Course: Learn Jazz Piano: III. Solo Piano and Advanced Topics

This video reviews the section on chord theory and indicates which are the important parts for you to consider working on. It also includes some suggestion for viewing and listening. …

We illustrate playing and improvising “On Green Dolphin Street” with a playalong, playing it in time four to the bar.

We analyse the structure of the important jazz standard “On Green Dolphin Street” and the various ways of playing it. You can download the “On Green Dolphin Street” chart in …

I illustrate a device which I sometimes use, to some extent intuitively, which I call parallel and transitional chordal shifting – not that I generally want you to employ this …

I illustrate triads over unrelated roots by playing and improvising solo over Jan Garbarek’s tune “Entering”. You can download the chart for “Entering” in PDF format at the bottom of …

We have a first look at the advanced topic of playing triads over unrelated roots. You can download the charts for “How Deep Is The Ocean” and “Lament (first four …

We look at the idea of reharmonising a chord sequence of a jazz standard and, as an example, consider Keith Jarrett’s reharmonisation of 6 bars in the middle of “Stella …

We investigate putting major or minor triads over our basic minor seventh chords.

We investigate putting major or minor triads over our basic seventh chords. You can download the chart for “Bitonality with sevenths” in PDF format at the bottom of this step.

We investigate putting major or minor triads over our basic major seventh chords. You can download the chart for “Bitonality with major sevenths” in PDF format at the bottom of …

We present some examples of thinner voicings, where the voicings typically use fewer notes. In particular, we consider “guide tones” which just consists of playing the third and seventh of …

We illustrate how the same voicing can have a different interpretation. You can download the chart for “Reinterpretation of Chord Voicings” in PDF format at the bottom of this step.

This is the second part of a review of the chords we have met to date. You can download the chart for “Review of Chords II” in PDF format at …

This is the first part of a review of the chords we have met to date. You can download the chart for “Review of Chords I” in PDF format at …