Learn solo jazz piano arrangement of jazz standard "On Green Dolphin Street" with video, transcription and some theory. On a lazy afternoon, I decided to take a walk on green dolphin street.. :D Check out what I came up with in this video. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4eqrOEyI1I] Here is the transcription of the first few minutes of my video on this great jazz standard. Transcription-On-Green-Dolphin-Street-by-Rewsnat  --- UPPER STRUCTURE According to The Jazz Piano StudyLetter, Upper structures are triads played in the right hand which have a different root from the left-hand chord." Here is an example of upper structure being applied in my video, ...

Music is all about hearing. But sometimes, it is just too difficult to hear that specific frequency that is lacking or boosting too much in your final mix. Here is where a visual application of spectrum analyzer comes into great assistance. It lets you "see" the music.As described by Craig Anderton:A spectrum analyzer, whether hardware or software, is a tool that can help analyze a mix, and reveal frequency or dynamics anomalies. It does this by dividing the audible frequency spectrum into hundreds or even thousands of bands (also called ...

Learn how to improvise a solo over Jazz Standard On Green Dolphin Street, with transcription, video and brief analysis. This is the solo piano video of the jazz standard posted by theimprovisor. The transcription I've prepared for this post is from 02m57s until 03m45s of the video [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAzzkabXIUE] Here's my transcription in PDF format. On-Green-Dolphin-Street-Solo-Transcription-(2) Chromatic Movement of Patterns It is always safe to move a similar pattern chromatically to create an interesting effect in your solo lines. This technique can be use in almost ANY chord changes, but there must be a point of resolution, usually ...

Learn how to improvise a solo over Jazz Standard On Green Dolphin Street, with transcription, video and brief analysis. This is the solo piano video of the jazz standard posted by theimprovisor. The transcription I've prepared for this post is from 01m45s until 02m56s of the video [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAzzkabXIUE] Here's my transcription in PDF format. On-Green-Dolphin-Street-Jazz-solo-transcription-pdf The left hand part is basically spreading out chord tones in this two types of rhythmic figure Thus helping to maintain a salsa feel throughout the solo. ----- Sliding to the 3rd and 5th note of the key, from the note one semitone ...

Instead of reading full scores, I depend on chord and lyric sheets very much during performance. If you are playing the piano and singing at the same time, I think you will prefer to look at the lyrics with chords above it.Mike Warren wrote a piece of simple but very useful software called Digital Fake Book. Main features:Keeps all your songs in one place for easy, one-click selection.Built-in metronome with tempo setting for each song.Audio file linking with A/B section looping helps with learning songs by ear.Text size and sheet ...

I am not going to tell you that you can't write a song if you can't sing, because I might be wrong. Many songwriters can't sing It is hard for me to show you an example here. I am a songwriter and I do singing everyday. And most other songwriters I know sing too. Some of them are even greater singers than the original artist. But the inability to sing shouldn't stop you from writing songs. Every melody are created twice At first, the music is created in your mind. When you sing it ...

Sunday is not a blogging day. But it is a great day for blog reading. In case you missed the Pianologist best post during last week, here are those articles you shouldn't miss: Thelonious Monk's Jazz Secret Unveiled, and the Top 14 tricks to Play Bass with keyboard.[Music News] And The Walls Came Tumbling Down: Madonna Dumps Record Industry"Music label" might be a word only found in history, soon. There are many famous artists leaving their music label, including Radiohead, Jamiroquai, Nine Inch Nails and Oasis.[Music News] Court Victory For ...

Five hundred fifty five pianos (555) were played simultaneously in Incheon, the most ever played at one time and place anywhere in the world. The concert was sponsored by Young Chang and Kurzweil, the nation's largest piano manufacturer. The event as organized to congratulate the bidding team on winning 2014 Asian Games. One concert grand piano is already enough to rock a stadium. But 555 pianos played together? I can't imagine it. Too bad that I can't find any photo on the event. If you have any source, please share ...

Learn to play salsa montuno by solo piano, with video, transcription and analysis "Life is a lot like jazz… it’s best when you improvise" ,George Gershwin The solo piano video shown here is posted by a guy who calls himself the improvisor, and he sure knows how to improvise. Here's his solo piano salsa version of On Green Dolphin Street [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAzzkabXIUE] And here's my transcription of the first few minutes of this video. Green-Dolphin-Street-Piano-Salsa-transcription-pdf It would be interesting to see how the improvisor orchestrated a whole salsa version of this jazz standard with just a piano. The typical piano ...

The lead singer and drummer of Eagles, Don Henley hosted a charity dinner with the centrepiece being a custom-built Steinway model D piano autographed by Billy Joel, Bruce Hornsby, Elton John, Herbie Hancock and others. The piano was auctioned at the Walden Woods in New York and earned $510,000 for the charity.This piano is certainly a great piece of art for decoration. Before I can afford this baby, I'll have to keep my Korg SGProX for now.Technorati Tags: piano, auctionSHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Walden Woods Arts Case Piano sold $510k by Don ...