| LearnJazzPiano.com archives: Albetan's Area | |
| albetan -- 01/31/2004, 16:36:11 -- #1075595771 | |
| Welcome | |
| Thanks to Scot for this Area. I’m very glad to do contributions about my own experiences in music in LJP, my preferred web site that I discovered in October 2003. I will follow participating in threads and posts and discussions in other Rooms. Im a jazz lover as most of you, and every day I enter here finding always new thoughts and tips for being a better musician and for enjoying more and more jazz piano. Here a great lot of pro musicians and advanced students around the world are ready to answer all kind of questions and to share knowledge and experiences with everybody. That’s wonderful and a great Scot´s contribution to jazz world. Welcome to Albetan´s Area. | |
| albetan -- 01/31/2004, 20:14:47 -- #1075608886 | |
| JAZZ KINDER | |
| A great deal of our visitors are beginners. In many forums and threads they are asking how to begin, to practice, to learn, to improvise. You will learn to improvise following three easy steps: STEP 1. MELODY Play a Seventh or a minor seventh chord, as C7 or Cm7 with left hand. With right you may create melodies touching only notes of chord. Don´t worry about rhythm in this first step. You are learning to create your own melodies. Play chords freely with left hand. When you are playing phrases fluently, then use chord notes as pilots of a bridge. You may take any no-chord note as passing sounds. You have twelve different sounds between an octave. Now your melodies are sounding more jazzy! Don´t worry about what scales are you using.... let it to critics... They will analyse if your scales are dorian or mixolidian or bebop, or pentatonic, or altered, or chromatic... You are creating your own phrases freely, no thinking in theories... let it to musicologists and teachers. Don´t overload your phrases with many foreign notes... use it sparingly. Elegance is in simplicity. Touch keys as if you were looking for chord notes... In that search you are doing music! Only knowing a chord you are sounding jazzy!. Practice a lot over all seventh and minor seventh chords and you will have a degree in FIRST STEP. STEP 2. RHYTHM Play a march rhythm with left hand . First jazz pieces were marches, as “When the Saints go” “Mack the knife” New Orleans hits, Armstrong hits... Mark a steady four beats rhythm so: 1.bass, 2. chord notes, 3. bass, 4. chord notes. OM–PA-OM-PA. Do it as walking or marching, and it helps a lot to mark pulses with foot. So you are connecting with subconscious... Rhythm is a natural function of subconscious. Feel rhythm while playing... don´t think in it... don´t count anything... just feel it. Improvise melodies as in STEP 1, but adding rhythm. Now your music sounds richer. If you play only in quarters... you are sounding as ancient European marches or little soldiers pieces... play eighth notes and your music is more happy. Now experiment with syncope. Each beat has two parts : Downbeat, upbeat. Play a note in upbeat, supporting it over the next downbeat. In sheet music it appears as an eight-note slurred to next quarter or eight. Now your music is more excitant... Syncopation is one of main characteristics of jazz. Great musicians kidding as you over a simple chord have composed famous standards as Coltrane´s “Impressions” or Miles´ “So what” Now you are playing real jazz and you are graduated in SECOND STEP. You may do free improvisation with a march rhythm. Congratulations! STEP 3. PROGRESSIONS Play a diatonic scale: C D E F G A B C. Build a 4 note chord over the second note of scale: D F A C. Call this chord II, in roman numerals. Build other 4 note chord over the five note of scale: G B D F. Call this chord V. Build a 4 note chord over the first note of scale: C E G B. Call this chord I. Practice improvisation in / II V / I - / in all keys. When you get dominion in this progression, you may jump to any other key while playing, and so you are sounding as a “pro”... no more as a beginner. Once Duke Ellington was kidding with first bar of this progression: / Dm7 G7 / Dm7 G7 / Em7 A7 / Em7 A7 / / Am7 D7 / Abm7 Db7 / CM7 Try to improvise something, as did Duke, over this progression... So Ellington composed his famous “Satin doll”. Now you have finished THIRD STEP of JAZZ KINDER.... You are really playing progressive jazz! Your family and your friends are your fans and their think that you are a great jazz player! Now you will enjoy this web site and as a partner of www.learnjazzpiano.com you may go to “lesson pages” in order to advance a lot in jazz learning. Good luck and enjoy jazz. | |
| albetan -- 02/01/2004, 07:38:32 -- #1075649911 | |
| MUSICAL PERCEPTION | |
Each individual perceives music in a different way. LINEAR PERCEPTION: When one perceives a melody in a first plane and the rest of elements as a background... Most of people works in that way... Some people hear superior line in first plane (violinists, flutists, singers....) Other people hear in first plane intermediate lines, as trombonists, violists, hornists, cellists.... A few people hear in first plane the bass line as bassists, contrabassoons, cellists, sax baritone, tuba... All these people perceive musical lines in a horizontal way. Linear perception is the most natural and common perception of music and is good for singers and for melodic and contrapuntal instruments. RHYTHMIC PERCEPTION: When one hear rhythm section in first plane and the rest of orchestra as a background. All drummers, and percussionists, and many guitar and piano players have this kind of musical perception. You may develop a rhythmic perception hearing recordings and following rhythm beats touching with left over a table, closed eyes, as if you were the drum player and marking pulses with foot. Remember than rhythm is the primary element of music… You must to develop a sense of rhythm to be a good musician. You must feel rhythm… no thinking in it. Rhythm is a function of subconscious. A good pianist must have rhythmic perception of music. HARMONIC PERCEPTION: When one hear chord progressions in first plane, as many guitarists, bassists and pianists. You may develop a harmonic perception hearing recordings and writing chord progressions. It’s not easy… Take only a phrase or a theme of a song until you find correct harmony. A good pianist must have harmonic perception. STRUCTURAL PERCEPTION: When one perceives music in a vertical way... So do pianists, organists, arrangers, orchestral conductors.... This people have an open mind to catch everything simultaneously as a complete structure. You may develop structural perception hearing orchestra or big band recordings and following everything, closed eyes, as if you were the conductor. Pay attention to singer, contrapuntal instruments, melodies, brakes, fill-ins, harmonic background, bass, guitar, piano, drums, effects and everything, as if you were the conductor. A few persons have this structural perception of music in a natural way. May be you must do an effort to develop it. The best pianists have a structural perception of music. This point of view of musical perception is interesting to understand why a guy likes to play bassoon or viola or timbal or maracas or tuba or a pipe organ or piano or the baton of a symphonic orchestra. Sometimes I tried to teach piano to a good melodic musician (violin, flute, trumpet, sax...) and I didn’t have success. Why? Now you have a response. I’m speaking about spontaneous and natural ways of musical perception. A guy with linear perception may educate himself to get a structural, or harmonic, or rhythmic perception, but doing a great effort. All that thoughts are of my own observation and experience over a lot of years playing with musicians and teaching music. Enjoy music and develop your musical perception in order to be a great pianist. ALBERTO BETANCOURT (albetan) | |
| albetan -- 02/01/2004, 15:57:07 -- #1075679827 | |
| THE CLASSICAL & JAZZ MUSICIAN | |
| The classical musician is a communication medium between a genius in past and an audience in present. When you play a Bach’s piece, you must do it the most exactly to Bach’s score... and so you are transmitting Bach’s moods and feelings... and you feel the satisfaction of being that communication medium from Bach in the past to audience in present. The classical pianist develops a powerful memory and must remember all notes and dynamics and expression of score for an exact interpretation. The jazz musician is a spontaneous creator. When you play an original theme or a jazz standard, you are completely free in interpretation... in voicing... in rhythm... in style... and when you improvise, you are creating music spontaneously. The same piece played by the same jazz musician never sounds identical... because each time is a new creation. Sometime Art Tatum before one of his first recordings said that his jazz pieces were converted into current pieces because they sounded equal each time. The jazz pianist memorizes only a melodic line and a chord progression.... when is playing uses all the arsenal of elements in subconscious for creating music. When you play jazz, you are transmitting your original moods and feelings to audience. If you play a Bach’s theme in jazz, you are not interpreting Bach music… you are doing jazz over a Bach’s theme. So you may do a chord progression, a walking bass, rhythmic chords with left, and the original melody with right. You are creating something inspired in Bach’s music. ALBERTO BETANCOURT (albetan) | |
| Herbie Hancock CD: Head Hunters Chameleon- Need I say more? | |
| albetan -- 02/01/2004, 16:37:14 -- #1075682233 | |
| THE CLASSICAL & JAZZ HARMONY | |
| In forum about The Classical & The Jazz Musician we considered the basic differences between them. Now we will analyze the basic differences between classical and jazz harmony. These two forums may help those guys trained in classical piano that like to start in the jazz world. Classical harmony is based on chord triads over the grades of the diatonic scale. Classical harmony is diatonic. Any note out of a triad is considered as a “dissonance” that must resolve to a consonance. So in a C chord: a 6, 7, 9, 11, 13 are dissonances because they are out of triad. Dissonances are solved by descending. In jazz harmony 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, #5, b5, #9, b9, #11, b13 may be considered as elements of a chord. In jazz harmony there are not dissonances.... there are tension chords, extended chords. Jazz harmony is diatonic and chromatic. Besides chords based in the grades of the diatonic scale, it employs other chords thanks to progressions and the use of substitute and ornamental chords. In classical harmony the notes in strong beats always must be chord notes, with some exceptions as apoggiatura or ritardo that form dissonances that must be resolved descending. In jazz harmony any note out of chord may be considered as an element of the same, so as F# in C7 chord. Seemingly F# is out of C7 chord, but it may be considered as #11, and so You have a C9+11 chord, or an extended C7 chord. In this case we have a tension chord, but not a dissonance. You will find a nice exercise over extended chords and arpeggios to practice in all keys at “lesson pages” “Contributors” “Alberto.” “Extended chords”. http://www.learnjazzpiano.com/contributions/alberto_betancourt/extended_chords_and_arpeggios.pdf Let´s use this easy formula for dominion of all extended chords and arpeggios in all keys: MAYOR: IM7 II7 SEVENTH: I7 II7 MINOR SEVENTH: Im7 IIm7 HALF-DINISHED: Im7b5 IIbM7 These exercises open your hearing perception and let you enter in superior harmonic planes. ALBERTO BETANCOURT (albetan) | |
| Rick -- 02/02/2004, 03:53:47 -- #1075722826 | |
| excuse my ignorance, but what is "Jazz Kinder"? my german tells me that means Jazz Children...cool | |
| Tim Richards: Exploring Jazz Piano - Volume 2 • click here for Scot's review of this book. | |
| albetan -- 02/02/2004, 06:52:53 -- #1075733573 | |
| what's jazz kinder? | |
| Hi Rick: Kinder is the beginning of education for children. I mean "jazz kinder" the beginning of jazz learning. Good luck and enjoy jazz learning. ALBERTO | |
| Rick -- 02/02/2004, 08:26:54 -- #1075739214 | |
| I see! thanks Alberto | |
| albetan -- 02/02/2004, 09:55:23 -- #1075744523 | |
| Kinder? | |
| Rick: In Colombia we use the word "kinder" as a contraction of "kindergarden"... and we refer to first years of school for children. | |
| albetan -- 02/02/2004, 09:55:23 -- #1075744523 | |
| Kinder? | |
| Rick: In Colombia we use the word "kinder" as a contraction of "kindergarden"... and we refer to first years of school for children. | |
| Herbie Hancock CD: Head Hunters Chameleon- Need I say more? | |
| albetan -- 02/04/2004, 20:40:56 -- #1075956054 | |
| THE SUBCONSCIOUS IN MUSIC | |
| THE SUBCONSCIOUS IN MUSIC Inside us there is a powerful computer, the subconscious, that control our biological timer, all our rhythmic processes, as cardiac rhythm, how to breathe, how to walk, how to drive a car... and everything ... if your subconscious stop working, your family must call the funeral services. That great computer of subconscious is fabulous for music. Somebody has talent for music when his subconscious outcrops. Some people without studies of music can play easy an instrument, and other people graduated in a school of music, can’t play an instrument at stage... They are musicologists with all musical concepts, definitions, theories and rules in their heads, but they are not musicians. They have all musical knowledge in their conscious mind but they can not use their subconscious computer when they try to play piano. When somebody without musical knowledge, notice an error in a song, immediately tells us that something is bad... Why? Everything you have heard and seen in your life is saved in your subconscious mind, as a file in a hard disk. I have known many people that play by ear, and sometimes in a high level, as a professional musician, without any study of music... It is possible by outcropping of subconscious while playing. When that kind of people is playing piano, they look for correct sounds touching the keys until they find the exact notes in the keyboard, so in melody, so in chords, so in bass, and so in rhythm.... They suppose that all songs are in the keyboard and their work is to extract songs from keys!!! They have the privilege of connecting conscious mind with subconscious mind while playing in a spontaneous way and unknowing it. A blind musician develops a wonderful ability in an instrument, thanks to his spontaneous connection between conscious and subconscious. Some guys need drugs or alcohol for playing... Why? They find that with those dangerous elements they play better and without inhibitions... And why?... because their conscious is asleep and subconscious is working at a high level. But all you know how many famous guys in jazz and rock are dead by excess of those terrific tools. You are as an enterprise. The manager is your conscious mind that thinks and decides. The maintenance engineer is your subconscious that always obeys to the manager, and is responsible for perfect functioning of everything. That engineer may be an excellent musician, but for getting it, must be free of manager’s orders.... or must have a great connection with the manager. So as minus you think while playing your music is better, easiest, and more relaxed and expressive... When you think a lot while playing, you transmit stress to audience because you are stressed... When you enjoy your music you transmit feelings and the audience enjoys your music. Program all music fundamentals in your subconscious, as you do with your computer. How? Very easy... Subconscious receives orders and obeys. Example: how read music at sight? Imagine the central C note in stave... with closed eyes... imagine the five lines of a stave... in a little auxiliary line downwards you imagine a note... then write the name C.... Do it for a moment taking a mental photo and order so to subconscious: "always when I see this note... I will touch this key"... and, opening eyes touch the central C in your keyboard.... And do the same with the rest of notes... in a few minutes you have all notes programmed in subconscious. Then you have created a series of conditioned reflexes.... Always you see a note at stave, you touch the corresponding key automatically, and no reading, no thinking about notes... you are playing at sight very easy thanks to your subconscious. When you practice and practice scales or arpeggios or chords... until you do it o.k. without thinking... then you have all those elements in your subconscious. How program a song in your subconscious?... Easy... play only a phrase many times... First seeing staves and keys, afterwards seeing only keys, and finally with closed eyes... until you do it without thinking absolutely in its elements, as melody notes, chords, rhythm,.... playing mechanically... no seeing sheet nor keys... then that phrase is in subconscious.. Learn the next phrase in the same way... and so you have the first theme of the song. Play many times the complete theme until you master it.... and when you play it without thinking in it; you have it in your subconscious. Most people uses only conscious memory. That is as the RAM memory of your computer... You must study your repertoire each day or it will be forgotten... as things that are in RAM memory when computer is off! But if you save your repertoire in subconscious memory, it will be sure for ever as in a hard disk. Read the life of geniuses: Mozart at 4 or 5 years old composed pieces that a trained musician can’t do. Debussy did not pass the Harmony final test in the conservatory!!!!!! In those times He was the first musician playing whole tone scale | |
| albetan -- 02/04/2004, 20:45:05 -- #1075956305 | |
| THE SUBCONSCIOUS IN MUSIC (cont.) | |
| Debussy did not pass the Harmony final test in the conservatory!!!!!! In those times He was the first musician playing whole tone scales, ninth, eleventh and thirteenth chords, quartal voicing, rootless chords, arpeggios over extended chords… When Verdi was in the audition for beginning at Conservatory, the eminent teachers pushed him away for no talent for music!!!! ... Once The great Bach went to concourse for an employment as organist in a church and did a fantastic improvisation.... He did not win that employment... but when he returned to home transcribed it in paper and was his famous FANTASY AND FUGE IN G MINOR, one of the greatest works for organ. All that geniuses had a very powerful subconscious mind!!!! Be a friend of your subconscious, speak with him, and program in it all music elements, and all repertoire and you will be a great musician.. ALBERTO BETANCOURT | |
| Tim Richards: Exploring Jazz Piano - Volume 2 • click here for Scot's review of this book. | |
| albetan -- 02/06/2004, 14:53:58 -- #1076108038 | |
| The subconscious in music | |
| Please read first post (632) and afterwards post (633). | |
| miles2678 -- 02/10/2004, 03:39:40 -- #1076413177 | |
| well you needn't | |
| When playing Well You Needn't I am stuck in playing eighths for the first eight bars (F6 and Gb6). Further on in the piece I may play various rhythmic patterns on these chords for variation. Also on Gb6 I find that the in-sen pentatonic scale sounds pretty good and gives an oriental feeling on the piece especially when played slow and with excessive use of the sustain pedal. The notes I use for this scale are (C, Csharp, F, Fsharp, Bb). Most will say that this is not even the correct in-sen scale to play for this chord but since I play eighths it allows me to use different scales and still sound good (at least to me). I use a percussive way of playing on my left hand for this piece. However because I really enjoy playing this tune, I may go on and on and as you can understand it starts sounding quite boring after a while using only eighths on my left. Sometimes I use fourths as well and that's about it. What else can I do so that the piece can be a little richer when playing solo? I tried to upload a midi file but the program I used to transform the tune from a wav file to a midi file really f..ked it up. It would be nice if you can also tell me of what you think for the way I told you I am playing the tune. Cheers Chris | |
| albetan -- 02/10/2004, 07:01:04 -- #1076425264 | |
| To Chris: | |
| Chris: Sorry! I don’t have that song you mention. That oriental scale sounds cool. When you are improvising do it freely, looking for chord notes and passing over any notes creating your own scales. If you use quartal voicings in left you are completely free to work with 12 sounds of chromatic scale. You never will convert a .wav file into a .mid file because they are two different things. Record a song in a sequencer and when finish, “save as” and search “midi file”. Very easy. So you have your song in a midi file. | |
| albetan -- 02/10/2004, 07:12:31 -- #1076425951 | |
| "well you needn't " chart | |
| Clicking upwards in "Vanilla Real Book" you will find chord chart for "well you needn't". | |
| Herbie Hancock CD: Head Hunters Chameleon- Need I say more? | |
| rtackett -- 02/11/2004, 16:54:03 -- #1076547243 | |
| RE: Jazz Kinder | |
| Thank you for inviting me to try this room. I hav already tried a few of the suggestions in your post #416 and have found them to be very helpful as well as a lot of fun. | |
| sublima -- 09/20/2004, 10:51:08 -- #7294 | |
| melodic minor | |
| what does do with a song like my funny valentine. I guess really i'm looking for answers for the melodic minor scale. Possibilmities, .... thanks sublima | |
| Tim Richards: Exploring Jazz Piano - Volume 2 • click here for Scot's review of this book. | |
| sublima -- 09/20/2004, 10:51:48 -- #7295 | |
| melodic minor | |
| what does one do with a song like 'my funny valentine'. I guess really i'm looking for answers for the melodic minor scale. Possibilities, .... thanks sublima | |
| albetan -- 09/20/2004, 21:17:33 -- #7309 | |
| My Funny Valentine | |
| Sublima: You may do nice phrases over Cm , working with intervals. In My Funny Valentine http://mapage.noos.fr/realbook/RB/My%20Funny%20Valentine.jpg you have a Cm progression: \\ Cm(8) - - - \\ Cm#7 - - - \\ Cm7 - - - | Cm6 - - - \\ Create a melody over chord notes... using sometimes passing notes. See file "Beginning improvisation" Also you may work with Eb pentatonic. See file "Beginning pentatonics". | |
| sublima -- 09/21/2004, 08:25:37 -- #7322 | |
| valentine | |
| thank you | |
| marsin -- 09/22/2004, 08:47:14 -- #7350 | |
| Great! | |
| Thank you so much for giving us the ABC to become good jazz players! I really appreciate all this work! | |
| Herbie Hancock CD: Head Hunters Chameleon- Need I say more? | |
| albetan -- 09/22/2004, 09:12:12 -- #7351 | |
| Thanks, Marsin. | |
| C3002 -- 09/24/2004, 02:11:23 -- #7399 | |
| Chopin Arpeggio's | |
| Hi, Albetan, I'm very pleased with all your postings, gives me some additional material to think and exercise about. There is one slight problem: your technique-file about Chopin and arpeggio's seems to be empty, at least I cann't read anything. Could you upload it again,please ? Regards, C3002 | |
| Tim Richards: Exploring Jazz Piano - Volume 2 • click here for Scot's review of this book. | |
| albetan -- 09/24/2004, 06:03:42 -- #7405 | |
| C3002: I uploaded it for you here at Albetan's. | |
| C3002 -- 09/27/2004, 06:32:03 -- #7473 | |
| Chopin's Arpeggio's | |
| Albetan, much obliged, unfortunately I still can not read it. Have you by any chance used a special formatting ? Could you review the original, uploaded file ? Thanks in advance | |
| albetan -- 09/27/2004, 06:43:48 -- #7474 | |
| Do you have Acrobat reader or Adobe reader?. You may download last version for free from www.adobe.com My lessons are in pdf format. When you download it you must wait for some seconds while it appears. Good luck and tell me... | |
| ragazzo -- 09/27/2004, 09:18:13 -- #7482 | |
| Muchas gracias | |
| Hey Albetan, muchas gracias por este gran aporte que haces a toda la gente como yo interesada en conocer siempre cosas nuevas del jazz y del latin jazz. Descubrí este site por casualidad y no hay momento en que pueda despegarme de aquí. Me estoy iniciando en esto del jazz y ahora no quiero dejarlo ni por un momento. Es una gran iniciativa no sólo de tu parte sino también de todos los colaboradores de este espacio. Te agradezco además que compartas con nosotros todos tus conocimientos. Se despide por los momentos un nuevo fanático de esta área, ragazzo PD: escribiré en inglés de ahora en adelante, si no tienes problema. Saludos desde Caracas-Venezuela | |
| Herbie Hancock CD: Head Hunters Chameleon- Need I say more? | |
| albetan -- 09/27/2004, 16:40:49 -- #7495 | |
| Bienvenido Ragazzo: Me alegra que estés aprovechando este magnífico sitio web... Aquí encuentras una sección en "rooms" que es "Jazz en Español"... | |
| C3002 -- 09/28/2004, 03:25:05 -- #7509 | |
| Chopin´s Arpeggios | |
| Hi, Albetan, I´m using Acrobat Reader, version 6. Strange as it sounds, I can read your latest contribution (Subconscious), which is also in PDF, and also all of your other contributionds, but not the Chopin bit. Even after a few minutes of waiting I get the message: Done and an empty screen ... So I suspect there is something with the formatting ??? Could you reproduce the file again and then replace the current one with a new version ? Thanks in advance ... | |
| Tim Richards: Exploring Jazz Piano - Volume 2 • click here for Scot's review of this book. | |
| Akram Maximos -- 09/28/2004, 03:34:18 -- #7510 | |
| Yes C3002 is write. The current file does NOT open. The file has an empty screen at its "Done" mode. | |
| albetan -- 09/28/2004, 08:22:31 -- #7517 | |
| Chopin arpeggios for jazz | |
| For people who found bugs in this file i uploaded again in a new format. Good luck and enjoy Chopin's arpeggios for jazz. | |
| C3002 -- 09/29/2004, 07:45:26 -- #7552 | |
| Updated Chopin ? | |
| Hi, Albetan, I hardly dare say anything, but I still can not open the updated version for Chopin´s Arpeggio´s, both in the personal room and the Techniques and Exercises. Strangely enough, e.g. the Mastering Pentatonics file is recognized and opened without any hesitation... | |
| ClosetBlues -- 09/29/2004, 12:01:02 -- #7563 | |
| Try right-clicking on the link and select "save as". Save it to your hard drive and then open the file. | |
| Herbie Hancock CD: Head Hunters Chameleon- Need I say more? | |
| albetan -- 09/29/2004, 13:24:52 -- #7565 | |
| C3002: Chopin don't like that you open that file!!!!!!. I converted it from Finale to pdf... and it functions for me and for other guys. I don't understand what's happening with your system. Try suggestion by ClosetBlues. Thanks ClosetBlues for your suggestion. I tested it and it worked. | |
| albetan -- 09/29/2004, 14:32:38 -- #7566 | |
| C3002: Please tell me if if you could open file following ClosetBlues' suggestion. | |
| Tim Richards: Exploring Jazz Piano - Volume 2 • click here for Scot's review of this book. | |
| C3002 -- 10/01/2004, 01:25:56 -- #7617 | |
| Chopin in the rebound | |
| Albetan, indeed the right-click, Save As trick did the work: I´ve saved the file and could now open and read it. Interesting stuff, and thanks very much ! C3002 | |
| albetan -- 10/01/2004, 08:02:45 -- #7624 | |
| I'm glad because you could open the file, thanks to ClosetBlues suggestion. | |
| rafa -- 10/01/2004, 09:06:20 -- #7625 | |
| cuartas | |
| Hola Albetan, soy Rafa desde Barcelona,(puedo escribir en inglés si te va mejor). La cuestion es que estoy interesado en el estilo de MCcoy Tyner y sus voicings por cuartas pero aquà no hay nada de material.A ver si puedes aconsejarme algo.¿no hay ninguna transcripción de Resolution de Coltrane o My favourites things?. Muchas gracias por tu atención y enhorabuena por tu sección. Rafa. | |
| albetan -- 10/01/2004, 14:05:52 -- #7635 | |
| Quartals | |
| Hi Rafa: If you are interested in quartals, please study file "Quartal voicings for piano". Also visit room "Quartals" here in LJP. You will find a good stuff for jazz perfomance at: http://mapage.noos.fr/realbook/index_accueil.htm There is "My favorite things". You may write to me in spanish in "Jazz en español". Good luck. | |
| Herbie Hancock CD: Head Hunters Chameleon- Need I say more? | |
| broken rhodes -- 10/01/2004, 23:20:53 -- #7646 | |
| closed blocks | |
| hi albetan, thank you very much for your lessons. i've been learning/practicing them for the past few months and i think they are wonderful. but i'm having trouble with closed/open blocks (melodic voicing 2). i haven't been able to harmonize all diatonic scales. is there another way you can explain closed blocks? thanks broke rhodes | |
| albetan -- 10/02/2004, 06:49:19 -- #7652 | |
| It's normal that you are having trouble with blocks. That is an advaced style. You must master all diatonic scales, study files "beginning scales and arpeggios" and "mastering basic arpeggios and scales". Practise diatonic scales in all tonalities, and afterwards practice all scales with blocks. Good luck. | |
| Tim Richards: Exploring Jazz Piano - Volume 2 • click here for Scot's review of this book. | |
| albetan -- 10/02/2004, 06:49:20 -- #7653 | |
| It's normal that you are having trouble with blocks. That is an advaced style. You must master all diatonic scales, study files "beginning scales and arpeggios" and "mastering basic arpeggios and scales". Practise diatonic scales in all tonalities, and afterwards practice all scales with blocks. Good luck. | |
| albetan -- 10/02/2004, 07:05:22 -- #7654 | |
| Mastering blocks | |
| Please study file "Mastering blocks" at "Technique and exercises" room. | |
| ptrptrptr -- 10/02/2004, 09:54:31 -- #7659 | |
| Left Hand? | |
| Hi albetan, pardon my stupid question, but.. I'm having difficulties in playing fast swing on a solo piano. I don't want to play walking bass on my left hand, I want my left hand to play the bass and the chords. That way, my right hand would be free for improvisation. But, right now I don't know what to do with my left hand, because if I try to play the bass and the chords on my left hand, the song doesn't feel like swingin'. Can you teach me how to play fast swing on a solo piano without walking bass? Thanks in advance. | |
| albetan -- 10/02/2004, 12:56:38 -- #7666 | |
| Please sutdy my file "The swing feeling". You may mark an easy rhythm with root and chord | |
| Herbie Hancock CD: Head Hunters Chameleon- Need I say more? | |
| albetan -- 10/02/2004, 13:06:37 -- #7667 | |
| Sorry, my message went out. You may mark an easy rhythm with root and chord as a march while improvising. See my file "Beginning improvisation". Also you may improvise playing rootles chords in A/B forms. See file "Harmonic voicings". You may perform rhythmic chords in four beats, or one or two chords in syncopation. The great secret is to feel rhythmic pulse from your subconscious, no thinking, no counting. To mark pulse with foot helps a lot as a mechanism of connection with your subconscious. | |
| ptrptrptr -- 10/04/2004, 01:17:22 -- #7701 | |
| solo jazz piano | |
| Playing solo piano is difficult, particularly when it’s time for improvisation. I am confused about what to do with my left hand. I can play walking bass, but I don’t like it much. Stride piano is difficult, I can play the theme song with it but when it’s time for improvisation I can’t concentrate enough to play any good improvisation. Improvising is not a problem when I’m playing with a band, but when I’m playing solo I have to do all the bass, chords and melody improvisation. When using stride piano, the left hand job is too much distraction to improvise nicely on the right hand. I could use my left hand to comp the chords and the right hand to play the melody improvisation, but then the bass is missing. If I play the bass with my left hand and the right hand to play the melody improvisation, then the chords are missing. Confused… | |
| Tim Richards: Exploring Jazz Piano - Volume 2 • click here for Scot's review of this book. | |
| albetan -- 10/04/2004, 06:20:18 -- #7705 | |
| Musical Perception | |
| Hi Jazzlike: Please go to search engine (upwards) and write "musical perception", selecting "rooms". Analyse how do you perceive music and try to develop a structural perception for a better piano perfomance. | |
| ptrptrptr -- 10/06/2004, 21:51:41 -- #7833 | |
| Oh, OK, I got it! Thanks, Albetan. And right now I am also practicing stride to enrich my playing. Thanks. | |
| skatta -- 10/11/2004, 18:06:06 -- #7932 | |
I'm looking for names of good songs to learn. i like blues and funk alot. if anybody knows medeski martin and wood that would be for me a sort of ideal style. really any favorites you might have that you deem relatively simple from a chord sequence point of view would be awesome.(though a few difficult and unorthodox chords would be ideal. just not too many. i think i'd rather learn 10 songs with one complicated chord each rather than one song with 10 complicated chords in it, i can't even always guess the simple ones right away) and also any of your favorite renditions of them so i could grab the mp3 and check out what the pros are doing with it. my current goal is to associate the names of chords with their characteristic sounds as well as how they complement each other in sequence and i guess sometimes on top of each other too. i figure that just learning songs, and the names of the chords they're made with, is probably the best way to do this, but if you have any other tips that can help me do this that would be great. i don't have much of a problem with improvisation of singular notes, though there's always infinite room to improve, but if i want to play a chord i find it a little bit difficult because for me there is a resulting sound of the chord, which i usually associate with one note, for some reason, the others are kind of like filler, i don't know if this makes sense but.. finding all the other parts of the chord can be very difficult because i need to guess the exact location of 3 or more notes and if i'm off then i can forget what i was trying to find or i'll accidentaly find something new that i like and i go off on a tangent and have learned nothing, and when i do find a chord i'm looking for i don't know what's the root and what's what so when i want to play that sound again i have to guess from scratch (and even at that i'm not sure if i'd realize that that was the same sound as a chord i had figured out earlier because the context is different and that sorta changes things for me). plus the way the piano is setup with black and white keys the intervals though always the same do not look the same in pattern form making it even harder. i figure if i associate the names of chords with their sounds and compostion that will eliminate this problem. i find it difficult to bring myself to doing drills because they are kinda bland and music always beckons and then i give in. though i do practise my muscles by learning licks i heard that i particularly liked and that often requires repitition but with a good immediately observable prize, a sweet lick. so if you know of a good and fun way to learn chord names/sound that would be awesome. and any other suggestions would be amazing as well. i'm a newbie so i don't know if there is a place like this on this site but i find it would be great to have a list of songs people can add to and give votes on difficulty level out of 10 for example, as well as some names of artists who made renditions of them that people particularly like, which is good for learning and good for listening too. p.s. sorry if i'm misusing the forums at all i may have posted this in other rooms but i get kinda lost in here at times and i forget what room i was in and whatnot. thanks for reading this i'm sorry it's long but i just wanted you to know where i was at. | |
| albetan -- 10/11/2004, 19:02:23 -- #7934 | |
| Hi skatta: You are looking for names of good songs to learn. Please save this link into your favourites: http://mapage.noos.fr/realbook/index_accueil.htm There you will find everything about blues and jazz. You are having troubles with chords, because chords are not in your subconscious. You must study carefully all chords so as you may play no thinking, no remembering notes, with spontaneity, you must load all that stuff in your subconscious. Please study these files at Albetan's area: "Beginning scales and chords" "Beginning modal scales and arpeggios" "The subconscious in music" Study also files at Technique and exercises: "Mastering basic arpeggios and scales" "Mastering modal scales" Good luck. | |
| Herbie Hancock CD: Head Hunters Chameleon- Need I say more? | |
| clobaton -- 10/13/2004, 10:23:19 -- #7992 | |
| HI skatta: | |
| I kindly want to offer you a tip : KISS =" keep it simple silly", which means just that. dont do all that thinking because it will get even harder. I am a newbie too and If you follow the subconcious aproach of albetan you will get it in a matter of days! cheers. | |
| melvin -- 10/14/2004, 09:49:44 -- #8028 | |
| Que tal | |
| Tu teoría es excelente pero.. me preguntaba si tu no tenias unos ejercicios para obtener agilidad en los dedos, lo que pasa es que tengo manos un poco pequeñas y me cuesta hacer saltos rapidos y largos porfa... y gracias (c)Capsule Corp | |
| Tim Richards: Exploring Jazz Piano - Volume 2 • click here for Scot's review of this book. | |
| albetan -- 10/14/2004, 10:25:27 -- #8032 | |
| Agilidad en los dedos | |
| Hola Melvin: Para agilidad en los dedos lo mejor es Hanon en todas las tonalidades. Busca "Hanon for jazz" en "Technique and exercises" . Ahi encuentras también otros ejercicios buenos en los artículos "Mastering..." | |
| albetan -- 10/16/2004, 15:15:39 -- #8115 | |
| 2 Latin standards | |
| I have uploaded for few days "Piel Canela" and "La Comparsa" at "Jazz en Español". If you have Finale you may see and hear scores. If you have not Finale, you may download for free Finale Note Pad from: http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad/ Good luck and enjoy these two latin classical standards. | |
| apurudy -- 10/18/2004, 04:19:40 -- #8133 | |
| TICO TICO | |
| Hi Albertan I’m working thru you excellent SAMBA lesson Question: Were can I find the music sheet from TICO TICO ? I appreciate your help Best wishes Rudy | |
| albetan -- 10/18/2004, 08:49:47 -- #8137 | |
| Tico tico | |
| Hi Rudy: I uploaded it for you at "Jazz en Español". Good luck and enjoy Tico Tico. | |
| Herbie Hancock CD: Head Hunters Chameleon- Need I say more? | |
| apurudy -- 10/19/2004, 07:10:31 -- #8172 | |
| Tico Tico | |
| Hi Albertan I can not download Tico Tico from "Jazz en Español". There is problem with MUS files. Should I get a spezial Program for it? Best wishes Rudy | |
| albetan -- 10/19/2004, 07:53:30 -- #8173 | |
| Tico tico (PDF) | |
| I changed format of your tune. | |
| Tim Richards: Exploring Jazz Piano - Volume 2 • click here for Scot's review of this book. | |
| clobaton -- 10/19/2004, 15:49:40 -- #8188 | |
| Piel canela | |
| THanks Albetan for your excelent piel canela..!!! | |
| albetan -- 10/19/2004, 15:50:47 -- #8189 | |
| Enjoy it, Lobito | |
| apurudy -- 10/19/2004, 23:58:02 -- #8197 | |
| Download MUS files? | |
| Hi Prof Albertan what kind of programs should I have to download MUS Files? Best wishes Rudy | |
| albetan -- 10/20/2004, 07:16:24 -- #8201 | |
| How to see and hear .mus files | |
| Please download for free finale note pad from: http://www.finalemusic.com/notepad/ Good luck. | |
| Ramsey Lewis: The In Crowd Funky, bluesy, jazzy, defined an era, yeah baby! | |
| raindops -- 10/21/2004, 10:19:55 -- #8232 | |
| Latin styles | |
| hello. looks a very useful website here im trying to learn latin styles of piano and am at the beginning at the moment. could you send me files relevent to these things, i had a look in the file list and there were some that sounded good on different latin type forms. In what format do them come in? sorry i am new to here and not quite sure how it works. cheers! thanks in advance. | |
| raindops -- 10/21/2004, 10:23:22 -- #8233 | |
| I am sorry i just found the place where the files are kept. i should look more carefully next time. cheers. | |
| Tim Richards: Exploring Jazz Piano - Volume 2 • click here for Scot's review of this book. | |
| Scot -- 10/25/2004, 23:05:39 -- #8348 | |
| Albetan- you should see your "room administration" link now. | |
| albetan -- 10/26/2004, 07:04:29 -- #8357 | |
| Thanks, Scot. I like "room administration" also in "Jazz en Español". In "my settings" i changed number of messages to display to 200. I like to return to default number, but it's not posible. May you help me? Good chage in "display newest/oldest first"."show all". Thanks in advance. | |
| albetan -- 10/26/2004, 07:04:31 -- #8358 | |
| Thanks, Scot. I like "room administration" also in "Jazz en Español". In "my settings" i changed number of messages to display to 200. I like to return to default number, but it's not posible. May you help me? Good chage in "display newest/oldest first"."show all". Thanks in advance. | |
| femi -- 10/26/2004, 09:24:25 -- #8360 | |
| left and right chord voicings | |
| hi albetan plz can u give left and right chord voicings for advance jazz chords please, any one u have thanks. femi | |
| Ramsey Lewis: The In Crowd Funky, bluesy, jazzy, defined an era, yeah baby! | |
| albetan -- 10/26/2004, 10:18:21 -- #8361 | |
| Hi Femi: Please sttudy at Albetan's: "Melodic voicings 1, 2" "Harmonic voicings" | |
| skatta -- 10/26/2004, 17:00:26 -- #8370 | |
| runs and scales | |
| I was just wondering what type of fingering would be used for a long run in either 32s or 64ths lasting a couple of bars. i know it depends on the notes but let's just say for argument's sake that it is a chromatic scale. it seems to me that it requires 2 hands and i'm not quite sure what would be the best way to approach it, especially since odds are the way i am doing it now is not most efficient. Also just to clarify. in order to learn all of the basic scales i only need to learn 12 patterns on the keyboard right? | |
| Tim Richards: Exploring Jazz Piano - Volume 2 • click here for Scot's review of this book. | |
| albetan -- 10/27/2004, 06:39:08 -- #8379 | |
| Hi Scatta: The best solution for your questions is to study The Virtuoso Pianist by Hanon. If you don't have it, please go to "jazz piano links" here in LJP and look for "Piano technique". http://www.mysheetmusic.com/new/msmgenrehanon.asp? SelectedGenre=0000000016 Also study in "Technique and exercises": "Mastering basic arpeggios and scales" "Mastering modal scales". | |
| skatta -- 10/27/2004, 17:38:12 -- #8384 | |
| hi, thx for the tip i found the book you were talking about but i think the website went through renovations or something since the link you put seemed to be old. so just for future reference if anyone else asks http://www.mysheetmusic.com was still good and then a quick search of "hanlon" in the search box found what i was looking for. i will definately go through the book it will particularly help my left hand and i guess my sight reading too. sometimes to get a nice fast run feel for example when ending a song in a major scale i like to run up the arpeggio of the major chord. i find that using crossovers to run through it helps alot to make it fast and flowing. are there any general fingering tips like the hanlon for other such crossover runs? thx | |
| albetan -- 10/27/2004, 19:16:08 -- #8390 | |
| Thanks, Skatta for right link. In Hanon you will find technique and mastering of fingers. For runs in arpeggios please see in "Technique and exercises": "Mastering arpeggios" "Chopin's arpeggios for jazz" | |
| loluoresegun -- 10/29/2004, 05:02:02 -- #8423 | |
| what are realbooks and fakebooks | |
| hello prof albetan, i'm a newbie to jazz tutorial books. i just keep hearing realbooks, fakebooks, and the like but i dunno what they mean, i mean, what kind of jazz lesson books are real and fake, i just dont know. please help me to elaborate on this. thanks in advance. | |
| Ramsey Lewis: The In Crowd Funky, bluesy, jazzy, defined an era, yeah baby! | |
| albetan -- 10/29/2004, 07:12:15 -- #8426 | |
| Fake books contain tunes with melody and chords. Many publishers cut melodies from standard sheet music and paste it in a page. In 60ths some students did a big manuscript book with most of jazz standards and they called it Real Book. It was copied and most of musicians have gotten it. It is known as the illegal Realbook. You may find some legal realbooks published by Sher Music. Please read a thread in Lobby Lounge "The old real book..." by Scot. | |
| apurudy -- 10/31/2004, 02:45:59 -- #8480 | |
| differences between SAMBA and BOSSA | |
| Hi prof Albertan I’ve got as European many inherited problems with south American music. Can you explain what is the differences between SAMBA and BOSSA Many thanks in advance Best wishes Rudy | |
| Tim Richards: Exploring Jazz Piano - Volume 2 • click here for Scot's review of this book. | |
| albetan -- 10/31/2004, 05:35:54 -- #8481 | |
| Hi Rudy: Samba is the most traditional dance music in Brazil. Bossa nova is a new style and rhythm created near 1960 by A.C. Jobim, with elements of Samba and Jazz. Samba is in a more fast tempo, Bossa is more slow. Bossa is a style very rich in harmony. So Samba is the mother of bossa, and jazz its father... One of most famous bossas is "One note samba" by Jobim. | |
| rstein1234 -- 11/03/2004, 21:45:47 -- #8606 | |
| Quartals Against Pentatonics | |
| Albetan -- I've been trying to track down these exercises at LJP. Can you direct me? Many thanks, Ron | |
| albetan -- 11/04/2004, 05:14:19 -- #8609 | |
| Hi Ron: You will find that exercise in "Technique and exercises". | |
| yohanes -- 11/04/2004, 19:54:44 -- #8641 | |
| fingering for hanon in all tonalities | |
| Hi prof Albetan, would u like to tell me fingering principles on hanon exercise? should i applied the same fingering in all tonalities or i'have to use clasical principle? Many thanks yohanes | |
| Ramsey Lewis: The In Crowd Funky, bluesy, jazzy, defined an era, yeah baby! | |
| albetan -- 11/05/2004, 07:08:42 -- #8648 | |
| Hi Yonanes: You may apply same original fingering in all tonalities. Don't be afraid of thumb over black keys. | |
| femi -- 11/09/2004, 06:25:14 -- #8780 | |
| blues chords and riffs | |
| hi pro albetan can you give me blues chords that are used by black gospel musicians for gospel spirituals both praise and worship i really need it please also with their riffs and fill-ins. thanks Femi | |
| Tim Richards: Exploring Jazz Piano - Volume 2 • click here for Scot's review of this book. | |
| albetan -- 11/09/2004, 07:17:31 -- #8782 | |
| Hi Femi: Please write your post in Lobby Lounge. There are some musicians experts in that stuff. | |
| ole_kike -- 11/12/2004, 07:29:47 -- #8880 | |
| download problem from file list | |
| Hi Albetan, unfortunately I find problems in downloading from you file list. somehow there are no pdf files attached. :-( Can you help me with that? Un saludo, Ole_kike | |
| albetan -- 11/12/2004, 12:18:30 -- #8891 | |
| Hi Ole_Kike: Please download for free Adobe Reader from: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/main.html There are two systems of downloading files: 1) Click on file's name. 2) Put mouse on file's name, right-click and select "save as". Good luck. | |
| ole_kike -- 11/12/2004, 14:21:02 -- #8893 | |
| doen't work yet | |
| Hi Albetan, Thanks for answering so quickly! Sorry, somehow it doesn't work. I've already got Adobe reader. Right clicking and saving as, doesn't work eather. I'll keep on trying, and searching for a solution. I'm really into salsa (music and dancing!)and try to combine it now with my piano playing. My internet explorer says that the site is not available. Perhaps the problem lies at 'your side'? Ole_kike | |
| Ramsey Lewis: The In Crowd Funky, bluesy, jazzy, defined an era, yeah baby! | |
| albetan -- 11/12/2004, 17:40:44 -- #8901 | |
| Ole_Kike: You are right... "saving as" does not work. Cliking (left) on name of file begin downloading process... it take a time until acrobat screen appears... please wait with patience and youe will see files in your screen. Tell me if you get it. Good luck. | |
| pilar_chaves -- 11/14/2004, 11:42:37 -- #8918 | |
| no logro ,d Albero entrar por files group | |
| no logro entrar por files group a sus clases | |
| Tim Richards: Exploring Jazz Piano - Volume 2 • click here for Scot's review of this book. | |
| albetan -- 11/14/2004, 11:53:15 -- #8919 | |
| Pique con el ratón (mouse)izquierdo en list files y aparece una lista con todas las lecciones. Pique en la lección que desee y aparece después de unos segundos mientras se carga el programa Acrobat. Suerte. | |
| jaimefgm -- 11/17/2004, 15:08:06 -- #9030 | |
| Enhorabuena | |
| Hola Albetán, Congratulations for your page and all the files you uploaded. I'm studying piano jazz on my own and using some books and stuff on the web. Specially for latin comping what your files are great! I'm working hard on your montunos in all the tonalities. For the ii-V-I progression is fine but then, when I try to apply a montuno to another chord progression it doesn't go that smooth, any advice for this? Gracias y enhorabuena de nuevo. Jaime Fernández (Barcelona, Spain) | |
| markmanu -- 11/18/2004, 19:25:45 -- #9075 | |
| Chopin's arpeggios for jazz | |
| Hi Albetan I have downloaded lots of the files you have made available to LJP and think they are wonderfull. I will maybe ask some questions when I have done some more practice on them, however the file Chopin's arpeggios for jazz is the only file I cant seem to get, is there any chance of having a look at that for me. Kind Regards Marc P.S. my fingers are getting better already from some of your files. | |
| albetan -- 11/18/2004, 20:15:19 -- #9077 | |
| Hi Markmanu: I have uploaded again Chopin's file at Albetan's Area. Please tell me if you could download it. I'm happy because your fingers are getting better already from some of my files. Good luck. | |
| Ramsey Lewis: The In Crowd Funky, bluesy, jazzy, defined an era, yeah baby! | |
| markmanu -- 11/18/2004, 20:42:45 -- #9078 | |
| Chopin's arpeggios for jazz | |
| Hi Albetan Thanks for the quick response, but unfortunately it still dosnt work. P.S. on the mastering arpeggios file your have uploaded would you suggest one hand at a time at first,if so how long before trying both hands together or should I be forcing my self both hands right away because it is a bit of a struggle to say the least. Regards Marc | |
| albetan -- 11/19/2004, 07:00:36 -- #9089 | |
| Hi Marc: Try again... I have uploaded Chopin's file in finale .mus format. If you don't have Finale, please download for free Finale note pad from: www.finalemusic.com/notepad/ So you may listen to score clicking on "play". Good luck. | |
| Tim Richards: Exploring Jazz Piano - Volume 2 • click here for Scot's review of this book. | |
| kirshaid -- 11/19/2004, 09:43:49 -- #9092 | |
| Latin Grooves file | |
| Hi Alberto I am trying to download the Latin Grooves file but it comes as .BAK file for which the PC does not recognise application. I tried to rename it as .pdf but Adobe can not open it. How can I open that .BAK file Many thanks | |
| albetan -- 11/19/2004, 12:08:00 -- #9096 | |
| Hi Kirshaid: I could not open those .BAK files. It was not uploaded by albetan. | |
| albetan -- 11/19/2004, 17:17:21 -- #9106 | |
| Hi Jaimefgm: I answered your questions in room "Jazz en Español". | |
| kirshaid -- 11/20/2004, 06:34:20 -- #9112 | |
| Thanks Albertan. By the way I find that your explainations and excercise examples are great. Thanks for the effort which I am sure is very appreciated by every aspiring improvisor. I am trying to learn better improvisation skills. I have a general question about midi for you: - do you recommend to practising improvisation along a midi song? - I guess there are maybe some suitable midi loops on this site which could serve this purpuse? - I have not had a chance to work with midi so I ignore a lot about it. What is the way to get a better sound out of those midi files (can the output devise be yamaha keyboard sound rather than the PC built in synthesiser squeeky sound) so you could get a feeling of playing with a band - what is a good free midi sequencer software (shareware from the net) and are they useful for playing back and practising? is there a free version of Cakewalk? Sorry for too many questions but I really would appreciate a guiding light to set on the right direction. Kind regards | |
| Ramsey Lewis: The In Crowd Funky, bluesy, jazzy, defined an era, yeah baby! | |
| albetan -- 11/20/2004, 15:16:20 -- #9120 | |
| ¿Impro along a midi song? Good exercise if you make the comping track with bass, guitar and rhythms... Then you improvise in your piano. So you "get a feeling of playing with a band" and you learn to comp in a band. If you like to improvise with midi files, please mute or delete melody. I don't know a good free midi sequencer. I like Cakewalk. | |
| albetan -- 11/20/2004, 15:21:49 -- #9121 | |
| "Band in a box" from PG music is fantastic for practising impro. "Power tracks" from PG music is a good sequencer and no expensive. www.pgmusic.com | |
| Tim Richards: Exploring Jazz Piano - Volume 2 • click here for Scot's review of this book. | |
| kirshaid -- 11/21/2004, 12:22:17 -- #9140 | |
| Hi Again Albertan, I am a really beginner in jazz, but I am very interested and finding these lessons very helpful. By now I can play the ii-V-I without too much thinking in all keys with A or B forms,with LH in strides... om-pa om-pa, with Scot's voicings (9 and 13), and with the V alt or V lydian etc, and can play the progression rootless etc. I also learned all the diatonic scales and is starting blues, diminished, altered scales etc I am now stuck with 2 things - when improvising with RH I find myself using mainly diatonic scales - I do not know many other progressions than ii-V-i so it is beginning to sound monotonus Where should I go from here? I need a SONG example to apply all this in, with some varied progressions, and some hints about the scales that are nice to use in it. Which song exampole would be good for me at this stage (and which pianist famous recording of it can I try to imitate?) Thanks always | |
| kirshaid -- 11/21/2004, 12:24:24 -- #9141 | |
| (I forgot to mention, I have Ok technique in both hands so no problem on that level.) | |
| camoon -- 11/21/2004, 12:54:13 -- #9145 | |
| re:extended chords | |
| Hi Albeton. I don't seem to be able to access the file entitled 'extended chords and arpeggios', as it says this server cannot be found. Your help would be much appreciated, I am enjoying your lessons, thankyou. | |
| markmanu -- 11/21/2004, 18:49:29 -- #9157 | |
| Chopin's Arpeggios for Jazz(finale) | |
| Hi Albertan Thanks I have the file Chopin's Arpeggios for Jazz(finale) and it is very good I like the look of finale. Regards Marc | |
| Ramsey Lewis: The In Crowd Funky, bluesy, jazzy, defined an era, yeah baby! | |
| albetan -- 11/21/2004, 19:07:49 -- #9158 | |
| Extended chords | |
| Hi Camoon: Click on list files and wait a bit while acrobat appears. You must have acrobat reader or adobe reader. Download it for free from: www.adobe.com Please tell me if you could load it. | |
| albetan -- 11/21/2004, 19:24:29 -- #9159 | |
| Hi Kirshaid: Here in LJP you will find tons of stuff for learning jazz. You said: " when improvising with RH I find myself using mainly diatonic scales". When improvising with RH think in chord notes and any note between them as passing sounds. Use also pentatonic scales. Please read my files "Beginning improvisation". "Beginning pentatonics". "I do not know many other progressions than ii-V-i so it is beginning to sound monotonus" See file "Chord Progressions". Study it carefully and analize progressions in your favourite standards. You are asking wich pianist to imitate. Nobody... Be yourself... You must create your own style and your musical personality. Good luck. | |
| Tim Richards: Exploring Jazz Piano - Volume 2 • click here for Scot's review of this book. | |
| clobaton -- 11/22/2004, 08:57:35 -- #9169 | |
| FREE CAKEWALK | |
| Hi all .. I saw you were looking for a free sequencer, I know http://www.jazzware.com/ it comes from the linux system, its king of simple but good and totally free. Enjoy. PS: kirshaid : Try to immitate Bill Evans! it is worth the effort! | |
| Peteboypete -- 11/22/2004, 12:08:39 -- #9170 | |
| Yeah, that is a really nice sequencer. I use it a lot. | |
| clobaton -- 11/23/2004, 09:39:59 -- #9191 | |
| Sequencer | |
| Hey Peteboypete , do you know of another sequencer besides jazz that could actually write/show the notes on treble and bass clefs?? I use winjammer for that, but of course my copy is not legal. | |
| Peteboypete -- 11/24/2004, 13:33:29 -- #9215 | |
| No, I got a good deal on the full version of Finale, so I use that. | |
| Ramsey Lewis: The In Crowd Funky, bluesy, jazzy, defined an era, yeah baby! | |
| pilar_chaves -- 11/24/2004, 14:30:20 -- #9216 | |
| files group-jazz en español | |
| ole_kike -- 11/24/2004, 14:43:49 -- #9217 | |
| opening pdf files doesn't work either | |
| Albetan, Unfortunately, just left clicking on the filenames doesn't work either. No downloading takes place. :-( Saludo, ole_kike | |
| Tim Richards: Exploring Jazz Piano - Volume 2 • click here for Scot's review of this book. | |
| albetan -- 11/25/2004, 05:43:23 -- #9225 | |
| ole_kike | |
| Please write that problem in Bugs reports. | |
| kirshaid -- 11/25/2004, 11:25:09 -- #9227 | |
| Thanks Albertan for the reply, I found & downloaded your mentioned files. Will do Progressions and Pentatonics for a while and might come back to you with queries after studying them carefully. Thanks Loboto for the hints. Good jazz. | |
| kirshaid -- 11/25/2004, 11:26:28 -- #9228 | |
| sorry, I meant Lobito | |
| Nor251 -- 11/26/2004, 07:17:39 -- #9239 | |
| I'm back ! | |
| Hi there, I'm Nor, sorry for not writing so for a while, I was writing my jazz book project witch's now called "Jazzology: The Encyclopeadia of Jazz Theory for all Musicians" & will be published by Hal Leonard next year 2005. Now I'm preparing a Bebop book. I did struggled how to navigate through the new forum compilation since I did not post for more than one year ago....now I'm back, I will answer your question if I can. Nor (Morocco) | |
| Ramsey Lewis: The In Crowd Funky, bluesy, jazzy, defined an era, yeah baby! | |
| albetan -- 11/26/2004, 09:24:52 -- #9240 | |
| Hi Nor: Welcome again to LJP. Click upwards in "Rooms map" and you will find everything. | |
| albetan -- 11/26/2004, 09:27:38 -- #9241 | |
| Nor: In "Misc lessons" you will find your old contributions. How are you now in salsa?. | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| Nor251 -- 11/28/2004, 10:00:43 -- #9287 | |
| to Albetan | |
| Hi Albetan, I loved your pdf stuff, yes your ideas are great & still liek mines, i'll too put some other salsa stuff here if I've some time.. Nor. | |
| albetan -- 11/28/2004, 10:56:54 -- #9288 | |
| Nor: Your salsa thoughts are welcome here. I suggest yo to create your personal room in LJP. Good luck. | |
| clobaton -- 11/29/2004, 06:52:03 -- #9315 | |
| Good Idea salsa room | |
Hey Nor: A salsa room would be great! | |
| C3002 -- 11/29/2004, 11:39:47 -- #9325 | |
| Quartals by 7 ? | |
| Albetan, I'm reading (and practising) your stuff with pleasure. In the piece about pentatonics and quartals you refer to the Quartals essay of 7. To be frank, I don't quite understand how to deal with that> Are we talking about sequences, riffs, chords ? It's quite an extensive list but I'm fraid I don't know how how to interpret this. Could you explain how to handle, please ? Regards, C3002 | |
| Ramsey Lewis: The In Crowd Funky, bluesy, jazzy, defined an era, yeah baby! | |
| ole_kike -- 11/29/2004, 13:22:30 -- #9329 | |
| pdf files probably to big to open | |
| Hi Albetan, Searching for a solution on opening the list files, the cause could the large size of the pdf files??? Is that so, Albetan? I could open the midi files from indestructible! So that works. Though, opening the other files failed. Downloading in this could be the solution, I guess. So, can you fix that on 'your' side? Regards, Ole_kike (I, 'salsafreak', would really like to see those files, I hope you understand that) | |
| ole_kike -- 11/29/2004, 13:25:12 -- #9330 | |
| cool midi: indestructible | |
| Nice track from indestructible. Ole_kike | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| albetan -- 11/29/2004, 14:12:03 -- #9332 | |
| Hi C3002: You may ask for it directly to the author in room "7's Heaven". Good luck. | |
| albetan -- 11/29/2004, 14:22:25 -- #9333 | |
| Hi Ole_Kike: Thanks for your opinion about Indestructible. I'm sorry because you could not download my files. All my files are less than 150 K. LJP does not upload files too heavy. Do you have last version of acrobat? or adobe? Please download it from: http://www.adobe.com/ You must click on the file's name and wait a bit while a Acrobat or Adobe reader appears. With a bit of patience you will get it. May be it helps if you click on red "refresh".... Good luck. | |
| broken rhodes -- 12/01/2004, 21:08:08 -- #9391 | |
| metronome? | |
| hi albetan, how important is it to practice to a metronome? while practicing your lessons i have not been using a metronome because i think they are boring and make practicing more difficult. thanks, br | |
| albetan -- 12/02/2004, 06:32:46 -- #9398 | |
| Hi broken rhodes: Try to develop your internal subconscious metronome. I explain how to get it in file "How to play piano at sight". Playing with metronome or with a rhythm machine is good for preparing you to play with a band. | |
| Kenny Barron/Stan Getz CD: People Time Could be the best sax/piano duo ever. | |
| ole_kike -- 12/03/2004, 14:06:50 -- #9451 | |
| thanks! | |
| Hi Albetan, The problem was the adobe version. Is has been solved! Thanks for your help. Ole_kike | |
| albetan -- 12/03/2004, 15:36:10 -- #9453 | |
| I'm very happy for that new. Enjoy it. | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| ole_kike -- 12/05/2004, 14:02:22 -- #9487 | |
| Thanks , Albetan | |
| nihonjin -- 12/10/2004, 02:16:20 -- #9577 | |
| Comping voicings | |
| hi Albatan, I am very much enjoying the files in your room however I was wondering if you have made som excercises for comping in at group setting. I am thinking of rootless two handedvoicings over 2-5-1 in major and minor as well as diminished chords. I am currently trying to learn some comping voicing and I am working on drop 2, but I would like to hear if you have some thoughts on the art of comping. Sincerly Nihonjin | |
| albetan -- 12/10/2004, 07:30:04 -- #9579 | |
| Hi Nihonjin: The art of comping in piano is a great exercise of creativity. There are thousands of ways and styles for it: Left bass, Right rhythmic chords Left rhythmic chords (rootless), Right harmonic background Left bass and rhythmic chords, Right melodic fillíngs Open chords in both hands Axis of seventh and third. Left harmonic shells Left harmonic rhythm, Right one chord note as a countermelody. You may explore other ways for comping A good exercise is to listen a recording and to comp it simultaneously in piano. | |
| clobaton -- 12/10/2004, 07:56:38 -- #9580 | |
| comping | |
| Hi profe. I am back after vacation :) what does comping mean?? (in spanich maybe?) ciao | |
| Kenny Barron/Stan Getz CD: People Time Could be the best sax/piano duo ever. | |
| albetan -- 12/10/2004, 10:52:03 -- #9588 | |
| To comp is an apocope for to accompany very used between musicians. | |
| apurudy -- 12/12/2004, 07:52:35 -- #9622 | |
| BRASIL Samba | |
| Hi Albertain Do you any idea ? Where can I get the music sheet from BRASIL Samba Best wishes Rudy | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| albetan -- 12/12/2004, 08:31:10 -- #9623 | |
| Hi Rudy: http://www.ethosbrasil.com/nav/partit.htm | |
| apurudy -- 12/16/2004, 06:16:39 -- #9706 | |
| Lambada | |
| Hi Albertain Can I get same details over LAMBADA Best wishes Rudy | |
| albetan -- 12/16/2004, 06:21:51 -- #9707 | |
| Hola Diego | |
| Gracias por esos dos links espectaculares. Mientras puedes retomar las clases presenciales puedes aprovechar todo este material para avanzar en tus estudios de música. Suerte. ALBERTO | |
| albetan -- 12/16/2004, 15:14:58 -- #9722 | |
| Hi Rudy: Lambada was a tune recorded by Kaoma Group in the middle of 80ths with a very sensual and provocative style of dancing. Today nobody plays it in Latin America. If you like some info look for it at Google.com | |
| Kenny Barron/Stan Getz CD: People Time Could be the best sax/piano duo ever. | |
| clobaton -- 12/31/2004, 08:37:55 -- #10011 | |
| Happy 2005 for all of you | |
| I guess everyone is on vacation, but HAPPY 2005!!!! I wish you all the best for 2005 full of music and more happiness. | |
| maldini -- 01/04/2005, 13:16:26 -- #10111 | |
| hola soy un miembro nuevo y me gusta mucho el jazz y la musica latina, hablo un poco de ingles y tratare de sacarle el mayor provecho a todos los conocimientos que pueda encontrar aqui.... gracias!!!! | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| albetan -- 01/04/2005, 18:15:31 -- #10114 | |
| Hola Maldini: Te invito a visitar "Jazz en Español" | |
| charly -- 01/09/2005, 07:04:17 -- #10223 | |
| hola albetan soy carlos muchisimas grasias por toda tu informacion tenias razon baje adobe reader era lo que nesesitaba para entrar alas paginas y encontre mas informasion de la que me esperaba demasiada diria yo. es genial tu area de jazz en español. nos vemos al rato y GRASIAS. | |
| lolligo -- 01/22/2005, 03:59:10 -- #10593 | |
| hoping for some help | |
| Hi everyone! I know this has nothing to do with jazz or piano, but my brother has been searching online for a site like this for guitar with stuff he can download about learning to read guitar sheet music. if anyone knows of any...I'd really appreciate any help, thanks. | |
| clobaton -- 01/27/2005, 14:42:28 -- #10779 | |
| Super profe.. gracias!!! | |
| Thank you profe. There is a software called vanBasco's Karaoke Player and it shows you the piano while it plays a midi file. I played the music from PianoBar.com and it shows me the tricks of Luciano quiñones :) chao. | |
| Kenny Barron/Stan Getz CD: People Time Could be the best sax/piano duo ever. | |
| albetan -- 01/27/2005, 16:53:34 -- #10786 | |
| That Luciano's Piano Bar is a nice site. He plays by ear in a very rich style... Good tips for you who play also by ear and like boleros. In vanBasco's you may select and balance different tracks. | |
| J. C. SÁNCHEZ -- 02/01/2005, 12:24:38 -- #10884 | |
| I JUST CAN SAY THANKS | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| albetan -- 02/01/2005, 21:42:28 -- #10894 | |
| Welcome J.C.Sanchez to LearnJazzPiano. I invite you to "Jazz en Español". Click on "Rooms map" (upwards). There click on "list files" and you will find good tips. | |
| paddyallen -- 02/03/2005, 16:42:12 -- #10959 | |
| The subconscience in Music. pdf file | |
| Hello! Mr Albertan. I cannot open the pdf file called 'The Subconscience in Music' It downloads as a pdf file but will not open in text form. All I get is a small icon,top left of page. I have not been able to read this text. Any ideas would be much appreciated. Thanks paddyallen (Alan) | |
| albetan -- 02/03/2005, 17:00:52 -- #10960 | |
| May be your pdf reader must be updated. Please go to: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat and download for free "Adobe Reader". Please tell me if you get it. Good luck. | |
| paddyallen -- 02/05/2005, 02:26:03 -- #10997 | |
| From Alan | |
| Thanks, Albetan, have updated Adobe to V 7 and it works. | |
| Kenny Barron/Stan Getz CD: People Time Could be the best sax/piano duo ever. | |
| theking -- 02/07/2005, 22:28:39 -- #11059 | |
| Connecting the Dots | |
| I study alot of theory and have found myself a walking encyclopedia of knowledge, the problem is im having a hard time making a complete connection to my instrument. Do you have any suggestions on how i can apply the head knowledge to the piano. | |
| albetan -- 02/08/2005, 09:59:55 -- #11066 | |
| Hi Theking: I suggest to read my file "The subconscious in music". If you know a lot of theory, You must sit at your piano and practice, beginning with easy pieces. Bach’s pieces in Anna Magdalene’s Note-book is a good stuff for classical music. If you like to advance in jazz please click on red “w” near my name and you will find files in an order to study. There you will find practical tips for jazz and general piano. The magical formula for you is practice, practice, practice. Good luck. | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| charly -- 02/12/2005, 15:23:38 -- #11185 | |
| hola albetan soy charly otra vez gracias por toda tu informacion tengo otra pregunta me gustaria bajar videos de jazz piano o ver clases de jazz piano en video no se si tengas alguna pagina o algo por el estilo gracias albetan. | |
| albetan -- 02/12/2005, 15:42:00 -- #11187 | |
| Charly: Si encuentras una página de esas me cuentas. No creo que encuentres nada en internet mejor que LJP para aprender jazz. | |
| ole_kike -- 02/12/2005, 18:10:00 -- #11191 | |
| Busco partitura para piano de la cancion 'Sofrito' del grupo Monguito | |
| Who can help me find above mentioned title? Hope 2 hear from U! Saludo, ole_kike | |
| albetan -- 02/12/2005, 22:11:25 -- #11192 | |
| Ole_kike: Es muy difícil que encuentres ese tipo de partituras. El único recurso para esa clase de música es la transcripción. Hoy es muy fácil transcribir con los recursos modernos. Deja correr el disco durante una frase varias veces... Trata de tocar en el teclado la melodía identificando las notas correctas y su duración llevando el compás con la mano. En la parte superior de un pentagrama doble lo vas escribiendo. Si es muy rápida la velocidad encuentras muchos modos de bajarla como grabando en .wav y variando el tempo. En muchos secuenciadores y programas de softweare puedes grabar audio y luego le varías el tempo... Una vez terminaste con la melodía, en un segundo pentagrama abajo trata de escribir los bajos... y conociendo el bajo y la línea melódica es muy fácil ir sacando los acordes en cada compás. En la primera partitura te puedes gastar muchísimo tiempo... poco a poco irás agarrando experiencia y será más rápido. Suerte y éxitos. | |
| Kenny Barron/Stan Getz CD: People Time Could be the best sax/piano duo ever. | |
| erigane -- 02/14/2005, 10:23:21 -- #11206 | |
| software para variar el tiempo | |
| ole_kike Uno de esos programas se llama Transcribe! y puedes encontrar en el site www.seventhstring.com la versión demo del mismo. Este programa extrae el tema directamente del CD y permite variar el tiempo. Además si tu teclado tiene interface MIDI puedes programar algunas teclas para comandar la reproducción, o sea parar, avanzar, retroceder etc. sin necesidad de tener el teclado de la computadora al alcance de la mano. Suerte Eduardo | |
| femi -- 02/15/2005, 10:09:09 -- #11223 | |
| rules for altered chords | |
| hi prof Albetan are there any rules that can guide one at using altered chords. thanks femi | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| albetan -- 02/15/2005, 17:01:51 -- #11237 | |
| The only rule for that is your good taste. Use them when you like a more advanced and tension sound. In file "Substitute chords" you may change easy chords for tension chords and tension chords for easy chords. | |
| femi -- 02/26/2005, 08:05:40 -- #11595 | |
| chord choice | |
| what inform the choice of chords is it the bass note or the melody note or both. How do i be able to select better chords in a progressions. how do chords resolve for example what would a 13th chord with +11 and b9 resolve with it but not to kill the tension already set. | |
| albetan -- 02/26/2005, 10:35:58 -- #11598 | |
| First question: What inform the choice of chords... Analyze melody notes to define the key and scale of the tune. In each tonality you may work with chords beginning in each one of scale degrees. Ex: in C : CM7, Dm7 Em7 FM7 G7 Am7 Bm7b5. In some portions of tune you may find modulations to other keys. See files “Beginning scales, chords, modes, arpeggios”. And “Chord progressions”. If you have melody notes and bass line it is very easy to find the rest of chord. Second question: How do chords resolve... In classical harmony you must resolve a 13 (or 6) a 11 (or 4) a 13 because they are dissonaces. But in Jazz harmony they are tension sounds and are part of a chord and they don’t need resolution. See file “Extended chords”. | |
| femi -- 03/03/2005, 11:47:52 -- #11676 | |
| thanks | |
| thanks | |
| Kenny Barron/Stan Getz CD: People Time Could be the best sax/piano duo ever. | |
| gbemi -- 03/05/2005, 15:23:18 -- #11711 | |
| how to use scales on chords. | |
Please i have found your lessons very informative and educating. But i've a small problem on applying scales on chords. And using the appropriate one. Please help me out. | |
| albetan -- 03/05/2005, 18:34:00 -- #11714 | |
| gbemi: May you be more specific in your question? | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| femi -- 03/08/2005, 11:35:43 -- #11767 | |
| phrygian chords | |
| hi albetan. plz can you tell me about phrygian chords and how their created. please show me some chords built from phrygian mode. can these chord be altered. please i will like if u can take chord compin as a subject in your room and teach because i dont know what it means but i believe it can add spice to ones playing hope have not ask for too much thanks | |
| albetan -- 03/08/2005, 18:04:39 -- #11787 | |
| Hi Femi: I don't know phrigyan chords. Phrygian mode is a natural scale beginning in third degree of diatonic scale. You may comp it with correspondent chord of third note of scale, Em, Em7. For mastering chord comping You must master all chords and all chord progressions and substitutions. Also you must develop a great ear training. | |
| femi -- 03/10/2005, 12:32:58 -- #11835 | |
| substituions | |
| hi albetan thanks for answering my question but can u give me some tools to chord sustitution. you said i should master all chord pogressions can you help me on various progressions i can explore thanks and i'm all grateful when you answer my questions | |
| albetan -- 03/11/2005, 16:28:41 -- #11863 | |
| Femi: The use of substitutions is a matter of good taste. There are not rules for it. You may experiment by yourself by changing dominant seventh chords by their tritone substitutions in some of your favorite tunes. | |
| Kenny Barron/Stan Getz CD: People Time Could be the best sax/piano duo ever. | |
| albetan -- 03/11/2005, 16:31:34 -- #11864 | |
| Femi: You may analyze chord progressions in all your favorite standards and you will learn a lot from it. | |
| loluoresegun -- 03/14/2005, 09:39:21 -- #11910 | |
| help with scales and arpeggios | |
| hi prof albetan, i've been practising my scales and arpeggios over L.H. rootless voicings and it all sounds DUUUULLLLLLL and BOOOOOOOOOOORING to me! duznt sound like jazz at all, well, except for the jazzy L.H. chords. i've been told that there are melodic tricks thst could be used on any scale built on 2nds (including whole tone and chromatic) to make it sound "melodic" although it is a scale, but i dont know of these tricks. I also wanna know how to combine chord-related arpeggios with scales in a legato fashion and use'em to improvise real time! thanks. | |
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| loluoresegun -- 03/14/2005, 09:43:02 -- #11911 | |
| that is, improvise over rapid chord changes!! | |
| albetan -- 03/14/2005, 17:06:01 -- #11926 | |
| Hi loluoresegun: In Technique and exercises you will find good stuff for practicing. Select those files beginning with "Mastering..." You are asking about "melodic tricks": Use chord notes and connect them with any passing sound. Don't be afraid of sharps and flats. You may play all 12 notes of chromatic scale but as passing sounds while looking for chord notes. Remember when you improvise you are creating music in real time. Try it and enjoy improvisation. | |
| tianjing -- 03/15/2005, 09:52:26 -- #11947 | |
| Re: any note | |
| even sharp 5? :O | |
| albetan -- 03/15/2005, 12:03:54 -- #11957 | |
| Yes, Tianjing, any note... Don't be afraid of sharps and flats. You may create your own scales while improvising. Let to achademics and ctitics to analyze them. Be free and original in your phrases. | |
| Kenny Barron/Stan Getz CD: People Time Could be the best sax/piano duo ever. | |
| albetan -- 03/15/2005, 17:48:35 -- #11965 | |
| More tricks for loluoresegun: | |
| Other practical tricks may be: Pentatonic scales (Look for it in files list) A & B voicings ( look for file "Harmonic voicings") Quartal voicings for piano (look for it in files list). | |
| tianjing -- 03/17/2005, 18:53:24 -- #12021 | |
| ok, thanks albetan! :D | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| sloba -- 03/17/2005, 19:02:30 -- #12022 | |
| Nuno Bettencourt | |
| do you have something related to Nuno Bettencourt from Extreme?(allthough it doesn't spell same...) | |
| albetan -- 03/17/2005, 21:39:42 -- #12025 | |
| Sloba: I don't know him. I have not something related to him. | |
| gbemi -- 03/20/2005, 15:14:46 -- #12078 | |
| Using scales and modes | |
Good day sir, Thank you for addressing my question. Sir,for example using of the modes on a chord. I have the broad idea of the modes. but, i don't know how to use and link with another one on a chord. | |
| albetan -- 03/20/2005, 18:20:30 -- #12085 | |
| Hi gbemi: All modes are the same notes of diatonic scale, but beginning in its different grades. Play C scale... Play same notes but beginning by D... Play same notes but beginning by E... Easy? Working in key of C, when i find Dm7, i play second mode (dorian)notes. When i find Em7, i play third mode (phrygian)notes. | |
| Kenny Barron/Stan Getz CD: People Time Could be the best sax/piano duo ever. | |
| albetan -- 03/22/2005, 20:19:23 -- #12145 | |
| How to play Bossa nova (.mus Finale) | |
| I uploaded once more this file in Finale 2004. If you have an older version please download for free FinaleNotePad from: www.finalemusic.com/notepad/ Clicking on "play" (a little green triangle) you may hear scores. Try it and enjoy bossa nova. | |
| skatta -- 03/23/2005, 21:11:20 -- #12170 | |
| that damn left hand | |
| hi, i was wondering if you could help with my left hand. the problem is when i play piano i got used to playing a simple loop with my left hand, mostly just octaves and then freestyling with my right. i usually don't really know what the theory is of what i'm doing, but i can play chords and voicings and whatnot with my right hand over what's in my left. so for me i see my right hand as possibilities of what i can play in relation to single notes rather than in relation to chord progressions or whatever. what i'd like to be able to do is play as free with my left hand as with my right but when i try to do that i often make mistakes and i quite easily lose sight of the progression or whatever i'm playing and all hell breaks loose. if i play with a recording or with a group or something i'm more able to use my left hand but still not so much. really what i would like to do is play as though both my hands were actually just one ten fingered hand, i think part of my problem may be that i can only look at one hand at a time and i have trouble looking at one hand and concetrating on that hand and playing with the other as though my concentration was with that one also. is there anything you could suggest for this specific problem? i was thinking that perhaps i should learn to play written songs as they are written but my lack of ability to sight read really discourages me in that regard. thanks. | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| bavern -- 03/27/2005, 12:17:06 -- #12236 | |
| Help with downloading | |
| Hey everybody! I got a problem when Trying to download the files in this room. When i try to open it a new internet window starts and it's empty. Nothing more happends. Anyone who know what the problem is? | |
| albetan -- 03/27/2005, 15:51:55 -- #12240 | |
| Hi bavern: May be you have not an updated version of acrobat or Adobe reader. Please download adobe reader from: www.adobe.com/acrobat Good luck and tell me if it works for you. | |
| albetan -- 03/27/2005, 21:25:20 -- #12246 | |
| Learning Salsa with feeling | |
| At Albetan’s Area you will find this file: Learning Salsa with feeling. By kidding with Finale 2004 i made a nice lesson for introducing beginners in the world of Salsa. If you have an older version of Finale you must download FinaleNotePad for free from: www.finalemusic.com/notepad/ Click on “play” in Playback Controls ( a green triangle) and you will read and hear all stuff. Enjoy learning Salsa with feeling. | |
| erigane -- 03/28/2005, 11:53:36 -- #12257 | |
| error message on .mus files | |
| Dear Master I can´t open or save any of the .mus files in your area. When attempting to open, an empty page shows up; when trying to save them, an error message saying the address can´t be found shows up. Rgds Eduardo | |
| Kenny Barron/Stan Getz CD: People Time Could be the best sax/piano duo ever. | |
| albetan -- 03/28/2005, 13:07:05 -- #12258 | |
| Hi Eduardo: You must have instaled Finale 2004 or 2005. If you have an oldest version you must download (for free) FinaleNotePad from www.finalemusic.com/notepad/ Try it and you will enjoy those .mus files. | |
| bavern -- 03/28/2005, 17:19:19 -- #12262 | |
| Thanks | |
| Thanks albetan I downloaded Acrobat reader 7.0 and now it works well:D | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| albetan -- 03/28/2005, 18:59:41 -- #12266 | |
| Enjoy it. | |
| erigane -- 03/29/2005, 06:08:47 -- #12282 | |
| error messages on .mus files | |
| Master, Before clicking on the .mus files I started Finale 2004 or NotePad Finale however none of them openned. May I upload a .mus test file to your area to check if everything is allright with my computer? Peace Eduardo | |
| clobaton -- 03/29/2005, 23:02:02 -- #12309 | |
| Erigane: problems with downloading | |
| Hola Eduardo: It seems your internet browser is the problem because when you click it uses javascript but it does not resolve the address correctly (it shows you the page not found error) or it opens a blank page. Try upgrading you Internet browser (I've got IE6.0 on Windows Xp, works fine). Please tell me if the problem is also ocurring with the pdf files. If the pdf files open fine, try to download a .zip file I have uploaded which contains the 3 mus files (english-mus.zip). If still does not work just drop me an email at carlos.lobaton.ext AT siemens DOT com (substitute AT and DOT for @ and . ) and I will email them toy you (the files are great) Please let me know if it works. Saludos. Carlos PS: your transcribe Software is awesome!!!! | |
| albetan -- 03/30/2005, 12:46:54 -- #12322 | |
| Aprendiendo Bossanova (.mus) | |
| Realicé un nuevo archivo usando algunos de los recursos extraordinarios de Finale. Picando en "play" en Playback Controls (triangulito verde)se ve y se escucha la partitura. Suerte y Disfruten del bossanova. | |
| Oscar Peterson/Dizzy Gillespie CD Could be the best trumpet/piano duo ever. | |
| albetan -- 03/30/2005, 13:12:35 -- #12323 | |
| Learning Bossanova (.mus) | |
| I have uploaded this new file using some of the amazing resorts of Finale. Clicking on "play" in Playback Controls (a green triangle) you may see and hear music sheet. Good luck and enjoy this nice lesson. | |
| jj -- 03/30/2005, 21:22:55 -- #12334 | |
| can't find the files? | |
| Hi Albetan. I can't seem to find the files for beginners mentioned in the earlier posts. Is the website down? | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| albetan -- 03/30/2005, 22:10:53 -- #12336 | |
| Please look for "list files" | |
| albetan -- 04/01/2005, 18:00:19 -- #12388 | |
| that damn left hand | |
| Hi Skatta: One of my first contributions here was this article in an old forum: Musical Perception. Click on red "oldest first" in order to find it. Read it and you may understand the root of your problem. A good pianist must have a Structural perception of music. Many melodic musicians have the same experience as you. You must practice a rhythmic pattern a lot so as you may do it no thinking in value notes nor in chords and feeling it. So you have it in subconscious and you are performing it automatically. Then add melody to that automatic performance no thinking in left hand but feeling rhythm. Try it and you will get it. | |
| gbemi -- 04/04/2005, 15:24:33 -- #12457 | |
| Ok, thank you for addressings the Question. | |
| gbemi -- 04/04/2005, 15:26:14 -- #12458 | |
| Ok, thank you for addressing the Question. | |
| Oscar Peterson/Dizzy Gillespie CD Could be the best trumpet/piano duo ever. | |
| gbemi -- 04/12/2005, 07:12:17 -- #12727 | |
| using classical and jazz voicings | |
| Sir, I have a small problem with combining classical and jazz voicings. I want you to please explain the differences and the combination. | |
| albetan -- 04/12/2005, 10:21:37 -- #12736 | |
| classical an jazz voicings | |
| gbemi: that's not a problem: When you are working in classical harmony, use only triads. Here you may ad a seventh only in V7 chords. When working in jazz, use complete 4 voices chords... adding a seventh to any triad... or always playing thirds and sevenths. See file "Solo Piano: performing lead sheets" | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| Chacky -- 04/12/2005, 13:19:30 -- #12746 | |
| Sugerencia.... | |
| Hi Alberto I think you should have both type formats for every file. Regards, Chacky | |
| albetan -- 04/12/2005, 18:57:33 -- #12764 | |
| Thanks, Chacky for your thought. Everybody can download for free finalentoepad and lessons in .mus format are great because you can hear examples. For that reason i delete PDF version when i udate files in .mus format. Good luck. Albetan | |
| Chacky -- 04/13/2005, 13:26:19 -- #12798 | |
| Eso es comprensible... pero concidero que tambien deberiamos pensar en las personas que no tienen una PC en su casa y que revisan ya sea su e-mail y/o accesan a su correo desde locales comerciales en donde le alquilan el internet. Muy dificilmente podran sacarle mucho provecho a los archivos .mus .. y la verdad no se que tan buena sea la impresion utilizando el finale notepad En fin era solo una sugerencia... jeje Saludos, y continue asi profe... de verdad que es una persona dedicada a compartir con los demas lo poco o mucho que pueda saber. chacky | |
| albetan -- 04/13/2005, 16:26:06 -- #12808 | |
| Hola Chacky: Los que recurren a sitios de internet por no tenoer un Computador en casa, pueden imprimir los archivos .mus y quedan perfectos. Yo mismo estoy muy entusiasmado con los descubrimientos que he hecho en Finale acerca de sus poderosos recursos para la enseñanza masiva. Es fabuloso que se puedan escuchar los ejemplos, repitiéndolos, cambiandoles el tempo para analizarlos mejor... Suerte. | |
| Oscar Peterson/Dizzy Gillespie CD Could be the best trumpet/piano duo ever. | |
| apurudy -- 04/14/2005, 04:59:40 -- #12828 | |
| MUS files | |
| Hi prof Albertan Your lessons in the MUS file version is excellent! I’m very happy with it. Thanks. Questions: - Is there any opportunity to transfer MUS file into MIDI? - How is the assignment of MIDI instruments as congas , clave to the notes? - Which software is useful for sequencer (I have MIDI keyboard with USB connection to PC)? Best regards and wishes Rudy | |
| albetan -- 04/14/2005, 10:16:33 -- #12832 | |
| Thanks Rudy for your kind words. I think you may save these files as .mus files.... so you see and hear examples. You don't need to transfer it into MIDI files. The assignment of percussion instruments is eassy: I assign to a staff or to some layers midi channel 10 and automatically all percussions and drums are asigned. Finale or FinaleNotePad are working here as sequencer. If you have Finale see MIDI in menu and click on midi setup. Change midi output positions... so you select if signal go to ypur midi device (keyboard or sound module) or to your sound card. Good luck. | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| clobaton -- 04/14/2005, 22:24:48 -- #12851 | |
| Pentatonics MUS file | |
| Prof. Thank you so much for the pentatonics MUS file!!! I really enjoy it. | |
| MRuth -- 04/15/2005, 19:50:47 -- #12910 | |
| Dear Alberto, Thank you so much for the finale files....there is a wealth of material here. I really appreciate the time and effort that it takes to prepare and post all of this information. I am working on the lead sheet material. This answers any number of questions on how to give more variety to both the harmonic and melodic movement. Many thanks, MRuth | |
| albetan -- 04/15/2005, 20:23:41 -- #12913 | |
| Dear MrRuth: Thanks for your kind words. As you say there is a wealth of material here. Yes, ther’s stuff for studying during some years. I’m happy discovering fabulous resorts in Finale and it’s a pleasure to share it with all LJP partners. Enjoy it. Albetan | |
| albetan -- 04/15/2005, 20:23:43 -- #12914 | |
| Dear MrRuth: Thanks for your kind words. As you say there is a wealth of material here. Yes, ther’s stuff for studying during some years. I’m happy discovering fabulous resorts in Finale and it’s a pleasure to share it with all LJP partners. Enjoy it. Albetan | |
| Oscar Peterson/Dizzy Gillespie CD Could be the best trumpet/piano duo ever. | |
| albetan -- 04/15/2005, 20:31:58 -- #12915 | |
| Hi MRuth: Sorry for error in your name. | |
| albetan -- 04/15/2005, 23:10:10 -- #12916 | |
| Thanks, Lobito. Pentatonics are a great thesaurus for all kind or improvisations. This lesson is good for mastering it, Pentatonics and altered pentatonics in all qualities of chords. | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| Gordon -- 04/17/2005, 10:36:52 -- #12960 | |
| Gracias Don Albetan | |
| Gracias para adjudas me con el midi de mi ordinador . The finale files with drums are now working and sound great. | |
| albetan -- 04/17/2005, 19:41:39 -- #12970 | |
| I'm glad to hear that, Gordon. Drums staves are a great help to understand rhythmic files. | |
| JidaigekiBoy -- 04/23/2005, 11:29:03 -- #13164 | |
| Another thanks | |
| Albetan, Thanks for all of the excellent information and your hard work on the Notepad files. They are very handy! (Especially for those of us still working on sight reading.) I found your file on chord substitutions to be particularly good. All beginning jazzers should read it. I got a few new nuggets out of there that I will use often. Keep them coming... JGB | |
| loluoresegun -- 04/27/2005, 11:52:51 -- #13306 | |
| thanks | |
| hi mr. albetan, thanks for replyin my piano playing's improved alot now. | |
| Oscar Peterson/Dizzy Gillespie CD Could be the best trumpet/piano duo ever. | |
| levita -- 04/28/2005, 13:36:05 -- #13359 | |
| merengue | |
| Just wanted to know if you had the midi file for merengue dominicano | |
| albetan -- 05/02/2005, 17:16:32 -- #13480 | |
| Finale to PDF? | |
If you have not Acrobat, you may install a pdf converter for free from: www.pdf95.com When you have a Finale, Sibelius, Word, Photo .... or any other page in your screen, look for "print" and select "pdf". Finale files are excellent because you may hear examples. You may print them directly with nice resolution. You don't need to convert them in pdf. And you may install for free Note Pad from www.finalemusic.com/notepad/ | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| albetan -- 05/02/2005, 17:22:42 -- #13481 | |
| If you have not Acrobat, you may install a pdf converter for free from: www.pdf95.com When you have a Finale, Sibelius, Word, Photo .... or any other page in your screen, look for "print" and select "pdf". Finale files are excellent because you may hear examples. You may print them directly with nice resolution. You don't need to convert them in pdf. | |
| Styles -- 05/03/2005, 10:49:48 -- #13492 | |
| Albetan, I really like your "mastering salsa" thing As an intermediate pianist, that left hand rythm quite hard to play at the same time as the right hand. You must be really rythmically coordinated. Do you have any originals? PEACE | |
| albetan -- 05/03/2005, 11:44:08 -- #13493 | |
| Performing Salsa | |
| Hi Styles: See file “Learning Salsa” in (.mus) format. You must work hardly to get coordination in both hands. Begin doing it slowly. Try also to play bass with left and guaje with right.... It’s not easy. In Latin Real Book by Sher Music Co. You will find the best stuff about Salsa and lots of originals in montunos. | |
| albetan -- 05/03/2005, 11:44:46 -- #13494 | |
| Performing Salsa | |
| Hi Styles: See file “Learning Salsa” in (.mus) format. You must work hardly to get coordination in both hands. Begin doing it slowly. Try also to play bass with left and guaje with right.... It’s not easy. In Latin Real Book by Sher Music Co. You will find the best stuff about Salsa and lots of originals in montunos. | |
| Oscar Peterson/Dizzy Gillespie CD Could be the best trumpet/piano duo ever. | |
| albetan -- 05/03/2005, 11:51:10 -- #13495 | |
| Performing Salsa | |
| Hi Styles: See file “Learning Salsa” in (.mus) format. You must work hardly to get coordination in both hands. Begin doing it slowly. Try also to play bass with left and guaje with right.... It’s not easy. In Latin Real Book by Sher Music Co. You will find the best stuff about Salsa and lots of originals in montunos. | |
| albetan -- 05/03/2005, 18:32:37 -- #13504 | |
| Levita: You may do your own midi merengue by reading How to play Merengue. | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| apurudy -- 05/14/2005, 04:47:10 -- #13817 | |
| MIDI Drum Kit Vopce assigment | |
| Hi Prof I’m still impressing by your lessons in MUS files. Question: How can I key in the MIDI drum kit Number par example Finger snap Nr 19 Thanks for your help Best wishes Rudy | |
| albetan -- 05/14/2005, 12:04:44 -- #13820 | |
| Hi Rudy: Take a staff or a Grand staff in FINALE. Go to Menu “window” “instrument list”. If you like second staff for rhythm, click on instrument in 2 staff. “new instrument” write “rhythm” in “instrument” and “10 “ in midi channel. So all your second staff is for rhythm instruments. If you like to assign layers 3 and 4 for rhythm in first staff , click on staff name and go to layer 3; click on “instrument”. And select “rhythm”. Do same with layer 4. So you have assigned all percussion instruments, each one to its correspondent key. Layers 1 and 2 remain for accoustic piano as dafault position. Do rhythmic patterns in your keyboard with HYPERSCRIBE, no using mouse. It’s very easy. Good luck. | |
| C3002 -- 05/15/2005, 17:22:44 -- #13853 | |
| Where have your files gone to ? | |
| Hi, Albetan, I'm very impressed by your lessons and illustrating files that go with it. I'm just checking every now and then if there is some new materials. For some reason I can not read your files anymore, allthough I signed in properly: I can not display any "files". Are you aware of any change in the rooms I missed ? Regards, C3002. | |
| clobaton -- 05/15/2005, 23:06:39 -- #13856 | |
| I do not see files either! | |
| Hi prof, I also do not see your files anymore, maybe Scot changed something? | |
| Oscar Peterson/Dizzy Gillespie CD Could be the best trumpet/piano duo ever. | |
| erigane -- 05/16/2005, 11:43:45 -- #13865 | |
| files missing | |
| For those who can´t wait until the problem is fixed pls check the files list in "Jazz en Español" room. Many of the excellent .mus files Albetan uploaded in this room are there. Peace Eduardo | |
| mr.jazzer -- 05/17/2005, 12:42:40 -- #13898 | |
| My LJP pages are frozen from 05/07/2005. | |
| I'm sorry, my friends, but something strange is happening in my LJP pages. It seems that they are frozen from 05/07/2005 as i expose in Bugs Room. All programs are working O.K. minus LJP in my computer. | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| mr.jazzer -- 05/17/2005, 12:47:27 -- #13899 | |
| By changing my nickname i can see newest messages. Here i see hits counter 26.661, but as Albetan it is in 26.192. And here i don't see files list. I can't upload anything. I'm sorry, my friends. albetan. | |
| clobaton -- 05/18/2005, 11:52:38 -- #13936 | |
| List of files in albetan'a room | |
| Hi Scott. I can not see the link to files in albetans area. I have logged out using the link (Usually I never logout, I just close the browser window), I have tryed accessing with other Username but it does not work. Other rooms like 7's heaven do show the link correctly. Thanks. | |
| albetan -- 05/20/2005, 14:34:58 -- #14002 | |
| This room is O.K. now | |
| Hi Friends: Thanks to Scot, my room is O.K now. I uploaded "Learning Salsa 2" . Enjoy it. | |
| Gruadeacero -- 05/27/2005, 14:27:12 -- #14214 | |
| Hola Alberto; Hello to everyone... No hace mucho que he encontrado esta web y ya he obtenido alguna información interesante. Felicidades a los que colaboráis y al promotor, Scot. Eres español?, de dónde eres, ... Por tu apellido podrías ser catalán, pero por tus temas de algún lugar de Latinoamérica ... Yo soy de Murcia, en el levante español, pintor, fotógrafo, entusiasmado por la música y el jazz, y ahora estudiando piano y guitarra ... Un saludo Cheers ... | |
| Oscar Peterson/Dizzy Gillespie CD Could be the best trumpet/piano duo ever. | |
| albetan -- 05/27/2005, 19:04:28 -- #14222 | |
| Hola Gruadeacero: Bienvenido a LearnJazzPiano y a mis sitios Albetan's Area y Jazz en Español. Me preguntas por mi origen. Yo soy Colombiano... casado con Catalana. Tremenda mezcla... verdad? Suerte. Alberto. | |
| Lord_of_ilutions -- 05/28/2005, 14:15:02 -- #14234 | |
| hola necesito ayuda!! alguien me puede decir que es esto? son acordes en piano pero estoy confundido y no se que son!! se supone que son Gmaj7 y G#maj7 pero no se... por favor que alguien me ayude porque me estoy volviendo loco.. que clase de acorde son? gracias por su respuesta!! primer acorde Gb-C-F segundo acorde F-Bb-E | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| gbemi -- 05/28/2005, 14:51:00 -- #14236 | |
| downloading finalemusic. | |
Sir , In my attempt of downloading the finale notepad, The computer noted that the above named file can not be downloaded on the computer.Pls what can I do? | |
| Gruadeacero -- 05/28/2005, 15:51:47 -- #14240 | |
| -gracias, Alberto; espero frecuentar este sitio y, en particular, el tuyo. de momento ya tengo impresos varios archivos de los que cuenta. saludos : Jose -gruadeacero- | |
| clobaton -- 05/29/2005, 13:01:30 -- #14250 | |
| Stride style | |
| Thank you so much for your file on Stride style in room "technique and exercises". Prof, You are an example of dedication to all of us. | |
| clobaton -- 05/29/2005, 13:24:04 -- #14253 | |
| gbemi , what was wrong | |
| hello, did you get that message downloading the finale file? or downloading the .mus file from this site? if it is the finale file you are having trouble give me your email address and I will send you the finale notepad (7mb) | |
| Oscar Peterson/Dizzy Gillespie CD Could be the best trumpet/piano duo ever. | |
| albetan -- 05/29/2005, 21:32:41 -- #14269 | |
| Hola Lord_of_ilutions: First chord: Gb C F Add bass Ab : Ab13 Add bass D : D7+9 Second chord: F Bb E Add bass Bb : Bb#11 | |
| albetan -- 05/29/2005, 22:27:48 -- #14270 | |
| Hi Gbemi: When you download Note Pad from www.finalemusic.com/notepad/ it goes to a folder... Please install it in your computer. If Internet explorer does not work right for you... try Mozilla or Netcaptor. Good luck. | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| albetan -- 05/29/2005, 22:29:25 -- #14271 | |
| Thanks Lobito for your post about Stride Style. Enjoy it. | |
| darleng_corea -- 05/30/2005, 11:54:06 -- #14284 | |
| Sr. Alberto Betancourt quisiera felicitarlo por este foro, esta muy interesante, buscando en la red me encontre con esta pagina y accese aleatoriamente a su foro y ya he aprendido cosas muy interesantes, espero seguir compartiendo mas con usted! Darleng De Los Santos Republica Dominicana | |
| darleng_corea -- 05/30/2005, 12:06:08 -- #14285 | |
| Clave de Fa en Finale | |
| Como yo transporto una frase musical desde la clave de sol a clave de fa (los mismos tonos) sin tener que escribirlos todos de nuevo, pienso que seria muy interesante. Darleng | |
| albetan -- 05/30/2005, 18:42:07 -- #14295 | |
| Hi Darleng: I'm answering your post at "Jazz en Español". | |
| Oscar Peterson/Dizzy Gillespie CD Could be the best trumpet/piano duo ever. | |
| albetan -- 05/30/2005, 18:50:54 -- #14296 | |
| Hola Darleng: Bienvenido. Como pasar una frase de clave de sol a la Clave de Fa en Finale sin cambiar los tonos? Pica en "Mass Edit Tool" (un cuadradito). Selecciona la frase, quedando en negro. Pica en "Copy", en el menú arriba. Luego seleccionas los compases correspondientes en tu pentagrama en clave de fa y picas en "paste". | |
| mynameis -- 05/30/2005, 19:23:54 -- #14299 | |
| adasf | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| Gruadeacero -- 06/02/2005, 17:41:47 -- #14464 | |
| Gracias Alberto. Thanks Scot. | |
| Alberto, gracias una vez más por tus aportaciones desinteresadas, como las de Scot y otros, en relación al aprendizaje del piano en jazz. Ya dispongo de buen material para iniciarme en esta materia. Te animo a que sigas compartiendo con la comunidad internacional tus conocimientos. Un saludo: Jose. España | |
| Alberto García -- 06/06/2005, 16:58:58 -- #14678 | |
| Hola, Alberto. Mi nombre es Alberto García. Me siento feliz de haber encontrado tus informaciones en este site. Vivo y trabajo en Bogotá. Conozco a alguien que estudia o estudió contigo, fue quien me habló de learn jazz piano (Juan Daniel Acosta). Solicito tu ayuda en lo siguiente: no puedo abrir los archivos en formato finale. Será por la versión que tengo en mi computador, la 2002?. Felicitaciones, me pareces un pedagogo excelente, con procesos metódicos y estructurados. Me gustaría contactarte para hablar personalmente contigo. Si me escribes te agradezco,te mandaría mi correo en un mensaje privado. Gracias. | |
| albetan -- 06/06/2005, 17:30:05 -- #14680 | |
| Hola Betogar: Bienvenido a este magnífico portal de jazz. Baja gratis finalenotepad de :www.finalemusic.com/notepad/ Es un finale elemental que lee e imprime todos los archivos .mus Esos archivos .mus son estupendos, pues se ve y se escucha la partitura. Tu amigo Juan Daniel es un excelente pianista y ha aprovechado muchísimo las clases que le he dado. Suerte. Alberto. | |
| Alberto García -- 06/06/2005, 20:33:30 -- #14689 | |
| Gracias, Alberto. Bajaré el note pad de Finale. De nuevo quedo muy agradecido. | |
| Oscar Peterson/Dizzy Gillespie CD Could be the best trumpet/piano duo ever. | |
| gbemi -- 06/13/2005, 07:46:34 -- #15038 | |
| this is Address | |
| Thank you for your rely lobito. This my mail address gbemi4us@hotmail.com. I will waiting for your reply. | |
| shrock -- 06/18/2005, 23:23:23 -- #15274 | |
| why is everything in spanish? | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| MRuth -- 06/19/2005, 10:00:37 -- #15279 | |
| Hi Alberto, Could you recommend pieces that would be appropriate for accompanying in a modern/jazz dance class audition. This my initial venture into this area of piano playing. Thanks so much, Ruth | |
| MRuth -- 06/19/2005, 10:04:51 -- #15280 | |
| Alberto.....I did not write the word (clderrier) it came upon the screen but itself....I asked about("class audition") just want to clarify what I wrote. MR | |
| albetan -- 06/19/2005, 11:25:50 -- #15283 | |
| Why in Spanish? | |
| Sorry, Shrock: Lots of people are asking in Spanish but most of stuff here is in English. There is other room in spanish "Jazz en Español". | |
| albetan -- 06/19/2005, 11:27:44 -- #15284 | |
| Mruth: May be more specific in your question? Thanks. | |
| Maybeck Recital Hall Series: Monty Alexander: A++ | |
| MRuth -- 06/20/2005, 08:01:22 -- #15317 | |
| Alberto, I was told that they usually use a drummer for the cl... but they want to use a pianist. The contact person didn't give much information, other than to say just play the usual things for modern dance; so I am attempting to figure out what those "usual pieces of music are". So I am thinking I'll need something to demonstrate variety: A. Warm-up/cool down B. Stretching C. Dance styles; swing, latin, bop,musical theatre(I already have some music for "West Side Story and Chorus Line")pieces having walking bass line that are danceable that are like that one's used to accompany tap dancing. So any suggestions toward showing variety would help. Thanks again, MR | |
| albetan -- 06/20/2005, 10:54:03 -- #15321 | |
| Hi Mruth: You are right with a great variation of jazz rhythms and styles for your dancing job. I suggest to explore improvising in rock patterns, disco styles, swing, bop, stride style, boogy, latin jazz, hip-hop, salsa... During two years i was the staff musician in a weekly TV entertainment program and i had success always improvising with different rhythmic patterns and styles for background music... It is easy and original and no problems with Composers Society nor royalties... Are you alone in your new job? That’s a hard job because rhythm must be in first plane. You need a good drum player and a “b a s s” player in order to perform a good dance music. Good luck in your new job. | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| MRuth -- 06/20/2005, 18:02:15 -- #15347 | |
| Hi Alberto, Very helpful suggestion on the need for rhythmic variety. Since this is a dance learning situation, I just have to keep the music going for the dance routines. The material on salsa and other latin rhythms are really what I need right now.......Muchas gracias por todas. MR | |
| albetan -- 06/20/2005, 19:33:20 -- #15352 | |
| MRuth: The best stuff about latin and salsa is in "The Latin Real Book" by Sher Music Co. In your job Rock variations and Latin Rock an Latin swing may help a lot. See my file about Latin jazz and rock. You may do lots of free improvisations over those patterns in a seventh or minor seventh cord or in easy repetitive progressions as IIm7 V7 like Santana. | |
| Barry -- 07/04/2005, 08:13:44 -- #16116 | |
| I am having trouble downloading files - particularly from Albetan's area. If I click on the file name then the browser attempts to open the file but of course there isn't a plug-in for Finale notepad so I get a load of gibberish appear on screen. I cannot save the file to disk as the file name does not link directly to a file but to a java command (I do have java enabled). Any suggestions my esteemed colleagues? | |
| albetan -- 07/04/2005, 09:41:56 -- #16121 | |
| (.mus) and (.pdf) Files | |
| Hi Barry: If you have not Finale 2005, You must download NotePad from: www.finalemusic.com/notepad/ Save that program in "Program files" folder. I your computer does not install it, please go to Program files and click on FinaleNotePad... Then click on "setup", a green icon. Try downloading (.mus) files and you will see them in screen and also you will hear examples. For solving bugs in PDF files please download "Adobe reader" from www.adobe.com. Good luck and tell me if you get it right. | |
| Maybeck Recital Hall Series: Monty Alexander: A++ | |
| Barry -- 07/05/2005, 09:48:21 -- #16153 | |
| Hey Albetan, The problem isn't that I don't have the correct software. I do have both notepad and acrobat reader, but I can not physically download the files from this site. Once I can get the files, then viewing them won't be a problem... | |
| albetan -- 07/05/2005, 10:14:36 -- #16156 | |
| Hi Barry: Doble click with left mouse on file's name. A box appears asking for "save". Save it. Other way: Open a file. Then save it. Good luck and tell me the results. | |
| Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - Tips and tricks for instant gratification. | |
| Barry -- 07/05/2005, 17:17:47 -- #16180 | |
| Well Albetan, I use a mac so only have the one mouse button. If I click on a finale file to open it, it will obviously not work as finale notepad does not have a browser plug-in that will enable you to view the files without downloading them. Therefore, you just see a screen of nonsense. To download a file with a mac you click and hold down the mouse button and are then given options about what to do. When I click on your files, I do not have the option to save to disk because the file name in the files list is not a direct link to file, but appears to be a javascript command. If there was a direct link to the file then I could easily download it. I suspect it's something to do with my using a mac. It isn't a case of my simply not knowing the standard procedures. Hopefully Scot will be able to shed some light on the situation. I shall seek his advice. Many thanks for trying to help though.... | |
| Scot -- 07/05/2005, 17:52:30 -- #16182 | |
| Hmmm, my browser always gives me two choices when I try to download something that it doesn't recognize- open it or save it. Your browser does not do this? I've been meaning to revamp how I handle files, maybe this is a good excuse, though the problem is I'm incredibly busy in July, so it might have to wait a bit... Is there a mac version of Firefox you could try? Have you thought about trying some other browsers to see if one of them will allow you to save the file regardless of what it is? | |
| albetan -- 07/06/2005, 06:05:00 -- #16203 | |
| Barry: Other guys have solved that bug by changing browser with Mozilla or Netcaptor. I don't know Mac systems. | |
| Barry -- 07/06/2005, 06:23:44 -- #16206 | |
| Thanks for your responses guys. I don't think that there is a version of Firefox for mac, but I do get the same problem with both Internet Explorer and Netscape. I'm not sure that Firefox, even if it were available, would help as is it not essentially Netscape code anyway? I think that the problem is that my computer, rightly or wrongly, does not recognise anything in the files list as a file. If I have a relevant plug-in, say quicktime for midi files, then the file is opened in the browser window with no problem. I am not given the option to save anything to disk though as the computer sees the files list as commands rather than actual files so it doesn't see that there is anything to save... | |
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| Scot -- 07/06/2005, 20:06:46 -- #16239 | |
| The way it works is that the server is actually passing it directly to your browser on the meta tag level. There must be a way to get your Mac to take unrecognized files and save them, but I don't know the first thing about Mac's. As I said, I'm going to revamp the file system to make many aspects of it more managable, but it's going to be a few weeks before I can get to it. July is going to kill me, I just know it, but as soon as July is over I have tons of time. | |
| Barry -- 07/07/2005, 05:48:40 -- #16244 | |
| In truth, I wish I were more technologically savvy but I'll see if I can find out how to configure my mac to save files it doesn't recognise. Thanks for your help and the revamp may also take care of the problem but there's no rush - hopefully we all understand that this site is your hobby and not your occupation! All the best Barry | |
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| clobaton -- 07/07/2005, 14:52:23 -- #16273 | |
| Barry: just try with ANOTHER browser. | |
| Barry, just try with any other browser (no matter hwta platfom you got , PC, MAC; UNIX, whatever) .. if you've got ms explorer on your mac try netscape.. if you got netscape try opera.. ******** solution: take a few minutes to DOWNLOAD opera from http://www.opera.com/download/ choose mac, download (go work in the mean time) then install (then go work) then go back to the MAC and try again.. If it does not work I will personally upload the files to a server. Before, in the times when a browser was not so smart to open automatically the files it was all easier! I hope this helps solve your problem. PS: firefox is available for MS windows, MAC and linux in this address. choose MAC and your language of preference. http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/all | |
| Gruadeacero -- 07/09/2005, 09:27:04 -- #16321 | |
| To download .mus files with a Mac | |
| Barry: I have Mac too. There is not problem to save .mus files for us, simply click in the name of file and let show a new window of your browser (I use Safari) with all that machine language of the file. Then, click "save as", in the File menu of the browser. If you have already installed Notepad, only clicking in it will be opened. But remember, you must let open all the inner machine language of the file in the new window of the browser... and then you can "save as". _(Maybe the browser ask then if you want to add the .txt extension to the file, but you say not, and it is saved only with his .mus extension. I hope this will help you... regards Jose _Spain | |
| Gruadeacero -- 07/09/2005, 11:18:51 -- #16327 | |
| To download .mus files with a Mac -Review | |
| Barry: one appointment; I´ve checked the method I´ve said you in my last post with others browsers than Safari, and the result is that it don´t works well with Internet Explorer and -I think- maybe in Netscape or similars. Here the things seems to be more complex to open the files after downloading them. So, the correct method is to do it with Safari, which is the native Apple browser. I download and open .mus files with it without problems. Here is a link to download Safari 1.0.3 version: http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/24298 If you have any trouble with this question, tell me it freely... -good luck Jose _Spain | |
| asteffen -- 07/10/2005, 14:35:45 -- #16354 | |
| bogota | |
| Dear Albert, how is the jazz scene in bogota? I have some friends there and plan to visit them once. Might it be too dangerous to go to the jazz clubs in the night? I'd be glad if You could provide me with some names of clubs and musicians and some general tips. Thanks in advance, Andreas. | |
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| albetan -- 07/11/2005, 16:01:28 -- #16398 | |
Hi Asteffen: Jazz scene here in Colombia, as in most of Latin countries, is too small. You may find jazz courses in some Universities. Sometimes a renamed jazzist comes here to play a concert. Each year ther’s a jazz festival in Bogotá near September. Here we have yearly a jazz festival of Universities. Suddenly you may find a good jazz player in a place. In social events i play a bit of jazz standards when people is eating, or in the beginning as cocktail music. Here in gigs people asks for romantic music as boleros or pop ballads, and mainly for tropical genres as Vallenato, Cumbia, Salsa, Merengue, Colombian Folk music, International hits.... I use all my jazz knowledge arranging and improvising over these kinds of tunes. I use it also in Ceremonies improvising over a piece. | |
| C3002 -- 07/15/2005, 16:22:45 -- #16574 | |
| Turnaround | |
| Hi, Albetan, could you please give some attention, examples or a lesson to the phenomenon of a Turnaround ? I've been reading about it but don't quite understand whether or not here is a kind of system or (set of) rule(s) for it. Thanks in advance ! C3002 | |
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| albetan -- 07/16/2005, 12:34:33 -- #16601 | |
| Turnaround or Return | |
| A turnaround or a return is a harmonic figure that invites you to return to the beginning of a theme. Currently it is a small progression as | I VIm7 | IIm7 V7 :|| | I IIdim | IIm7 bII7 :|| In file "Pedal Point" you will se two nice examples of turnaround. | |
| clobaton -- 07/18/2005, 09:48:59 -- #16654 | |
| International characters | |
| Hi * Something weird is happening with my computer: all international characters like for example the vowels with tilde á é à ó ú and n with tilde ñ appear like boxes or chinese symbols. does anybody else have this problem ??? CL | |
| albetan -- 07/18/2005, 11:05:49 -- #16657 | |
| Yes... Suddenly terrific bugs appeared in spanish words. Please advice it in Bug reports. | |
| Scot -- 07/19/2005, 00:29:22 -- #16715 | |
| The stuff will be fixed, the guys are working on it. | |
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| albetan -- 07/19/2005, 11:10:42 -- #16727 | |
| Thanks, Scot. | |
| Aladdin -- 07/22/2005, 19:44:33 -- #16825 | |
| Thanks for making these files available, albetan. I've started working on your Beginning Improvisation lesson. | |
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| albetan -- 07/27/2005, 11:27:21 -- #16961 | |
| I’m testing styles of letter this is italic this is bold this is underline | |
| ksteinpreis -- 07/28/2005, 07:42:25 -- #16993 | |
| Gracias | |
| I just want to say Muchas Gracias for your posts here, Alberto! Kurt - Sheboygan, Wisconsin | |
| albetan -- 07/28/2005, 09:23:58 -- #16994 | |
| You are welcome,Kurt. | |
| charly -- 07/30/2005, 20:51:03 -- #17095 | |
| charly | |
| hola albetan .quisiera que me ayudaras en la sustitucion de acordes por donde empesar por ejemplo un II.V.I de do.las sustituciones lo basico gracias albetan. | |
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| albetan -- 07/31/2005, 11:48:55 -- #17104 | |
| Charly: I will answer it at Jazz en Español | |
| milton1 -- 08/13/2005, 12:10:25 -- #17547 | |
| salsa/son solos | |
| Hola Alberto ! Gracias por tus ideas... Tengo mucho tiempo tratando de desifrar las escalas o notas sobre las que se mueven los pianistas salseros, asi como los tresistas cubanos cuando ejecutan sus solos y logran transmitir ese sabor tan caracteristico... pareciera simple pero creo que no es. Noto que casi siempre lo hacen sobre la misma transision de I/V o I/II en el montuno de la cancion. Agradezco muchisimo tu ayuda... Juan Carlos desde Caracas/Venezuela For the english speakers... I'm asking for some ideas on salsa/son soloing... | |
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| albetan -- 08/13/2005, 12:25:34 -- #17548 | |
| Hi Milton: I am answering your question in room Jazz en Español | |
| 7 -- 08/20/2005, 00:15:38 -- #17774 | |
| Necesito Ayuda | |
| Tengo algunos alumnos que no pueden leer ingles. Entonces, si alguien podria traducir lo siguiente en BUEN español, seria muy simpatico de tu parte. Cuando se hace una traduccion, es siempre mejor que esta hecho por alguien que tiene el idioma como lengua materna. Si, hablo español yo, pero no es mi lengua materna y seguro que yo haria demasiado errores. Muchisima gracias, estoy esperando su respuesta. 7 * * * * * * * Jeff Brent - Music Teacher Email me for Music Lessons! Philosophy People come to music for a great variety of reasons, consequently I tailor my lessons to each individual student's needs and wants. Every person sees the world differently. Some are more visual, some more tactile, some more intuitive, some more cerebral, etc. Understanding this allows me to adapt to each student's most natural mode of learning so that the material is grasped more easily (therefore more quickly), and so that it is retained longer. If you live near Riverside, California USA or plan to visit Southern California, I would be honored to share my musical experience and knowledge with you. Tuition is $20 for a half-hour lesson. Payment by debit card or credit card Easy Tuition Payment In addition to teaching Jazz Piano at all levels, I also teach the following: Keyboards, Guitar, Sax, Flute, Bass,Harmonica, Mandolin, Fiddle, Theory, Ear Training, Composition, & Arranging Music Lesson Policies Piano Lessons - Guitar Lessons – Electric Bass Lessons Alto Sax Lessons – Tenor Sax Lessons – Flute Lessons Harmonica Lessons - Mandolin Lessons – Fiddle Lessons Theory – Composition – Ear Training To All Students and Parents of Students: I have been teaching for many years and it is a great joy to witness my students progress towards mastery of their chosen instrument. Not every professional musician is capable of teaching. It requires the ability to take complex subjects and break them down into bite size pieces. Coupled with my love of teaching is the realization that it is my calling. It is a great honor to share my musical knowledge and professional experience with students. Please read the following concerning my policies. Thank you. Payment I accept either cash or check. You may pay for as many lessons in advance as you like, or you may pay time by time. Whatever suits you best. Please pay before the lesson begins. Also, you may conveniently pay me directly online by credit card or debit card by clicking here. Termination of Lessons My current schedule is always posted outside my studio. As you can easily see, I have a great number of students. So many, in fact, that there is waiting list for those wanting to take lessons with me. No one takes music lessons forever, so if you intend to discontinue taking lessons with me, I’d appreciate it if you would have the courtesy to let me know that you will not be continuing so that I may immediately schedule another student into the vacant time slot. Thank you. Cancellations and Absences Please ONLY call me or leave messages on my cell phone. (Messages left with the music store often do not reach me.) I may also be reached by email. If you notify me at any time before the lesson is scheduled to begin, that qualifies as an "Excused Absence". You will not be charged for an excused absence, and if you have a credit – your credit will be bumped forward to the next week. If you do not inform me of an absence or inform me of an absence after the lesson was scheduled to begin, that qualifies as a "No-Show". You will be obliged to pay me for the No-Show at the beginning of your next scheduled lesson. If you have credit, the missed lesson will be deducted from your existing credit. Unless I have agreed to a previous arrangement, you will lose your time slot if any of the following occur: * 2 consecutive No-Shows * 1 unpaid absence followed by a No-Show * 3 consecutive unpaid absences * 4 unpaid absences over a two-month period * 5 unpaid absences over a three-month period * Bounced check * Non-payment Make-Up Lessons Due to my extremely crowded schedule, I am unable to offer make-up lessons. Refunds I do not give refunds. Back to Jeffrey-Brent.com home * * * * * * * | |
| albetan -- 08/20/2005, 20:00:14 -- #17807 | |
| Translation to Spanish | |
| Hi 7: See your room please. Good luck. | |
| 7 -- 08/21/2005, 04:09:29 -- #17818 | |
| Albetan, Muchisimas gracias para tu trabajo. Hay un sitio para ti en el cielo. Un dia espero que pueda hacer algo para ti. Eres un santo. 7 | |
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| 7 -- 08/22/2005, 00:15:43 -- #17857 | |
| Albetan, Gracias otra vez para tu ayuda con la traduccion. He tenido que hacer algunos cambios. Espero que no he hecho demasiado errores. http://Jeffrey-Brent.com/indexe.html http://Jeffrey-Brent.com/condiciones.html | |
| albetan -- 08/22/2005, 16:41:41 -- #17885 | |
| Hola 7: Quedó muy bien tu página en Español. Cuando te sobren alumnos que quieran aprender Jazz en español o Salsa, me los envías a Bogotá. Suerte. | |
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| 7 -- 08/23/2005, 01:21:25 -- #17902 | |
| Por supuesto hombre. Gracias!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | |
| clobaton -- 08/23/2005, 16:13:25 -- #17926 | |
| Electric Piano | |
| Hello all, Does anybody have experience with the Casio Privia pvx500 piano? is it any good?? compared to yamaha similar pianos? CL | |
| roadrunner -- 08/29/2005, 00:32:43 -- #18177 | |
| Jazz Kinder Question | |
| this may sound stupid...coming from someone completely new to jazz... in the first improvisation lesson, during the Step 2: Rhythm section, it says: "Mark a steady four beats rhythm so: 1.bass, 2. chord notes, 3. bass, 4. chord notes. OM–PA-OM-PA." what is the bass? | |
| albetan -- 08/29/2005, 10:03:07 -- #18200 | |
| Hi Roadrunner: Play a MARCH pattern so: in C key: B Bass: C Chord notes: G E See example in end of file Basic chords for Jazz | |
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| roadrunner -- 08/30/2005, 00:31:49 -- #18252 | |
| more stupid questions (sorry) | |
| so... in a march pattern you just play the first note of the chord and in the chord you play the chord? would the C chord be Bb G E? would the D base be D and the chord be C A Gb? I can't open the basic chords for jazz file. | |
| albetan -- 08/30/2005, 10:35:22 -- #18278 | |
| In any rhythmic pattern use the root as bass and the rest of chord notes as chord. would the C chord be Bb G E? Yes... here you are in C7. would the D base be D and the chord be C A F#? Yes... D7 Try to download notepad for free from: www.finalemusic.com/notepad/ It's a slow proccess... please be patient .... | |
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| jazz jasper -- 09/03/2005, 18:18:48 -- #18499 | |
| Reading problems | |
| I cannot get my adobe acrobat reader to read any of the files you have. Do i need something extra? Thanks Jazz | |
| albetan -- 09/03/2005, 19:06:19 -- #18500 | |
| Hi Jazz Jasper: Please go to www.adobe.com and look for adobe reader. | |
| jazz jasper -- 09/04/2005, 18:05:59 -- #18539 | |
| Still Problems | |
| Hi Albetan Ive already got the adobe reader 6.0, how ever when i go to a file, for example 'quartal voicings', a message comes up in the reader that says: "Adobe reader could not open 'fdb7456b7a_Quartal_Voicings.MUS' because it is either not a supported file type or because the file has been corrupted (for example, it was sent as an email attatchment and wasn't correctly decoded)" Do you know what else i need in order to view you files. Many Thanks, Jazz Jasper | |
| albetan -- 09/04/2005, 21:09:32 -- #18541 | |
| .mus files | |
| Hi Jazz jasper: For opening .mus files you must have installed Finale Notepad. Follow these steps: 1) Download it from: www.finalemusic.com/notepad/ 2) They ask for your email. 3) They mail to you a serial number and password. Write it. 4) When download is finished, look for it in program files. 5) Click on setup, a green icon with an eight-note. 6) A box will ask you for serial number and password. 7) Notepad will be installed in your computer. Enjoy it. | |
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| jazz jasper -- 09/05/2005, 18:33:55 -- #18591 | |
| Thanks! | |
| Thanks very much Albetan its all working, excellent! Your great!! | |
| clobaton -- 09/14/2005, 11:53:00 -- #19021 | |
| Bolero | |
| Hi Profe, I am trying to loosen up to be able to play the bossa with the bass and the "guitar" on the right along with the melody.. I was thinking that I could do the same exercise with other rithyms like bolero and tango (And I tried). Profe, if you have time could you give us the gift of a MUS file for the "how to play bolero" like the one you made "on how to play bossa"? that one is very clear because you can see and hear the bass and the "guitar" on the right hand. Thanks profe! | |
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| albetan -- 09/14/2005, 16:27:55 -- #19031 | |
| Bolero | |
| Please go to search engine (upwards),and write bolero selecting files. Good luck. | |
| alhaynes -- 09/15/2005, 10:44:19 -- #19078 | |
| Thanks | |
| Thanks for all of your great files ! I'm just starting to dig into them. I didn't realize how much stuff you have made available. Al | |
| albetan -- 09/15/2005, 13:39:36 -- #19091 | |
| You are welcome,Al. | |
| albetan -- 09/16/2005, 12:30:20 -- #19127 | |
| Boleros for Lobito | |
| Hi Lobito: Please go to this page: www.piano-bar.com/ Luciano Quiñones plays by ear with a very rich piano-bar style. There You will find lots of boleros and romantic tunes. Good ambient latin music while you are living in Berlin.Good luck and enjoy Germany. | |
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| apurudy -- 10/03/2005, 11:41:05 -- #19566 | |
| 6/8 rhythm | |
| Hi Prof Albertan I’m really confused I found in Cuba fake book some title with 6/8 . My question is : How to play this rhythm I appreciate your help Best regards Rudy | |
| albetan -- 10/03/2005, 19:35:53 -- #19580 | |
| Bembé: 6/8 Cuban rhythm | |
| Hi Rudy: There are lots of latin patterns in 6/8. Your Cuban 6/8 is a Bembé. I'm uploading a tif file in list files for you. Try this pattern improvising in latin jazz and you will enjoy it. | |
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| apurudy -- 10/04/2005, 02:48:10 -- #19582 | |
| Bembè file | |
| Hi Prof Albertan I appreciate your prompt answer But I can not download the Bembé file Perhaps it is something wrong with the file Best regards Rudy | |
| albetan -- 10/04/2005, 13:11:11 -- #19594 | |
| Hi Rudy: I changed tif file by a new pdf file. Enjoy it. | |
| apurudy -- 10/04/2005, 14:24:01 -- #19596 | |
| the pdf file is ok | |
| Hi there the pdf file is ok Many thanks Best wishes Rudy | |
| albetan -- 10/05/2005, 12:43:37 -- #19620 | |
| Learning Bembe | |
| A new .mus file about an exciting latin rhythm in 6/8. Enjoy it and try to improvise with it in Latin jazz. Good luck. | |
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| Gillie -- 10/06/2005, 05:18:11 -- #19651 | |
| Tico Tico and Sway | |
| Please Albetan, could you tell me the form of Tico Tico by Zequinha Abreu? (I managed to get half of this number to practice a Samba from the Internet but had to transcribe the Bridge and I can't remember the form. Also could you tell me what the rhythm is/should be in Sway by Pablo Beltran Ruiz? Instruction is to play in Common time and play Moderato. Is it perhaps a Rhumba? Many Thanks, Gillie. | |
| clobaton -- 10/06/2005, 10:29:15 -- #19660 | |
| Jazz Scene in Berlin - Germany | |
| Hi Everyone, I am currently in Berlin, I wonder if anyone here in the forum lives here and might share some of the jazz scene in Berlin with me! You all take care, study hard, enjoy your piano (I do not have one yet here in Berlin ;( and it is killing me!!! ) tschüss. | |
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| albetan -- 10/06/2005, 10:42:25 -- #19661 | |
| Hi Gillie: Tico tico is a fast Brazilian samba. See my file: How to play Samba. Quien será (Sway) may be played as a bolero-mambo or bolero-chacha. See my file: How to play Bolero. | |
| Gillie -- 10/06/2005, 12:53:36 -- #19666 | |
| Got the Samba file and will look at the Bolero. Many thanks. | |
| albetan -- 10/06/2005, 13:02:49 -- #19668 | |
| Gilli: See Tico-tico in Transcriptions. | |
| albetan -- 10/06/2005, 13:42:10 -- #19672 | |
| Latin corner | |
| Gilli: Please visit new room Latin corner See Tico tico lead sheet in files list. | |
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| Gillie -- 10/07/2005, 03:58:54 -- #19715 | |
| Many thanks - will do. | |
| apurudy -- 10/17/2005, 05:05:55 -- #20012 | |
| HOW TO PLAY MAMBO | |
| Hi prof I’m realy confuse because I found several contrary exemples to : How to play MAMBO I’m sure you would give us advise -- as usual – HOW TO PLAY MAMBO Best regards Rudy | |
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| albetan -- 10/17/2005, 19:02:33 -- #20024 | |
| Mambo | |
| Please go to search LJP. Write mambo selecting files | |
| shrock -- 11/04/2005, 19:38:59 -- #20607 | |
| its hard to learn jazz from just reading materials from a website. I appreciate all of your help and lessons, but its hard. I have to find a teacher that teaches jazz so he can guide me. | |
| albetan -- 11/05/2005, 12:34:35 -- #20624 | |
| Hi Shrock: That's the best solution: "to find a teacher that teaches jazz so he can guide you". Here in LJP we are helping thousands of people that can not find or hire a jazz teacher, and also people with some musical bases that like to learn jazz by themselves, and also pro musicians that like to learn tips and thoughts from experienced musicians around the world. LJP is like a musical brotherhood where everybody is sharing their knowledges and experiences with everybody for free, and everybody may ask their doubts finding always several answers... This is a great contribution of Scot to all the jazz world. "its hard to learn jazz from just reading materials from a website" You are right... it's hard to learn jazz so... But it was very hard for most of us to learn jazz before the invention of computer and internet and midi and sequencers... And very, very hard for many of us to try to learn it in countries where jazz is a strange thing. And a bit more... Everybody can drive a car but only a few persons can play jazz in piano... If you like to be a jazz pianist you must work hardly during all your life... And you will enjoy it. Good luck. Alberto. | |
| fer -- 11/05/2005, 16:52:51 -- #20630 | |
| Albetan's .mus files are the most advanced technology in music teaching. His explanations are eassy for beginners and we may hear stuff in lead sheets. See for instance last files in Latin corner. I'm happy learning all kind of latin rhythms and songs in Latin corner, impro and arranging in Albetan's area. I'm not a pro and i have not a private teacher, but i'm learning lots of music here in this site, also with Scot, 7, Mike, and all the rest of contributors. | |
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| shrock -- 11/08/2005, 17:22:04 -- #20693 | |
| how long have you been playing jazz piano? | |
| albetan -- 11/08/2005, 19:49:17 -- #20704 | |
| from the stone age... | |
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| shrock -- 11/08/2005, 19:56:06 -- #20705 | |
| do you have ant midi files i can listen too? | |
| shrock -- 11/08/2005, 23:49:08 -- #20711 | |
| is it good to play sheet music that is really above my level? LIKe christmas songs. I know that its not hard for you , but its hard for me | |
| albetan -- 11/09/2005, 10:09:40 -- #20722 | |
| Hi Shrock: A very good thing is to play christmas songs by these days. I uploaded two nice carols in Transcriptions/sheet. I hope it will be not too hard to you.. You will enjoy performing it. Someday i will upload some jazz midis. By now you may hear a midi Salsa Sample (Indestructible) in files list. Good luck and enjoy christmas carols. | |
| shrock -- 11/09/2005, 14:28:27 -- #20736 | |
| can you upload Have yourself a merry little Christmas? | |
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| clobaton -- 11/10/2005, 04:01:52 -- #20781 | |
| Profe!!! jazz samples!!!!!!!! PLEASE!!! | |
I would also like to have some midi recordings of your jazz, I have heard some in your classes but jazz has to be heard many times. Yesterday there was a concert with some cuban musicians from buena vista social club here in Berlin. really good latin piano!! Berlin is very interested into the latin style. greetings from Berlin. | |
| kong -- 11/17/2005, 18:04:19 -- #21171 | |
| how 2 play samba? | |
| i find difficult 2 play samba.would you give me some lessons?thanx! | |
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| albetan -- 11/17/2005, 20:03:33 -- #21173 | |
| In invite you to Latin corner. There you wil find How to play Samba | |
| Gordon -- 11/26/2005, 06:05:36 -- #21483 | |
| LJP Map | |
| Hi Albetan, I wrote to the people at frappr regarding Bogota coming up twice on the LJP map. They said: 'In regard to the Columbia issue, our database is set up in a city/province/country structure and if there's no province, it repeats the city. Sorry for the confusion.' So unfortunately, I think it looks as though we cannot change the situation. | |
| albetan -- 11/26/2005, 09:20:56 -- #21485 | |
| Hi Gordon: City: Bogota Province: D.C. Country: Colombia D. C. (Distrito Capital) is the name of State or province. So : Bogota, D.C., Colombia. Thanks. Albetan. | |
| albetan -- 12/03/2005, 09:49:48 -- #21725 | |
| Great link about impro | |
| Hi folks: Ther's a great link about impro in Aebersold's Jazz Handbook For years, Jamey has given away a booklet called the "Jazz Handbook" FREE OF CHARGE. This resource is great for jazz fans and students of all levels. Now, he's decided to make most of it available online for download. Please note that in the interest of quicker downloads, some of the graphics-heavy pages will not be quite as sharp and clean as an actual hard copy of the handbook. Download it from: http://aebersold.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=JAZZ&Category_Code=_HANDBOOK | |
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| clobaton -- 12/04/2005, 17:25:18 -- #21750 | |
| excelente link! | |
| gracias profe. | |
| clobaton -- 12/04/2005, 19:21:38 -- #21758 | |
| bossa: agua de beber | |
| profe, estoy sacando este bossa escuchando la version que toca luciano quiñones en piano bar, por que la partitura del real book no me suena bien.. no se en que tonalidad esta tocando luciano, por que como yo lo analizo esta tocando acordes como E, A, y Dm, Bb(al menos si armonizo con estos asi como me muestra el van basco player, suena bien!) pero no se en que tonalidad es!! si transpongo la partitura del real book, me diria que luciano toda esta cancion en Fa, y pues no me cuadra.. no entiendo.. (me suena chevere, pero no entiendo) | |
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| albetan -- 12/04/2005, 21:35:03 -- #21763 | |
| That Luciano's performance of "Agua de beber" is in Dm. Original Jobim's lead sheet is in Am. If you put Vanbasco in a slow tempo you will see bass and chord notes in virtual piano in order to play it by ear. | |
| albetan -- 12/04/2005, 22:32:42 -- #21767 | |
| Agua de beber | |
| See lead sheet in Latin corner Enjoy it, Lobito, in Berlin. | |
| clobaton -- 12/05/2005, 03:26:51 -- #21777 | |
| thanks!!! agua de beber | |
| Profe, many many thanks for the lead sheet!! just at reading it, I can see that it is MUCH better than the one in the real book!! Thanks!!!! this is my first christmas gift :) | |
| albetan -- 12/06/2005, 11:48:35 -- #21848 | |
| I invite You to Albetan's area in Personal rooms. Download and study these files: Bases for Scales, Chords, Modes, Basic Jazz chords, Performing Jazz Lead Sheets, Chord Progressions. | |
| Maybeck Recital Hall Series: Walter Norris: three handed monster! | |
| albetan -- 12/10/2005, 09:40:57 -- #22055 | |
| Latin corner | |
| All Latin stuff was transfered to Latin corner. You are welcome there. | |
| apurudy -- 12/20/2005, 03:17:46 -- #22333 | |
| problem with dreams in salsa | |
| Hi Professor I can not get your mp3 file over midradio player, is there an other oportunity to get the file Thanks Rudy | |
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| albetan -- 12/20/2005, 07:53:48 -- #22339 | |
| Hi Rudy: Did you download midradio player in Player's Paradise? Here in LJP i can not upload an mp3 file. | |
| apurudy -- 12/20/2005, 14:32:20 -- #22353 | |
| EnsueñosenSalsa.mp3 | |
| Hi Prof http://h1.ripway.com/albetan/EnsueñosenSalsa.mp3 it works! Thank Excellent record and very useful music for lern Marry Chritmans and the best for 2006 Rudy | |
| albetan -- 12/20/2005, 19:00:32 -- #22360 | |
| Dreams in Salsa mp3 | |
| I have deleted "Dreams in Salsa" from my Ripway's account because today many people was downloading it and i have limitations in daily downloads. But you may listen to it in Player's Paradise: http://www.playersparadise.net/song_detail.php?song_id=16501 | |
| albetan -- 12/21/2005, 09:49:20 -- #22388 | |
| Dreams in Salsa.mp3 new link | |
| I have now a new account for storing mp3and it is ilimited in downloads: You may find Dreams in Salsain: http://www.4shared.com/file/622401/25912510/Dreams_in_Salsa.html Please have a bit of patience in downloading... it takes some minutes in its job... In Latin corner you may find lead sheet and you may perform it as Salsa, like me, or as latin jazz. Enjoy it. | |
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| albetan -- 12/21/2005, 11:14:46 -- #22392 | |
| How swings Bach in dance music | |
Everybody knows Johan Sebastian Bach as the great composer of Church music, Preludes, Fuges, Chorals, Sacred songs… but He was great also composing and performing dance music, so as Minuets, Gavottas, Gigas…. His greatest work in dance music is The Fuge in G (Giga). I’m sharing with all of you my performance of that piece in a keyboard Yamaha PSR2000, sounding as a big Pipe Organ with swall manual, great manual, and bass pedalboard. When listening to it, notice the steady rhythm of Giga along all the work. Please hear how Bach swings… Sure… Try to imagine a swing pattern sounding as background, or play that pattern in drums or in a table. Please have a bit of patience… it spends some minutes in download: http://www.4shared.com/file/622474/1aba4758/Bachs_Fuge_in_G_Giga.html I love this great Bach’s work and I like all of you enjoy it. | |
| apurudy -- 12/23/2005, 15:57:38 -- #22499 | |
| software to register the midi files | |
| I connect my Yamaha keyboard to my laptop over ediro What is the best software to register the midi files Best regards Rudy | |
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| albetan -- 12/23/2005, 18:16:27 -- #22506 | |
| The best program for midi files is vanbasco: http://www.vanbasco.com/ | |
| bculver -- 12/26/2005, 20:22:27 -- #22553 | |
| cannot get to the files to upload | |
| I have windows prof 2000 and cannot get anything but the review page...cant review something I cannot upload...what is Notebook and how do I get to the files... the website on the page is not highlighted and does not do anything when i click on it. thanks...Bculver | |
| albetan -- 12/26/2005, 20:50:25 -- #22556 | |
| Bculver: Please ask it in Bug reports | |
| betarnau -- 01/01/2006, 22:38:52 -- #22656 | |
| gracias | |
| albetan, te admiro muchisimo y lo que mas me gusta es que enseñas todo lo que sabes a la gente sin esperar nada a cambio.. eres lo máximo... Maus | |
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| betarnau -- 01/01/2006, 22:44:07 -- #22657 | |
| increible | |
| me quedé viendo todo lo que la gente te pregunta y la manera que les contestas. que bueno eres Maus | |
| albetan -- 01/02/2006, 09:46:24 -- #22674 | |
| Gracias por tus palabras, Maus. | |
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| clobaton -- 01/03/2006, 14:19:37 -- #22716 | |
| bolero | |
| Profe, I am finally playing bolero like you once told me to, bass in the left, and right with chord notes and melody.. (I had to practice the rithym in the bus, at work, while walking, ... ) I think the rithymn requires separate practice. Other question, do you have the bolero "dos gardenias" ? feliz año profe!!! muchas gracias por todo :) | |
| albetan -- 01/03/2006, 17:35:10 -- #22727 | |
| Now you are on the road learning bolero... If you feel rhythm you will transmit it while playing bolero. I have not lead sheet of Dos Gardenias. Health and prosperity in this new year. | |
| apurudy -- 01/10/2006, 14:30:44 -- #22980 | |
| Tristeza | |
| Hi Professor I’m working through your excellent lesson “How to play samba” But I can not find the music sheet of Tristeza Best whishes Rudy | |
| albetan -- 01/12/2006, 09:49:07 -- #23053 | |
| Tristeza is a nice samba. Now i am out of home visiting my family in Guatemala. At the end of this month i will return and i will send a transciption to you. | |
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| apurudy -- 01/25/2006, 04:05:04 -- #23435 | |
| tristeza | |
| Hi Prof many thanks for Tristeza Best regards Rudy | |
| albetan -- 01/25/2006, 09:17:51 -- #23437 | |
| Enjoy it, Rudy | |
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| apurudy -- 01/25/2006, 15:09:30 -- #23443 | |
| FinalNotePad? | |
| Hi Professor I got your following advise : The assignment of percussion instruments is eassy: I assign to a staff or to some layers midi channel 10 and automatically all percussions and drums are asigned. Finale or FinaleNotePad are working here as sequencer. If you have Finale see MIDI in menu and click on midi setup. Change midi output positions... so you select if signal go to ypur midi device (keyboard or sound module) or to your sound card. But I can not find the menu FinalNote Pad Please help Best regards Rudy PS Hopefully you enjoyed your holyday and the summer, We have here in Europe very frosty and show | |
| albetan -- 01/25/2006, 16:39:24 -- #23446 | |
| FINALE is a complete program and may work as a sequencer, but NOTEPAD is a basic Finale program. NOTEPAD is for free and you may write music by mouse, but there you may read and hear FINALE FILES (.mus). Good luck and enjoy FINALE. | |
| jace -- 02/04/2006, 00:20:21 -- #23834 | |
| Albetan | |
| Hey Albetan, IN your opinion, when a begginer starts to learn piano, How many years of training (technique, scales and sight reading) do you think he needs before he can start learning jazz piano? | |
| albetan -- 02/09/2006, 13:08:11 -- #24037 | |
| It depends of your natural talent for piano. Please read my old post Musical Perception clicking on oldest first | |
| Mecobio -- 02/12/2006, 15:58:18 -- #24139 | |
| e-exchanging of salsa books | |
| Hi Does any person has the book written by Carlos Campos untitled: "Salsa, Further Adventures In Afro Cuban Music For Piano"? . I do have the book (+ CDs) of Carlos Campos' book "Salsa & Afro Cuban Montunos for Piano". Interesting in an e-exchange? Cheers Mecobio Please, send a message to: mecobio @ hotmail . com Respuestas tanto en Español o en ingles | |
| Mecobio -- 02/12/2006, 15:59:25 -- #24140 | |
| e-exchanging of salsa books | |
| Hi Does any person has the book written by Carlos Campos untitled: "Salsa, Further Adventures In Afro Cuban Music For Piano"? . I do have the book (+ CDs) of Carlos Campos' book "Salsa & Afro Cuban Montunos for Piano". Interesting in an e-exchange? Cheers Mecobio Please, send a message to: mecobio @ hotmail . com Respuestas tanto en Español o en ingles | |
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| Mecobio -- 02/12/2006, 16:01:56 -- #24142 | |
| e-exchanging of salsa books | |
| Hi Does any person has the book written by Carlos Campos untitled: "Salsa, Further Adventures In Afro Cuban Music For Piano"? . I do have the book (+ CDs) of Carlos Campos' book "Salsa & Afro Cuban Montunos for Piano". Interesting in an e-exchange? Cheers Mecobio Please, send a message to: mecobio @ hotmail . com Respuestas tanto en Español o en ingles | |
| ovejera -- 02/17/2006, 08:27:00 -- #24309 | |
| albetan | |
| En primer lugar quisera agradecerte mucho, por tus lecciones , eres bastante didactico,YO SOY PRINCIPIANTE. He estado aprendidendo de tus lecciones, que se encuentran en esta sala, pero no sé si es suficiente, tengo varias dudas y no sé si podrias ayudarme, o tu crees que debería tomar clases con un profesor, por ejemplo en tus clases de Sistemas de ARmonización, en la partitura de la pagina 2 nose como se toca esas dos notas unidas con un arco. En todo caso tu me puedes ayudar en que orden debo aprender tus lecciones. Gracias por todo. | |
| albetan -- 02/17/2006, 14:23:08 -- #24324 | |
| Hola Ovejera: Dos notas iguales ligadas con un "arco" equivalen a una sola nota larga.... Así la nota blanca LA que entra en el tiempo 3 de Mack the Knife, ligada a la la blanca LA del tiempo 1 del siguiente compás, equivale a una nota larga de cuatro tiempos. al lado de mi nnobre ves una w roja.... pica ahí y vas a mi weblog... allí te sugiero un orden para estudiar... Suerte. | |
| ovejera -- 02/17/2006, 15:57:55 -- #24329 | |
| albetan | |
Muchas gracias por la ayuda Albetan. Entendi perfectamente. | |
| princeshalom -- 03/29/2006, 14:32:02 -- #25792 | |
| URGENT!!! 911!!! SOS!! Please Help! | |
| Please,Albertan,I've been a member of this site for quite a while(almost a year) but I've not perused your section and I know from a few things I downloaded that you're a don.This is the important part: I joined a jazz band as the keyboard player- my friend's the sax player,I've become friends with all the other guys and these guys are sick.The thing is,there's a song we're working on and I got the syncopations right and the rhythm.But somewhere along it,it comes to individual expressions(improvisations).It moves from B flat Major to B flat minor and the improvisation is along Fm - Ab -Bb. In simpler terms,what options do I have in improvising over Fm - Ab - Bb in 12/4 pattern and I need it by tomorrow cos we're doing the song somewhere by Friday!!! | |
| albetan -- 03/29/2006, 15:14:31 -- #25793 | |
| Hi Princeshalom: A nice Impro may be with Ab pentatonic: Ab Bb C Eb F Good luck. | |
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| princeshalom -- 03/30/2006, 09:57:30 -- #25825 | |
| one more thing... | |
| You mean I should improvise using the Ab pentatonic scale only(throughout a two min. express-urself thing)? | |
| albetan -- 03/30/2006, 11:58:17 -- #25841 | |
| Hi Princeshalom: Sure... you may create many different phrases with pentatonic notes of Ab against that progression: Fm7 Ab Bbm Try it and enjoy it. See my file Pentatonic Scales | |
| princeshalom -- 04/06/2006, 08:04:42 -- #26105 | |
| Thanks Albertan for the info.It was very helpful but pls,could u show me where ALL your files are from beginners to advanced?Thanks... | |
| albetan -- 04/06/2006, 09:43:04 -- #26112 | |
| In my weblog (click on red "w" near my name) you will find a files list from beginners to advanced. | |
| albetan -- 04/19/2006, 15:52:00 -- #26576 | |
| Intervals | |
| I uploaded a new lesson about Intervals. There you will learn the basis for an ear training. | |
| clobaton -- 04/20/2006, 10:53:50 -- #26598 | |
| Intervals | |
| Thanks for the document about intervals :) | |
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| albetan -- 04/20/2006, 15:33:24 -- #26613 | |
| Enjoy it, Lobito. | |
| dapunoy -- 04/23/2006, 16:09:56 -- #26656 | |
| Do I need a special keyboard to rehearse? | |
| Hi! I'm a big fan of jazz piano. I can do a few things on the keyboard but I think I've still got a long, long way to go. I been visiting this site for a while and I really think it's great. I also appreciate this room. Can anyone advise on the best type of keybord to use for rehearsals? Is there any type you need to use for example to gain speed when running scales? Please I need to know. | |
| wdennissorrell -- 04/23/2006, 21:50:42 -- #26660 | |
| The best keyboard for you is the one that best meets your need. I personally think that the best intruments are still the ones that weigh a ton and have strings ( as in actual pianos). But for something to haul around, go and check out the action on many different electronic ones. You will get a thousand different recommendations from the people here. Try as many as you can find and don't rule any out right from the start. If you like the sound and the touch, that should be your choice. Cost may be a large factor also but I believe you most often get what you pay for. Check online reviews and old postings here, but use that more to determine what not to buy. Too many times people want to believe that what they have is the best and they can be very self-righteous about their choices. As for gaining speed, my formula is to start slow and become as perfect as possible at a slow speed and then incrementally increase your velocity. You are in probably the best room with which to begin. As you progress other rooms are arguably better, but Albetans is excellent. Another very good room is 7's, but remember that he has a web site http://www.jeff-brent.com/ which is most excellent also. 7 and albetan are also quick to offer individual help, if you don't quite get something. This is in no way meant to disparage any of the others here, I just know who has helped and educated me the most. Peace out! | |
| albetan -- 04/24/2006, 12:10:17 -- #26670 | |
| Thanks | |
| Thanks, wdennissorrell, for your kind words. | |
| albetan -- 05/23/2006, 11:05:04 -- #27463 | |
| Theory of Music | |
| A good synthesis of Theory of Music by Alvin Bauman: http://www.4shared.com/file/1743312/82fce331/theory_of_music.html An excellent stuff for beginners and music teachers. | |
| princeshalom -- 05/26/2006, 03:58:06 -- #27554 | |
| Thanks Albetan. | |
| I'm really grateful for the link and your file.I'll go though it thoroughly.You got a new student!! | |
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| albetan -- 05/26/2006, 17:45:32 -- #27596 | |
| Enjoy it, princeshalom! | |
| Ole -- 06/26/2006, 15:55:21 -- #28365 | |
| hello Albetan. I have uploaded some of my music in the piano lounge. What do you think of it? Don`t be afraid to be critical...:) | |
| apurudy -- 07/08/2006, 03:06:06 -- #28640 | |
| Contigo aprendi | |
| Hi there what is the the "best" Rhythmic for Contigo aprendi? Many thanks best whises Rudy | |
| albetan -- 07/08/2006, 11:13:37 -- #28641 | |
| Contigo Aprendí is a nice rock-ballad: B = Bass; C = Chord | - - C - - - C - | | B - - B B - - - | | |
| autaret -- 07/23/2006, 18:12:33 -- #28918 | |
| Ciao | |
| I've just joined this wonderfull comunity and jumped at albertan's tips ... thank you very much I will try all things you suggest and I let you know :) Luigi from Italy | |
| albetan -- 07/24/2006, 18:09:36 -- #28934 | |
| Welcome Luigi to LJP. You will find here tons of stuff about Jazz and Music. | |
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| albetan -- 07/26/2006, 09:03:59 -- #28955 | |
| Thanks Mike for promoting my room. The file you are mentioning is A & B Forms of Voicing. First time i saw this stuff was in Mehegan's books. This is a very jazzy sound in left hand. | |
| apurudy -- 08/01/2006, 04:43:33 -- #29021 | |
| video download | |
| Hi Albertan I have problems at video downloading from www.youtube.com The add to Mozilla jet do not work Any idea? Best regards Rudy | |
| albetan -- 08/01/2006, 09:36:36 -- #29024 | |
| Rudy: I had same problems with youtube. | |
| StevieM -- 08/01/2006, 11:51:50 -- #29029 | |
| New To The Site | |
| Hi albetan, I am new to te site and cannot find the files your messages reference. Any help would be greatly appreciated! | |
| StevieM -- 08/01/2006, 11:53:01 -- #29030 | |
| New To The Site - Nevermind | |
I must be getting old! Found the files... | |
| albetan -- 08/01/2006, 19:46:14 -- #29037 | |
| Welcome Stevie to LJP. Clicking on red "w" near my name you wil go to my blog, there you will find an order to study my files. | |
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| apurudy -- 08/02/2006, 14:08:26 -- #29044 | |
| Video Down loader Ver. 2.0 | |
| Hi Alberto The ver 2.0 from Video Down loader works Best wishes Rudi | |
| albetan -- 08/14/2006, 13:17:33 -- #29294 | |
| Rhapsody in Blue | |
| I found an excellent score of Gerswin's Rhapsody in Blue for advanced pianists: http://www.abrahamespinosa.com/partitures%20pdf/gershwin/Pdf%20-%20Gershwin%20-%20Rhapsody%20In%20Blue%20(Solo%20Piano).pdf | |
| apurudy -- 09/05/2006, 23:38:16 -- #29670 | |
| music sheet "My melancholy baby" | |
| Hi Prof Do you have any idia where can find the music sheet of My melancholy baby? Thank in adv. Best regards Rudy | |
| albetan -- 09/06/2006, 07:59:13 -- #29675 | |
| Hi Rudy: Download it from: http://www.4shared.com/file/3522869/bb916178/my_melancholy_baby.html | |
| loveforJAZZ -- 09/06/2006, 12:46:17 -- #29678 | |
| Albetan, do you know Spanish as well as English? | |
| albetan -- 09/06/2006, 13:35:40 -- #29679 | |
| What a question, Lovefor!... Thanks a lot! | |
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| apurudy -- 09/08/2006, 08:58:58 -- #29700 | |
| PMB | |
| Hi Albertain I’m learning PMB Brazil music. It’s not easy for an European. I learned that the Brazilian play usually following chord at 4 and So in your excellent lesson over Bloch exemplar Samba uma nota should change the chords at 4and? But I’m not an brasilien Best regards Rudy | |
| loveforJAZZ -- 09/08/2006, 14:38:53 -- #29708 | |
| Why did I do something wrong Albetan by saying that? | |
| albetan -- 09/09/2006, 08:04:48 -- #29713 | |
| Hi Lovefor: There is not anything wrong in your post… My English is poor!... I’m learning a lot of English here in LJP. Good luck. Alberto | |
| albetan -- 09/09/2006, 08:22:10 -- #29714 | |
| Bossa | |
| Hi Rudy: Study carefully file Learning Bossanova in room Latin Corner. There you will find good tips for performing it. In Brazilian lead sheets you will find Bossa in 2/4… In USA and Europe they write it in 4/4. Tap a pulse in 1 and 3 beats. Play bass in pulse beats (1 and 3): |b b | b b | |1 – 2 – 3 – 4 - | 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 - | Add an eight note before each bass note: |b b b b | b b b b | |1 – 2 – 3 – 4 - | 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 - | Then add rhythmic chords in this way: * * * * |1 – 2 – 3 – 4 - | 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 - | Try it and You will find it very easy. | |
| albetan -- 09/09/2006, 08:28:14 -- #29715 | |
| Practice this pattern with your left hand: | * * | * * | (chord) |1 – 2 – 3 – 4 - | 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 - | (Count) |^ ^ | ^ ^ | (pulse foot tap) |b b b b b b b b | (bass) | |
| albetan -- 09/09/2006, 08:31:37 -- #29716 | |
| Sorry... please correct my last post: Practice this pattern with your left hand: | * * | * * | (chord) |1 – 2 – 3 – 4 - | 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 - | (Count) |^ ^ | ^ ^ | (pulse foot tap) |b b b b b b b b | (bass) | |
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| wdennissorrell -- 09/09/2006, 10:01:31 -- #29718 | |
| I hate to contradict you Alberto, but your English is far from poor. You are quite capable of communicating effectively any and all issues and I really appreciate that fact as I have learned so much from you. Peace out and thanks! | |
| albetan -- 09/09/2006, 10:50:49 -- #29719 | |
| Thanks, Wdennissorrell, for your contradiction. Good luck and Peace. | |
| albetan -- 09/09/2006, 11:04:19 -- #29720 | |
| More about Bossa | |
| Hi Rudy: "I learned that the Brazilian play usually following chord at 4 and. So in your excellent lesson over Bloch exemplar Samba uma nota should change the chords at 4and?But I’m not an brasilien" Always you find a change in syncope, as in One Note Samba, you must do syncopation also in harmony. | |
| apurudy -- 09/27/2006, 06:40:58 -- #30094 | |
| stored video (file ext: flv) slower? | |
| Hi prof Is there any opportunity to play the stored video (file ext: flv) to play slower? Best wishes Rudy | |
| albetan -- 09/27/2006, 18:35:40 -- #30103 | |
| I don't think it may be possible. | |
| clobaton -- 09/30/2006, 07:09:33 -- #30167 | |
| conversion from flv to avi | |
| Rudy, I read something about a conversion program from flv to avi try: http://www.erightsoft.net/Superdc.html then , with your video in avi format, you can stop/lower the speed or whatever using a correct video player (try the computer player of your DVD, or burn it and do put it in your home dvd.. If you want to get into video "processing" try the free utility virtualDub at www.virtualdub.org I hope it helps. | |
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| apurudy -- 10/01/2006, 02:11:01 -- #30183 | |
| converson | |
| Hi Prof thanks for your advise I got the program total video converter best regards Rudy | |
| jlopez -- 10/09/2006, 02:14:36 -- #30369 | |
| Tango | |
| Hola, Alberto ¿Me puedes indicar algún patrón básico para acompañar a una cantante de tango? Muchas gracias Jesus | |
| albetan -- 10/09/2006, 07:03:46 -- #30378 | |
| En Latin corner encuentras How to play tango. | |
| kensuguro -- 10/12/2006, 06:01:32 -- #30454 | |
| how important is tapping | |
| actually, how important is anything? I have a big problem with tapping. When I tap, I have a very hard time playing improvised irregular syncopations. It pretty much ruins the little I've tought myself to play so far. Perhaps it's a basic step that I need to take time to learn, or is it more important that I feel comfortable with whatever works? Sometimes it's a hard line to draw, but the performance hit with tapping is so large. My performance goes from, say, a 6th grader to a 1st grader! | |
| albetan -- 10/12/2006, 18:16:28 -- #30465 | |
| Hi Kensuguro: The great secret is to feel tempo beats into yourself subconsciously. Tapping is a good way to connect yourself with your subconscious while playing music. | |
| jlopez -- 10/12/2006, 23:59:49 -- #30469 | |
| ºTango | |
| Gracias, Alberto Ya he encontrado el archivo del tango. Tengo que acompañar a una cantante en una fiesta informal. Ya te contaré cómo sale la cosa. Saludos Jesus | |
| CD: Marc Seales, New Stories: Speaking out. Marc was Scot's jazz piano mentor. | |
| clobaton -- 10/13/2006, 11:56:44 -- #30471 | |
| if tappingis difficult | |
| try moving the head , it works for me better than tapping (some blind musicians do it so.. the good thing about conecting the subsconcios with tapping or similar, is that you do not have to count or think after you learn it :) you can instead of counting do some singing or speaking while you play . | |
| kensuguro -- 10/14/2006, 07:18:26 -- #30478 | |
| thanks lobito! | |
| that's interesting, will definitely try. So I guess as long as I'm moving something while I play, it pulls the mind's focus away from the performing motor skills and therfore forces it into the unconscious? I'm far from being comfortable with tapping, but after a week of profusely tapping, I sort of understand that if perfected, I'd be able to "do some singing or speaking" while I play. There are flash moments where I'd be thinking of something else, like why I suck at tapping, and then for a moment it would sound like I'm listening to someone else playing, but my hands would be playing correctly. | |
| kensuguro -- 10/15/2006, 19:33:15 -- #30487 | |
| AB form question | |
| I did a search for AB form, and didn't come up with anything.. I have a very fundamental question about AB form. I understand that it's a widely used set of voicings for II-V-I.. my question is, what about all the other chords? Or is AB form specific to just II-V-I? | |
| albetan -- 10/16/2006, 08:51:45 -- #30493 | |
| Hi Kensuguro: A & B Forms of voicing are for all chords. See my file A & B Formsin page 3: EXERCISE: Play all chords in all qualities in A/B form voicings. | |
| kensuguro -- 10/16/2006, 20:04:59 -- #30504 | |
| AB From further question | |
| first of all, Albetan, thank you for your prompt reply and also preparing so much material so that beginners like me can learn the fundamentals without being too much of nuisance to the more experienced. Anyhow, it is exactly that exercise that made me wonder what AB form for III, IV, VI, VII would look like. For example, if A form for II is 3579, what would III be? Also 3579? Excuse me if this has been covered before. | |
| kensuguro -- 10/16/2006, 20:16:07 -- #30505 | |
| ok, I figured it out | |
| simple problem, I had only printed up to page 3 by mistake. Looking at page 4 and 5, now I understand. I was mixed up because I thought the voicings would change depending on what the root key was, since the chord structure is relative, (counting 3579 from root) But now I see that a specific chord has a specific form (A or B), regardle of the root key. Of course, I understand these are "standard" forms to creatively deviate from. Lesson learned: put paper in the darn printer!! hehe. | |
| CD: Marc Seales, New Stories: Speaking out. Marc was Scot's jazz piano mentor. | |
| albetan -- 10/17/2006, 07:35:14 -- #30515 | |
| You must combine A/B Forms so as the next chord be in the nearest voicing. EXAMPLE: Diatonic Circle in C: IV: A C D G VII: A #C D F III: G B D #F VI: G B C E II: F A C E V: F A B E I: E G A D | |
| kensuguro -- 10/21/2006, 11:10:19 -- #30587 | |
| improv practice | |
| I've created some comping tracks with drums and bass, and am trying to practice improvsing over it.. and was wondering what a good practice track should be like. Right now, the accompaniment track is faster than the speed I can play at (a 16 beat funk beat at bpm 125), and so it's quite a workout for the fingers. I guess it's good in that sense, but in terms of chord/harmony logic, everything flies by so quickly, that I can't really do anything creative without completely getting lost. Is it usually considered better to perfect the slower, and then progress toward the faster, or you pretty much do them all at the same time and create different personal styles to suite the speed? | |
| albetan -- 10/21/2006, 16:46:21 -- #30590 | |
| Is it usually considered better to perfect the slower, and then progress toward the faster, or you pretty much do them all at the same time and create different personal styles to suite the speed? Sure... It is better to perfect the slower, and then progress toward the faster. You are doing an excellent exercise creating tracks with drums and bass, and improvising over it. | |
| vouidu -- 10/22/2006, 05:45:08 -- #30599 | |
| Files? | |
| Hi Alberto, I started learning the piano with your files, which I found very enlightening. However for some reason I cannot download any file anymore (I get a "not found" page). Does the problem come from the web site or from me? Cheers, David | |
| vouidu -- 10/22/2006, 05:46:01 -- #30600 | |
| Files? | |
| Hi Alberto, I started learning the piano with your files, which I found very enlightening. However for some reason I cannot download any file anymore (I get a "not found" page). Does the problem come from the web site or from me? Cheers, David | |
| albetan -- 10/22/2006, 08:34:05 -- #30604 | |
| Hi David: It may be a temporary problem in web server. Please send your message to Bugs room. | |
| CD: Marc Seales, New Stories: Speaking out. Marc was Scot's jazz piano mentor. | |
| apurudy -- 10/30/2006, 12:09:08 -- #30821 | |
| music sheet "Djavan Lambada de Serpente" | |
| music sheet "Djavan Lambada de Serpente" Hi Prof Do you have any idea where can find the music sheet of Djavan Lambada de Serpente? Thank in adv. Best regards Rudy | |
| albetan -- 10/30/2006, 13:15:27 -- #30823 | |
| Look for it in Google.com http://www.google.com.co/search?q=Djavan+Lambada+de+Serpente&hl=es&lr=&start=40&sa=N | |
| p-noise -- 12/22/2006, 11:36:44 -- #31874 | |
| can u help me sir?? | |
| can u shed some light on chord voicings??? | |
| albetan -- 12/23/2006, 09:27:14 -- #31896 | |
| Chord Voicings | |
| Please see these files (list files): Melodic Voicings 1, Melodic Voicings 2, Melodic Voicings 3, Melodic Voicings 4, A & B Forms of Voicing Quartal Voicings Performing Jazz Lead Sheets. | |
| femi -- 12/29/2006, 11:24:43 -- #32052 | |
| leadsheets | |
| hi prof albetan do u know any site where i can get free jazz leadsheets | |
| albetan -- 12/29/2006, 14:09:58 -- #32057 | |
| Here in LJP ther's a room Transcription/Sheet Look for stuff in Google: jazz lead sheets free Try to buy The New Real Book C-Vocal Version by Sher Music Co. | |
| CD: Marc Seales, New Stories: Speaking out. Marc was Scot's jazz piano mentor. | |
| Barry -- 12/30/2006, 04:39:36 -- #32061 | |
| Hi, For chord charts, you can also scroll right down to the bottom of this screen and click the 'lead sheets' link where you will be taken to a page where you can find basic chord changes to hundreds of jazz tunes. | |
| albetan -- 12/30/2006, 06:23:30 -- #32062 | |
| Good help! Thanks Barry. | |
| YourMove -- 01/07/2007, 11:47:24 -- #32233 | |
| File Beginning Modal Scales? | |
| Hi, where do I find the file "Beginning Modal Scales? In the Technique and Exercises Room is a file called "Mastering Modal Scales". In that file the above one is mentioned. BTW thanks for the wonderful resources! | |
| albetan -- 01/07/2007, 13:26:28 -- #32238 | |
| Modal scales | |
| Modal scales are now in another file: Bases for Scales, Chords and Modes. | |
| apurudy -- 01/10/2007, 04:44:45 -- #32270 | |
| download problem by your *.MUS files | |
| Hi Prof I can not download your *.MUS files . I get only an empty page although the new version from Final was installed. What is to do? I appreciate any help With best wishes Rudy | |
| albetan -- 01/10/2007, 05:53:14 -- #32272 | |
| Some files are in Finale 2004 and other files in Finale 2006. If you have Finale or FinaleNotePad 2006 or 2007, it must work right. Tell me what kind of program do you have. | |
| CD: Marc Seales, New Stories: Speaking out. Marc was Scot's jazz piano mentor. | |
| apurudy -- 01/10/2007, 09:08:09 -- #32273 | |
| MUS Files | |
| Hi Prof I got ver 2006 from FINAL Last year downloaded and stored *.MUS files still work From list files chosen MUS files do not work. The PDF files are ok Best wishes Rudy | |
| gandydancer44 -- 01/11/2007, 19:11:02 -- #32323 | |
| learning by ear | |
| Perhaps a juve question from an old beginner. Mark Levine notes in his Jazz Piano Book," The very best way to learn tunes is to transcribe them off of records yourself, and as your ability to do so improves,should become your primary source." Could you perhaps describe how this can be employed? I have an ear for music, having listened intently for many years, but have only been practicing piano for year & a half. rsvp. Gandydancer 44. | |
| albetan -- 01/12/2007, 06:39:45 -- #32335 | |
| Hi Gandydancer: Listen to a phrase, and wright with a pencil in a staf the notes as points. Then you must identify the position of each note into the beats of measure and the note-value of each sound to write it right. You need a lot of practice and patience to get it. | |
| gandydancer44 -- 01/12/2007, 13:52:15 -- #32349 | |
| Learn by ear | |
| Sr Albetan: Much appreciate your reply and advice. I didn't think it would be easy but I will make a concerted effort to learn this method. gandydancer 44. | |
| vania -- 01/17/2007, 23:31:56 -- #32475 | |
| copyright | |
| Dear Prof. Betancourt, since three years I am learning piano. I would like to start to play jazz ( maybe it will be not possible, but I want to try!). I found very interesting your lessons on the web site, and, as my teacher is blind, I ask you the permission to try to translate your lessons (first of all your exercises) on braille languages, so to give to my teacher the possibility to follow me. It is not so simple to find tutorial text on piano jazz very nice as yours and more uneasy to find written in braille. Thank you for your answer best regards marco poggi from Italy PS. Not problem for the language, my teacher, besides to be graduate in piano, she is also graduate in english language. | |
| albetan -- 01/18/2007, 10:32:41 -- #32495 | |
| Dear Marco: You are free for doing that translation. That will be a great job to translate my lessons to braille in order to learn jazzpiano. If your teacher is graduate in english language, i think more easy that you read lessons in English better than that great job of translation to braille. Sorry! i'm not graduated in English language... and your teacher will find lots of errors in my sentences. I think my lessons here in LJP are very easy... thousands of people are learning here jazz and latin piano in a very simple way. Good luck | |
| CD: Marc Seales, New Stories: Speaking out. Marc was Scot's jazz piano mentor. | |
| albetan -- 01/30/2007, 18:13:22 -- #32768 | |
| Gandydancer's message | |
| Hi Gandydancer: Something is bad in file uploaded by you... it does not open. Please review it. Thanks. Albetan. | |
| gandydancer44 -- 01/31/2007, 19:57:08 -- #32793 | |
| Lost memory | |
| I am in a temporary mental "fugue". I don't recall just what it was I was uploading. I think I had better start keeping a written log so I don't lose the threads of what I am trying to learn. Appreciate your kind attention and consideration. | |
| albetan -- 02/02/2007, 20:26:16 -- #32848 | |
| The best radio group in the web | |
| I invite all of you to a great site: http://www.live365.com Enjoy and enjoy it!!!!! | |
| gandydancer44 -- 02/25/2007, 20:54:43 -- #33331 | |
| Files for Beginners/Your 4/10/2006-An order to study my stuff. | |
| Professor: How may I access this material? I am just beginning: Melody in blocks, voicings 1 and 2etc. Much obliged. | |
| albetan -- 02/26/2007, 06:23:10 -- #33333 | |
| all this material is in list files. Click on a title... then on "download". | |
| Hush -- 03/10/2007, 09:23:02 -- #33701 | |
| A Comme Amour | |
| Hi Albertan, Do you have the sheet music for the song A Comme Amour. I was asked to play it on a wedding. I will appreciate your help. Thanks | |
| CD: Marc Seales, New Stories: Speaking out. Marc was Scot's jazz piano mentor. | |
| albetan -- 03/10/2007, 17:51:23 -- #33717 | |
| Hi Sniper: Please go to: http://www.datafox.org/sheet/sheet.html | |
| Hush -- 03/12/2007, 14:39:46 -- #33745 | |
| Thanks Albertan Muy buena pagina | |
| apurudy -- 03/26/2007, 00:47:43 -- #34196 | |
| BACHATA | |
| Hi Prof Where can I find something about Bachata Best regards Rudy | |
| apurudy -- 03/26/2007, 00:47:47 -- #34197 | |
| BACHATA | |
| Hi Prof Where can I find something about Bachata Best regards Rudy | |
| albetan -- 03/26/2007, 08:46:00 -- #34206 | |
| Search for "bachata" in Google. | |
| albetan -- 03/27/2007, 07:33:43 -- #34232 | |
| Bachata is a style of Merengue. See file "Learning Merengue Dominicano". | |
| CD: Marc Seales, New Stories: Speaking out. Marc was Scot's jazz piano mentor. | |
| albetan -- 03/27/2007, 07:35:06 -- #34233 | |
| That file is in "Latin corner". | |
| apurudy -- 04/06/2007, 02:52:30 -- #34406 | |
| duermen en mi jarden los nardos | |
| Hi Prof Do you have the sheet music for the song duermen en mi jarden los nardos etc. I will appreciate your help. Best wishes Rudy | |
| albetan -- 04/07/2007, 08:33:14 -- #34417 | |
| Hi Rudy: Visit this page: http://www.piano-bar.com/pages/silencio.htm The name of that tune is "Silencio" by Rafael Hernandez. I invite you to see my new lesson about tango in Latin Corner. | |
| clarinini -- 04/24/2007, 20:09:59 -- #34694 | |
| :'( I'm new here and I absolutely don't understand how the forum works! I only see the messages titles...which seem extremely interesting.. help please? | |
| albetan -- 04/25/2007, 07:21:30 -- #34704 | |
| Welcome, Clarini, to LearnJazzPiano: click on: messages: display newest first - For more stuff please click on: list files (Upwards) | |
| albetan -- 04/25/2007, 07:25:13 -- #34705 | |
| In Main page (Lobby Lounge) you see only titles... click on one of them. | |
| CD: Marc Seales, New Stories: Speaking out. Marc was Scot's jazz piano mentor. | |
| albetan -- 05/22/2007, 08:19:00 -- #35186 | |
| Bach's Fugue Gigue | |
| Please enjoy this performance or Virgil Fox in a big pipe organ, and see how he injects feeling in his audience with this great fugue. http://youtube.com/watch?v=0gRBCAdC7wI See and hear this solo bass-pedal: http://youtube.com/watch?v=KbGCriVk9UM | |
| clarinini -- 06/19/2007, 17:08:13 -- #35510 | |
| List files... so was the secret of this wonderful website! Thanks! | |
| jazz jasper -- 08/17/2007, 15:23:57 -- #36429 | |
| Michel Camilo | |
| Could you tell me the chord progression for the Latin tune 'Just Kddin''? Also, are there any standard latin chord changes with that contemporary sound like Camilo has? Thanks Jazz | |
| Cata -- 08/20/2007, 02:26:02 -- #36454 | |
| Hola Alberto | |
| Hola Alberto, soy Catalina tu antigua alumna en Bogota, estoy viviendo en Bruselas, hace poco compre un piano electrico yamaha y estoy feliz bajando y haciendo tus lecciones, muchas gracias. Espero que estes muy bien, asi como toda tu familia. Catalina Pardo | |
| albetan -- 08/21/2007, 13:50:45 -- #36498 | |
| Hola Catalina | |
| Me alegra mucho saber que estés viviendo en Europa y que sigamos en contacto a través de LearnJazzPiano. Suerte, Salud y Prosperidad, Alberto. | |
| albetan -- 08/21/2007, 13:58:12 -- #36499 | |
| Just Kddin | |
| Sorry! I don't have that tune. | |
| CD: Marc Seales, New Stories: Speaking out. Marc was Scot's jazz piano mentor. | |
| albetan -- 08/21/2007, 18:14:29 -- #36504 | |
| Michel Camilo's Lead sheets | |
| See these sites: http://www.lucaspickford.com/transcaribe.html http://www.lucaspickford.com/transpoinciana.htm | |
| jazz jasper -- 08/22/2007, 17:06:11 -- #36532 | |
| Great thanks very much!! | |
| battlekla -- 09/12/2007, 12:10:44 -- #37035 | |
| Cantaloupe Island | |
Hi, Im having a really hard time playing the left hand part and the melody at the same time. Any tips on how to practice it? Also I was wondering how everyone else played the Db in the bass with the left hand part, i can't seem to fit it in my hand. Hope thats clear, thanks! Kenneth | |
| knotty -- 09/12/2007, 14:00:56 -- #37037 | |
| My limited experience, hand independence isn't as hard as it initially feels. What I do is I slow down my metronome to 50 or 60bpm. Then I play the left hand riff, while playing 8th note scale with the right. That normally doesn't take too long. Then I play notes randomly in that scale. When I have this under control, I start playing random rhythms and notes in the right hand. Then I'm ready to improvise with the right hand. If I just learn a melody (from sheet for example), then I like to practice by tapping my left and right hand (on my leg) instead of hitting the keyboard. Then I only need to play the notes, the independence is basically already taken care of. Hope this helps. | |
| battlekla -- 09/13/2007, 10:56:18 -- #37053 | |
| thanks | |
| Those are great tips, thanks! | |
| albetan -- 10/10/2007, 10:50:29 -- #37548 | |
| Walking Bass Exercises | |
| In this file you will learn some tips for creating nice walking bass lines. | |
| CD: Marc Seales, New Stories: Speaking out. Marc was Scot's jazz piano mentor. | |
| apurudy -- 10/26/2007, 13:52:31 -- #38049 | |
| ?brasilian song pode para? | |
| Hi Prof Do you have the sheet music for the song brasilian song pode para I will appreciate your help. Best wishes Rudy | |
| albetan -- 10/26/2007, 16:46:54 -- #38051 | |
| I don't know it. Sorry!. | |
| gbemi -- 11/05/2007, 09:47:47 -- #38234 | |
| Speeding | |
| hi prof, Do you have any sheet on which i can improve my speed. And can i get a good site or sheet for scales and chords | |
| albetan -- 11/06/2007, 06:05:15 -- #38244 | |
| Please go to room Technique and exercises. | |
| mestizzo -- 01/07/2008, 06:09:00 -- #39504 | |
| files not working? | |
| Hola Albetan! Thank you for all the info you are having available for all of us. I've started reading your weblog, starting from the oldest ones. As I go down the log, then both your messages and everyone else's become nothing but isolated titles with no messages... How can I see the messages or whatever you wrote? (by the way, I am a member, and I am logged in while trying to read your blog) Then, I can't even click on any of the files. Where are the files stored? How can I have access to them? Muchas gracias, maestro. Por cierto, podria haberle escrito este mensaje en espanhol, pero que todos aquellos que estan en esta pagina web y quizas tengan el mismo problema, puedan solucionarlo, pense que seria mejor escribirlo en ingles. De nuevo, muchisimas gracias. | |
| albetan -- 01/08/2008, 12:43:42 -- #39534 | |
| Hola Mestizzo: En Personal Rooms busca "Albetan's area" "Jazz en Español" o "Latin Corner". Picas luego arriba en "list files" y eliges algún título de las lecciones. Luego picas en "download" y así bajas las lecciones al computador. Suerte y éxitos, Albetan | |
| CD: Marc Seales, New Stories: Speaking out. Marc was Scot's jazz piano mentor. | |
| wutrain -- 02/29/2008, 19:55:01 -- #40521 | |
| Can't download files | |
| All the files in the part of this room where it says "list files" seem really interesting, and it kills me that i can't read them! I can read a bit of spanish, and know that you told mestizzo to go to this place for the files, but it is not working. A couple months ago things were running fine, but now nothing will download, and this message comes up: The requested URL /citadel/1204344072/1087362137_66tricks.pdf was not found on this server. | |
| wutrain -- 02/29/2008, 19:55:23 -- #40522 | |
| Can't download files | |
| All the files in the part of this room where it says "list files" seem really interesting, and it kills me that i can't read them! I can read a bit of spanish, and know that you told mestizzo to go to this place for the files, but it is not working. A couple months ago things were running fine, but now nothing will download, and this message comes up: The requested URL /citadel/1204344072/1087362137_66tricks.pdf was not found on this server. | |
| ciro -- 03/17/2008, 08:37:05 -- #40747 | |
| inversiones de las formas a y b | |
| HOla, estoy estudiando las formas a y b que tome del archivo .mus que publica LJP. Mi pregunta es la siguiente: se pueden invertir los acordes de estas formas, sin salirse del rango preestablecido para este tipo de voicings? El fin es para que sean mas suaves los movimientos entre estos acordes Muchisimas gracias! Ciro | |
| ciro -- 03/17/2008, 09:08:56 -- #40748 | |
| inversiones de las formas a y b | |
| HOla, estoy estudiando las formas a y b que tome del archivo .mus que publica LJP. Mi pregunta es la siguiente: se pueden invertir los acordes de estas formas, sin salirse del rango preestablecido para este tipo de voicings? El fin es para que sean mas suaves los movimientos entre estos acordes Muchisimas gracias! Ciro | |
| albetan -- 03/17/2008, 12:01:16 -- #40759 | |
| Precisamente las formas A/B son para interpretarse dentro de un rango limitado, evitando así los saltos. Practiquelas en todas las tonalidades: I - VI - II - V - I | |
| ciro -- 03/20/2008, 13:26:32 -- #40811 | |
| Muchas gracias por la respuesta, me queda una duda | |
| Soy nuevo en esto, asi que por ahi haga un par de preguntas tontas, sepan disculpar, me queda todavia la duda , si se estila invertir este tipo de acordes, ya que a veces me da la impresion de que el salto intervalico es grande x ejemplo desde un Gm7 (F-A-Bb-D) a un C7 (Bb-D-E-A) Muchas gracia tambien por la paciencia! | |
| CD: Marc Seales, New Stories: Speaking out. Marc was Scot's jazz piano mentor. | |
| albetan -- 03/21/2008, 18:02:59 -- #40840 | |
Recuerde que en cada acorde hay una posición A y otra posición B. Puede elegir la posición más próxima para evitar ese salto interválico grande: Gm7: Bb D F A C7: Bb D E A | |
| ciro -- 03/23/2008, 07:00:41 -- #40870 | |
| ALBERTO Muchas gracias por su respuesta! | |
| Mis dudas discipadas, muchisimas gracias por su tiempo y dedicación en este excelente sitio. | |
| clobaton -- 04/02/2008, 09:23:38 -- #40979 | |
| ab voicings | |
| Hola Profe, como esta? estoy estudiando las AB voicings, y quisiera que por favor me recomendara una pieza que suene bien con estos voicigs, he probado con algunas piezas y me parece que aveces no "cuadran" en la harmonia de la cancion, me puede recomendar una pieza para practicarlos? gracias profe! cl | |
| albetan -- 04/02/2008, 14:49:12 -- #40984 | |
| Hi Lobito: Now I'm living in Guatemala. You may play any jazz standard with A/B voicings, and it sounds good. If you feel A/B forms something weak, performing rootless vocings, play bass note in first beat or in chord change, and A/B forms in the rest of bar. If you are working with a bass player, let him the bass line and play always rootles voicings. | |
| hillbilly -- 04/08/2008, 09:40:16 -- #41038 | |
| Lead Sheet/Chord interpretation | |
| Sr. Albetan. I am a beginner at piano and ardent jazz fan. A special request: The chords for "I Can't Get Started With You". Key of C, First line of Chords: C, Am7, Dm7, E7, Am7, D7, G7. Could you show how to "convert" those chords to notation? In order for me to know how to do this on all future lead sheets.. They were copied from Lead Sheets on LJP. rsvp. Hillbilly. | |
| hillbilly -- 04/08/2008, 18:36:33 -- #41043 | |
| Lead Sheet/Chord interpretation | |
| My question was a rather awkward one. I meant to ask how to discover the melody line in, "I Can't Get Started With You" from the chord symbols given in the lead sheet. Por Favor. | |
| CD: Marc Seales, New Stories: Speaking out. Marc was Scot's jazz piano mentor. | |
| Gordon -- 04/10/2008, 09:15:02 -- #41046 | |
| Hi Alberto, Thankyou for your lesson in how to play Bossa. It has got me started in playing this lovely music. I would like to learn to play a *solo piano* version of Black Orpheus. Do you know of any recordings of this - or could you maybe post up a solo piano midi version of this tune ? I find I learn so much more from hearing a performance than from seeing sheet music. | |
| piano_soul71 -- 04/13/2008, 23:56:29 -- #41058 | |
| v | |
| vfdgs | |
| albetan -- 04/14/2008, 08:55:13 -- #41062 | |
| Hi hillbilly: If I don't know a melody, I can not discover the melody line from chord symbols given in the lead sheet. If You know the melody line, play it with right hand, and chords with left. For performing lead sheets, please see my file Performing Jazz Lead Sheets | |
| albetan -- 04/14/2008, 08:58:08 -- #41063 | |
| Hi Gordon: See some performings of Manha de Carnaval in youtube.com: http://youtube.com/watch?v=16ec7wgV8p0 http://youtube.com/watch?v=I2ynqjitxE8 http://youtube.com/watch?v=1b-zAEGu6SA dougmck's version: http://youtube.com/watch?v=hpUJoFKNUmg http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ma8UVngJgHw http://youtube.com/watch?v=-ZC0C8TWXA4 Enjoy it! | |
| albetan -- 06/15/2008, 08:22:02 -- #41672 | |
| Caracteristicas de Audacity | |
| PCWorld eligió Audacity como uno de los 100 mejores productos del 2008: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,146161-page,12-c,electronics/article.html CARACTERISTICAS DE AUDACITY: Grabar Audacity puede grabar sonidos en directo usando un micrófono o un mezclador, o bien digitalizar grabaciones de cintas de casete, discos de vinilo, o minidisc. Con algunas tarjetas de sonido puede incluso capturar «flujos de sonido». * Grabar de un micrófono, la línea de entrada u otras fuentes. * Copiar encima de pistas existentes para crear grabaciones multi-pista. * Graar hasta 16 canales a la vez (requiere hardware multi-canal). * Los medidores de niveles pueden monitorizar el volumen antes, durante y después de la grabación. Importar y exportar Importa archivos de sonido, editelos y combinelos con otros archivos o nuevas grabaciones. Exporta sus grabaciones en varios formatos de sonido. * Importa y exporta archivos WAV, AIFF, AU, y Ogg Vorbis. * Importa sonido en formato MPEG (incluyendo archivos MP2 y MP3) con libmad. * Exporta MP3s con el codificador opcional LAME. * Crea archivos WAV o AIFF para almacenarlos en CD de sonido. * Importa y exporta todos los formatos soportados por libsndfile. * Abre archivos de sonido «crudos» (sin cabeceras mediante el comando «Importar Raw». * Nota: Audacity no trabaja con los formatos WMA, AAC, o el resto de los formatos de archivo propietarios o restringidos. Edición * Edición sencilla mediante cortar, copiar, pegar y borrar. * Utiliza ilimitados niveles de deshacer (y rehacer) para volver a cualquier estado anterior. * Rápida edición de archivos grandes. * Edita y mezcla un número ilimitado de pistas. * Utiliza la herramienta de dibujo para alterar las muestras individuales. * Disuelve el sonido suavemente con la herramienta «envolvente». Efectos * Cambiar el tono sin alterar el tempo y viceversa. * Eliminar ruidos estáticos, silbidos, tarareos u otros ruidos de fondo constantes. * Alterar las frecuencias con la ecualización, filtros FFT y amplificar los bajos. * Ajustar los volúmenes con el compresor, amplificar y normalizar los efectos * . Otros efectos incluídos: o Eco o Fase o Wahwah o Inversión Calidad de sonido * Graba y edita muestras de 16-bit, 24-bit y 32-bit (en punto flotante). * Graba hasta un máximo de 96 KHz. * Las frecuencias de muestreo y formatos son convertidos mediante un proceso de alta calidad. * Mezcla pistas con diferentes frecuencias de muestreo o formatos y Audacity los convertirá automáticamente en tiempo real. | |
| albetan -- 06/15/2008, 08:59:20 -- #41675 | |
| I'm Sorry | |
| Dear friends: I'm sorry because I have published by error in this room an article in spanish about Audacity... It was written for "Jazz en Español". | |
| CD: Marc Seales, New Stories: Speaking out. Marc was Scot's jazz piano mentor. | |
| apurudy -- 06/22/2008, 03:25:03 -- #41729 | |
| transform pdf to mus | |
| Hi Prof Is there any opportunity to transform pdf-file to mus-file Many thanks in advance Best regards Rudy | |
| albetan -- 06/22/2008, 15:34:51 -- #41731 | |
| Dear friend Rudy: There is not opportunity to transform pdf-file to mus-file, because mus-file is an exclusive format of Finale. | |
| maxsnake -- 06/29/2008, 05:41:14 -- #41822 | |
| ei jazzer... your files have been really helpful.. thank you. -"I see the Lord Jesus, seated on the throne... exalted!" | |
| pink_liquorice -- 07/30/2008, 12:40:25 -- #42199 | |
| Augmented 4ths pattern | |
| Hi Albetan... I saw a great jazz pianist today play a solo. Among the many patterns he used, I noticed that he did some kind of descending augmented-4ths pattern (e.g. si-fa, sib-mi, la-mib, etc). However when I came home and tried to play the pattern he used, I couldn't get it. :( Do you have any good patterns that involve a series of descending augmented 4ths, and when can I use this pattern? Thank you!! | |
| albetan -- 08/04/2008, 15:23:42 -- #42255 | |
| Hi pink_liquorice: Play this exercise: Right:| F B | E Bb | Eb A | D Ab | Db G | C Gb | B E# | A# E | Left: | G | C | F | Bb | Eb | Ab | C# | F# | Chord:| G7 | C7 | F7 | Bb7 | Eb7 | Ab7 | C#7 | F#7 | | |
| pink_liquorice -- 08/08/2008, 11:59:19 -- #42288 | |
| Thank you so much! | |
| Thank you so much teacher! I shall go try it! :D :D :D | |
| CD: Marc Seales, New Stories: Speaking out. Marc was Scot's jazz piano mentor. | |
| fcbuccino -- 10/05/2008, 11:57:38 -- #42827 | |
| Musical Scales | |
| Albetan I thought you might be interested in a free scales program. Musical Scales. It can be a nice utility for your students and any member of LJP Here's the download page. http://www.musicalscales.net/ Frank Buccino | |
| apurudy -- 11/05/2008, 08:58:27 -- #43002 | |
| veinte anos | |
Hi Prof I hope you are ok. Perhaps have you any idea where can I find music sheet _b veite anos b Best regard Your old friend Rudy | |
| albetan -- 11/06/2008, 17:05:29 -- #43023 | |
| There is a Colombian Folk song "Yo también tuve veinte años" Is that the tune you wish? | |
| apurudy -- 11/07/2008, 00:42:54 -- #43024 | |
| veinte anos | |
| hola Omara Portoundo sings it: Veinte anos all the best Rudy | |
| albetan -- 11/07/2008, 14:51:54 -- #43031 | |
| Here is Omara Portuondo singing "Veinte años" in mp3 with lyrics in Spanish: http://ro.getalyric.com/asculta/QOXqAb-BMdM/omara_portuondo_veinte_a_os | |
| albetan -- 11/22/2009, 10:57:46 -- #45907 | |
| Feeling rhythm while playing | |
| When you are playing piano, you must feel the rhythm into yourself. Don't count while you are playing... Please leave that job to the accountants... Play as a real musician feeling the pulse of rhythm. Tap the beats with your foot, with point or with heel. If you perform all theese 15 exercises, your playing at sight will be better, and you will develop your subconscious metronome. See this file: http://www.scribd.com/full/22825360?access_key=key-2orh5hkatj68htvo5kv1 | |
| CD: Marc Seales, New Stories: Speaking out. Marc was Scot's jazz piano mentor. | |
| supraruper -- 03/23/2010, 06:58:26 -- #47005 | |
| Tríadas y cuatríadas | |
| Hola Alberto: he comenzado a estudiar la tríadas y cuatríadas. Qué sistema de trabajo me recomiendas. Un abrazo. Roberto | |
| albetan -- 03/24/2010, 09:49:33 -- #47006 | |
| Hola Roberto: Te recomiendo este sitio: www.organoypiano.tk Allí encuentras buenos secretos y en Español para progresar mucho. | |
| apurudy -- 05/04/2010, 01:20:43 -- #47262 | |
| sheet have you met miss | |
| Hi prof I can not find the music sheet: Have you met miss jones in your lead sheets wikofonia Can you give me same idea or hints I appreciate your help Best regards Rudy | |
| albetan -- 05/06/2010, 20:40:12 -- #47279 | |
| Have You Met Miss Jones? | |
| http://www.wikifonia.org/node/5703 | |
| apurudy -- 06/04/2010, 07:58:48 -- #47425 | |
| perfume de gardenias | |
| Hi Prof Congratulation to your work “Luna de Xelaju I’m sorry did not find the sheet music Perfume de gardenias in Wikifonia Best regards Rudy | |
| albetan -- 08/17/2010, 06:23:18 -- #47738 | |
| Learn to play Piano quickly on line: | |
| Hi my friends in LJP: If you are a musician playing an instrument different from piano, please try to learn to perform it as your second instrument in a very short time. In pianoatsight.com you will find a practical method for learning it very quickly. There you will find also advanced lessons about jazz piano, modern harmony, jazz chords, salsa, bossa and latin rhythms. There are also free sheet music of classical and latin pieces, and some anthems and hymns in transcriptions and arrangements by Alberto Betancourt. http://pianoatsight.com | |
| CD: Marc Seales, New Stories: Speaking out. Marc was Scot's jazz piano mentor. | |
| albetan -- 10/19/2010, 19:59:03 -- #47891 | |
| Luna de Xelaju | |
| "Luna de Xelaju" is the most representative song from Guatemala. I invite all of you to see this video of my performance in solo piano of my own arrangement: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siEciQQpbfc | |
| fcbuccino -- 11/24/2011, 16:48:02 -- #49170 | |
| Sheet Music | |
| Hello Albetan I lost the link that you posted in Piano Lounge for Free Sheet music Can you please send me the link to my email address fbuccino@ptd.net Thank You Frank Buccino | |
| albetan -- 11/25/2011, 06:28:14 -- #49172 | |
| You can find free sheet music at "Free scores" in http://pianoatsight.com Enjoy it | |
| albetan -- 12/14/2011, 06:36:42 -- #49248 | |
| La Bikina is a nice latin waltz jazz from Mexico. AUDIO: http://www.pianoaprimeravista.com/Downloads/mp3.18_La_Bikina.mp3 LEAD SHEET: http://www.pianoaprimeravista.com/Downloads/PG2.24_La_Bikina.pdf | |
| albetan -- 12/29/2011, 08:55:12 -- #49323 | |
| Giant Steps | |
| Piano score: http://www.scribd.com/fullscreen/8945794?access_key=key-rkehjo6oglnajq4t5cq | |
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