Start with a single course. Just one course contains 3-4 months worth of lessons when compared to traditional lessons, and it will help you get a feel for what it’s like to learn with Scott and experience his unique method.
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Class 1: Let’s Start Playing
Learn three simple chords and get accustomed to positioning your fingers naturally.
Class 2: Playing Melody Lines
Learn how to play melody lines.
Class 3: Lead Sheets
Learn how to recognize the melody and harmony when you play from a lead sheet.
Class 4: Feeling the Pulse of a Tune
Learn to feel the “pulse” of a tune by recognizing its time signature.
Class 5: Learning a New Chord Flavor – Minor
Learn the difference between major and minor chords by learning to play a D minor chord.
Class 6: Inversions
Learn about the concept of inversions, which can make it easier to play chords.
Class 7: Adding another Chord Flavor – 7ths
Learn about the 7th Chords and what makes them different from major and minor chords.
Class 8: Celebration
Review what you learned and play “Feliz Navidad.”
Class 1: Welcome to Course Two!
In this class, you will need to stretch out from our most basic technique of reading a lead sheet and will learn some new techniques for your left and right hands.
Class 2: Let’s Learn the Blues!
Learn the basics of the “Blues Chord Progression” that is used in literally hundreds of thousands of tunes.
Class 3: A New Way to Play Chords
Learn a new way to play chords utilizing a fun pattern.
Class 4: Learning How Chords Are Constructed
Learn the “nuts and bolts” of how chords are constructed.
Class 5: Learning a New Chord Flavor – Minor
Learn how to “officially” name the black keys and further explore inversions.
Class 6: More Twisting & Shouting
Explore chord substitutions, learn a new guitar riff, and an alternative to playing full, left-hand chords.
Class 7: Accompaniment Style vs. Solo Style
Learn how you can split a tune between your two hands in accompaniment style.
Class 8: Celebration
Learn how to play a decent rendition of “Auld Lang Syne” and gain a couple of new right and left-hand techniques along the way that you can apply to other songs, too.
Class 1: Welcome to Course Three!
In this class, you will learn how to follow a “Road Map” through playing the song “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You.”
Class 2: More Great Sounding Chords
Learn to play the song, “When I Fall In Love” using a couple of new chord substitutions to enhance the overall sound.
Class 3: It’s Time to Get Some Rhythm
Learn about rhythm and apply it to a new song, “Going Out of My Head.”
Class 4: Let’s Take a Rest
Explore rest durations, while learning the song, “Every Breath You Take.”
Class 5: What Time Is It?
Learn about time signatures and apply that knowledge to the song, “Can’t Help Falling in Love.”
Class 6: Ballads—We Love ‘Em!
Explore the 6/8 time signature while learning to play the song “Memory” from the musical “Cats.”
Class 7: Transposing
Learn how to transpose a song to make it easier for someone to sing along while you play.
Class 8: Celebration Week
Learn how to play the incredibly fun song, “Great Balls of Fire” and in the process, learn a “killer” LH pattern!
Class 1: Welcome to Course Four!
Learn to play the song, “What a Wonderful World” while learning about the “Major Third Interval.”
Class 2: New Chord Flavor—Augmented
Learn what Augmented Chords are and how to play them in any key!
Class 3: New Chord Flavor—Diminished
Learn a couple of terrific RH effects as you work your way through the song, “Bali Hai” as well as exploring a new chord family.
Class 4: Dominant 7th VS. Major 7th—Say What?
Explore the difference between a Major 7th and a Dominant 7th.
Class 5: A Familiar Ending, Amen
Work through the “interval of the fourth” as you learn a very popular ending—The Amen Ending.
Class 6: A Vamp on Broadway
In this class, we will learn about an interesting technique called a “Vamp.”
Class 7: Clowning Around with a Second
Focus on “phrasing” as we explore the interval of the second and “triplets” as we work through the song, “Send in the Clowns.”
Class 8: Celebration Week
Learn how to play a nice rendition of “The Christmas Song” as well as learning about a new interval: The Interval of the Octave.
Class 1: Welcome to Course Five!
Learn about the Major Scale—how it helps our playing and some tips for practicing the Major scale starting on different notes.
Class 2: Just a Minor Thing About Scales
Learn about the three different types of minor scales although our focus will be on the basic natural minor scales.
Class 3: When in Doubt—”Pent Out”
Focus on how the Major and Minor Pentatonic Scales can help your playing.
Class 4: Time to Jam on Some Blues
In this class, you will be exposed to the Blues Scale, the 12 Bar Blues Progression and will learn a great Boogie Woogie left-hand pattern.
Class 5: My, What a Lovely Voicing You Have
Gain an understanding of Open and Closed Voicings.
Class 6: A Couple New Chord Flavors
Learn how to use 2 new chord flavors—Major and Minor 9th Chords.
Class 7: A Few Classic Endings
Learn a couple of terrific, classic endings that will help you get out of tunes with a flair!
Class 8: Celebration Time—How Do I Know What to Play?
Get some helpful guidelines you can use now to help you plan your own arrangements to make the tunes you are playing “your own.”
Class 1: Welcome to Course Six!
Learn about a new chord flavor called “sus” chords and learn a great new lick!
Class 2: New Chord Flavors: 9th and 13th Chords
Learn two new chord flavors and a couple of great blues voicings.
Class 3: More New Chord Flavors
Learn about slash, altered and Minor/Major Seventh Chords that will help take your playing to the next level.
Class 4: Introduction to Improvisation
In this class, we will open the door to improvisation. Specifically, we will explore how to use embellishment, fills, soloing and adding a walking bass line to make the melody your own creation.
Class 5: Playing by Ear
In this class, we will focus on how to play by ear!
Class 6: More on Transposing
We will build on our prior knowledge of transposing and move into modulating with turnarounds.
Class 7: How to Play with a Bass Player
In this class, you will learn how to play with a bass player!
Class 8: Wrapping Up Some Final Loose Ends
Learn some improvisation starter patterns and endings that you can use with your favorite tunes.