Elements of Jazz Piano
Improvise with confidence. Build chords like a pro. Arrange tunes and melodies as a solo pianist or with a rhythm section. All of these techniques are laid out in a clear and practical way with Elements of Jazz Piano.
Get Inspired.
Feeling like you’ll be a novice jazz pianist forever?
Breakthrough that mental barrier of a beginner with this structured, detailed intermediate course.
Improvise with confidence. Build chords like a pro. Arrange tunes and melodies as a solo pianist or with a rhythm section. All of these techniques are laid out in a clear and practical way with Elements of Jazz Piano.
This course will help you:
- Improvise over different kinds of tunes and chord changes
- Play several kinds of different voicings: rooted, rootless, block chords and drop-2
- Interpret lead sheets and chord charts like a pro
Meet Your Instructor
Peter Martin is an acclaimed jazz pianist, educator, and founder of Open Studio. He has performed and recorded on six continents with artists including Wynton Marsalis, Dianne Reeves, Betty Carter, Christian McBride, and Joshua Redman, as well as with his own ensembles. Through Open Studio, he has created over 600 piano lessons and helped pioneer the field of online jazz education, earning recognition from The New York Times for his groundbreaking work. Peter also co-hosts the award-winning music podcast “You’ll Hear It” with Adam Maness.
Meet Your Instructor
As Open Studio’s Managing Director, Adam Maness develops the curriculum of all of the courses, in addition to teaching his own popular course like Magic Voicing System, Piano Fingering Independence and more.
Adam is a versatile pianist, arranger, composer, and producer whose performances, original compositions, and arrangements have been featured on numerous recordings and on national and international radio and television broadcasts. He is best known as co-founder and composer for the genre-bending chamber ensemble, The 442s.
Course Contents
Welcome from Peter Martin & Adam Maness
- Welcome from Peter Martin & Adam Maness
- Practice Routine Visual Guide
"Element Blues" | Lines
- Lesson
- Demo
- Trade
- Play-Along
"Element Blues" | Voicings
- Lesson
- Demo
- Trade
- Play-Along
"Element Blues" | Time
- Lesson
- Demo
- Trade
- Play-Along
"Element Blues" Practice Routine
- How to Get Better
- Call To Practice
"Quiet Nights" | Lines
- Lesson
- Demo
- Trade
- Play-Along
"Quiet Nights" | Voicings
- Lesson
- Demo
- Trade
- Play-Along
"Quiet Nights" | Time
- Lesson
- Demo
- Trade
- Play-Along
"Oleo" | Lines
- Lesson
- Demo
- Trade
- Play-Along
"Oleo" | Voicings
- Lesson
- Demo
- Trading
- Play-Along
"Oleo" | Time
- Lesson
- Demo
- Trade
- Play-Along
"When I Fall in Love" | Lines
- Lesson
- Demo
- Trade
- Play-Along
"When I Fall in Love" | Voicings
- Lesson
- Demo
- Trade
- Play-Along
"When I Fall in Love" | Time
- Lesson
Creative Scale Practice
- Creative Scale Practice
- Creative Scale Practice 1: Major – Dominant (Long)
- Creative Scale Practice 2: Major – Dominant (Short)
- Creative Scale Practice 3: Minor – Dominant (Long)
- Creative Scale Practice 4: Minor – Dominant (Short)
- Creative Scale Practice 5: Diminished
- Creative Scale Practice 6: 2-5-1 (Major)
- Creative Scale Practice 7: 2-5-1 (Minor)
