Piano Fluency
Piano skills for the creative soul.
Hi, I'm Ted! I live in Los Angeles and have a BA in Jazz Studies from the USC Thornton School of Music. I've recorded piano for Laufey, composed music for KFC and Carmax commercials, and written string arrangements for Eddie Benjamin, Ruel and Alina Baraz. If you have broad musical interests - I do too! You're in the right place.
Are highlighted keys slowing your progress?
Beginner's Guide to the Real Book: 3 steps for solo piano arrangements
How long does it take to get good at piano?
How to improvise a short chord progression (5 steps)
How to play a bossa nova groove on piano
How to enable Original Sound for Musicians in Zoom (2025)
The hardest groove for solo piano
Learn a simple 2-handed swing groove
Adding guitar-like rhythms to piano chords
Add a "pop clave" rhythm to your piano chords
How to play broken chords
How to play a syncopated groove with two hands
Learn a classic piano chord pattern for pop ballads
How to roll piano chords like a harp
How to add a "plinky 8th note" groove to piano chords
10 grooves for piano chords
Fills for piano chords
Intro to STRIDE PIANO (solo jazz piano)
How to play BLUES SCALES on piano
How to play PENTATONIC SCALES on piano
How to play ARPEGGIOS on the piano
From chord chart to keys part in 7 steps
Piano chords: major and minor
How to play "Let it Be" (Beatles) - 3 LEVELS
How to learn piano in 2025
INTRODUCING: Piano Fluency
How to coordinate your hands at the piano
An easy guide to the 7 modes
What are these black keys doing in C major?
How to beat nerves