A jazz piano lesson to help you develop a more flowing melodic line while improvising..
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Let's start playing Jazz Piano with flow and fluency with DAY THIRTEEN of my Jazz Piano for Beginners series of musical workouts: a 31-Day jam session where you'll learn the fundamentals of Jazz Piano, while having fun at every step of the way.
Today, we're continuing with a series of exercises designed to getting you play more fluid melodic lines and "playing what we hear" while becoming fluent in the key of G major.
From Erik Li:
0:00 Intro to Day 13
0:47 Goal: RH workout in G
1:13 Giggle when you hit the F
2:02 Plan to move on to quarter notes
2:36 Start with ballad and focus on listening
2:58 example quarter note continuous line
3:19 practice quarter notes to ballad in G
5:02 keep the flow going
5:26 practice a bit faster
6:37 ballads as a dance form
6:45 practice a bit faster still
8:10 ballads are great fast or slow
8:24 let's try a bossa nova
8:34 practice quarter notes to bossa nova in G
10:30 keep up the flow for continuous line
10:42 practice quarter notes to bossa nova in G
13:13 explaining change from straight 8s to swings
13:25 practice quarter notes continuous line in G dorian
15:04 explanation we were playing in A minor/G dorian for a bit
15:23 practice quarter notes continuous line G major
17:29 practice quarter notes faster
18:44 you can do this exercise on anything
18:59 anecdote practice carefully and play joyfully (from my classical teacher, Leonard Seeber)
19:26 plan to practice phrasing
19:37 practice phrasing
24:46 Keith Jarrett and symbiotic relationship with audience
25:19 Outro and thank you
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Enjoy the journey, and "Let the music flow!"
Ron
