The iReal Pro is an amazing band-in-a-box app. Although it was initially created for jazz musicians, there are so many wonderful applications of it; it is perfect for singers and instrumentalists of any level and genre. In this tutorial, I will show you how to practice with the iReal Pro. I recently created another tutorial …
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Improvise Your Way to 2 Handed Independence
Do your left and right hand have a hard time playing together? Maybe you try to play a bass line in the left hand while your right hand plays chords and they just. won’t. work. together. In this video, I show you an easy and fun way to improvise your way to two handed independence. …
VIDEO: Learn a blues in record time!
Learning to play on the blues is a lot of fun and is a wonderful gateway into jazz improvisation. The term “blues” refers to a style of music, a kind of song form, a scale and a feeling. The style of music called the blues is a style of African American music that came into …
VIDEO Quickie #3: Piano Improvisation 101: The Ostinato
Practicing technique at the piano is often boring and requires a lot of scale running and Hanon playing. Over the years, I teach less and less rote technical work and spend more time teaching people to improvise. NO – there is nothing wrong with scales and arpeggios if you are training to be a concert …
VIDEO Quickie #4: Piano Improvisation 101: Erik Satie
This is the fourth video in a new series called “Quickies” – short, info-packed tutorials designed to give you great information you can use TODAY. In this tutorial, I show you how to explore improvisation using a left hand pattern inspired by the Impressionist composer Erik Satie. This improvisation is so easy and creates a …