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well, a bit of story, im 16 yrs old, have played piano since 5 or 6, i playd in lots of schools with a little group, all pianos, it was going so nice ,then i started going to a music school but i quit because of school,the music class started at 5 pm and that was the time i got out of school, so i wasnt able to get to the class in time, i just continue to play around learning new songs and all that till 7 or 8 grade, the teacher moved to another school and the group puff, dissapared, im the only one playing piano now, and the only thing i can do is learning songs by ear, without chords and those things, i dont know how to continue learning new things, i just cant, im trying to understand the basic thing in this site but, it is difficult for me, im a fast learner, i see something and i can play it, hear anything and i can play it too, but without the chords, it sounds plain, the only song with chords that i learned is the blue bar thingy, it sounds cool, but that is the only progress i made. so, uff, thats lot of writing for just asking for help,haha, anyway,i need help, u know, how i can start learning at least how to play salsa, thats my favorite type of music, but i dont want to start all over again, with the do re mi thingy,so what can i do?
i dont speak/write eng so well, so xcuse my writing

by KillerAlex26 on 12/15/2004, 18:14

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i recommend you buy a book called "metaphors for the musician" by jazz pianist randy halberstadt. in my opinion the best book for getting into jazz piano and it is a fun book.

after you have done "metaphors for the musician" try "the jazz piano" book by mark levine. it's a more difficult book and jumps around a lot and leaves out a lot of aspects of solo piano playing.

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by Jazz+ on 12/16/2004, 08:48

is there any way you can get lessons? if not, let me get a feel of where you are:

1) can you read music ok?
2) do you know major an minor chords?
3) do you know major and minor scales?
4) do you understand chord symbols like c7, gm7, c7b5?

one thing you will find is that even if you know scales and chords, you need to have some idea of how you are going to put stuff together. i assume you are just playing by yourself for now, and want to know how to play something good doing solo piano.

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by marksdg on 12/16/2004, 15:18

for salsa, check out the salsa guidebook by rebeca mauleon.
mark levine is also really into salsa.

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by CynBad on 12/19/2004, 20:20

i have been playing for a while and play all kinds of music. one style that i never learned is salsa. i always liked stevie wonders "don't you worry about a thing" which had what sounded to me like salsa piano in parts of it. there is also a good salsa tune (if that's what it is) when you call progressive insurance on their toll free number but i don't know the name of the song. if i could just get a few names of songs and the artists i could pick it up on my own. there does seem to be a basic fundamental chord progression and/or playing off the left hand bass notes.

so can someone shed some light on that technique just in a few lines or however many you care to write. also if you could give me the names of some good salsa piano songs i could listen to i would appreciate it.

thanks!

randy

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by valhalla3 on 01/07/2005, 19:40

hi. alex:
i invite you to visit "jazz en espa�ol". click on "w" near my name and you will find files in an order to study.
thanks moondancer for your promotion to my area.

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