The Art of Jazz Piano for Beginners to Intermediate with Wayne McConnell

Learning how to improvise can be a tricky road, so many things to learn, and so much practice to be done. Wayne McConnell is a professional Jazz Pianist who has worked with many legends of jazz.  He has also held teaching positions in universities both in the UK and abroad.  In this course, he shares his knowledge in a logical and understandable way.  It's very much a practical course designed to optimize your practice time and to maximize your creativity. 

Learn Jazz Improvisation the right way, as an aural tradition with an emphasis on developing your unique musical voice. Let's get started! 

• The Art of Jazz Piano Introduction
• Prerequisists for the Course
• The Basics - Seventh Chords
• The Basics - The minor 7th
• The Basics - The Dominant 7th Chord
• The Basics - The Half Diminished Chord
• The Basics - The Dimished Chord
• Let's Improvise! Bill Evan's Peace Piece
• Let's Improvise - Peace Peace Left Hand
• Let's Improvise - Peace Peace All the White Notes!
• Let's Improvise - Peace Piece Scales in 3rds
• Let's Improvise - Peace Piece - Triadic Shapes
• Let's Improvise - Peace Piece 4 Note Seventh Chords
• Let's Improvise - Peace Piece Chromatic Leading Tones
• Let's Improvise - Peace Piece Adding Tension and Beauty with the Lydian Sound
• Let's Improvise - Peace Piece Triad +1
• Let's Improvise - Creating Structure in your Solos
• The II V I Progression
• II V I Shell Voicings - A Position
• II V I Shell Voicings - B Position
• II V I Shell and Colour Notes
• II V Is Autumn Leaves with Shells and Colour Notes
• II V I Rootless Voicings Position A
• II V I Rootless Voicings B Position
• II V Is Transfer to the Left Hand
• The Blues - Introduction
• The Blues - Boogie and New Orleans Styles
• The Blues More Left Hand Styles
• The Blues - The Blues Scale
• The Blues - The Hybrid Scale
• The Blues - C Jam Blues by Duke Ellingtonmp4
• The Blues - C Jam Blues - Voicings and Melody
• The Blues - Walking Bass Lines
• The Blues - Walking Bass Lines - 2 Feel
• The Blues - Walking Bass Lines over II V Is
• The Blues - A Simple Turnaround
• The Blues - C Jam Blues - Targeting the 3rds
• The Blues - The Jazz Blues
• Introduction to the Bebop Language
• The Bebop Language Approach Tones and Chromatic Notes
• The Bebop Language - Encircling Thirds
• Bebop Language Analysis of Hank Jone's Solo on Now's The Time
• Chord Alterations - Altered Dominants - Flat 9
• Chord Alterations - Altered Dominants - Sharp 11
• Chord Alterations - Altered Dominants - Flat 13
• Chord Alterations - Altered Dominants and Tritone Substitution
• Basic Chord Substitutions on Autumn Leaves
• Finale