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
210 Courses
1196 Lessons
568 Smartsheets
"Block & Bowl" (Funk)
Learn to add the exciting effect of music modulation to virtually any tune, even if a key change is not indicated in the original score.
Learn how to play piano lead sheets using rootless voicings, including 8 songs with the most common progressions in fake books. You'll also learn melody embellishments and various ways of adding rhythm in both hands.
Chromatic Walk-Up
Turnaround Progression
Misty Progression
Sentimental Progression
Cycle of 5ths Progression
Blues Progression
Extended Turnaround
Minor Turnaround
In this comprehensive jazz swing course, we'll learn how to accompany on Fly Me to the Moon. Starting with the lead sheet, we’ll memorize the chords, review some basic left hand patterns, add right hand fills, and learn an intro/outro for a beautiful final arrangement.
In this comprehensive jazz swing course, we'll learn how to accompany on Fly Me to the Moon. Starting with the lead sheet, we’ll memorize the chords, review some basic left hand patterns, add right hand fills, and learn an intro/outro for a beautiful final arrangement.
Intro & Ending
Shells with Rhythmic Hits
Lead Sheet Melody
Putting it All Together
3-Note Voicings with "2-Feel" Bass
Rootless Voicings with Walking Bass
"The Lick" jazz meme is a pervasive musical phrase used so much as to become an inside joke among jazz musicians. Here's how to tastefully play it without shame.
"The Lick" jazz meme is a pervasive musical phrase used so much as to become an inside joke among jazz musicians. Here's how to tastefully play it without shame.
