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 ...

Jazz piano solo improvisation tips from transcription and video of Round Midnight by 7notemode Do you feel like killing yourself?? Are you at the brink of going crazy?? If your answer is "yes", Good!! This is a great time to learn to play the piano like Thelonious Monk.. :)   [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMmeNsmQaFw] Normal listeners would see this as a guy going crazy on the piano, while musicians call this the Monk dissonance. Before we unravel some of the secrets behind his technique, here is a video of 7notemode playing a solo piano version of Round Midnight [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OkabuXMGLA] Here's the ...

Transcription of Yardbird Suite Solo Improvisation by Miles Davis and Lucky Thompson, with sample mp3 and brief analysis.   Miles Davis, one of the most innovative Jazz musician in history. Here is the short clip of Miles Davis and Lucky Thompson solo over this jazz standard Yardbird Suite. Yardbird-Suite-Miles-Davis-solo-mp3  And here's the transcription in PDF format, Yardbird-Suite-Chord-and-Solo-Transcription-2 Quote from Genius Guide to Jazz, "Davis understood that the space between the notes was sometimes just as important as the notes themselves. But he also understood that too much space between the notes, and people would think that the ...

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 ...

Learn salsa piano guaje with video, sheet music and backing track They told me that I would have a hard time imitating him Plastic surgery cost a lot nowadays.. :( So I think I might as well try to imitate him instead.. :) Anyway, this is what I came up with for your viewing pleasure.. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lL6L4c-Sd48] Salsa piano is a very exciting groove to learn. Here is one of the guaje ( salsa piano part ) I used in the piano video above. For practising purpose, and to help you develop a salsa feel, here is the ...

Learn how to play Harlem Nocturne piano intro by Alicia Keys, with video and transcription / sheet music . Alicia Keys played a cool solo piano intro on her song Harlem Nocturne. Many piano students have been dying to learn how to play it, but it's quite hard to find a free transcription or sheet music of it on the net. So we did it the pianologist way.. If you CANNOT find the sheet music to a song, do the transcription yourself If you CAN find the sheet music to that song, do ...

Learn how to play funk keyboard on Senorita by Justin Timberlake, with transcription of keyboard riff and bassline. Serorita, a song made popular by the handsome Justin Timberlake, is a good start to learn funk keyboard playing. With a simple repeating keyboard riff, it will be easy and fun to play. But first, a treat for our female readers.. :) Here's the transcription of the keyboard riff, with an extra staff below which shows the bassline. and here's the video of Justin Timberlake doing Senorita. [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ujk_mDYpBo] Set your keyboard to a nice Rhodes sound, and just play ...

Learn to play solo piano version of Beyonce Knowles' song , "Listen" from movie Dreamgirls, with video and sheet music / score . The golden equation in the music industry nowadays is simply this, Sexy + Talent = Money Although, I must reluctantly admit that the variable in the middle is often ommited also. :D Which is why there's no surprise in Beyonce Knowles' blast to stardom these few years. Aside from her killer looks, she is also a very talented singer. But my favourite Beyonce song so far would be from the movie Dreamgirls, ...

This post analyzes solo techniques of Charlie Parker on the tune Yardbird Suite, with the help of a transcription / sheet music. As Charlie Parker once said, 'You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.' You can see that, great jazz musicians may seem to be just playing from their heart, and having fun on stage, but few could even imagine the hours they spent practising. Some fun facts, Charlie Parker was known to have ...

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 ...