Here you will find our free posts designed to help you become a better jazz pianist and pop keyboard player.
March 13, 2025
About these two awesome Blues Piano Exercises Here are two awesome blues piano finger exercises in C that focus on finger dexterity. Both exercises are derived from the C major and minor blues scales.The video below shows me performing the blues piano exercises first. After that, I explain them and demonstrate how to practice by
March 3, 2025
What you will learn from this articleIn this article, I present a 5-step exercise series that will prepare you to employ some of the most exciting rhythmic concepts in your improvisations. It includes a video tutorial and accompanying sheet music that you can view and download for free! Background information for this training series It may
December 12, 2024
About this postIn this post, I provide exercises intended to help you play blues and jazz music with a classic swing feel and understand how to interpret regular eighth notes as swung eighth notes.Swing Feel and Swung Eighth NotesMost teachers explain to their students (correctly) that swung eighth notes are based on triplets, which is
November 24, 2024
In this post, I discuss the pros and cons of jazz piano lessons with a real person. I have been teaching contemporary keyboard lessons at Columbia College Chicago for many years, both in person and online. I can tell you from my experience that they can be very beneficial. Some will benefit more than others from private
November 22, 2024
A Tatum Run that’s fun and easy to playArt Tatum is known for his incredible virtuosity. His runs are dazzling. However, there’s a secret to them. There is a direct correlation between how easy it is to move around the keyboard and his note choices. In other words, with the correct fingering, they’re quite easy
November 21, 2024
I struggled with the answer to this question for many years until I finally took the time to study the runs and licks of virtuoso jazz pianists like Oscar Peterson, Tatum, and Teddy Wilson. My findings clearly indicated that they all prefer to play their favorite runs and licks in specific keys. For this reason,
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