, Left Hand Bass
