Discover 5 Years Of Jazz Piano Secrets In A Single Afternoon

Learning Jazz piano on your own is daunting…

There’s so much information on the internet…

You bounce around between topics…

You finish watching one video – then you’re faced with 10 more suggested videos…

When you DO find a piece of gold advice – it’s easily lost – if your browser crashes…

And after all of this, you never really know if you can trust the information – afterall, who wrote it?

This is what I experienced when I first tried to learn jazz piano on my own.

My first introduction to jazz was at age 17.

I’d been taking classical piano lessons for 10 years, and one night I attended a Wynton Marsalis jazz concert…

In fact I even got to sit in on the pre-concert rehearsal, where I noticed the jazz pianist – a young african american guy, wearing a baggy flannel shirt, lumberjack style boots, and a pencil behind his ear.

I listened to him try out chords between takes, and pencil in notes to his sheet music.

That night I became a different person.

I was instantly obsessed with jazz – and the next day, I went to the school computer lab on my lunch break, and again after school – to search for jazz piano advice.

This became a habit – and I did this every day for the next 6 months:

I downloaded MIDI files from jazz forums…

I searched for jazz album covers, and zoomed in 500% so I could see what voicing the pianist was playing…

And I bought jazz piano sheet music books – but was always dissapointed when they arrived and I opened the book to see simple 4 note chord voicings – which even early on I knew were not authentic jazz chords.

During this time I was TRULY inspired…

I had this sense of urgency – I had to learn everything there was to know about jazz.

But after 6 months of trying to figure it out on my own – I didn’t have much to show for it…

I had a few nice chord voicings…

A few nice licks…

But I didn’t understand how jazz worked.

If I opened a real book – I was at a loss as for what to do with the chord symbols.

I didn’t know how to make my own arrangement of a song.

Let alone, what scales to play for an improv.r how to reharmonize, or add passing chords…

I didn’t ‘get it’ yet.

All in all – I spent several hundred hours doing this, and it didn’t get me anywhere close to where I wanted to go.

Then My Breakthrough Happened

But everything changed when I found a jazz piano teacher living near me.Terry Seabrook in Brighton.

An amazing teacher called Terry Seabrook, in Brighton.

I started meeting with him every 2 weeks, for an epic one hour lesson (although I always liked that he’d go over by 20 minutes!)

And finally the pieces started falling into place – because Terry taught me everything from the ground up:

Lesson 1: 7th chords. We ingrained the 4 main types of chord – and applied them to 3 jazz songs.

Lesson 2: 7th chords in inversion. I learned how to change chords while keeping my left hand in the same place – and applied them to the same 3 songs.

Lesson 3: Rootless chord voicings – playing up to the 9th and 13th. Again, applied these new voicings to the same 3 songs.

Lesson 4: The Lydian-Dominant scale – how to add a #11 color to V7 chords. Ingrained this using the same 3 songs.

…And each week, he took me one step further.

Finally, I was able to fill in the gaps to my jazz knowledge – and I gained a solid understanding and confidence in jazz harmony – once and for all.

In my first 12 lessons with Terry – I had developed a deep confidence and understanding of jazz:

• I could open a real book and play an authentic performance to any jazz song.
• I could reharmonize songs – and knew how to tweak the melody to fit with my new chords
• I could compose my own jazz songs – which I started doing, both for solo piano – and for the big band I played in at university

I finally got out of the rut I’d been stuck in – from trying to figure out everything myself on the internet.

If I’d continued learning on my own, finding bits and pieces from separate websites, whatever showed up that week – I’d never have had my jazz piano breakthrough.

And eventually, my passion for jazz would have burned out.

I’d have got frustrated – and in the long run, I would have given up.

Following My Breakthrough

After studying with Terry – I went on to have a lot of success in music.

The sort of success that wouldn’t have come from trying to do everything on my own.

I gained my undergrad, and masters degrees in music.

I maintained my spot as the only jazz pianist in our college big band – despite much competition for the spot.

I composed dozens of my own jazz compositions – both for solo piano and for big band.

And when I started posting tutorial videos to YouTube, my channel quickly grew to become the leading jazz piano channel on YouTube – with over 140,000 subs to date.

My goal is simple – to help anyone who has a passion for jazz – to succeed and master this skill – just like I did.

But after 7 years of doing this, I’ve learned something:

Passion Doesn’t Last Forever

I have to get as much information across as I can – quickly – WHILE a subscriber is fired up and passionate about jazz…

This ‘obsession window’ doesn’t last forever…

One of the saddest things for me is when I catch up with a subscriber who I knew was fired up about learning jazz piano – only to find that they’re now onto the next thing, and that they didn’t experience a complete jazz piano breakthrough.

Basically – they got frustrated and gave up.

I can only teach so much through isolated YouTube videos. Ultimately, a lot of my free videos end up being unrelated pieces in the puzzle – and it’s hard for me to recreate the solid foundation that I experienced.

So that’s when I decided to get serious – and to write a complete book on jazz piano.

‘Jazz Theory Explained – Once & For All’

‘Jazz Theory Explained’ is my 100 page concise guide to jazz piano, theory and harmony.

It’s designed to fill in all of the gaps to your knowledge, and give you a deep sense of confidence in your jazz playing.

You’ll be able to discover years of jazz secrets, in as little as an afternoon.

My goal with Jazz Theory Explained is to give you double, triple, or even 10X the learning you’ve had in the last year, in just a few hours.

Plus, a lot of the information in Jazz Theory Explained isn’t the sort of information you just stumble across by accident.

After reading Jazz Theory Explained, you’ll be able to open any jazz song book, and understand everything – including the following:

• You’ll understand what key the music is in
• You’ll be able to spot the key changes
• You’ll know what scale to play over any chord (for improv or variations)
• You’ll learn different ways that you can voice a chord
• You’ll know how to reharmonize jazz songs
• You’ll learn to think like a jazz composer – and understand the norms of jazz
• You’ll discover how to compose your own jazz songs
• You’ll learn about chord extensions – and exactly which note is meant by ‘9’ ‘#9′ ’11’ ‘sus 4’ ‘6’ ‘b13’ and ‘altered’
• The two types of ii-V-I
• Cycle of fifths chord progressions

And in addition to these confidence-building ‘fundamentals’ – I’ll also show you the fun stuff – including:

• My 22 most sophisticated voicings (after a decade of searching – these are my 22 favorite voicings that I use in every song)
• How to play the melody, chord and bass note – all at the same time
• When to play ‘simple’ voicings, and when to play ‘sophisticated’ voicings
• Side-Slipping – how it works and when to use it
• 3 Professional Improv techniques – including ’embellishment’, ‘aiminig for the colorful notes’, and ’emphasizing the changes’
• Exotic V7 Scales – why the V7 chord is the place for your sophisticated scales, and how to make the most of this unique chord
• Walking Bass Lines: How to write a walking bass line to any chord progression
• World Jazz Styles: Breakdown of Bossa Nova, Salsa, and R’n’B modifications for jazz piano
• Reharmonization: My favorite reharm techniques – passing chords, ‘Glide’ progressions, and ‘The Slightly Wrong Sound’
• Ending with my Favorite Sounds: I’ll show you my favorite jazz piano sounds – including the Film Noir jazz piano sound, rippled chords, doubling a melody in 4ths, and more.
• And you’ll discover the most intruiging ending chord of all time (in my opinon)

Practice Tips & Video Tutorials

Jazz Theory Explained packs in dozens of my best practice tips (the ones that actually get you results) – scattered throughout the book.

And I even give you clickable links to my best YouTube videos – all organized in the order that they’re intended to be watched – so that you can easily find and re-visit my most popular tutorial videos.

Prerequisites

Now let’s talk about what you need to have before

• 10+ years piano playing experience
• Understanding of intervals, major / minor scales, major / minor / diminished / augmented chords
• Reading music is required – at least to an OK level
• I receommend you get one of the jazz piano real books, to accompany Jazz Theory Explained – so that you can apply the concepts to your favorite jazz songs right away

The Ultimate Time Saver

How much time has it been costing you to learn what you know so far?

What would it be worth to have everything in one place?

Imagine NOT having to do everything alone…

Imagine NOT having to continually search for everything yourself…

And the confidence you’d get from being able to trust the information.

I made Jazz Theory Explained to save you hundreds of hours of time, and to give you deep confidence.

I made Jazz Theory Explained to give you all the information you need – while you have a burning passion to learn jazz piano.

And I’ve condensed everything, and organized it neatly for you – so that you have it in one place.

What Is ‘Jazz Theory Explained’ Worth?

If you were to meet with me – or any professional jazz piano teacher – it would take dozens of hours, and thousands of dollars just to cover everything in this book.

But with Jazz Theory Explained I’ve packed in all of this into one concise book.

You can race through the fundamentals, and a lot of advanced jazz techniques – in as little as an afternoon.

All for just $35.

Less than the cost of one single piano lesson.

Or the cost of a couple of meals out.

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My 90 Day Money Back Guarantee

If you buy Jazz Theory Explained – I’m more than confident that you’ll love every page of it. Every paragraph.

More than 3000 people have gone through this training, and …

But what if you try Jazz Theory Explained – and it’s not right for you?

If for any reason Jazz Theory Explained isn’t the perfect thing that you’ve been looking for – then I insist that you let me know by email, and I’ll fully refund 100% of your purchase.

No questions asked.

In fact, I’ll even let you keep the ebook, and the bonus books – to say thank you for trying it.

And you don’t have to worry about offending me – as my assistant will handle everything. I won’t even hear about it.

The Next Step

Jazz Theory Explained can work for you. And I’ve done my best to remove all barriers preventing you from discovering how jazz piano works.

Imagine pouring yourself a coffee, sitting down in your favorite spot, and wizzing through the next 2 years of your own ‘internet searching’ study, in just a few hours.

Sound good?

Click the ‘add to cart’ button, fill out the one page checkout, and your ebook will download instantly.

You can start reading through it in literally a couple of minutes from now.

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JAZZ THEORY EXPLAINED READER COMMENTS:

Ray Huckell, (Toronto): “When I decided to learn jazz piano 5 years ago, I searched high and low for a competent teacher who could lead me along the trail of developing a JAZZ SOUND. I lucked in to Julian Bradley on YouTube, watched every video he presented, made copious notes and went through the horrors of “oops, which video did he use to show his favorite major 7th voicing”. All of that is in the past as Julian has now published the most understandable explanation of the complexities of Jazz Piano and Theory. Terrific and easy to understand, what every visitor to your videos is praying for – a true GOLDMINE!”.

Steve Schneider, (US): “I am incredibly impressed with your easy clarity, your ability to convey complex material in an accessible and engaging manner, and your ability to focus on what’s really important in a logical fashion. I purchased your Jazz Theory Explained ebook and within 5 minutes knew that it was exactly what I’ve been looking for for years. Thanks for making all your hard work so accessible.”

Mike Le, California: “I bought your ebook and loved it! So much valuable information with detailed explanation. Your book is worth every penny!!!”

Roger Price, Venice, California: “I waited weeks before writing this email, because I wanted to see if your jazz theory book would clear up years of jazz theory confusion and frustration for me. Well, I’m happy to report that it has! After reading your book from cover to cover, I’m now able to practice “Dancing With You” on my piano […] Thank you so much!”

Ed Marsh, Oakland, California: “Hey Julian, The book is fantastic! I have been taking ‘expensive’ Jazz Piano Lessons for almost three years. My technique has improved and I’m enjoying the lessons, BUT I gained tons of ‘understanding’ from just reviewing, what I thought I understood and reading your e-book. Keep the e-books coming! Thanks, Ed”

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earning Jazz piano on your own is frustrating. There’s so much information on the internet and you don’t know what order to practice things in.

It’s overwhelming because the internet gives you ALL of the information at once – rather than showing you a clear path. You watch one video, and then have 10 other suggested videos thrown at you – all of which look just as important.

When I started learning jazz piano I looked to the internet also. I found some cool things here and there, but there was no core to what I was learning. Just random details scattered about. It never gave me confidence, and in fact, it took away my confidence because I felt like there were a million things that I should be practicing.

At the piano I’d jump between different things – 5 minutes on improv, 5 minutes on walking basslines, and so on. But I never progressed. Most of my time was wasted TRANSITIONING between each area, rather than ever mastering one thing.

However, everything changed for me when I started meeting with a jazz piano teacher in person. For the first time I was given just ONE thing to focus on (left hand voicings). Then we’d meet again and I’d be given the next thing to focus on (playing voicings in inversion). At the next lesson we’d tackle the next thing (Tritone Substitution), and so on.

The feeling of overwhelm disappeared and I found myself enjoying the learning process. I had just one teacher showing me the way, and I only had to focus on one thing at a time.

When I started learning through one source I improved very quickly. The bulk of my progress happened in just four months, and in less than two years I became completely confident in my jazz piano playing. We’d covered everything from the ground up and I’d filled in all gaps to my knowledge.

My name’s Julian Bradley. I’m now a professional jazz pianist and educator, with a masters degree in music.

I realize how lucky I was to have one person showing me the way, and now I want to help you achieve the same goal.

MY MOST POPULAR JAZZ PIANO BOOK

Jazz Theory Explained: Once & For All is my most popular jazz piano ebook, with over 4000 copies download to date.

This book presents 100 pages of my best material covering all key aspects to jazz piano harmony, from the ground up.

I get straight to the point, there’s zero fluff, and you can wiz through the pages in a fraction of the time it took me to learn this.

TAKE A LOOK INSIDE!

WHAT YOU’LL DISCOVER:

• JAZZ SCALES: my simple rule to figure out which scale to play over any chord
• CHORD EXTENSIONS: know exactly what notes any chord symbol means – ‘maj 6’, vs ‘min 6’, vs ‘#4’, vs ‘#11’
• THINKING QUICKLY: see inside my head and how I count intervals, transposition, and find my way to voicings quickly
• 21 of my FAVORITE TWO HANDED CHORD VOICINGS covering all chord types
• A clever way to play melody + chord + bassline all at the same time
• REHARMONIZATION: 4 approaches to reharmonization, including ‘passing chords’, ‘inventing rules’, and the ‘slightly-wrong sound’ to change up the chords to your favorite tunes
• IMPROVISATION TECHNIQUES: I’ll show you how to ‘aim for the colorful notes’, how to ’emphasize the changes’, melodic embellishment, and arpeggiate the chord symbol.
• UNDERSTANDING A LEAD SHEET: how to see inside a jazz composer’s mind and spot the key changes, ii – V – I’s, cycle of 5ths, and more.

• FAVORITE SOUNDS: a collection of my favorite jazz piano sounds to end, including the ‘Film Noir piano sound’, arpeggiated minor 6 chords, and the most intriguing ending chord of all time!

WHO IS THIS BOOK FOR?

Jazz Theory Explained is for piano players, with 5 years playing experience and reading music is necessary.

If you’re experiencing any of the following, then this book is for you:

• “I lack confidence in my playing because I never had formal training”
• “I feel overwhelmed with information and just need a clear path”
• “I don’t know what to practice and have no structure”
• “I’ve hit a plateau – I’m playing the same things every time I sit at the piano”
• “I don’t have time to figure everything out on my own – I just need all of the information in one place NOW”

THIS BOOK COMES WITH:

• 100 pages of concise and thorough writing, taking you step by step from the fundamentals to advanced topics.

• YouTube video links along the way – my best videos embedded in the text and arranged in order.
• Practice Tips to end each chapter.
• Beautifully illustrated (lots of pictures) bold and colorful (the opposite of a boring text book)
• Both computer version and PRINTER FRIENDLY version of the same book
• Glide through pages effortlessly on your computer or tablet screen, or print to paper
• Bonus Book: 3 Emotional Jazz Pieces – Dancing With You, Falling In Love For The First Time and Venice Beach In Winter (limited time offer)

TECHNOLOGY & SOFTWARE?

This book works on both Mac and PC, and any type of tablet – no special software required

You can read the book on your computer screen, OR print it to paper (printer friendly version of the book included with the download).

ATTENTION iPAD USERS: This book cannot be downloaded directly to an iPad. Please download the book to a desktop computer first, and then sync it to your iPad. iPad syncing instructions included in the download.

PRICING & VALUE

Jazz Theory Explained presents 15 private lessons with me, at the price of less than one lesson. You’ll learn jazz theory in a fraction of the time it took me. You won’t have to search the internet for each topic individually, or wonder if the information accurate. I’ve put everything you need in one place, and you can wiz through the information at record pace.

90 DAYS RISK FREE

But what if you don’t like the book? If for any reason you’re not happy with this book, just email me within 90 days and I’ll fully refund your purchase – no questions asked. I’d rather you TRY the book and ask for a refund, than not try the book at all.

But I’m confident that you WILL love this book – it’s been downloaded by more than 4,000 people so far, and the refund rate is close to zero.

To download Jazz Theory Explained and see for yourself what readers have called “the best book on jazz theory ever written” – click below:

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• Jazz Theory Explained – 100 pages of my own writing on jazz theory ($35)

• Collector’s Edition – 8 original jazz piano compositions in sheet music form ($29)
• Blue Lotus ebook – an exotic latin piano composition with backing track ($9.99)
• Happy Birthday ebook – my Happy Birthday jazz piano variation ($9.99)

Purchased separately = $83.98.    Purchased together = $67 (save $16).

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