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In this tutorial, you'll learn 3 nice and easy R&B piano chords, also usable in soul/smooth jazz. As well as a chord progression utilizing major 7th chords!
If you want to get that lush cocktail sound like you'd hear at a classy lounge, then you need to know how to play rootless voicings on a jazz piano ballad.
Stuck with playing root position chords in the left hand? Level up your accompaniment voicings on the piano using easy shell chords on a jazz ballad!
Exploring the chords from Misty, learn 2 approaches to harmonize a jazz ballad: Block Chords and Drop 2 Voicings.
Harmonize the chord progression from Misty with beautiful inverted 9th chords.
Master your Dominant 7th chords with 17 exercises to easily play them all. We'll explore each chord from multiple angles, including the Circle of 5ths, chromatically, with inversions, & progressions.
Learn America the Beautiful in a Ragtime Style. Starting with the lead sheet, we apply rag rolls and the ragtime-stride left hand. An essential Ragtime course!
Discover 5 Upper Structure Triads that you can use to harmonize any dominant. This course is a must if you want to comp (accompany) in a jazz style.
Transform how you comp (accompany) over Dominant 7 chords in a jazz or blues tune. We explore how to build chords with extensions, most common positions, groove patterns, & jamming with a band.
Create the classic slow blues sound with this original tune. "Bernie's Blues" covers all the essentials to groove in this style with fills, slid notes, and reharmonization.
The complete course for all playing levels on how to play Boogie Woogie. In this course, we cover Boogie chords, the form, left hand techniques, and classic Boogie riffs.
Master jazz walking bass lines with 9 different approaches used by the pros. We’ll work through one of the most common jazz progressions using techniques like 5ths, walkups, walkdowns, and tritones.
Learn 9 techniques for walking jazz bass lines, including outlining chords, chromatic connectors, 5ths, walkups, walkdowns, & more.
Explore the Cycle of 5ths Progression in 3 Jazz Styles: Swing, Bossa Nova, & Cocktail Piano (Jazz Ballad). An essential course for comping on tunes like Fly Me to the Moon.
Stylize the Cycle of 5ths Progression in Swing, Latin Bossa Nova, & Jazz Ballad. An essential course if you want to comp on tunes like Fly Me to the Moon, Autumn Leaves, & All the Things You Are.
A deep dive on Ragtime stylization using the tune America the Beautiful. Learn the stock Ragtime intro, forward rag rolls, reverse rag rolls, triplet rag rolls, ornaments, & the bass treatment.
Learn how to create a gorgeous cocktail jazz ballad with Stride-Ballad left hand techniques, rootless voicings, and right hand embellishment using extensions, fills, runs, and more.
The most comprehensive course on Cocktail Jazz (Jazz Ballads). Discover how to develop a lead sheet, stylize the left hand, harmonize the right hand, add fills, & improvise.
In this comprehensive course on Dominant 7 Chords, you'll learn how to build Dominant 7 Chords, the Chord Symbols, all 12 Dominant 7 Chords, 4 tunes to practice them with, & the most common Dominant 7 progressions.
Learn the building blocks of stride piano with this fun stride arrangement of Ode to Joy. Discover how use triplet rolls, stride runs, turns, & stride harmony as we dissect each note of the arrangement.
Learn the sad progression used in hundreds of different songs. Discover the chords, harmonization approaches, 7 accompaniments with song examples, & improv techniques.
