Playing: Basic Waltz

Teacher: Adam Kuns Length: 4 min Category: Beats / Grooves, Vocabulary

A “Killer” Lesson on Feel

Teacher: Peter Erskine Length: 8 min Category: Jazz, Secrets From the Pros, Time Keeping

Peter explains how something as simple as thinking about the subdivision differently can change the feel of an entire song.

Tricks to Creating a Swing Feel

Teacher: Dan Weiss Length: 11 min Category: Jazz, Time Keeping

Dan Weiss walks you through various examples that will help you develop a better swing feel and ride beat. He demonstrates some exercises that he uses to challenge his ride coordination.

Expanding Your Brush Playing

Teacher: Paul Wertico Length: 8 min Category: Brushes, Secrets From the Pros

Paul Wertico gained worldwide recognition as a past member of the Pat Metheny Group. In this lesson, he discusses several different brush applications.

Triplet Jazz Funk With Mike Clark

Teacher: Mike Clark Length: 6 min Category: Beats / Grooves, Musical Styles, Secrets From the Pros

Mike Clark demonstrates this pattern and the approach he took to it while using it with Herbie Hancock.

Learn Your Various Shuffle Patterns

Teacher: Mike Clark Length: 6 min Category: Beats / Grooves, Secrets From the Pros, Shuffle

Mike Clark demonstrates the Big Boy Shuffle, Texas Shuffle, Flat Tire Shuffle, No Back Beat Shuffle and the Back Half Shuffle

Approaching Rock & Jazz Techniques

Teacher: Bruce Becker Length: 49 min Category: Foot Technique, Hand Technique, Live Rebroadcast, Musical Styles, Vocabulary

This is the re-broadcast of Bruce Becker's live lesson in December on independent Rock Jazz.

Building Jazz Sensibilities – Pt.1

Teacher: Bruce Becker Length: 33 min Category: Independence, Jazz, Live Rebroadcast, Vocabulary

In this lesson focusing on jazz patterns, Bruce describes the right hand technique in more depth and relates these lessons to Ted Reed's "Syncopation" and how the two work in tandem.

Building Jazz Sensibilities – Pt.2

Teacher: Bruce Becker Length: 28 min Category: Independence, Jazz, Live Rebroadcast, Vocabulary

This lesson, Bruce will emphasize some approach to Bass Drum 'comping' with some technical insights for the foot which will add to the previous week's lesson.

Approaching The Jazz Ride Beat

Teacher: Bruce Becker Length: 33 min Category: Beats / Grooves, Independence, Jazz, Live Rebroadcast

In this lesson, Bruce talks about the independence and coordination between your hands and feet while playing a jazz ride pattern.