Jazz Piano with George Whitty


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Course Structure Jazz Piano with George Whitty
Each lesson builds on the last, taking you from zero to hero!

Master jazz piano with Grammy and Emmy winner George Whitty. Over 120 lessons covering practical approaches for confidently improvising over any style, from basic scale methods to crafting dazzling advanced solos.
Quickstart Guide to Jazz Piano
Develop basic improvisation skills step-by-step with rhythm, hand balance, and simple scale tools.
Level 1
Master jazz basics integrating blues concepts, bop scales, guide tones, and ear training essentials.
Level 2
Take your jazz phrasing further with two-handed comping, pentatonics, and blues in E.
Level 3
Master II-V-I progressions, 9th chords, and melodic tools for jazz improvisation.
Level 4
Master altered scales, 13th voicings, triads, and substitutions in real jazz contexts.
Level 5
Expand your jazz toolkit with modes, more substitutions, 4th voicings, and improvisation techniques.
Electric Piano & Keyboard Concepts
Learn funk soloing, comping techniques, and keyboard textures on Rhodes and Hammond B3 organs.
30 Day Challenge
About Jazz Piano with George Whitty
George Whitty has created a definitive video library that includes hundreds of jazz piano lessons. Students have unlimited access to George’s entire jazz piano method, plus piano presets, play-along tracks, and other study materials. What ultimately sets these piano lessons apart from other online offerings however, is the ability to submit a video for review using the ArtistWorks Video Exchange learning platform. George reviews each submission and records a video response, offering tips about how to progress. All students can access the Video Exchange library, which is constantly expanding and may contain the key to unlock your playing.
About George Whitty
George Whitty is a Multi-GRAMMY and Emmy award winning jazz piano player. He has worked with a long list of top recording artists who include Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Michael and Randy Brecker, Chaka Khan, Carlos Santana, Celine Dion, Grover Washington, Jr. David Sanborn and more. Aside from his outstanding jazz piano playing abilities, George is a talented producer, arranger, and composer. He has worked on a wide variety of projects which include orchestral scoring for films and composing music for hundreds of television episodes. He won an EMMY award in 2014 for his musical scoring of the long-running series “All My Children.” George has a long history as an educator. Before teaching jazz piano online at ArtistWorks, George had lessons published in Keyboard Magazine and online. He has also taught at masterclasses and clinics in more than 20 countries around the world, teaching jazz piano as well as sharing his expertise on producing and scoring music.
What students are saying!
The best online JAZZ PIANO lessons
I really enjoyed watching George Whitty direction in learning and practicing Jazz Piano. I felt everyday that my knowledge about Jazz Piano is growing and my techniques in practici...
George Whitty is Great!
I’m very happy with the jazz piano lessons offered by Artistworks and Grammy winner George Whitty. He’s a great teacher…encouraging, friendly, down to earth, and of course talented...
Highly recommended
This course was Chat GPT's first recommendation when I asked him how I could learn to play Jazz on the piano. I have only started very recently but it has been really worth it, I h...
Amazing Course! Even better teacher!
I think George is one of the best teachers I’ve encountered in my 30 years of experience as a musician. He listens carefully, and takes his time to give thoughtful answers with con...
George is the don!
The course I have subscribed to for a second time is invaluable and the advice received from George has been inspirational. I will be watching the videos for a long time as they ar...
Jazz Piano
I’m really enjoying this.
Outstanding content
My only quibble is that I can’t renew manually and add the new time period to the existing time on my account. I have to either let the subscription expire or renew early and lose ...
Great jazz teacher
I have already submitted one review last year but my opinions changed after I acquired more understanding of teaching and learning of jazz. I still think that learning to play jazz...
Jazz Piano with George Whitty
Very useful, thanks a lot for this work.
The right tools, teaching skills,
The right tools, teaching skills, talent and execution.
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