Step #5 – Fingerings

Stage 0 | Lesson: 01 | Step 5 - (Technique) Proper fingerings are crucial to executing any technical passagework on the keyboard. First you will learn…

Step #4 – Key Signatures

Stage 0 | Lesson: 01 | Step 4 - (Technique) A key signature is a collection of sharps and flats found in each major scale. Familiarity with each key s…

Step #1 – Pop/Rock Licks

Stage 5 | Lesson: 48 | Step 1 - (technique) Pop and rock licks are can be flashy or simple and they live mostly within pentatonic improvisation langua…

Step #1 – Straight Feel Licks

Stage 5 | Lesson: 47 | Step 1 - (technique) Straight feel licks tend to leave out all bebop language and use mostly pentatonic movements and patterns.…

Step #3 – Trane Reharm Lick

Stage 5 | Lesson: 47 | Step 3 - (technique) Here is a nice improvisation line over the Trane reharmonizations. There is not much to this except for th…

Step #1 – R&B Licks

Stage 5 | Lesson: 46 | Step #1 - (technique) R & B lines and improv will not be difficult from a theoretical stand point. The most important thing her…

Step #3 – Trane Lick 2

Stage 5 | Lesson: 46 | Step 3 - (technique) The amazing part of this line is not the line itself but the brilliant Trane changes that it is played ove…

Step #3 – Trane Lick 1

Stage 5 | Lesson: 45 | Step 3 - (technique) This Trane line really moves through the harmonies in the Coltrane progression. Take note of where the cho…

Step #1 – Gospel Licks

Stage 5 | Lesson: 44 | Step 1 - (technique) Gospel lines have a very slight difference from jazz lines. At the same time you can use jazz extensions a…
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