This is what I’ve been looking for. I’ll be very interested to watch this course develop.
Cheers,
Scott
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Great to hear that Scott.
I’d estimate the course will be available by the end of next week.
I’ll post updates in this thread.
This looks really useful - looking forward to this too 
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Yes me too James.
Lyndol can give insight from both perspectives - the jazz pianist, and also the jazz singer - which I think is very unique.
Her course will be beneficial for students who want to learn how to accompany themselves, and also for students who want to learn to accompany other people.
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I’m really looking forward to this lesson.
Thanks,
Don
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That’s great to hear Don.
It’s a full course, not just a lesson, all 7 lessons will be published at once.
The lessons in the course by Lyndol are:
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Working With Singers - Goals & Expectations
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How To Accompany Singers - Melody, Harmony & Bass (“Autumn Leaves” in G Minor)
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Adding Fills, Taking Solos & Ending The Tune (“Autumn Leaves” in G Minor)
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Uptempo Accompaniment (“Summertime” in D Minor)
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Easy Transposition: How To Transpose Songs Quickly
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Ballad Accompaniment (“Body & Soul” in Db Major)
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Singing & Playing: Tips For Singing Pianists
I’ve been working closely with our new teachers to plan and record the lessons.
Moving forwards, we’ll be publishing entire courses at once. Both this course, and Matt’s Minor Blues Course will be ready around the first week of March.
Both courses will be published with 7 lessons, and the teachers can add more to the courses in future if applicable/necessary.
I’m very excited for both courses and the value and insight that they will add to PianoGroove.
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I agree, it would be fantastic. Thank you Hayden :)
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Hey Everyone,
To thank you all for your input and feedback in this thread, I’ve decided to ‘soft launch’ the first 4 lessons in this course to you guys who are most interested in the content.
Please check out the lessons below which all focus on the tune “Autumn Leaves”. I’d love to hear any additional feedback, ideas or suggestions you may have.
We now have a very solid ‘template’ for accompaniment jazz standard tutorials and Lyndol has done a brilliant job planning and recording the lessons.
The course page has not been published yet, but you can find the first 4 lessons below with full PianoGroove video functionality.
You can also download the chord changes with lyrics here:
Autumn_Leaves_Lyrics.pdf (494.0 KB)
Lesson 1: Working With Singers - Goals & Expectations
Lesson 2: Accompanying Singers: Melody, Harmony & Bass
Lesson 3: Piano Accompaniment Techniques: Adding Fills
Lesson 4: Improvised Solos & Common Jazz Endings
The full course of 7 or 8 lessons will be completed before the end of the month and I will then send the course out to all students via email.
Whilst the course will be launched with 7 lessons, we can also add to the course with more jazz standards in the future 
Cheers,
Hayden
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Congratulations Hayden !: This course looks fantastic 
Hi Hayden,
Just had a look at the first three and I am very impressed. Now I would like to know how best to comp this song in a trio setting
Cheers,
Neil
LOVE her !!! Your tutors (including yourself) need a bio page with photos and a couple clips of video performances so we can meet the person and musician
That’s great Natasha… I’m glad to hear you like the course.
The idea is that future jazz standard accompaniment lessons would follow a similar format and style.
Awesome!
Yes that will be my next course Neil, something like:
“Preparing Yourself For Trio Playing & Jazz Bands”
It’s a journey I’ve taken over the last couple of years and so I’m now in a very good position to teach how to students can prepare themselves for this role. Again, it’s a very different role from solo piano and I’m excited to share my insight.
We can certainly use this “Autumn Leaves”, and other medium-up tunes as examples.
Leave that with me, I’ve already started planning it and look forward to recording the course.
I’ll likely get started recording once these 2 courses have been published.
Great minds think alike Lori 
Check this page design for our new teachers:
The page will:
- Give some basic information on the teacher
- Highlight their videos and audio of their compositions
- Show their current city and teaching offering for personal Skype or in-Person lessons
- Show their event work offering such as weddings and private events
I see the teacher pages being a strong promotional tool by linking to their personal websites.
This should also act as a nice incentive to become a PianoGroove teacher.
I envisage that our teachers will be supported by the PianoGroove community. We can follow their social accounts for example. Ultimately, I think we can all not only learn from the teachers but also help them with their goals of more exposure and bigger followings.
Exciting! 
Thanks for the feedback guys… I’ll post further updates right in this thread.
Cheers.
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@LoriNelson - to view the tutor page design, right click on the image above and select “Open Image In New Tab” and it will open the design in a full-screen window.
Screenshot here:
I received a suggestion for the tune “Georgia On My Mind” to be covered from an accompaniment standpoint. You can find solo piano tutorials on the tune here and here.
If anyone has any other suggestions for accompaniment related tunes, please post them in here to keep track and have them all in one place 
That would be a fine idea, at least for me (others, too, I hope): it would bond me even more to the teachers and the whole process while learning.
Best, Ivan
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Yes I think it will be a great addition Ivan.
Students can learn more about the teachers they are studying with which I think is great.
A while ago, a student suggested the idea of a live feed which shows when and where notable jazz artists are performing in a city, state or even a country.
It could be nice to display our teachers’ event/performance listings too!
Cheers.
Thanks Hayden! Your quick response to our feedback is most appreciated!!
My pleasure Christine.
The next 2 lessons will be ready shortly on “Summertime” and “How To Transpose”.
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I finally got round to checking these out - thanks Hayden and Lyndol, these are really helpful. For me personally, the value is in how it relates to me composing my own stuff. So this gives me insights into how to accompany myself - and how to arrange by not crowding the vocals by throwing everything but the kitchen sink at the harmony (I’ve been guilty of this…). Thanks again, and looking forward to checking out the whole course.
That’s awesome James.
Lyndol will be thrilled to hear that.
Hope your compositions are coming along well too!
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