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
591 Smartsheets
Essential Exercises
Turn Soloing
Bring lively, energetic movement to your right-hand solos with turns, one of the most useful ornaments in pop piano. You'll learn the essential turn types, the right fingering and the rhythm, then use them to improvise over popular chord progressions.
In this week’s lesson, I’m sharing 5 “get to” techniques that instantly make your solos sound more musical.
In this week’s lesson, I’m sharing 5 “get to” techniques that instantly make your solos sound more musical.
In this lesson, I'm breaking down 5 of Ray Charles’ signature blues licks that you can start using right away.
In this lesson, I'm breaking down 5 of Ray Charles’ signature blues licks that you can start using right away.
In this lesson, I'm taking the exact same scale and showing how three simple ideas can make it sound completely different.
In this lesson, I'm taking the exact same scale and showing how three simple ideas can make it sound completely different.
Make every chord progression sound more colorful and sophisticated with one simple right-hand shape. It's an easy way for beginner and intermediate players to take both their chords and their solos to the next level.
One Chord Wonder
Essential OCW Exercises
Soloing with Primary Shape
Soloing with All Shapes
Make every chord progression sound more colorful and sophisticated with one simple right-hand shape. It's an easy way for beginner and intermediate players to take both their chords and their solos to the next level.
In this lesson, I’ll show you three techniques that show up again and again in Billy’s playing—and you can start using them in your own music right away.
In this lesson, I'm breaking down one of the biggest solo mistakes players make: using the same rhythms over and over again.
In this lesson, I'm breaking down one of the biggest solo mistakes players make: using the same rhythms over and over again.
I'm taking apart one of my all-time favorite solo piano performances of Blackbird and breaking down the absolute magic that Jon Batiste is creating at the piano.