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Gigging piano sounds - 6/17
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For those of you who are out and about gigging, i was just wondering what you use for a good piano sound, where a real piano isn't available. Seems like a lot of people carry a computer around with them, but I can't see this really being practical. One s...
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Congrats! I've never heard anyone say: "Dang! I wish I didn't have a Nord."...
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Blues..?? - 6/16
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I hope I'm allowed to ask two questions in a row :) I've been trying to practice the blues lately, but the I7 chord is driving me nuts. It's basically the minor seventh. I get that it really helps define the color of the blues by adding that tension on t...
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Using YouTube or other "modern" methods to Copyright/Prove Auth - 6/15
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Hey gang. I'm thinking of putting some of my original music up on YouTube and/or play it live in the near future. However, for purposes of covering my ass I want to have definitive proof of my authorship before I go sharing it with other people. I k...
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Playing Music and Holding a Computer-Intensive Job - 6/15
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Hey Scot (and anyone else who would know). I remember that your other main gig is computer programming. Do you have any problems with strain/RSI's in your hands and arms? I play a moderate amount of piano (I teach music classes but don't gig for a l...
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Blues Cliché - 6/15
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A common thread throughout Stride piano tricks (as well as Blues, Honky Tonk Piano, etc) is the usage of these lines below over (for example) a C7th chord: C D D# E E F F# G G G# A Bb Combining these lines in thirds provides a great deal of fodder ...
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*NEW* - Ear Training - Theory and Practice w/Dave Frank - 6/11
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Explore 3 of the hippest systems for developing your ears! This class focuses on developing the ability of the inner ear to hear multiple notes, intervals and tonal/chord colors. Any musician in any genre can benefit from the clear practices presented on thi...
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I can't improvise... - 6/8
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I've started learning jazz piano for six months, and I've been practicing bebop improvisation for almost four months. I had played music and the piano (though not formally) as a hobby since I was young, but I hadn't taken lessons since elementary school. I h...
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Fingerings for Scales Forumla - 6/2
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I just found a piece of paper with some notes I wrote on it back when I was around 10 years old about how to finger scales regardless if you actually know the fingerings. Part of the system is always knowing where the 4th finger goes. Right Hand: 1. W...
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Hello, I am new here - 5/29
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Hello. I am new on this forum. just recently started looking into jazz. No teacher ye...
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Sad news for jazzpiano fans - 5/29
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/30/arts/music/mulgrew-miller-jazz-pianist-dies-at-57.html?_r=0...
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2 - 5 - 1 progression - 5/24
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I am new to jazz so I don't much about it and I probably ask a lot of stupid questions. Hope you people can put up with that. Every one tells me to start with the 2 - 5 - 1 progression which I understand, I think, and can play. So for example in the s...
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*NEW* -The Piano Music of Charles Ives - YT master class w/Dave - 5/11
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I'm ecstatic to invite you to enjoy a new master class on the life and piano music of Charles Ives. This unique in-depth class includes an intro to Ives and his work, a mini-clinic on the use of dissonance in modern composition/improvisation, plus listen...
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*NEW* -Beginning Improvising using Modal Vamps! w/Dave Frank - 5/11
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This in-depth master class can teach you to improvise) Designed for beginning improvisers, this class focuses on BREAKING THE IMPROV BARRIER using modal vamps. Free. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjJVSQz1eK4 Blessings and keep swingin from NYC!...
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*NEW* Master Class -The Use of Dissonance in Modern Music - 5/11
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Join Dave for this unique mini-master class on the dissonance techniques of American composer Charles Ives, from the longer master class "The Piano Music of Charles Ives". Subjects include dissonant intervals, stacked intervals, bi-tonality, constant structu...
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Buy: Korg Pa3X Pro Keyboard, Yamaha PSR-S910 Keyboard, Yamaha T - 5/11
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I love learnjazzpiano.com! I promise not to spam it ever again! Please help me be a better perso...
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Tim Richards Books - 5/11
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Well, I ordered Improvising Blues Piano and Exploring Jazz Piano (Vol 1). They should be here tomorrow. While I love jazz, Scot's review of IBP and the fact that IBP seems to be a prerequisite to EJP, that I ordered them. I was watching some videos online o...
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The secret to jazz (and life?) - 5/11
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I've come to realize the secret to playing great music is anticipation. Not jumping ahead of the beat, or guessing what your musicians are going to do next, no, what I mean is anticipation of the next big thing. Right, that made a whole lot of sense. How ...
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Proper way to learn jazz and improvisation - 5/11
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Jazz evolved from the reharmonization of popular music. In technical terms, it means taking songs out of a diatonic context. Learning jazz means learning harmony and reharmonization. There's many paths towards competency in jazz, but they all lead to knowing...
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Practice from the head, play from the heart. - 5/11
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Sometimes I have a student who says something like: "I'm working on all this new stuff and then I go out to a gig and I sound terrible!" Remember, when you're on a gig you have to be you. You have to be the person who jams in their living room without a ca...
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Piano no Mori - interesting film - 5/11
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New jazz student...any advice helpful - 5/11
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To give you a little background to help you all help me, I've been playing piano for roughly 25 yrs (I'm 37). I've played primarily gospel and r&b. I was a music major in college, so I have a great knowledge of theory, although there seemed to be a disco...
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Neil Olmstead's Solo Jazz Piano The Linear Approach - 5/11
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Anyone have any opinions on this boo...
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McCoy Tyner's approach to "My Favorite Things" with Coltrane - 5/11
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I very much appreciated what Clifford suggested to do on Summertime a couple of posts down. Can anybody make some suggestions about how to analyze McCoy's solo's on -My Favorite Things- with Coltrane on the same album. Cle...
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Lots of practice then 'BANG' ... realisation.. foot-tapability? - 5/11
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Ok, some of you will know that recently I had issues with my journey of learning jazz piano (don't we all?) well, I've been into the practice room since then and put in many hours, trying to address what I saw as a problem of not knowing tunes well enoug...
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