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Checklist for jazz piano solos

Here is your checklist of jazz piano solos with 12 essential tips. (This is an extract from my fourth eBook: Learn jazz Piano: How To Solo.) 1)   Chords belong to families. A chord rarely exists in its own right and is far more likely to have a relationship within a family. It has usually… Read more »

Lesson 19 – jazz improvisation: reharmonising a jazz standard

I’ve finally completed lesson 19  of jazz improvisation.This new 30 minute video shows you how to reharmonise a lead sheet and employ substitute chords to make for a more creative solo. This will take your jazz improvisation to the next level. Following on from lesson 18, I’ve taken All The Things You Are and substituted… Read more »

How to reharmonises a jazz standard

Lesson 19 of Learn Jazz Piano online is called ‘how to reharmonise a jazz standard’. In lesson 18, I dissected Jerome Kern’s All The Things You Are, analysing its structure and breaking it down into key centres. I also stuck to Kern’s original harmony. But in this upcoming lesson we’ll be taking things further by… Read more »

Lesson 15: chord voicing

For a jazz pianist, chord voicing is an essential skill. I’m now in the process of preparing lesson 15 of my video course Learn Jazz Piano Online. This 15th lesson of Learn Jazz Piano Online will be all about chord voicing, particularly how to voice left hand rootless chords. Playing these chords will achieve two… Read more »

Next lesson for Jazz Piano Online

An update from Paul at Jazz Piano online. You can now buy the complete course so click here! ere’s a summary of lesson 11 of Jazz Piano Online. Lesson 1 of jazz piano online – From scales to chords Lesson 2 – Building a chord sequence Lesson 3 –  Mastering every key Lesson 4 –… Read more »