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
587 Smartsheets
Exercise 2 with Rocking 8th Notes
Exercise 3 with Full Octaves
Learn the Chord Progression, Exercise 1
Take the Jingle Bells Rag Challenge, where you'll learn how to develop the lead sheet into a super fun ragtime arrangement! Explore Rag Rolls, the Stride Left Hand, and more!
Learn Heart & Spirit, a tune inspired by Heart & Soul. You'll learn how to develop the lead sheet into 3 essential jazz styles - Swing, Latin, and Broadway Kickline - plus, how to improvise over it.
Learn the art of jazz comping on the Jazzy-Blues chord progression, used in tunes like Route 66. You'll discover how to add colored notes to the chord, use chord shells, and develop blues fills.
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.
