Author name: Willie

How to Play a Blues Shuffle

Learning how to play a blues shuffle is a critical and immediately useful skill for all blues and jazz players, […]

As pianists, we’re always looking for fun, bluesy piano licks to add to our bag of tricks. In this article

In Part 1 of our article “Improvisation Practice Tips,” we looked at three tips which featured exercises meant to help

Improvisation practice goes hand-in-hand with the study of jazz music. Think of it this way – when Beethoven wrote music

In this article we’re going to focus on a few specific things that you can practice to help you play

Rootless voicings are an essential part of the jazz pianist’s vocabulary. They are used extensively for left hand comping and

Now that we’ve examined the specifics of what makes dominant chords special in Part 1 of this article, let’s continue

“Don’t Stop Believing” by the band Journey is perhaps one of the greatest and most popular rock songs of all-time.