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LJP Updates and notes about remaining wonkyness. - 5/16
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Hi Folks, If you were here between saturday night and now you would have noticed that you could not post a message. I kinda broke things accidentally! 1.messages are fixed again and in much better shape than they used to be. 2. Some messages won't have...
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Piano Voicings II V I - 5/16
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Hi there :-) I'd have a questions addressed to whom has already studied piano Voicings on II V I.As I had some private lessons some months ago, in which I learnt 1-3-7 / 7-3-1 on II V I progressions, but I also saw on the web 3-5-7-9 / 7-9-3-5 , I'd...
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[help] Problems with time when improvising - 5/15
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I use to practice improvisation on the piano together with play-along tracks, like the ones provided by aebersold, hal leonard, etc. But I have a lot of difficulty in accompaining the chord changes, choruses, and bars. I can't count the beats in m...
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Playing Outside the Changes - new master class with Dave Frank - 5/15
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for those nuclear musical scientists out there, I'm thrilled to submit this new advanced class on playing outside the changes: http://youtu.be/NVUj-a29mzI Thank you all for your kind messages, and not-so kind messages:) Blessings and kee...
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learning jazz piano - 5/12
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After 30 years of jazz playing (saxes,flute,guitar), I'd like to improve on piano to accompany singers for example, to work on left hand comping to free up the right hand for soloing, etc. Can anyone suggest a book. Thank...
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Tune-Up Miles Davis - 5/11
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Does anyone have a suggested strategy/foundation for improvising over this tune? I've transcribed a few bars here and there from different recordings but am having trouble figuring how to approach as it is a different sound than say a tune like Confirmation...
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RAD music! - 5/6
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I don't really know much about this lady, but she jams the way I like it on the keys. Heard something on pandora and thought, wow, lots of EP in the mix, must be a keyboard album. Just the way I like 'em. Check it out: http://rad...
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Site Updates - 5/4
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There will be some growing pains with the new updates I put online today. Feel free to post all the problems you run across in this thread. I know of many problems and I'm working on them now, the biggest being there are links that do...
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any chance of a critique on my playing ? - 5/4
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Hello all, I've been playing piano for around 7 years - unfortunately i've never really had any lessons, and the one's i have had have been very sporadic (mostly for financial reasons sadly). I've now come to the conclusion that this has damaged...
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Improvisation: My Next Step - 5/2
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I thought I would share. My playing has stagnated since I was in college. Specifically, I’ve never had to work very hard to get a nice (if not particularly innovative or jazzy) sound out of the piano. This particu...
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After completing a transcription, how long before you go on to t - 4/28
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I've been debating this recently. I've just gone back to regularly transcribing solos after a long (4-5 years at least) layoff due to burnout. My ear is pretty good and I can usually go through a solo a day if I have a couple ho...
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I tried this groove - 4/26
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This groove has been bugging me for the longest. I forget the sample but Mac MIller the rapper used this in his original song Keep Floatin. I had chopped this up and recorded over it. I think I may have gotton excited and rushed into the solo. Any other Idea...
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Flat Fingers Position - 4/26
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Hi there! I've been playing the piano for years, first being classically tutored during my pre-teen to teen years before I lost my professor. Throughout those years, I've been using the traditional curved fingers/hand method and I always thought that was r...
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Fun times with a drummer - 4/25
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One of my favorite things to do is piano with drums (or in this case, electric piano sounding keyboard.) One time I hired three drummers to do a gig with me. It was nearly as much fun as that time in Korea when... never mind, but enjoy...
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Winter NAMM 2012 - 4/24
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. I'll continue bumping this thread to make sure that everyone who wants me to check something out gets the opportunity ....
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Salvador Dali in a State of Grace - 4/24
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improvised piece from Dave Frank's Jazzheads CD Ballads and Burners: http://youtu.be/rdgqQswEX...
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Scott Joplin swinging? - 4/23
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Hear some swing in his eighth note lines? http://youtu.be/pMAtL7n_-...
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ccc - 4/21
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more authentic bebop sound - 4/20
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Hi! I've been working the last year on practicing to sound more authentically bebop in my improvisation...8th note ideas to my choruses, while remaining true to the changes. Do you folks have any direction for a young pianist? Thanks in advanced! n...
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Does anybody know this music? - 4/19
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Hi there! Do you know this piano tune? It is located here: http://youtu.be/utYFdFfI3Ec Thanks in advance, J...
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Today's musical offering for thee -Yesterdays - 4/14
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Has anybody heard of Jazz Rap - 4/8
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Its starting t become new. This generation of musicians are trying more and mre to combine different genres. I'm beginning to like this. I tried this myself. You be the judge. All forms of criticism are accepted. Harsh or nice. I don't care. At the end o...
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Another Practice Trick to break out of habits - 4/4
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I think the biggest sticking point in most people's playing is the fact that humans in general are creatures of habit. Of course when you're improvising, being a creature of habit probably isn't the best way to be creative. So here's anothe...
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Herbie Hancock - 3/30
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I saw Herbie Hancock last night. I've been pondering what I would report here at LJP. Here is my review: OMG!...
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Jeff Brent's book "Modalogy" is now up for sale - 3/27
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