Popular Classics Vol 2

1 "Have I Told You Lately" - Van Morrison Has Free Chapters In this beautiful ballad, I'll take you step-by-step through my arrangement. I will also give you arrangement tips along the way. We will cover a bit of improvisation at the end. However, this lesson is mostly about learning the song.
Released: April 7, 2012 • Duration: 00:50:19
2 "Every Breath You Take" - The Police (Vol. 1) Has Free Chapters In this lesson, you will learn how to play a reharmonized version of the Sting & The Police classic Every Breath You Take. Note, this is not the original version and contains some jazz style reharmonizations.
Released: August 18, 2014 • Duration: 00:52:48
3 "Every Breath You Take" - The Police (Vol. 2) Has Free Chapters In this lesson, you will get an inside look into creating a reharmonized, solo piano jazz arrangement of the pop tune “Every Breath You Take”. Topics include how to reharmonize chords, jazz theory, reading a lead sheet, and how to create comping and soloing ideas over a static (2 chords only) harmony.
Released: August 18, 2014 • Duration: 00:33:24
4 "Paranoid Android" - Radiohead Has Free Chapters Learn Radiohead's "Paranoid Android" along with advanced techniques to make this song your own. We will cover all sections of the song along with alternate bass lines and right hand fills. We will also discuss how to learn a song by ear and what to listen for. If you like that rock piano sound, you'll like this lesson a lot. The last section of the song is very pretty and is open to a lot of improvisation, making it fun to jam on this song.
Released: July 23, 2011 • Duration: 01:33:04
5 "Layla" - Eric Clapton (Piano Coda) Has Free Chapters Learn the classic piano section from Eric Clapton's song Layla originally released by Derek and the Dominos.
Released: June 2, 2016 • Duration: 00:47:11
6 "This Is My Last Affair" - The Meters Has Free Chapters This Meter's tune is a great song to help round-out both organ players and pianists alike who want to play a bassline groove while improvising in the right hand. Some important scale techniques are discussed in this lesson which benefit both pianists and organists. This lesson is categorized under improvisation because of the valuable improvisation techniques covered in the second-half of the lesson.
Released: January 5, 2013 • Duration: 01:21:53
7 "Tipitina" - As Played By Dr. John Has Free Chapters This is a fun New Orleans groove! In this lesson I break down the form of "Tipitina" measure-by-measure. These are the licks and grooves that Dr. John plays. I will also show you how to transpose these patterns to new keys and create new combinations.
Released: February 17, 2012 • Duration: 01:12:06
Total Course Duration = 07:10:45

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Popular Classics Vol 2

In this course you'll learn more classic song arrangements. This course focuses on songs by Van Morrison, The Police, Radiohead and Eric Clapton.

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