Course: Learn Jazz Piano: Advanced and Solo Playing

Task: Record and submit a 3 chorus performance of the waltz “Someday My Prince Will Come” with a course playalong (attached at the bottom of this article). The first and …

Congratulations, you have completed the third course. I hope you feel you are now able to: Apply your understanding of the devices used in modulation Explore the role of strong …

If you are interested in any of my recordings, many of which have been referred to in the course, then they can be downloaded from my Bandcamp site http://raydinverno.bandcamp.com – …

Here are some tracks :- MIles Davis Sextet “On Green Dolphin Street” (1958) from “Jazz Track” Bill Evans Trio “On Green Dolphin Street” (1959) Keith Jarrett Trio “On Green Dolphin …

At the end of Week 6 you should be able to :- Know of the voicings, the basic rooted chords and “Ray’s” chords (where appropriate) for the major seventh, minor …

Please consider sharing your recordings and I particularly recommend Soundcloud for doing this. Play a blues in C with a playalong using two note thinner voicings in the left hand …

This video reviews the section on chord theory and indicates which are the important parts for you to consider working on. It also includes some suggestion for viewing and listening. …

We illustrate playing and improvising “On Green Dolphin Street” with a playalong, playing it in time four to the bar.

We analyse the structure of the important jazz standard “On Green Dolphin Street” and the various ways of playing it. You can download the “On Green Dolphin Street” chart in …

I illustrate a device which I sometimes use, to some extent intuitively, which I call parallel and transitional chordal shifting – not that I generally want you to employ this …

I illustrate triads over unrelated roots by playing and improvising solo over Jan Garbarek’s tune “Entering”. You can download the chart for “Entering” in PDF format at the bottom of …

We have a first look at the advanced topic of playing triads over unrelated roots. You can download the charts for “How Deep Is The Ocean” and “Lament (first four …

We look at the idea of reharmonising a chord sequence of a jazz standard and, as an example, consider Keith Jarrett’s reharmonisation of 6 bars in the middle of “Stella …

We investigate putting major or minor triads over our basic minor seventh chords.