The midi file of my piano solo as well as a PDF transcription file along the backing track file are all available at [ Ссылка ]

At this time of year I am invariably playing a number of holiday gigs and find myself re-learning all of the traditional songs that I forgot from last year. For fun, I enjoy trying different arrangements and applying different styles of playing to keep things interesting. My apologies to anyone who prefers their holiday music played with more of a traditional approach and for you I suggest the great tutorial by 7notemode here: [ Ссылка ]

One aspect of the phenomenal style of McCoy Tyner is his amazing ability to incorporate the use of pentatonic scales while playing through a series of chord changes. This unmistakable "McCoy" sound is very pleasing to my ears and I enjoy playing in this style. CAUTION: This video is very heavy with the use of pentatonics in order to help with the learning of this style. Use this technique prudently in an actual performance.

Some Tech Notes:
Roland FP-4 Piano
Midikeyz virtual keyboard display (www.midikeyz.com)
BIAB backing track for chord changes display
Screen Capture using Blueberry Flashback Pro
Titles and compositing with Adobe Premiere Elements
Annotations and rendering using Camtasia Studio

As always, thank you for listening.

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