Song List:
Before You Begin: Piano Review
Technique basics
Five-note warmup
Scales
Diatonic triads
THE ESSENTIALS
Chapter 1: Jazz Piano 101
Circle of Fifths
Chord Types
Intro to Voicings
Chapter 2: Position #1 (P1)
Voicing P1 (major, dominant and minor seventh chords)
ii-V-I progression
Pattern P1 major
Voicing P1 (minor seventh, flat five chords)
Pattern P1 minor
Chapter 3: Position #2 (P2)
Voicing P2 (major, dominant and minor seventh chords)
Pattern P2 major
Voicing P2 (minor seventh, flat five chords)
Pattern P2 minor
Chapter 4: Applying the Patterns
Connecting the dots
The nature of chord progressions
FAQ: What do I do if...?
Chapter 5: Rhythmic Styles
Swing
Bossa Nova
Additional rhythmic styles: jazz waltz, samba and ballads
Above And Beyond
Chapter 6: Expanding Your Palette
Color Notes
Five-note voicings
Chapter 7: Positions #3 (P3) and #4 (P4)
Voicing and pattern P3
Voicing and pattern P4
Mixing and matching patterns (P1, P2, P3, and P4)
Chapter 8: Open Voicings
Drop 2
Non-formulaic open voicings
Chapter 9: Pianistic Texture
Broken Chords
Passing notes
Chapter 10: Playing the Tune
Harmonizing the melody
Fills
Melodic troublemakers
Appendix I: Etudes (Jazz Standards)
1. Rainy Day
2. You Love Me
3. The Moon Has Risen
4. Lullaby for the Birds
5. A Fool's Day
6. In Love I Will Fall
7. Time and Time Again
8. Far Away a Long Time Ago
9. What Could Be New?
10. Don't Tell Me
11. You Are All Things
12. Valentine's Day
13. Embraceable You
14. A Foggy Day
Appendix II: Catalog of Chord Symbols and Color Notes
Glossary
