Tunes for jazz piano beginners
also, some students arenīt really into jazz and want to play pop tunes. iīm not really into pop so can you suggest some pop tunes that are good for learning harmony and piano playing in general?
thanks,
savage
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it seems to me the best tunes for beginners would be ones they can sound good playing by themselves, which is easiest if you have a fixed left hand pattern. good ones for this are all blues, take 5, any number of blues repeating patterns, black orpheus (use simple 1 5 bossa pattern), boogies.
your tune suggestions are nice. any more? i need a large teaching repertoire...
lullabye of birdland, a-train, speak low, i cover the waterfront, moonlight in vermont, all the things you are, etc etc...
to be honest, it's not the tunes so much that are important. it's how you get your students to expand how they play the tunes they choose to learn.
all tunes have something in common- melody and harmony. melody and harmony is 2/3 of what makes a good jazzer. the other of course is time.
so whatever they want to learn, be it giant steps or night in tunisia, listen to them play their song and then give them the ideas they need to expand it when they are practicing.
i'm sure you know how to teach, don't take my suggestions as an insult or anything, it's just that jazz lessons are a lot more about music than repertoire.
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