In this lesson we explore the anatomy of the Hammond B3. We discuss the drawbars, presets, pedals, percussion, & chorus vibrato settings.

We incorporate all of the theory and material covered in the prior lessons in this course and then analyse each aspect of the performance.

In this lesson we will be exploring the common intros, endings, and turnarounds that are found in the Chicago blues piano style.

In this lesson we’ll look at the structure of 12-bar blues and explore some of the embellishments we can apply to the chord progression.

Understanding the foldback of the pitches on the lower manual is important to inform the melodic contours of your bass line.

You can use these comping exercises and drills to strengthen your right hand comping on Hammond organ as well as on the traditional piano.

In this lesson we will learn some techniques for creating improvised solos and we will explore how we can build our melodic improvisations.

In this masterclass we’re going create a walking bass line over the tune “Softly As In A Morning Sunrise”. Download the PDF bass line file.

You can use this bass line or any bass line for playing solo piano, learning different rhythm changes heads, and for practicing solos.

In this lesson, Tuomo shows us 3 common reharmonisations of a 251 progression that we can play in our jazz standard arrangements.