Jazz Piano Lessons: 2 Song Foundations

Discover how to get started with two-handed harmony, bolster your jazz vocabulary by covering basic—and instantly recognizable—bluesy chord voicings, and more.

Introduction

• Welcome

1. Playing with Both Hands

• Introduction to two-handed comping
• Two-handed comping: Chord inversions
• Two-handed voicings: Part 1
• Two-handed voicings: Part 2
• Two-handed voicings: Drop the 3rd

2. Basic Jazz Vocabulary

• B7 9-5 voicings: Part 1
• B7 9-5 voicings: Part 2
• Extended B7 9-5 voicings
• Practicing timing using the B7 9-5 voicings: Part 1
• Practicing timing using the B7 9-5 voicings: Part 2

3. Pentatonic Scales

• Essential jazz scales: The pentatonic scale
• Practicing pentatonics
• Two more pentatonics
• Practicing pentatonics using approach patterns
• Practicing pentatonics using the F7 blues

4. Putting It All Together: Combining Scales, Pentatonics, and Patterns

• Combining bop scales, pentatonics, and approach patterns: Part 1
• Combining bop scales, pentatonics, and approach patterns: Part 2

5. Adding More to Your Playing

• Adding guide tones
• Playing motivically: Part 1
• Playing motivically: Part 2
• Mixing it all up
• Combining everything you've learned so far