Learn Jazz Piano Today

Extend your jazz piano bassline skills by building a loose, well-supported baseline with finger crossings and cross-unders, using a metronome for slow, steady practice.

Build a steady bassline from measure 7 using an enclosure approach and double chromatic from below, then walk down the major scale to connect chords.

Finish the bassline by walking it down an octave, back up, hitting chord tones with a half-step approach above C and D, and looping a 1-6-2-5 pattern with steady time.

Master looping the bassline by changing fingering of the first notes while notes stay the same, then practice switching fingerings on the fly with a metronome or drum track.

Learn how the virtual keyboard highlights played notes, shows note names, and can be set to flats, with enharmonic equivalents like G sharp and A flat.

Develop jazz melody skills with fingering options, including thumb-cross, and vocalize rhythm to lock timing. Practice rb and rc phrases, navigate tension in C7 flat 9 with bass and chords.

Practice the first ending in this jazz piano piece, refining the lick with grace notes and fingerings like 3 and 5 or 4 and 2 to build control.

Learn the blues second ending in the key of c, pairing the melody with basic left-hand roots. Practice slowly with a metronome to build the ending in a few weeks.

Learn rootless chord voicings, removing the root and often the fifth, using the third and seventh as guide tones to outline major and dominant chords.

Explore jazz piano voicings a and b using 3-7-9 and 7-3-13 patterns, discover common tones for smooth transitions, and practice moving from c-7 to f7 with minimal hand movement.

Master Ben's blues chord voicings, from C-7 to F7 in a 12-bar blues, using seventh and ninth voicings with hands-on exercises to build keyboard familiarity.

Practice the bassline and the first six measures' chords, focusing on C-7 and F7, play the bassline alone first, then add chords, and adjust repeats if tense.

Practice a bassline with chords across measures six to twelve, moving through c-7, a7, c7, and g7; slow repetition, left-hand fingering patterns, and gradual speed to reinforce jazz harmony.

Learn how to create phrase flow in jazz piano by identifying trouble spots in a 12-bar blues, bridging gaps with before-and-after practice, and using recordings to guide focused revisions.

Explore play-along tracks at slow and fast tempos to practice bass, drums, and piano in jazz piano, plus mini tracks and 12-bar blues for improvisation.

Practice the blues scale, built from the minor pentatonic with an added note in G flat, and develop fingering, hand positioning, and phrasing to blend major and minor blues sounds.

Explore grace notes as swift flourishes between pitches, then focus on scales, creating licks, and improvisation to shape blues ideas.

Explore improvisation by applying minor pentatonic and blues scale notes to rhythmic patterns while keeping a steady baseline. The instructor promises step-by-step breakdowns for all skill levels.

Learn to create minor pentatonic licks by applying rhythm to the A block and B block, starting on different notes, and using call-and-response patterns across licks.

Advance your jazz piano by solidifying the baseline and right-hand chords, improvise over the baseline or chords, and transpose to other keys with band or drum tracks.