Here you will find our free posts designed to help you become a better jazz pianist and pop keyboard player.
July 26, 2025
What this post is aboutTopics you will learn aboutChromatic descending bass movementVertical harmonizationLinear harmonization and arranging techniques Harmonizing a Melody with Constant Structure chordsFalling Fifths progressionWhen my advanced piano students ask me about harmonizing and arranging techniques, they really want to know how to harmonize those melody notes that fall between the written chord symbols. We call those
July 22, 2025
About my interview with jazz pianist Jeremy Kahn In 2023, I had the privilege of interviewing the renowned Chicago jazz pianist Jeremy Kahn. Jeremy has been a member of Chicago’s first-call jazz musicians lineup for decades, admired for his versatility, sound, feel, and professionalism.Jeremy performed with many of the greats, like Dizzy Gillespie, Aretha Franklin,
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
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