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1 Hanon Mastery Has Free Chapters Learn how to master the first ten Hanon exercises while also learning how to be creative!
Released: July 1, 2008 • Duration: 01:41:15
2 Piano Lesson Variety Has Free Chapters These 25 lessons are a great place to start your JazzPianoLessons.com experience. Only a few of the lessons have a handout. For many, you'll want to get the Real Book. Topics like building chords, posture, chord shells, funk grooves, approaches, 4th voicings and more are covered.
Released: January 1, 2008 • Duration: 04:09:41
3 Chord Tips Learn different chord tips that I've learned over the years and use in my playing to this day.
Released: November 18, 2014 • Duration: 00:28:22
4 Piano Chords - Vol. 1 Has Free Chapters Learn your chords! This DVD will cover all of the Major, Minor and Dominant 7th chords. You'll also learn my Magic chord voicings and real world examples.
Released: May 1, 2007 • Duration: 01:39:23
5 Advanced Warm Up Exercises For Piano In this lesson you'll learn some advanced warmup techniques that I like ot use to get ready for a performance.
Released: November 19, 2015 • Duration: 00:38:10
6 Piano Chords - Vol. 2 Has Free Chapters Part 2 of the Chord Voicings Made Easy DVD. On this DVD you will learn my Chord Gems, Upper Structure Triads, Comping and Tri-Tone Substitutions. You should go through DVD701 before watching this DVD.
Released: May 1, 2007 • Duration: 01:10:01
7 "Les Miserable" Improvising Improvisation over the song "Bring Him Home" from Les Misérables.
Released: October 20, 2012 • Duration: 00:15:36
8 Improvise in 30 Has Free Chapters This easy DVD is great for the absolute beginner. You'll learn a cool bass line and several "licks" that you can use for improvisation. Rhythm is also heavily discussed. This DVD is part of JazzKids Book 2
Released: January 1, 2008 • Duration: 01:16:28
9 Suzuki Piano Institute 2012 Lesson Has Free Chapters Learn an easier version of Ben's Blues in this class I did for Suzuki students.
Released: June 30, 2012 • Duration: 00:37:29
10 Jazz Piano Improvisation - Vol. 1 Has Free Chapters Learn how to improvise from the ground up. This first lesson covers some basics about improvisation while also teaching you how to create melodic lines.
Released: June 2, 2009 • Duration: 01:34:21
11 5 Ways To “Lock In” Chords At The Piano In this lesson I'm going to show you how to really 'lock in' and own your chords at the piano.
Released: January 12, 2016 • Duration: 00:34:18
12 Jazz Piano Improvisation - Vol. 2 Has Free Chapters Expanding upon what we did in Volume 1, Volume 2 will cover take-off and landing notes, approaches, tensions, minor chords, rhythmic segmenting and more. We will also apply these concepts to the first 8 measures of Blue Bossa.
Released: September 1, 2009 • Duration: 01:49:34
13 Understanding Chords This lesson helps you understand better what to play when you see a chord symbol in the music. You'll also learn simple ways to create your chords. We will discuss tensions and how to add them to your chords.
Released: January 12, 2016 • Duration: 00:35:59
14 Jazz Piano Improvisation - Vol. 3 Has Free Chapters In this third volume, we will be covering how to create bebop lines using a variety of different scales. We will also discuss using diminished chords for upper structures.
Released: November 1, 2009 • Duration: 01:17:35
15 Jazz Piano Improvisation - Vol. 4 Has Free Chapters In this lesson we will cover ALL of the modes of the Major scale and how to incorporate them into your soloing.
Released: April 7, 2010 • Duration: 01:29:42
16 Piano Chords - Vol. 3 Has Free Chapters Learn how to break apart your chords between two hands. You'll also learn what to play in your hands when playing with a group. 2-5-1's and 2-5-1-6's are also covered with tensions.
Released: May 1, 2007 • Duration: 01:55:57
17 "Over The Rainbow" I love this song. In this lesson, you'll learn my re-harmonization for this classic piece. You'll also learn some tips that I have gotten from players like Keith Jarrett. This is an advanced lesson. THERE IS NO SHEET MUSIC FOR THIS LESSON.
Released: January 1, 2008 • Duration: 01:46:08
18 Basics of Improvisation Has Free Chapters This lesson will teach you improvisation techniques over Satin Doll and Canon in D. You’ll learn both Jazz and Pop/Rock improvisation styles. You’ll also learn about approaches into chord tones.
Released: January 1, 2008 • Duration: 03:09:50
19 Accompanying a Vocalist/Instrument Has Free Chapters Learn from Tish and I how to work with a singer or other instrument. Learn about comping, endings, cueing and turnarounds.
Released: January 1, 2008 • Duration: 02:08:42
20 Blues Basics Has Free Chapters Learn the basics of what makes the Blues, the Blues. We will cover basic progressions, rhythmic cells, transposition and putting the hands together with improvisation.
Released: December 29, 2009 • Duration: 01:12:22
21 Insights for Practice Great tips for players of all levels. See how I practice and work on new ideas in my playing.
Released: May 5, 2016 • Duration: 00:26:53
22 Getting Focused (Audio Lesson) This audio lesson is a great listen to get your piano practice focused. It speaks about our assessments which have now been replaced by our Piano Transformation Paths. However the information and resources are great to have.
Released: December 23, 2011 • Duration: 00:51:32
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