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Jazz Piano
with George Whitty
Quickstart Guide to Jazz Piano
Introduction
Our First Tool: The Pentatonic Scale
Time & Feel
Expanding on Our First Tool
Practice Exercises Using Our First Tool
Bringing in the Left Hand
Taking the Next Steps
Level 1
Introduction to Level 1 Curriculum
Prerequisites
Submit a Placement Video
The Blues in F
Essential Jazz Scales: The F7 Bop Scale
Practicing the F7 Bop Scale
Practicing the F7 Bop Scale as Jazz
Approach Pattern 1
Practicing Approach Pattern 1
Approach Pattern 1: Putting it All Together
Essential Jazz Scales: The Bb7 Bop Scale
Essential Jazz Scales: The G Minor 7 Bop Scale
Essential Jazz Scales: The C7 Bop Scale
Practicing the 3 New Bop Scales
Approach Pattern 1: Using the 3 New Scales
Put it on the Blues
General Thoughts on Learning & Practicing
Ear Training: Overview
Ear Training: Basic Scale Intervals
Ear Training: Basic Chord Qualities
Ear Training: Transcription
Guide Tones
Practicing Guide Tones
Other Student Submitted Tunes
Level 2
Introduction to Level 2 Curriculum
Introduction to Two Handed Comping
Two Handed Comping: Chord Inversions
Two Handed Voicings
Two Handed Voicing: Drop the 3rd
b7-9-5 Voicing
Extended b7-9-5 Voicing
Practicing Timing Using the b7-9-5 Voicing
Essential Jazz Scales: The Pentatonic Scale
Practicing Pentatonics
Two More Pentatonics
Practicing Pentatonics Using Approach Patterns
Practicing Pentatonics Using the F7 Blues
Combining Bop Scales, Pentatonics & Approach Patterns
Adding Guide Tones
Playing Motivically
Mixing it All Up
Blues in the Key of E
Last 2 Scales of Blues in E
Pentatonics for the Blues in E
Harmony for the Blues in E
Practicing E7 Blues Elements
Technique Building: Jazz Style Hanons
Approach Pattern 2
Integrating Approach Patterns 1 & 2 Into Pentatonics
Integrating Approach Patterns 1 & 2 Into Blues
Combining Everything We've Learned So Far
Other Student Submitted Tunes
Level 3
Introduction to Level 3 Curriculum
Adding Our First Extension to Guide Tones
“Falling Grace”
Integrating 9th Chords
Practicing 9th Chords
II-V-I: Probably the Most Important Progression
Essential Jazz Scales: The E Minor Bop Scale
Essential Jazz Scales: The D Major 7 Bop Scale
Sneak Previews: Expanding Our Melodic Horizons
Practicing the New Bop Scales: Using Approach Patterns
Practicing On Our First II-V-I
Offsetting Our Approach Patterns
Essential Jazz Scales: D Minor, G7 & C Major Bop Scales
Practicing D Minor, G7 & C Major Bop Scales
Arpeggiated Triads as a Melodic Device
Essential Jazz Scales: C7, F7 & Bb Major 7 Bop Scales
Practicing These Scales as a Cadence
Practicing All the New Scales on a 1-1-2 II-V-I
“Tune Up”
Pentatonics for “Tune Up”
Practicing the New Pentatonics
Pentatonics on a II-V-I
Approach Pattern 3
“Someday My Prince Will Come”
Use All the Tools on Extended II-V-I
“Tune Up” - Putting it All Together
Other Student Submitted Tunes
Level 4
Introduction to Level 4 Curriculum
13th Chord Voicing in the Left Hand
Practicing 13th Chord Voicing Using “Tune Up”
Altered Dominant Chords
“Funk in C”
Altered Dominant Scales
Practicing Altered Dominant Scales
The #9 Tension on Top of Guide Tones
Putting it All Together Using “Tune Up”
Ear Training: Hearing Notes in Relation to Major Chords
Ear Training: Hearing Notes in Relation to Minor Chords
Ear Training: Hearing Notes in Relation to Dominant Chords
Ear Training: Transcribed Solo in Different Keys
Technique Builder: The Crossover Pentatonic Exercise
Two Handed Comping: Adding Tensions
First Upper Structure Triad
Upper Structure V-I Triads
Practicing Upper Structure Triads
Practicing Upper Structure Triads on II-V-I
Two Handed Comping Using “Tune Up”
“Stella By Starlight” - Arranging for Upper Structure Triads
Diatonic Parallel Triads: Minor Chords
Diatonic Parallel Triads: Major Chords
“Vamp in G”
Minor 7b5
The Complete I-VI-II-V Cycle
Putting it All Together Playing on the I-VI-II-V
Our First Substitution
Putting it All Together Soloing on Our Blues Tracks
Other Student Submitted Tunes
Level 5
Introduction to Level 5 Curriculum
What You Should Already Know
Daily Practice Routine
Regarding the Modes
“Softly, As In a Morning Sunrise”
Approach Pattern 4
Minor/Major 7: A Quick Easy Place to Go
Another Way to Get Minor/Major 7
Substituting a Simple Progression in Our Heads
Substituting Pentatonics for the 2nd Chord
One More Very Simple Cadence
Another Take on this 2nd Cadence: C Minor Modal
Voicings in 4ths for the Left Hand
Practicing 4th Voicings
“Blues in F” - Putting it All Together
“Autumn Leaves”
“Blues Jam”
“How Insensitive”
“Linus & Lucy” (Charlie Brown Theme Song) -NEW!
Other Student Submitted Tunes
30 Day Challenge
30 Day Challenge - 2017 (Archive)
30 Day Challenge - 2018
Electric Piano & Keyboard Concepts
Funk Soloing
Rhodes Comping
Organ Sounds: The Hammond B3
