You can read the chords.
But do you know what to do with them?
The course that teaches you to turn Real Book chord symbols into real voicings.
12 lessons, 6 standards, the method Francesca Tandoi uses on stage.
Subtitles available in 🇮🇹 🇺🇸
The Real Book is open. Now what?
If any of these ring true, this course was made for you.
Always the same voicings
Dm7 in the left hand, melody in the right. Every time. You know alternatives exist but you don't know how to choose between a 1-7 and a 1-3.
Fragmented tutorials
One YouTube video explains a voicing. Another shows you a tune. But nobody teaches you the METHOD to approach any chord symbol.
You feel stiff playing with others
At the jam you know what to play. But your comping sounds textbook. You're missing that freedom you hear on records.
"Focus on getting the simple things under your fingers. The rest will follow."
Francesca Tandoi
What changes at the keyboard
Not features. Results you hear when you play.
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You see Dm7-G7-Cmaj7 and you know what to choose1-7 or 1-3 in the left hand? 9th or 13th? Tritone substitution? You're not guessing. You're choosing, because you understand what's happening.
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Two hands, equal importanceThe left hand is no longer just "the accompaniment." It drives the harmony while the right hand builds the phrasing. This is the core concept of the entire course.
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6 standards you actually playTake the A Train, Satin Doll, It Could Happen to You, Billie's Bounce, Beautiful Love, Misty. You don't just watch them: you harmonize them, reshape them, make them yours.
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You comp with your ears wide openAt the jam session you know when to lay back and when to push. As Francesca says: "always play with your ears very, very open."
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You open the Real Book to any page and playYou don't need to prepare everything in advance. You see the symbols, build the voicings, move between positions. It's the method, not memorization.
8.778+ musicians study on Musicezer
Here's what they say.
You see where she puts her hands, how her fingers move between voicings. This isn't a tutorial: it's truly like sitting next to her.”
I ended up starting over from the beginning because the progression is built too well to skip anything. The booklet is always open on my music stand.”
This is the course. Not a trailer.
Two complete extracts from actual lessons. 4K, studio audio, angles chosen by musicians.
If 5 minutes of this quality convince you, imagine 3 hours.
From simple to complex. Always.
That's Francesca's principle. Every lesson builds on the previous one. No gaps, no jumps.
12 lessons • 3+ hours • 6 jazz standards • PDF booklet with full transcriptions
This course is for you if
Start here: JAZZ PIANO FOR BEGINNERS - Andrea Saffirio →
You need: MODERN HARMONY #1 - Valerio Silvestro →
A month from now you could play Satin Doll three different ways.
12 lessons with Francesca Tandoi. The method that was missing between the symbols and your hands.
Francesca Tandoi
Pianist. North Sea Jazz, Lincoln Center NY, 7 albums as a leader.
- Graduated cum laude from the Royal Conservatory of The Hague and Codarts Rotterdam
- Snarky Puppy (Umbria Jazz 2023), Scott Hamilton (3 albums), Stefano Bollani, Darius Brubeck
- North Sea Jazz, Umbria Jazz, Dizzy's Club Lincoln Center NY, Hakuju Hall Tokyo
- "Wind Dance": Top 10 Best Jazz Albums 2017 (Jazz Life Magazine, Japan)
- 7 albums as a leader. "Piano Conclave" with Dado Moroni and Rita Marcotulli
Not a tutorial. It's like having her sitting next to you.
Shot by musicians, not videomakers only
4K multicamera
Every angle is chosen by professional videomakers who are also musicians.
You see exactly where her fingers go between voicings: hands, keyboard, posture.
Every voicing transcribed in the booklet
No transcribing by ear.
Every chord, substitution and passage is in the PDF. Print it, put it on your music stand, study.
An essential companion for modern music education.
The course is yours. Period.
No subscription. No expiration. No "access within 12 months."\n86% of our students complete their courses because they go at their own pace and get real results.
How much is what you're getting actually worth
Let's do the math.
Digital Booklet with transcriptions
Voicings, substitutions, block chords, bass lines.\nEverything transcribed note for note, ready to download. This isn't a "bonus": it's half the method.
89 EUR30 days. If it's not for you, we refund you.
No forms, no justification. Write to support, we give you everything back. We do this because 86% of students who start our courses finish them. We know they work.
Frequently asked questions
Want to see how Francesca works on a tune?
AGUA DE BEBER MASTERCLASS - Francesca Tandoi
30 minutes. One tune. Reharmonization and arrangement from start to finish.
The same techniques as the course, in a concentrated format at a more advanced level.
Oppure: JAZZ IMPROVISATION - Francesca Tandoi — the other course by Francesca Tandoi →
You can read the chord symbols, but you always play the same voicings?
Francesca Tandoi shows you how to build jazz voicings with awareness, not from memory.
12 lessons in 4K video, every angle chosen by musicians. From Satin Doll to Misty: learn to read, interpret and comp the standards with your own voice.
PDF booklet with full transcriptions included. Yours forever, no subscriptions.