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J-Tonal: Composition - Process: Seeking the Tao
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Thoughts on playing, learning and teaching jazz piano. Wednesday, March 13, 2013. Composition - Process: Seeking the Tao. My new cd - returning. One of my inspirations for this tune was the great Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson. System). It was the perfect beginning for the feel I was trying to establish. The harmonic structure it outlines starts off relatively vague and ultimately ends with a resolution to the major third. Again you can hear the full song at CBC Music. My cd is available on my website.
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J-Tonal: Learning the language - ii-V lines
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Thoughts on playing, learning and teaching jazz piano. Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Learning the language - ii-V lines. One thing that should be clear to any jazz piano student is the lineage of the music, not only harmonically, but particularly as it applies to right hand jazz language. Bebop, modal, post modal, chromatic and free, are all languages and the student must over time gain a strong knowledge base of each. Here is a step by step method to get you started:. Step One: Saturated listening. Subscribe ...
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J-Tonal: Practicing pt 3 - a little hard work never hurt anyone
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Thoughts on playing, learning and teaching jazz piano. Thursday, March 11, 2010. Practicing pt 3 - a little hard work never hurt anyone. If I miss a day of practice, I know it. If I miss two days, my manager knows it. If I miss three days, my audience knows it. If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it wouldn’t seem wonderful at all. Renaissance sculptor and painter. Olympic gold medalist and NBA player. 8220;Lady,” said Stern acidly, “that I did! March 11, 2010 at 5:38 PM. Subscribe t...
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J-Tonal: Technique pt 2 - expressive technique
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Thoughts on playing, learning and teaching jazz piano. Thursday, May 13, 2010. Technique pt 2 - expressive technique. When playing such a line try thinking of your right hand as another instrument, a flute, violin or a voice. Take note also of the left hand. All notes of each chord hit together in a consistently precise manner to produce an even tone. I will write more about expressive technique and pedal control in my next post. May 16, 2010 at 2:39 PM. THanks for these videos Jeff. Ive always been ...
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J-Tonal: August 2010
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Thoughts on playing, learning and teaching jazz piano. Tuesday, August 24, 2010. Editing - spaces are alive. Something happens when you practice a lot. You eventually start to play everything you know all the time. It’s an unconscious, albeit normal and inevitable phase any good musician goes through. I actually love hearing students go through this phase. It’s a clear indication that they are serious and are working hard on the materials their teachers have designated. Maybe several bars too long? Jeff ...
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J-Tonal: March 2010
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Thoughts on playing, learning and teaching jazz piano. Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Reworking a standard - zing zing zing. Here's my version from a concert at McGill University featuring a couple of extremely talented young musicians, Miles Perkin on bass and Phil Melanson on drums. Special thanks to Claude Thibault for providing this video and for his amazing website. http:/ www.sortiesjazznights.com. Thursday, March 11, 2010. Practicing pt 3 - a little hard work never hurt anyone. In this post I want to ad...
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J-Tonal: April 2010
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Thoughts on playing, learning and teaching jazz piano. Tuesday, April 6, 2010. Learning the language - ii-V lines. One thing that should be clear to any jazz piano student is the lineage of the music, not only harmonically, but particularly as it applies to right hand jazz language. Bebop, modal, post modal, chromatic and free, are all languages and the student must over time gain a strong knowledge base of each. Here is a step by step method to get you started:. Step One: Saturated listening. Learning t...
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J-Tonal: February 2010
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Thoughts on playing, learning and teaching jazz piano. Sunday, February 28, 2010. Looking Back - finding inspiration in the past. A few years ago, I remember asking a well known modern day guitarist what he was working on. I was expecting him to talk of advanced harmonic devices or complex time signatures, but instead he told me he was working out of the Charlie Parker Omnibook. That’s what is known as ’keeping up the chops’! Wednesday, February 24, 2010. Solo Piano Pt 2 - walking bass. Here is another v...
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J-Tonal: May 2010
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Thoughts on playing, learning and teaching jazz piano. Thursday, May 13, 2010. Technique pt 2 - expressive technique. When playing such a line try thinking of your right hand as another instrument, a flute, violin or a voice. Take note also of the left hand. All notes of each chord hit together in a consistently precise manner to produce an even tone. I will write more about expressive technique and pedal control in my next post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Technique pt 2 - expressive technique. Jeff Joh...
