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
214 Courses
1216 Lessons
584 Smartsheets
3 Principles of Soloing, How to Create Lines
10 Lines to Inspire You, Q&A
Stride, Walking Bass
Learn to solo over the most common progression in all of Jazz. With a step-by-step approach, you'll discover how to use scales, chord tones, chromaticism, and patterns to express your creativity.
Chris's Blues Melody & Chords, & 2 Left Hand Techniques: Four-On-The-Floor, Even 8ths
6 More Left Hand Techniques: Syncopated 8ths, Shuffle, Closed Stride, Closed Stride + Pickups, Open Stride, Open Stride + Pickups
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 Chords, 12-Bar Blues Form, Shuffle Patterns 1 & 2
F7 & G7 Variations, The Turnaround, Shuffle Patterns 3 & 4
