No Bull Guide To Jazz Piano™ (Beginner)

1 Lesson #1 - 3 Basic Rhythms Learn the 3 basic rhythms you need for improvisation and comping.
Released: April 1, 2020 • Duration: 00:07:31
2 Lesson #2 - 12 Bar Blues Form and Chords Learn the 12 bar blues form, its analysis along with basic 7th chords.
Released: April 2, 2020 • Duration: 00:07:47
3 Lesson #3 - Anyone Can Play The 12-Bar Blues In this lesson you'll learn how to play the 12-bar blues form along with 7th chords.
Released: April 3, 2020 • Duration: 00:05:54
4 Lesson #4 - Chord Shells Chord shells make it easier to accompany yourself quickly.
Released: April 5, 2020 • Duration: 00:06:08
5 Lesson #5 - Comping Chords Learning how to "comp" chords is essential if you want to accompany yourself or others at the piano.
Released: April 5, 2020 • Duration: 00:09:21
6 Lesson #6 - Comping & Rhythmic Improvisation In this lesson you'll learn how to comp chords in your left hand while playing a rhythmic improvisation in your right.
Released: April 6, 2020 • Duration: 00:11:08
7 Lesson #7 - Jam Over The Blues In this lesson you'll learn how to create licks to jam over the blues by combining rhythms and notes.
Released: April 11, 2020 • Duration: 00:17:33
8 Lesson #8 - The Blues Scale Demystified The blues scale doesn't have to be scary. In this lesson you'll learn how create tetrachords to make improvising using the blues scale easier.
Released: April 11, 2020 • Duration: 00:15:11
9 Lesson #9 - How To Improvise Over The Blues Learn how to use licks, tetrachords and the blues scale to improvise over the blues form.
Released: April 11, 2020 • Duration: 00:14:38
10 Lesson #10 - How To Improvise Over The Blues Part 2 Learn how to use licks, tetrachords and the blues scale to improvise over the blues form.
Released: April 11, 2020 • Duration: 00:13:26
11 Lesson #11 - Blues Notes and Licks Part 1 In this lesson you'll learn about blues notes and how to use them to embellish your improvisation.
Released: April 11, 2020 • Duration: 00:11:40
12 Lesson #12 - Blues Notes and Licks Part 2 In this lesson you'll learn about blues notes and how to use them to embellish your improvisation.
Released: April 12, 2020 • Duration: 00:09:40
13 Lesson #13 - Blues Triplet Rhythm In this lesson you'll learn how to transform the lick you learned in lesson 12 using triplets.
Released: April 15, 2020 • Duration: 00:07:43
14 NBGJP Prep Lesson Has Free Chapters In this lesson you'll learn how to prepare for the No Bull Guide to Jazz Piano course from No Bull Piano™. These technique exercises are a must! Be sure to go through each exercise slowly at first before ramping up the speed.
Released: March 11, 2020 • Duration: 00:33:16
15 Lesson #14 - Blues Rolls, Tremolos and Grace Notes Tremolos and Grace Notes really make your blues playing sparkle. In this lesson you'll learn how to use both.
Released: April 15, 2020 • Duration: 00:16:41
16 Lesson #15 - Blues Double Stops In this lesson you'll learn how to use double-stops in your improvisation. Double stops create a lot of nice tension in your solo.
Released: April 15, 2020 • Duration: 00:12:24
17 Lesson #16 - Minor Blues Progression with Rootless Chords In this lesson you'll learn how play a minor blues progression along with walking bass and rootless chords.
Released: April 17, 2020 • Duration: 00:09:23
18 Lesson #17 - How To Play a Easy Bass Line for Minor Blues In this lesson you'll learn how play a minor blues progression walking bass with the rootless chords we learned in lesson #16.
Released: April 17, 2020 • Duration: 00:15:18
19 Lesson #18 - How to Improvise Over Minor Blues In this lesson you'll learn how improvise over the minor blues progression we have been working on for the past couple of lessons.
Released: April 17, 2020 • Duration: 00:15:33
20 Lesson #19 - Alternate Minor Blues Bassline In this lesson you'll learn how play an alternate minor bassline. This new bassline is based off the bassline we learned in lesson #17.
Released: April 18, 2020 • Duration: 00:15:37
21 Lesson #20 - Rhythms To Make Your Improv Sound Advanced In this lesson you'll learn how 2 new triplet-based rhythms along with how to apply them to licks.
Released: April 22, 2020 • Duration: 00:14:44
22 Lesson #21 - Jazz Walking Bass Made Easy In this lesson you'll learn how to create and play an easy walking bassline that you can use for both jazz and blues songs.
Released: April 25, 2020 • Duration: 00:15:46
23 Lesson #22 - Easy Boogie-Woogie Bass You'll learn how to play an easy boogie-woogie bass pattern in this lesson.
Released: April 25, 2020 • Duration: 00:14:46
24 Lesson #23 -Boogie-Woogie Bass With Licks In this lesson you'll learn how to alter the boogie bass pattern and play licks over this boogie-woogie bass pattern.
Released: April 25, 2020 • Duration: 00:38:24
25 Lesson #24 -Three Easy Blues Intros In this lesson you'll learn three easy introductions you can use in your blues and jazz playing.
Released: April 25, 2020 • Duration: 00:14:05
26 Lesson #25 -Three Easy Blues Endings In this lesson you'll learn three easy endings you can use in your blues and jazz playing.
Released: April 25, 2020 • Duration: 00:08:35
27 Lesson #26 - 5 Blues Improvisation Scales In this lesson you'll learn 5 scales that are great for both jazz and blues improvisation.
Released: April 25, 2020 • Duration: 00:20:22
28 Lesson #27 - 5 Killer Blues Licks Part 1 In this lesson I'll teach you 5 cool jazz and blues licks for improvisation along with the bassline. This is part 1.
Released: May 1, 2020 • Duration: 00:23:43
29 Lesson #28 - 5 Killer Blues Licks Part 2 In this lesson I'll teach you 5 cool jazz and blues licks for improvisation along with the bassline. This is part 2.
Released: May 1, 2020 • Duration: 00:18:38
30 Lesson #29 - Easy Blues Piano Pentatonic Licks In this lesson I'll show you how to use the bluesy pentatonic scale to create more improvisation licks over the blues. We will play these licks over both the bassline and boogie-woogie bass pattern.
Released: May 1, 2020 • Duration: 00:25:55
31 Lesson #30 - How To Use All That You've Learned in This Course In this lesson I'll show you how to use the concepts you've learned in my No Bull Guide to Jazz Piano™ course. I'll also answer student's questions at the end of the lesson. This was a live lesson.
Released: May 1, 2020 • Duration: 01:29:18
Total Course Duration = 09:00:08

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No Bull Guide To Jazz Piano™ (Beginner)

To celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month, my No Bull Guide to Jazz Piano™ will show you how to improvise like a jazz player! This beginner course will teach you how to improvise, even if you have never improvised before! Course too easy? Check out my advanced course.

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