The cast-iron harp and copper strings inside an open grand piano, lit from one side

Study

Learn the music.Then write your own.

My tunes with charts, the Weekly Piano course, a course in composition, and my handbook on AI for musicians.

Play my compositionsWeekly Piano: Week 1Composition: Lesson A1
A handwritten chart clipped to a music stand beside an open grand piano, under a brass lamp

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My compositions

The charts and recordings I hand my band. Odd meters, long forms, written lines. Pick one and put it on the stand.

  1. Nailschart, audio20/16
  2. Insidechart, audio, video3/4 over 12/8
  3. Forchart, audio, video17/8
  4. Findchart, audio, video13/16 and 17/16
  5. Youchart, audio, video4/4 with a hemiola
  6. Mapschart, audio, videoquarter = 135
  7. Tune 59chart, audioquarter = 135
  8. Tune 62chart, audio4/4 at 68
  9. Waveschart, 2 recordings7/8 at 250
  10. Beingchart, audio4/4 at 140
Open the tunesAll ten in one player. Slow it down, loop a bar, read the chart.

In my band? The band page has setlists and every chart

Greg Spero playing piano on stage under red lights

Weekly Piano

Everything from my Weekly Piano videos, put in order. One core lesson a day, a practice assignment on each, and the Shed room to slow any video down and loop it.

Free / 12 weeks / 88 core lessons / 241 videos

Start Week 1
Shed roomSyllabus
  1. Week 1Start here
  2. Week 2Seventh chords and the ii-V-I
  3. Week 3Swing and time
  4. Week 4The blues
  5. Week 5Autumn Leaves, start to finish
  6. Week 6Voicings that sound like jazz
  7. Week 7Improvising with intention
  8. Week 8Bebop language and speed
  9. Week 9Grooves: Watermelon Man, Take Five, Maiden Voyage
  10. Week 10Herbie, McCoy and Bill Evans
  11. Week 11Advanced harmony and Giant Steps
  12. Week 12Transcribe, play Bach, find your voice

Composition

How composers think, from Bach to Meshuggah, and how to use it in your own writing.

A printed handbook open on the lid of a grand piano beside a laptop, under a brass lamp

AI for Musicians

My handbook for music students who have never touched AI. One hour a day for eleven weeks. You start with what AI is and how to prompt it, then use it for program notes, grants, stems, album art, email and scheduling. By week six you build and launch your own website with Claude Code. It covers the limits too: bias, copyright and the lawsuits.

11 weeks / 77 lessons / 139 pages / free PDF

Written for my Wichita State University residency, April 2026.

Read the handbook