Solo Piano Fills: 3 Easy Tricks
What do you do when you have 4 beats to fill? What about 7 beats? Because I was a deer in headlights for most of my career. I never really knew what to do! No one ever taught me. But that’s exactly why I created this podcast. To give you an easy 3 step system to creating simple fills that sound AWESOME! Here we go!
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Have you been trying to learn jazz piano with youtube videos, dvds, teachers but feel
like you’re still constantly guessing, can’t play any tunes without copying what someone else has played,
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Shed These Minor Chords Ascending In 3rds – TTT #34
Modal Jazz of the 1960’s often had minor 7th chords played for extended measures. Later on, composers like Woody Shaw would transpose these chords in intervals of major and minor 3rds. Try shedding this minor melody in ascending 3rds, and transpose it for an added challenge! https://youtu.be/x1d83x9CWDc CLICK HERE FOR THE NOTATION If you have […]
This 1 Secret Will Take Your Bebop Playing to the Next Level
The “Kansas City” blues scale is a variation on the traditional blues scale. Its sound was codified by musicians from Kansas City, dating all the way back to Count Basie, Jimmy Lunceford, and eventually adopted by the great bebop Saxophonist Charlie Parker. This sound is simple to acquire, yet has a lot of room for variations and depth. In this podcast lesson, Sterling will show you how to incorporate the sound of the Kansas City blues into your improvising.
Go to for practice materials
http://jazzpianoschool.com/podcast334
If you have questions or suggestions for a podcast lesson you would like us to do, please leave them in the comments down below.
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Have you been trying to learn jazz piano with youtube videos, dvds, teachers but feel
like you’re still constantly guessing, can’t play any tunes without copying what someone else has played,
and don’t know how to connect all the tid bits you’ve learned?
I went through the same thing but thankfully stumbled upon a learning system I created based on
proven language learning blocks.
The JPS System brings you through 4 main categories of learning,
Theory, Technique, Improvisation and Repertoire.
I’ll show you exactly how to utilize our popular system so
you can finally achieve jazz piano freedom: http://jazzpianoschool.com/lookinside
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This Is The Diminished Bebop Vocabulary You NEED! – TTT #33
Bebop vocabulary is an essential part of jazz improvisation today. All the greatest bebop players knew how to used diminished chord language, especially over dominant seventh chords. Here is an example of bebop language over a 2-5-1 progression. Watch out for that diminished line in the second measure! https://youtu.be/yoiUN_cu9Qw CLICK HERE FOR THE NOTATION If […]
Use This Chromatic 3rds Pattern For An “Out” Sound – TTT #32
By practicing chromatic or interval-based melodies, you are expanding your harmonic pallete. This will not only give you more ideas of chormatic lines to play, but also train your fingers to play more difficult passages. Give it a shot! https://youtu.be/AWq4RTUT9lU CLICK HERE FOR THE NOTATION If you have questions or suggestions for a Lick Of […]
The One Solo Jazz Piano Technique You Need!
There is one technique setup that you need to learn for both of your hands when playing solo jazz piano. Without it, you’ll never get the sound you’re after. If you practice this, you’ll be 95% of the way there. Let’s dive in!
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Have you been trying to learn jazz piano with youtube videos, dvds, teachers but feel
like you’re still constantly guessing, can’t play any tunes without copying what someone else has played,
and don’t know how to connect all the tid bits you’ve learned?
I went through the same thing but thankfully stumbled upon a learning system I created based on
proven language learning blocks.
The JPS System brings you through 4 main categories of learning,
Theory, Technique, Improvisation and Repertoire.
I’ll show you exactly how to utilize our popular system so
you can finally achieve jazz piano freedom: http://jazzpianoschool.com/lookinside
___________
Get more FREE jazz piano education from us!
Facebook: https://facebook.com/jazzpianoschool
Blog: http://jazzpianoschool.com/blog
Lick of The Week: https://jazzpianoschool.com/lotd/
http://jazzpianoschool.com/jpspodcast
Try These Dissonant Diminished Major 7th Voicings – TTT #31
These voicings were often used by arranger such as Nelson Riddle in the 1950’s. They feature a diminished chord with the major seventh in the voicing. Combine them in minor thirds for some spooky sounds! https://youtu.be/nTC81WihhX0 CLICK HERE FOR THE NOTATION If you have questions or suggestions for a Lick Of The Week you would […]
Blues Scale Improv: Kansas City Style!
The “Kansas City” blues scale is a variation on the traditional blues scale. Its sound was codified by musicians from Kansas City, dating all the way back to Count Basie, Jimmy Lunceford, and eventually adopted by the great bebop Saxophonist Charlie Parker. This sound is simple to acquire, yet has a lot of room for variations and depth. In this podcast lesson, Sterling will show you how to incorporate the sound of the Kansas City blues into your improvising.
Go to for practice materials
http://jazzpianoschool.com/podcast332
If you have questions or suggestions for a podcast lesson you would like us to do, please leave them in the comments down below.
_____________
Have you been trying to learn jazz piano with youtube videos, dvds, teachers but feel
like you’re still constantly guessing, can’t play any tunes without copying what someone else has played,
and don’t know how to connect all the tid bits you’ve learned?
I went through the same thing but thankfully stumbled upon a learning system I created based on
proven language learning blocks.
The JPS System brings you through 4 main categories of learning,
Theory, Technique, Improvisation and Repertoire.
I’ll show you exactly how to utilize our popular system so
you can finally achieve jazz piano freedom: http://jazzpianoschool.com/lookinside
___________
Get more FREE jazz piano education from us!
Facebook: https://facebook.com/jazzpianoschool
Blog: http://jazzpianoschool.com/blog
Lick of The Week: https://jazzpianoschool.com/lotd/
http://jazzpianoschool.com/jpspodcast
Skate Through This Vince Gurarldi Lick – TTT #30
We all reach for one album come Christmas time and it’s Vince Guaraldi’s famous “A Charlie Brown Christmas”. In this week’s TTT, we’ll take a look at the tune “Skating”, which contains a fantastic thirds line that can help us practice our technique, and give us some improvisational inspiration. Check it out! https://youtu.be/Gv3petrb9aA CLICK HERE […]
Check Out This Spicy Whole Tone Lick By Woody Shaw – TTT #29
Building a strong foundation for improvisation is important, but after, it’s time to throw in some spices. That’s where this whole tone lick by the great Woody Shaw would come in. Learn this whole tone lick to add some flavor to your improvisation. Here we go! https://youtu.be/Gxzcjk1bBQk CLICK HERE FOR THE NOTATION If you have […]
