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Jazz Piano Transcription: Lesson on Sonny Clark’s Blue Minor Solo
One of the most powerful ways to learn jazz piano is to transcribe and study the playing of your favorite jazz musicians. It is for this reason that I have included a number of jazz piano transcriptions on this site … Continue reading
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Jazz Licks On Every Note: Part 6
Welcome back to our continuing series where we learn how to play jazz licks starting on every note of a scale. In today’s lesson we’re going to learn a fun jazz lick starting on the 6th scale degree of a … Continue reading
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Learn A Miles Davis Jazz Lick
One of the best ways to learn jazz improvisation is to really study and model the jazz licks of master jazz improvisers. So, today I’m going to teach you how to play a Miles Davis II-V-I lick. I love this … Continue reading
Learn Jazz Piano Chords in 4ths
In today’s jazz piano lesson we’re going to learn how to play some very cool jazz piano chords built in 4ths. These types of chords using quartal harmony can really add a more modern sound into your jazz playing. New … Continue reading
Posted in Chord Lessons, Jazz 101, Jazz Piano Lessons, Two Handed Comping Tagged jazz piano chords, jazz piano lessons 8 Comments
Free Summertime Backing Tracks and Chord Chart
One of the main goals of this site is to consistently teach you how to improvise jazz on a higher level. (Summertime backing track, chord chart, and extra tips below. ) Learning jazz licks and jazz piano chords is super … Continue reading
Posted in Improvisation, Jazz Piano Lessons, Standards Tagged jam track, jazz piano lessons, jazz standards 15 Comments
How To Mix The Blues Scale With Bebop Over A Jazz Standard
Have you always wondered how you can use the blues scale over a jazz standard? Do you know how to mix bebop and blues together over jazz tunes? Well in today’s jazz tutorial we’re going to explore both of these … Continue reading
Posted in Blues Piano, Improvisation, Jazz Blog, Jazz Piano Lessons, Standards Tagged autumn leaves, jazz improvisation lesson 7 Comments
A Basic Guide To 7th Chords Part 1
In today’s free jazz tutorial we’re going to learn how to build and play basic 7th chords. These types of chords are used in almost every single jazz standard, lots of rock songs, R&B songs, and even classical music too. … Continue reading
Posted in Chord Lessons, Jazz 101, Jazz Blog, Jazz Piano Lessons, Left Hand Voicings Tagged 7th chords, beginner jazz, piano chord tutorial, piano lesson 2 Comments
One of My Favorite Jazz Piano Chord And Reharmonization Tricks Revealed
Are you sick and tired of the same old boring chords and stock arrangements you find in your average fakebook or chord chart? Well, in today’s free piano lesson we’re going to learn one of my favorite techniques for reharmonizing … Continue reading
