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Advanced Jazz Piano Lessons

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Detailed Video Lessons

Details, details... details. Most of what is seen on Youtube and other music sites is extremely lean on details. To get an idea of what I mean, please read the 5 stages of advanced modern harmonic progression below, because without those details, your playing will always be lacking.

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The 5 Stages of Advanced Modern Harmonic Progression

Stage 1

Tertian Harmony

Sure, we all know what a chord is and how to play one. But, creating great music requires you to know more than simple chords. Graduating to another level of improvisational performance requires a very advanced knowledge of harmony. This is the foundation upon which your core competency will be built.

Stage 2

Modalites

For most people, scales are boring. To a true jazz artist, scales are everything. You can’t really expect to become a great improviser without learning what scales go with what chords. But for any given chord progression there are many different scale choices, which ones do you go with and why?

Stage 3

Rhythm

All music, even ballads, has rhythm. Rhythm is what makes music stick to your soul. Unfortunately, almost every young or inexperienced player seems to have the same problem, they’re all putting the emphasis on the wrong beat. And as a result, their music never seems to groove the way it should. Sure, it’s definitely a feel thing, but it can be learned with accurate instruction and specific repetitions.

Stage 4

Patterns & Riffs

Jazz is a language, and like any language, you need to hear it, understand it, then duplicate it. If you do not learn this language, then your music will always be missing a recognizable sound the the listener is inately expecting. You cannot ignore this. And frankly, I’ve not seen anyone in the online world come close to providing an intelligent way to go about this. But, the system that I learned, and have honed over many years, will definitely make a huge difference to your playing.

Stage 5

Inspired Creativity

Whatever your musical goals are, when you embrace the first 4 stages you’ll eventually come to a point where music just makes total sense. At that point, you begin to see that there are no limitations. You’ll learn to produce music that is infectious, inspiring, original, and ultimately creative. As a former recording artist I’ve felt what this stage is like, I would love it if you could get there and surpass it.

See what our members have to say…

Having jazz piano lessons, as a novice, with Paul Tobey was the foundation for my ongoing love of and ability to play jazz, both as a solo musician, and in groups. His knowledge is exceptional and he was patient and kind when it came to new concepts. I learned so much from him that I use to this very day. This included the skill of ‘comping’ or being able to harmonize and interpret a jazz chart, creating interesting solos, and so much more. I would highly recommend having the opportunity to build jazz piano skills under Paul’s instruction.

Dr. Mary Ann GorcsiMEMBER

I just finished today your last online piano lessons DVD – lesson 10. I have learned so much with your course that I don’t have enough words to thank you the fantastic course. I really need to continue the lessons, please let me know if you have more lessons ready. I would like to purchase them as soon as possible. Please let me know. Thank you again

Lydia BlineuaMEMBER

Dear Paul; This course has truly so much to offer it is a ten week course that through my own personal experience I can honestly say will have your fingers dancing over those keys in a matter of months and be the very foundation of all your piano playing future. It also makes learning to play the scales in particular a joy and so so easy. Once you know your majors you’ll have cracked it bearing in mind the relative minor key, sharpening the 7th for the harmonic minor.
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Steve SuttonMEMBER

Dear Paul, I am so excited about my new found ability on the piano and believe it or not it all started with your Advanced online piano lessons. I must share a little secret with you and first I want to tell you how all this happened. So first off I started piano as a child, at age 4 in classical training. Now an adult playing the piano on and off for over 30 years, the secret is that I have always wanted to be able to just sit down and play the piano without music and for some reason have never been able to do this. Read more

Katrina BoeseMEMBER

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