Peter Martin's Jazz Piano Lessons

This lesson addresses those difficult chords.  

This lesson showcases playing bebop using Charlie Parker’s Donna Lee as the focus.  Topics include: changes, chords, harmony, improvising, contrast, swinging, shell voicing, root, metronome. Did you know you can download an audio version of all lessons to listen to when you are on the go?  Look for the “Audio Version Button” below!

A practice pattern that uses a diminished pattern ascending, and a pentatonic pattern descending.  In this lesson, I discuss: arpeggios, chromatics, diminished, fingering, keys, Macfarren, patterns, pentatonic scales, triads.  Happy Practicing!