Free Jazz Piano Lessons Online

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Do you love jazz?

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If you've done any searching for free piano lessons online, you probably found what I did...

... a lot of free classical piano lessons. A great place to start, of course!

But what if you're a jazz lover?

It took quite a bit of digging and web research to find good, free jazz piano lessons online. They're out there, though, and some of them are so good it's hard to believe they're free.

I've also found a couple of sites that will teach you all about the history of jazz, some of the jazz greats, and lots of other interesting facts.

Get ready to play some great jazz!

Here's my pick for the best-of-the-best free jazz piano lessons online:

Willie Myette, creator of JazzPianoLessons.com, is a Berklee College of Music graduate and active performer. He knows his stuff! And he's a really nice guy. I had the opportunity to speak to him a few years back when I was first starting YouCanPlayPiano.com.

When he first started his website, he had a set of 10 free lessons that were delivered as an email course. I loved them and recommended them here! His lessons and website have changed to a different format now. However, there is still much good material to be learned at no cost.

Willie has tons of free jazz piano lesson videos on YouTube which are a great starting point. He also teaches blues piano. By the time you work your way through them, you'll get a great idea of his teaching style, and have learned a lot -- you'll be playing some jazz and hopefully discovering even more as you play!

Once you've gone through the free videos, you can sign up for a free, 3-day introductory membership at JazzPianoLessons.com. Make sure you do it on a weekend, or when you have some good time to practice, since you only have a limited time. Again, you can learn quite a lot and get a taste for what is available if you choose to sign up for Willie's online lessons.

This next site is just a treasure trove of jazz information.

Check out APassion4Jazz.net

This site is HUGE. You'll find all kinds of jazz and blues information here: history, different styles, playing jazz on different instruments, even a cool photography gallery of great jazz musicians.

Lots of theory information here, too. One of my favorite parts is the piano chords & scales page, where you choose your key and your chord or scale and you'll see the correct notes to play on the piano keyboard.

Ever wonder what a C7#5b9 chord is? Well, now you can find out! ;-)

If you're a more advanced musician, you can check out pages on theory & harmony, improvisation, fills and soloing. Learn all about intervals, jazz & blues chords, cadences, turnarounds, transposing, and reharmonizing a melody.

It will take lots of visits for you to learn everything you can from this site. Have fun!

Ready for more free jazz piano lessons online?

LearnJazzPiano.com

This site has a wealth of information and very active message boards so you can interact with other jazz piano players out there.

BUT...and for me, it's a biggie... the navigation around this site is pretty confusing. After several tries to understand the setup, I realized that the intent was to set up the site like a school, with "Halls" and "Rooms." But I still find it difficult and easy to get lost.

That said, if you can find your way around, you'll find LOTS of great information, including software, book and CD reviews, lessons , a piano teacher directory, and a big database of web jazz links.

You will need to create a free user account to access the forums and all the information on the site.

If you're already a musician and just want to know what chords and chord progressions get that "jazz sound," these tutorials might just the thing you need:

JazzPiano.net Jazz Education

This set of 9 free tutorials covers intervals and triads, major and minor scales (and modes), and a couple of the most common chord progressions in jazz.

The concepts taught are accompanied by examples written on the treble staff, and it's helpful to actually go over the concepts at the keyboard so you're both reading and hearing the concepts.

Now...go play some jazz!

Jazz is expressive, rich, and improvisational. The more you play, the better you'll get. You can get a terrific start from all the free jazz piano lessons online!

Think of it like learning vocabulary words and sentence structure when you were in grade school. Once you understand the words to use and how to put them together, you can express yourself.

Think about it: speaking is improvisation! You do it every day, to communicate what's going on inside your head.

Jazz piano is expressive improvisation as well -- only you're using musical words (chords) and sentences (chord progressions). The more you get your hands on the keyboard and try things out...

...the more fluent you'll become.

Enjoy!

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