Piano Improvisation

Hi, I’m Willie Myette, creator of Jazz Edge Academy. I’m thrilled to share this lesson with you: the eight steps […]

Jazz improvisation is a cool part of playing jazz music. It lets musicians make up their own tunes on the

This jazz improvisation tutorial features one of the all-time most requested and recorded jazz standards – “Autumn Leaves” written by

As most jazz players know, and many jazz students quickly learn, ii-V-I jazz licks (and the ii-V-I progression) are at

Many students are unnerved by the challenge of trying to solo over the chord changes to “Giant Steps.” And rightfully so

Now that we have learned to identify the various modes of the major scale, let’s turn our attention to how

Probably the most common question I get regarding theory comes from students who want to understand modes and chord scales.

In this article we’ll take a look at some advanced pentatonics concepts, first examining how pentatonic scales are derived and

In this article we’ll be talking about some improvisation tips to help improve your soloing using the jazz standard “On

The phrase “rhythm changes” refers to songs that use the same chord changes as Gershwin’s famous Broadway hit “I Got

A student wrote in asking about pentatonic scale piano exercises while using quartal voicings at the piano. Here’s a list

In my Beginner Jazz & Blues Improvisation course, I broke down how to improvise at the piano into 8 lessons

A Premier Student on the site recently asked a great question, and I wanted to share my answer with all