Robert W. says, "I had the good fortune of finding Jim Furnell online several months ago on another web site, and my overall experience taking jazz piano theory lessons with him has been excellent. If you want an instructor who can give you a solid understanding of why jazz sounds the way it does and how to apply that understanding so you can create your own distinctive jazz sound, Jim is your man. He has an extensive knowledge of music theory and is highly technically skilled at the keyboard. He has has the ability (often lacking in many instructors) to explain the underlying and often complex principals of music in a very understandable and immediately applicable way to his students. As an example, rather than just having you memorize various chord voicings and or scales, Jim will will teach you the underlying relationships between them and how to utilize these relationships to be creative in your own playing. In addition to his technical skills, Jim is also very personable. He is very easy to talk with and he carefully listens to your questions and gives straight forward understandable answers. In fact during one of our lessons, he turned one of my questions on chord voicing into a full one hour lesson. It was extremely informative and I was able to directly apply the material he explained to a song I was working on. I highly recommend Jim to all student of jazz at any level from beginner to advanced. This recommendation has been written and submitted by Bob Walker of Yardley, Pennsylvania."See more
