Rootless Voicing Structure 1 Practice Lesson – 5 Tempos
This episode will be something I’ve NEVER done before. This will be a practice lesson that will allow you to practice your rootless voicings with me! Sounds fun right? Well, more fun then practicing by yourself I would imagine. I’ll keep you tips, keep you inspired, and be your coach as I stick with you throughout this entire practice session! Let’s get to work!
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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?
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proven language learning blocks.
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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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One Fast Tip For Solo Piano Cocktail Jazz
I say things over and over and over again. Want to know why? Because there are things I see students do over and over and over again. And that’s okay! I’m not blaming anyone, but it’s exactly why I made this weeks podcast. To try to really create an impression in your head to do this ONE thing when playing cocktail solo piano ballads. Because when you do…it will instantly improve your sound by 10 fold, if not more! 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,
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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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,
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 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
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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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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.
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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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How to Not Get Lost While Improvising
I remember always asking my teachers how they were able to keep track of the time and not get lost while improvising. Do you know what their response was most of the time? “I don’t know, I just feel it.” Unfortunately to most students out there, this type of response does not help you WHATSOEVER. So, in this video I’m going to deliver some actionable exercises you can work on to actually help you NOT get lost while improvising. I promise if you work on these, you’ll know exactly where you are the entire time.
The Moanin’ Blues/Gospel Octave Trick!
Moanin’ is a classic jazz tune for a number of reasons. The soulful, blues, and gospel sound that the tune expresses and the amazing solo Bobby Timmons takes utilizing the octave trick that I’m about to show you in this video. EVERYONEEEEE should have this quick little octave improvisation trick in their tool bag. It may not be easy to execute right off the bat but it’s VERYYY easy to learn, and I can teach it to you in less than 10 minutes. Here we go!
Jazz Piano Blues Reharms Part 2
I go further in depth into blues reharms to teach you how to expand upon the fundamentals I taught in the last episode.
Blues Piano Reharms – Part 1
Playing the blues is always fun. Playing the blues with reharms is even MORE fun! In this live stream podcast, I’ll teach you 4 reharms you can use in the blues and HOW to use them. These 4 reharms are extremely powerful and will completely transform your playing.
Emmet Cohen – Like Someone In Love Analysis (Ep: 200)
Go to https://jazzpianoschool.com/podcast200 for a collection of ALL of our previous podcast materials bundled into one, easy, pdf.
On our celebratory, 200th podcast, special guest, Emmet Cohen joins us to do an analysis lesson video of his own arrangement on “Like Someone In Love”. At a young age, Emmet Cohen is already carving out a place for himself among the jazz piano greats and leaving a special legacy behind. His current project, “Masters Legacy Series”, a celebratory set of recordings and interviews honoring ledgendary jazz musicians, is getting amazing reviews while contributing to jazz education and jazz history.
His accomplishments and awards could fill up a whole page but he was recently the winner of the 2019 American Pianists Wards and the Cole Porter Fellow of the American Pianists Association.
For more information on Emmet Cohen, go to, https://emmetcohen.com.
In this podcast, Emmet is going to be giving a lesson analysis on his own gorgeous arrangment of, “Like Someone In Love” which you can see by clicking on this link here.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CB3ZRanFs7f/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
He answers our questions and provides and amazing amount of knowledge and helpful jazz piano education in this video.
Let’s check it out!
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