Arranging & Reharmonization

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Arranging & Reharmonization
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No more plain, boring chords. You will develop the skills to play the most ear-catching piano chords and harmonies! Learn how to transform your simple chord progressions into beautiful, next-level reharmonizations and textures. 🔥

✓ 14 months of building; Informed by global piano teachers.
✓ Videos, lesson guides, exercises, homework, answer keys.
✓ 7 hours of instruction thru 40 professional video lessons.
✓ 10-week flexible structure + complementary transcriptions.
✓ See overhead angle of hands, MIDI, notation and theory.

In this ground-breaking course…

  • 29 In-Depth Video Lessons.

    Three hours worth of video instruction covering the following topics: approaches (enclosures), basslines, comping in left hand, comping with both hands, chord outlines, scale shapes, painting palettes, rhythmic figures, basic improvisation methods 1-3, playing "out," stride, rhythmic & melodic patterns, learning to deal with mistakes, call & response, rhythm, and more...

  • For All Levels.

    Specifically designed to cater to all levels, whether you are a complete beginner to jazz or have been playing for years and want to hone your craft.

    Course access is indefinite. Come and go as you please, it will never expire.

  • Teach Yourself.

    This course was designed to empower you. You will learn how to visualize the keyboard in a more complex way, develop your inner ear, and the creative mindset needed to improvise. You will be equipped with the tools necessary to create your own practice exercises and techniques.

  • 8-Week Flexible Structure.

    Listening exercises. Written homework. Video lessons. Theory guides and practice notes. The course is segmented into 8 weeks of learning, with PDF manuals to guide you as you watch the video lessons. Feel free to take as much time as you need to complete each week, and skip around to different weeks should they be more relevant to your practice.

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12 Months In The Making

In 2013 when I started my jazz journey, coming from the classical world, I looked everywhere for lessons and tutorials to help me learn how to improvise. I was a bit discouraged as every resource I found was great at telling you what to do, but didn't help you with how to do it. That is a lot more challenging, and the reason the course has taken 12 months to build. This is the course I wish I had access to back in 2013.

This course is designed for the many pianists who want to learn jazz but feel overwhelmed with tons of not-so-helpful videos about 2-5-1s and bebop and tritone substitutions and modes and licks and on and on... By reverse-engineering the jazz grammar of the many great pianists I have transcribed- from Oscar Peterson, Art Tatum, Eldar Djangirov, Bill Evans, George Shearing to Cory Henry and Michel Petrucciani- I’ve leveraged my decade of transcription experience to create the ideal jazz improvisation learning method.

The course is a practical, step-by-step regimen with guided practice routines to build up your bebop vocabulary, knowledge, and dexterity. 

Includes 25-page Jazz Starter Pack eBook!

Arranging & Reharmonization

  • Week 1 (Mastering Keys)

    • Learn methods and exercises to become proficient in all 12 keys and the many chord options within them.

  • Week 2 (Mastering Melodies & Structures)

    • Song formats.

    • Song structures.

    • The power of triads.

  • Week 3 (3-Dimensional Chord Harmony)

    • Timothy has developed a unique and insightful way of understanding chord harmony. Learn the 3 dimensions of chords. 

  • Week 4 (Mastering Cadences)

    • Tonic cadences.

    • Cadences to other scale degrees.

  • Week 5 (Reharmonization Hacks)

    • Intro to reharmonization.

    • Complimentary chords. 

    • Ambiguous voicings.

    • Negative harmony.

    • Diminished chords.

  • Week 6 (Modulation & Transposition)

    • Learn the many modulation/transposition techniques.

  • Week 7 (Voice Leading)

    • Make your arrangements sound smooth with voice leading.

  • Week 8 (Textures & Consistency| Moods 1)

    • 4D harmonic texture.

    • Harmonic texture movement.

    • Rhythmic texture movement. 

    • Melodic periodicity.

  • Week 9 (Mastering Transitions| Moods 2)

    • Learn how to transition between song sections and shift moods.

  • Week 10 (Genres)

    • Learn how to arrange to the following genres: classical, new age, ragtime, blues, jazz, bossa nova, latin, neo soul, and lofi.

Each week is comprised of the following components:

  • 2-6 Video Lessons (Videos)

  • Guides (PDF)

  • Exercises (PDF)

  • Homework (PDF)

  • Walkdown [Key Familiarity] Exercise (PDF)

  • Additional Theory/Reference materials

    • Theory Guides:

      • Anatomy Of A Chord Symbol PDF

      • Roman Numerals PDF

      • Scale Degrees PDF

    • Scales (MIDIs & PDFs with fingering in all 12 keys)

      • Major Scale

      • Natural, Harmonic & Melodic Minors

      • Major & Minor Blues

      • Major & Minor Pentatonic

      • Bebop Major & Bebop Mixolydian

      • 2 Diminished Scales

      • Wholetone Scale

    • Modes (MIDIs & PDFs with fingering in all 12 keys)

      • Major Modes– Ionian, Dorian, Phrygian, Lydian, Mixolydian, Aeolian, Locrian

      • Melodic Minor Modes– Jazz Minor, Dorian b2, Lydian Augmented, Lydian Dominant, Mixolydian b6, Aeolian b5, Superlocrian