“Come On Into My House” is a good example of Booker’s so called “3-Hand Approach” as his playing sounds like it is being performed by 3 hands.
Learn to play the 12 bar blues & 8 bar blues with Grammy winner Jon Cleary. Explore shuffle patterns, walking bass, licks, passing chords, turnarounds & improvisation.
Jon demonstrates some signature right hand licks and phrases when playing the 12 bar blues. We discuss the theory and explore variations.
As a jazz pianist it’s important to understand the differences and similarities between keys and scales. This lesson explains all.
In this course we’re going talk about playing outside the changes and I will show few perspectives how you can start to approach the subject.
In this lesson we take a look at one of the most copied pianists of all time, McCoy Tyner, and his solo on Passion Dance from the album The Real McCoy.
Mr. PC is a composition by John Coltrane, arguably the greatest jazz saxophone player of all time. We will apply everything from the Minor Blues Course.
In this lesson, we will explore a number of different left-hand techniques and basslines to create interest in the lower registers of the piano.
In this lesson we explore the 1625 progression and it’s variations to create and intro and outro for the tune “Blue Moon” by Richard Rodgers.
This course covers walking bass, blues and gospel inspired jazz standards. We introduce the major blues scale to add soulful licks to your arrangements.