Jazz piano can seem kind of “mysterious” or “magical” to the uninitiated or untrained, but once you know a few basic tricks, it’s easy to see how to create your own jazz piano arrangement using just a few standard techniques. In this post, I’ll show you – in both video and text/picture form – how […]I realize it’s not exactly breaking news to say that rhythm is one of the most important aspects of music. In fact, it’s really the foundation for virtually every style of music, affecting the mood of a song, the lyrics, and how dancers move to the music. But rhythm is more than just the tempo, or […]
I get quite a few questions about what to play in the left hand on the piano, and I realized that a lot of what I play - especially in dueling piano shows, where my job is to get people to dance or sing along - is just ridiculously simple.So, I put together this video […]Here’s a quick video with a few tips on how to accompany yourself or another singer or instrumentalist on the piano. I cannot overstate this – BE CONSISTENT in your rhythmic and harmonic patterns. Some variation is OK, but it’s your job to provide a solid foundation for the singer WITHOUT distracting the listener from […]
Discover, in this lesson, the three things that should come to mind when you hear a minor chord.
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