where chord symbols become music
A guided path from your very first notes to playing real standards from a lead sheet. Built for anyone who's wanted to play jazz, whether you're starting fresh or shaking off years of rust.
Who it's for
Maybe you learned a bit of piano years ago, or maybe you're starting from nothing. Either way, you've wanted to play jazz from a lead sheet, the way real players do, instead of sheet music with every note spelled out. This starts at the very beginning and gets you there.
Why this one
Most apps drill you on reading notes as they scroll past. That teaches reading, not jazz. Here you learn how the music is actually built.
You learn the chords under the tune before the tune itself, because the harmony is what makes it sound like jazz. The melody arrives once your hands know where home is.
Thirty-seven lessons in a deliberate order, each with a quick check before you move on. Already know something? Test out of a whole phase in a couple of questions.
The ii-V-I, the blues, comping rhythms, then whole tunes, using the same chord charts you'll meet in any fake book or play-along.
The path
It builds the way a teacher would build it, one idea resting on the last.
Beyond the lessons
The lessons are the spine, but they aren't the whole app. When something needs reps, there's a practice surface for it.
The ones with a need no piano, so your ear keeps training on a commute, on a bus, or anywhere you've got headphones.
The Jazz Practice Room