If you’re new to improvisation, this sequence of Flowing Water lessons will get you comfortable improvising very quickly, in an easy and effortless way. And if you already do improvise, working through this course will make your improvisations "flow" much better. Even accomplished jazz pianists have found that their playing improved a lot by spending some quality time with Flowing Water!

Learning how the Flowing Water lessons will get you improvising fluently

Starting very simply with white notes

Slightly picking up the pace

Adding an independent LH part

LH plays a popular repeating bass pattern

Changing direction with the RH

Creating more complex melodies

Adding chords to the LH

Arpeggiating the LH chords

Improvising over a contemporary chord progression

Exploring a more "open" LH sound

"Flowing Water" in the key of 'G'

The famous I/vi/IV/V chord progression in 'G'

Open voicings in 'G' for a beautiful LH texture

Improvising in the key of 'F'

Aiming for a more continuous melodic line

A flowing melody over LH arpeggios

Gaining melodic fluency in 'G'

More flowing melodies in 'F'

An exciting LH pattern using continuous 8th notes

A flowing melody over continuous 8ths in LH

"Daydreaming"

"Rushing Stream"

Improvising in 'D' Major

In 'D' with a simple bass line

Playing a more active melody

Improvising 2 melodies at once

Playing half-notes in the LH

"Flowing Water" in the Renaissance

Creating your own chord progressions

"Amazing Grace" Flowing Water

Improvising on the chords to Elton John's "Daniel"

Becoming fluent in 'A' major

Soloing on the chords to Adele's "Someone Like You"

"Flowing Water" as accompaniment (Part 1)