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New Lesson on JazzPianoOnline.com: Stride Left Hand Part 1

stride piano is a captivating solo piano style anchored by the left-hand pattern of low bass notes that alternate with mid-range chords. using a transcription of harry connick's left hand on the tune "on the sunny side of the street" from his 1987 self-titled debut recording as a template, the stride left hand pattern is broken down into its component parts in this lesson.

master this solo piano style with the accompanying pdf practice sessions which will start you out with writing a stride left hand pattern and then guide you through improvising your own left hand stride pattern to the changes to three tunes commonly played in the stride style, "on the sunny side of the street", "summertime" and "stormy weather."

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by jazzpianoonline on 07/25/2011, 08:18

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by 7 on 07/06/2011, 21:01

well, i am only 59 years young, and not a classical pianist, but i did enjoy your coverage of shells. : )

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by jmkarns on 08/09/2011, 12:01

nice extension to the topic.

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by jordo on 07/06/2011, 21:46

i'm 51 and do have a classical background, learned shells a long time ago, but this is a good lesson and a nice website.
btw, what is up with the glasses people are wearing these days??? lol

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by CynBad on 08/09/2011, 13:24

cool, jordo, i like that. i'm going to play around with it

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by CynBad on 07/08/2011, 09:45

, examples:

c dorian -     bb major
c aeolian -    eb major
c phrygian -   ab major
c locrian -    db major

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by 7 on 07/17/2011, 20:07

i've not been able to log in either. however, after you saying you were sometimes logged in after the error message, i decided to try a few pages before it "timed out" and voila! i'm in! so perhaps the problem is that the sys fails to report that we are in fact logged in?

anyways, give it a try:)

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by Dr. Whack on 07/18/2011, 13:01

haha! now i can't log out! that's what i git:)

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by Dr. Whack on 07/18/2011, 13:04

thanks jordo. can't wait to get off work and try this.

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by jmkarns on 07/27/2011, 12:42

a nice easily digestible lesson for practice.

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by jmkarns on 08/05/2011, 13:09

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New Lesson on JazzPianoOnline.com: Stride Left Hand Part 1

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by 7 on 07/06/2011, 21:01

by jmkarns on 08/09/2011, 12:01

by jordo on 07/06/2011, 21:46

by CynBad on 08/09/2011, 13:24

by CynBad on 07/08/2011, 09:45

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by Dr. Whack on 07/18/2011, 13:01

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New Lesson on JazzPianoOnline.com: Stride Left Hand Part 1

There are 10 comments, leave a comment.

by 7 on 07/06/2011, 21:01

by jmkarns on 08/09/2011, 12:01

by jordo on 07/06/2011, 21:46

by CynBad on 08/09/2011, 13:24

by CynBad on 07/08/2011, 09:45

by 7 on 07/17/2011, 20:07

by Dr. Whack on 07/18/2011, 13:01

by Dr. Whack on 07/18/2011, 13:04

by jmkarns on 07/27/2011, 12:42

by jmkarns on 08/05/2011, 13:09

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