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
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.
Learn to improvise over a Jazz ballad with Jazz Ballad Soloing Challenge. Working with the Turnaround Progression, we explore scales, lower/upper positions, exercises, chromatic connectors, & more.
Dive into blues soloing with this comprehensive course. Learn 4 left hand accompaniments, slides, turns, rolls, upper/lower positions, Pentatonic lines, big crunchy chords, and more.
Learn how to create an easy waltz-swing arrangement of Greensleeves. We explore the lead sheet, simple left hand shells, 2 waltz grooves, how to harmonize the right hand, and soloing tricks.
Learn the PWJ jingle with Shout Hallelujah from the Gospel Groove Series. We explore Gospel Chords, a fun syncopated groove, chord pops, blues brushes, slides, & more!
The most comprehensive Funk improv course! Learn the Funk progression, how to build sweet 4, 5, & 6-note lines, funky riffs, and funk left hand bass accompaniments.
5 Essential Funk Riffs
The Upper Position, Quarters and 8th Notes
C Blues Scale, Principles of Soloing, the Lower Position
The Progression, 3 Left Hand Grooves
Master the soloing techniques of Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, & Richard Tee with this comprehensive course. Learn soloing scales, lower/upper position, line building tips, riffs, & more.
Master the soloing techniques of Herbie Hancock, Stevie Wonder, & Richard Tee with this comprehensive course. Learn soloing scales, lower/upper position, line building tips, riffs, & more.
Swing like a big band in the Fly Me to the Moon Challenge for all playing levels. Apply essential swing techniques like shells, walking bass lines, harmonies, slides, & fills for a rich swing sound.
Play Fly Me to the Moon as a swingin' arrangement with shells, harmonies, chord pops, & fills. You'll also learn a cool intro and outro.
Develop finger control, strength, speed, stamina, and dexterity while playing one of the scariest chord progressions. Plus, learn how to play it "endlessly" down the piano.
Build speed, strength, endurance, dexterity, & finger control with the Endless Epic Chords Exercise, & learn the progression that can be played endlessly down the piano.
3 Blues Chords, 12-Bar Blues Form, Blues Groove
Blues Scale, 8th Note Exercise, Triplet Exercise, Playing in Multiple Octaves
Low Position Notes, Principles of Soloing, Improvising Quarter Notes, 8th Notes, Triplets, Patterns, Down-Slides, Line-Building Tips
Upper Position Notes, Improvising Quarter Notes, 8th Notes, Triplets, Patterns, Up-Slides
Combing Upper/Lower Positions and Slides
