Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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This is the third in a series of tutorials in which I take a simple song leadsheet and work it up into a cocktail piano-style solo.

You can find the FIRST tutorial in the series HERE: youtu.be/lMxl3ymiVq0

PDF of “From Scratch” leadsheet: drive.google.com/file/d/1otxgx8jsaWFwxFCyJPjLTrwji1I7OyV6/view?usp=sharing

Series playlist link: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpOuhygfD7QkH5t7Ye797ohL2SRbDApUu

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Recap on the series so far, and what’s coming up
03:20 Thickening up the right hand
05:38 Right hand chord+melody exercise
09:33 The 3-in-1 approach to right hand playing
13:44 3-in-1 technique — A section demo
17:06 3-in-1 technique — B section demo
20:07 What to practise
20:54 Some chord substitutions
26:26 More decorations/arpeggiations and some extensions
31:44 Recap and what to do now