Jazz Piano Technique | Vol. 1: Pentatonics

A 4-week bootcamp to boost your speed, power, dexterity, and control from acclaimed pianist educators Adam Maness & Peter Martin.

Get in the best playing shape of your life.

Want to play faster, with more control and power than ever before? Wish you could whip out crispmodern pentatonic lines?

Jazz Piano Technique | Vol. 1: Pentatonics is a 4-week guided practice routine designed to improve crucial aspects of technique, all while absorbing modern pentatonic patterns.

Peter Martin and Adam Maness practice with you 5 days a week to make sure you’re hitting your goals and making big gains at the piano.

  • INTERMEDIATE
  • 20 videos
  • 5 hours
  • Guided Practice Sessions
  • PDF WOrkSheets
  • Subtitles: English

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 SystemPiano 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

Start Here

  • Welcome to Jazz Piano Technique Vol. 1: Pentatonics

Week 1

  • Guided Practice Session 1
  • Guided Practice Session 2
  • Guided Practice Session 3
  • Guided Practice Session 4
  • Guided Practice Session 5

Week 2

  • Guided Practice Session 1
  • Guided Practice Session 2
  • Guided Practice Session 3
  • Guided Practice Session 4
  • Guided Practice Session 5

Week 3

  • Guided Practice Session 1
  • Guided Practice Session 2
  • Guided Practice Session 3
  • Guided Practice Session 4
  • Guided Practice Session 5

Week 4

  • Guided Practice Session 1
  • Guided Practice Session 2
  • Guided Practice Session 3
  • Guided Practice Session 4
  • Guided Practice Session 5