Learn Basic Bossa Nova Comping Styles, with Piano Transcription of 7notemode on The Dolphin 7notemode did a wonderful youtube clip on this bossa nova tune, The Dolphin. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV2Q78zgcqI] Here is the piano transcription of the head: piano transcription of the dolphin by 7notemode (PDF) The basic bossa nova pattern looks something like this   Of course if you are playing solo piano, you would need to cover the bass part too. Notice the emphasis of the piano comping is on the 2nd downbeat, and 3rd upbeat of each bar. 7notemode started the song with this nice piano riff Observe how ...

Pianologist has been around for more than a year, frequently posting free transcription / sheet music, with theoretical discussions or live videos. What's special about the transcriptions / sheet music on Pianologist is: Transcriptions / sheet music are presented in the form of a blog posts, coupled with video or audio clips, and theoretical analysis to aide readers in their learning process.   All the transcriptions / sheet music are original,  prepared by Pianologist Here's a compilation of all the Free Transcription / Sheet Music from Pianologist. Jazz Solo Piano Transcription with Video I Loves You Porgy by 7notemode Lush ...

"WHAT WERE YOU THINKING??!!" One of the most asked questions among any jazz students, seeing how jazz masters effortlessly improvise beautiful jazzy solo lines even through complicated chord changes. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDfdIf7Yi8M] Notice how Bud Powell's lines melodically weave through the chord changes of Anthropology with ease. You can even hear the changes listening to the solo lines alone, with resolution on strong chord tones, resolving every phrase. In search of an answer to this question, I, for one, have invested quite an amount on any jazz materials I can grab. Not a single one of ...

Transcription of Lush Life Solo Piano Version, and some tips on constructing bassline Did a transcription recently on one of my favourite solo jazz piano video on youtube by 7notemode. Check out this Jazz Standard Lush Life, the way you never heard it before.. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zmfhe7BO0Wo] The transcription I did here is from 1m21s to 2m00s of the video above Lush-Life-Solo-Jazz-Piano-Transcription Important note! All 8th notes in the transcription must be played with a swing feel. One of the grooviest part of this video, is the bassline that sets the groove for the whole tune. Here are a ...

by KCLau Pianologist Although I seldom play bass using the keyboard on stage, but I program the bass track for almost every song I arrange. In this post, we are going to discuss how to play or program great sounding bass track by using the MIDI keyboard. Here are some tricks compiled through days of research and my own experience. Play with both hands Do you play the bass track using right hand or our left hand? I used to play it with my left hand because ergonomically, the lower register is on ...

Learn how to play the solo piano version of Broken Vow by Josh Groban, with free sheet music in PDF, and a video as guide  Josh Groban sang a very beautiful song that goes by the title Broken Vow, here's the video of it [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-j6RAlrhPA&mode=related&search=] I love this so very much, and recorded a solo piano version of it, right before I went off for a gig.. :) [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7o0OLeQ6k4] and here's the sheet music / transcription of my solo piano playing in the video Josh_Groban_Broken_Vow_sheet_music_pdf What many don't know about this song, is that it is actually originally sang and ...

Girls attracted to-->Talented men Piano players-->Talented men By ommiting the middle of the equation, Girls attracted to-->Talented men-->Piano players We get, Girls attracted to-->Piano players Is this a viable equation? And if it is, why am I still a bachelor after so many years of piano playing? Heck, I should be in one of the important case studies for this research.. :( To put this equation in a graphical way, can these two pictures be combined together in any sensible way? This is an open challenge to all you photo modification experts out there.. :D I started ...

This post provides a few tips and tricks for advance reharmonization techniques on Charlie Parker's Confirmation with music sheet. In this post I will demonstrate how I applied some reharmonization techniques to this popular Charlie Parker number, Confirmation. In order for the chords to sit well with the melody, I slowed down the tempo, thus bringing out the "color" of my reharmonization. Charlie Parker's Confirmation is filled with ii-V-I chord progressions throughout, leaving it wide open for plenty of reharmonization ideas. Here's my playing: [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op6XLLeR3ks] REHARMONIZATION TECHNIQUES APPLIED Chord Substitution (at 0m10s) The original chord progression ...