Learn how to play the diminished scale and elevate your playing level. This video reveals how to play the diminished scales.

Listen to an advanced jazz piano solo over Ornithology. The jazz piano master comes out with another great jazz piano solo. Please hit the like button and leave a comment. Enjoy!

Learn how to play the jazz dominant scales the right way descending with an extra half step to keep the chord tones on the down beat. Also learn some incredibly valuable techniques for how to solo over dominant chords. This solo idea can fit over any dominant chord or any II-V-I chord progression. Put this in twelve keys and your soloing ability will go up several levels.

Learn how to play rootless chords and open shell chords. The open shell chord is simply 1 7 3 and the basic shell is 1 3 7. For rootless chords, you basically take out the root and add a 9th and when you change from minor to major, you really only have to change one note–the 7th of the minor chord becomes the 3rd of the new dominant chord. The jazz piano chords are vital for every jazz pianist to have mastered.

Listen to Charles Crawford play “Fly me to the Moon”. If you can’t tell from the video, Charles is the jazz piano master. Watch the rest of the free training videos and other performances by Charles.