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Start Here!The 2025 Standard a Month club
- January — A Foggy Day
- Februrary — Moon River
- March — Black Orpheus
- April — On the Sunny Side of the Street
- May — Bye Bye Blackbird
- June — I Could Write a Book
Recently Added
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Coming SoonMoon River
Learn this classic Henry Mancini ballad. We also look at some chord substitutions by Vince Guaraldi.
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NewA Foggy Day
Learn this classic Gershwin tune. We also take a listen to two very different versions by Oscar Peterson and Red Garland.
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NewCharlie Brown Christmas
Learn how to play Vince Guaraldi Charlie Brown Christmas tunes.
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NewAutumn Leaves
What you learn with this standard will build skills for a lot of other jazz tunes.
Fundamentals
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Roadmap
Core skills for any musician. Tracking charts and lessons for scales, arpeggios, chord patterns, and tunes by ear.
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Cadence Patterns
These patterns are found everywhere in music. Learn these fundamental patterns along with their inversions in all 12 keys.
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Circle of 5ths Deep Dive
Master the circle of fifths with exercises and examples from jazz and classical repertoire
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Playing By Ear
A fundamental skill to any musician is to play a melody and harmonize it. I go through that process starting with easy familiar songs.
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Playing By Ear Christmas Edition
Follow up course to the 'Playing By Ear' course. Learn a bunch of christmas songs and transpose them to different keys.
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Bach Lessons
Go through a progression of easier to harder Bach pieces. Also covered are practice techniques, Bach style, and counterpoint.
Jazz
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New
Charlie Brown Christmas
Learn how to play Vince Guaraldi Charlie Brown Christmas tunes.
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Blues Fundamentals I
Start here to learn jazz. Blues is the gateway to all other jazz styles.
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Blues Fundamentals II
Builds on Blues Fundamentals I. This course goes through variations of the blues form and some other improvisation exercises.
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Improv Loops
4 Improvisation loops to practice rhythm and improvisation techniques.
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Classical to Jazz Crossover
Are you a classical musician trying to learn jazz? Start here.
Jazz Standards
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Coming Soon
Moon River
Learn this classic Henry Mancini ballad. We also look at some chord substitutions by Vince Guaraldi.
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New
A Foggy Day
Learn this classic Gershwin tune. We also take a listen to two very different versions by Oscar Peterson and Red Garland.
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New
Autumn Leaves
What you learn with this standard will build skills for a lot of other jazz tunes.
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My Funny Valentine
Learn this classic tune. Learn Bill Evans voicings, block chords, and how to transpose it.
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Satin Doll
If you are starting jazz piano, this is one of the best jazz standards to start with.
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Christmas Jazz Standards
Learn some jazz Christmas standards.
