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
213 Courses
1212 Lessons
581 Smartsheets
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
Blues Walking Bass #1, #2, #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
Guide Tones, Right Hand Chords, Hands Together
Right Hand Harmony
Stock Jazz Voicings, Root-Chord Approach, Practice Tips, Blues Fills
Walking Bass Lines, Swinging Your Bass Line, Filler Chords
Shells, How to Swing, Root to 3-7 (Guide Tones)
