Learn the nuances of minor harmony and improvisation using “In A Sentimental Mood”. We explore the 3 minor scales and their roles in improvisation.
If you’re new to the blues, start here! You will learn the 12 bar blues form, basic voicings, how to count the slow blues, filling in space, and improvisation drills and exercises.
An interactive Zoom workshop on jazz piano improvisation. Tuomo explains ways to transform random notes into cohesive and thematic improvised solos.
Learn how to use our new Licks & Lines Library to build your improvised vocabulary and apply it to any tunes that you are working on.
In this workshop we study melody, harmony, and improvisation over the jazz standard “Tune Up” as well as listening to different notable versions of the tune.
Hayden Hill hosts a live Q&A session on beginner jazz theory. If you’re new to jazz piano or just getting started this event is for you.
In tandem with the launch of the “Cocktail Piano Improv Course”, Hayden hosts a workshop to help students get started with cocktail style improvisation over their favourite jazz ballads.
Learn to improvise over common progressions using major and minor 6th voicings. 6th chords can be applied over any chord progression, thus very helpful in improvisation.
We start with some improvisation tips and principles over common progressions and then explore improvisation over a handful of popular Broadway and Brazilian tunes.
Learn how to play and improvise in the cocktail piano style. We cover chord voicings, chord progressions, and improvisation techniques for solo jazz piano.
These lessons will prepare you for playing in a jazz band so that you know what to expect, and what is expected of you. Learn to comp and take a solo!
In this course we explore stride drills for beginners, harmonising and reharmonising the melody, adding runs and fills, and techniques for improvisation and soloing.
In this live seminar Jovino explains the use of triads as the principle source of melodic development. This concept was taught to Jovino by his mentor Hermeto Pascoal; one of Brazil’s greatest musical minds.
In this live seminar Jovino explains how we can envisage musical trails to develop intuitive and logical pathways when improvising over tunes and chord progressions.
If you’re new to improvisation this seminar is for you. Jovino explains concepts and principles that will help you to develop your ability with spontaneous improvisation.
A discussion on how to strike the right balance between keeping things simple and introducing complexity in improvisation, arrangements, and comping.
A workshop dedicated to half diminished (-7b5) and diminished chords. We explore voicing options and techniques for improvisation and soloing.
In this seminar Jovino provides guidance and techniques for arranging and improvising over the festive tunes in PianoGroove’s Jazzy Xmas Song course.
In this lesson we explore the tune “My Funny Valentine”. We analyse the harmony and voicing options and discuss some simple but effective improvisation techniques.
In tandem with our new course launch, we explore stride piano technique, chord voicings, fills, and improvisation for the jazz ballad “The Nearness Of You”.
Take a deep dive into this classic tune. We explore the unusual form, chord voicings, reharmonisations, and improv tips and principles.
Take a deep dive into the tune “Pennies From Heaven” using the iconic Stan Getz & Oscar Peterson recording.
Learn advanced improvisation concepts from award wining jazz pianist Tuomo Uusitalo. These lessons cover scales, transcription, and improvised lines.
This course covers the foundations of jazz improvisation. We explore scales, arpeggios, chord tones, enclosures, approach patterns & swing rhythm.
In this live seminar we explore how to harness our ability as spontaneous improvisers. We discuss communication of emotions and instrumental technique as well as spontaneous response to other musicians.
Each mode has a certain ‘flavour’ or ‘sound’. In this seminar we explore the unique characteristics of the most useful modes for jazz piano improvisation.
In this session Tuomo demystifies the art of improvisation and gives suggestions, advice, and guidance on improving our ability in soloing and improvisation.
