Piano With Willie: Piano Lesson Variety

Adopt proper piano posture by centering on the bench with sit bones, relaxed shoulders, and loose wrist alignment. Use body cues, video feedback, and Alexander Technique to prevent pain.

Explore how tensions and upper structures shape jazz harmony, moving through 9, 11, and 13 on major, minor, and dominant sevenths, and learn to spread voicings for rich chords.

Learn to craft a jazz bass line over blues progression by hitting chord roots on changes, keeping a four-beat pulse, and using root, fifth, and seventh with half-step approaches.

Learn to play over blues shuffle, blues funk, and jazz blues by applying triplet and swing feels to the 12-bar blues in C–F–G, with practical practice tips and play-along ideas.

Learn basic harmonisation by applying 1-4-5 chords (C major, F, G) to simple melodies in 4/4, creating accompaniment with rhythmic patterns and inversions.

Explore the altered scale and the lydian flat 7 scale, using a two five one in C to improvise with major, altered, and lydian flat 7 sounds and tritone substitutions.

embrace piano as a lifelong journey, record yourself to track progress, stay patient, listen actively to each instrument, practice consistently, and treat piano as a language learned through repetition.

Get fast help by emailing support at jazz Edgecombe; your ticket includes your course details, and explore piano with Willie dot com for more courses.