Explore the creative use of chord substitution and reharmonisation to add emotional depth and colour to your piano vocal accompaniments.

Discover how to build harmonically rich yet supportive chord voicing and textures that elevate the jazz vocalist’s performance.

Discover rhythmic comping patterns for accompanying jazz singers. We explore bass lines, comping rhythms, and interacting with the vocalist.

Using “Fly Me to the Moon”, this lesson explores the foundational elements of vocal accompaniment: voicings, rhythm, vocalist interaction.

An analysis of chord voicings and arrangement techniques used in “My Foolish Heart” performed by legendary jazz pianist Beegie Adair.

In this lesson, we explore how to use tritone substitution to create interesting fills and melodic embellishments in ‘Body & Soul’.

Explore different fill techniques using suspended chords to create movement and harmonic interest in the jazz ballad ‘Body & Soul’.

We will now expand on the B Section by incorporating a two-handed stride technique that brings richness and depth to the arrangement.

In this course overview, we identify the 7th chords and then move into chord extensions, chord alterations, and stride left hand techniques.

In this lesson you will discover essential blues turnarounds for piano, from simple C7 transitions to sophisticated G7#5 variations.