Styles, Arranging & More
ShareThisIntros, endings, interludes, vamps, full arrangements and styles and are some of the topics that you will find in this catch-all category.
From Lead Sheet to Arrangement 
At the heart of solo jazz piano playing lies the use of spread and rootless voicings. But to truly transform a simple lead sheet into a (more...)
At the heart of solo jazz piano playing lies the use of spread and rootless voicings. But to truly transform a simple lead sheet into a (more...)
The Safflower
Sarah Jane Cion's jazz ballad, The Safflower, is presented in the first lesson of this series to demonstrate how to get from a lead (more...)
Sarah Jane Cion's jazz ballad, The Safflower, is presented in the first lesson of this series to demonstrate how to get from a lead (more...)
Stride Left Hand Part 1 | Part 2 NEW
Stride piano is a captivating solo piano style anchored by the left-hand pattern of low bass notes that alternate with mid-range chords. Using a transcription of Harry Connick's left hand on the tune On the Sunny Side of the Street (more...)
Stride piano is a captivating solo piano style anchored by the left-hand pattern of low bass notes that alternate with mid-range chords. Using a transcription of Harry Connick's left hand on the tune On the Sunny Side of the Street (more...)
Gospel Blues
Gospel music and the Blues are intimately linked. Gospel tunes are often based on the blues progression and because of this the Blues naturally lends itself to gospel style inflection. Wynton Kelly elegantly (more...)
Gospel music and the Blues are intimately linked. Gospel tunes are often based on the blues progression and because of this the Blues naturally lends itself to gospel style inflection. Wynton Kelly elegantly (more...)
Ode to Joy
As the New Year approaches, we all have happiness, joy, hope and optimism on our minds, right? Maybe not so much given the current state of world affairs but why not let this reharmonized arrangement of (more...)
As the New Year approaches, we all have happiness, joy, hope and optimism on our minds, right? Maybe not so much given the current state of world affairs but why not let this reharmonized arrangement of (more...)
Londonderry Aire Reharmonized
This old irish folk tune (aka Danny Boy) is the perfect choice for reharmonization. When it's familiar diatonic melody is set against the highly chromatic harmonic treatment given here, the tune takes on a (more...)
This old irish folk tune (aka Danny Boy) is the perfect choice for reharmonization. When it's familiar diatonic melody is set against the highly chromatic harmonic treatment given here, the tune takes on a (more...)
Star Spangled Banner
Celebrate Independence Day with this jazz arrangement of our national anthem. Incorporating a wide range of reharmonization and arranging devices- substitutions, upper structures, deceptive cadences (more...)
Celebrate Independence Day with this jazz arrangement of our national anthem. Incorporating a wide range of reharmonization and arranging devices- substitutions, upper structures, deceptive cadences (more...)
Reharmonize Rhythm Changes
The chord progression of George Gershwin's 1930 tune I Got Rhythm, aka Rhythm Changes, is a particularly good candidate for reharmonization. It is a common progression (more...)
The chord progression of George Gershwin's 1930 tune I Got Rhythm, aka Rhythm Changes, is a particularly good candidate for reharmonization. It is a common progression (more...)
Four Walking Basslines
Continue your study of walking basslines by taking a gestalt approach with this lesson. Watch, listen and read along with transcriptions of four walking basslines played over the chord changes to There is No (more...)
Continue your study of walking basslines by taking a gestalt approach with this lesson. Watch, listen and read along with transcriptions of four walking basslines played over the chord changes to There is No (more...)
Walking Bassline
Listen to virtually any jazz recording and you will hear it: the quarter note bassline walking up and down the scale providing both rhythm and harmony. This is the walking bassline and it is one of the (more...)
Listen to virtually any jazz recording and you will hear it: the quarter note bassline walking up and down the scale providing both rhythm and harmony. This is the walking bassline and it is one of the (more...)
Harmonizing Melodies with Upper Structure Triads Part 1
Adding harmony to a melody line (harmonization) can add depth and richness to a line. Harmonizing with upper structure triads dials this up a notch by underscoring the melody with a subtle polytonal (more...)
Adding harmony to a melody line (harmonization) can add depth and richness to a line. Harmonizing with upper structure triads dials this up a notch by underscoring the melody with a subtle polytonal (more...)
Harmonizing Melodies with Upper Structure Triads Part 2
Learn how to extend your use of this handy technique from Part 1 of this series to harmonize not only melodic tensions but chord tones as well. (more...)
Learn how to extend your use of this handy technique from Part 1 of this series to harmonize not only melodic tensions but chord tones as well. (more...)
Lydian Ending 
A classic ending for standard tunes and ballads, this lesson will break this ending down into it's component parts and introduce you to the lydian chord, substitue dominants and the sharp 11 extension and (more...)
A classic ending for standard tunes and ballads, this lesson will break this ending down into it's component parts and introduce you to the lydian chord, substitue dominants and the sharp 11 extension and (more...)
Bossa Bassline
There's not always going to be a bass player there to lay down a nice bossa groove for you so you need to learn how to do it yourself. Learn a basic bossa bassline in this lesson and how to comp effectively (more...)
There's not always going to be a bass player there to lay down a nice bossa groove for you so you need to learn how to do it yourself. Learn a basic bossa bassline in this lesson and how to comp effectively (more...)
Reharmonize Auld Lang Syne
Instead of playing a vanilla I-IV-V version of this old Scottish melody on New Years this year try this lush one-chord-per-bar reharmonization. Watch the step-by-step transformation take place through the the (more...)
Instead of playing a vanilla I-IV-V version of this old Scottish melody on New Years this year try this lush one-chord-per-bar reharmonization. Watch the step-by-step transformation take place through the the (more...)
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