Funny Quotes From Jazz Musicians
Where could one find the funniest quotes?? Jazz musicians of course!! As E.M Forster put it, “Musicians are incredibly complex, and know far less than other artists what they want and what they are.”. In other words, musicians are the craziest people:D. Why Jazz musicians you may ask. Well, in which other art form can…
Tuck Andress I Wish Guitar Transcription
Learn how Tuck Andress plays this groovy tune “I Wish” solo guitar style, with transcription and sample mp3.
Advance Blues Solo Techniques
Learn some advance blues solo technique, with transcription of Oteil Burbridge’s amazing playing.
Pat Metheny Mp3 and Transcription – And Then I Knew
Learn this great jazz number by monster guitar player Pat Metheny, with Transcription and Sample mp3.
Original Song Titled “PIANOLOGIST.COM”, Funky Jazz Keyboard and Piano Improvisation
We pianologist always stress the importance of having fun and enjoying yourself while learning piano or keyboard playing, but we never had the chance to proove it. Well, here it is.. haha… this video took me quite some time to finish, cause I just couldn’t stop laughing during the whole course of production… haha [youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiYzUwkMzic]…
An Insight into Jazz Improvisation
We pianologist came to know about this site when it actually linked to a few of our articles. And we are very happy to find someone who shares the same line of thought as we do, although the moderator of the site, Rick, is actually a trumpeter. But his articles about improvisation quite thoroughly layout…
Essence of Jazz
The core of jazz is improvisation. This is also what sets apart jazz music from many other forms of music. A friend of mine, who is a keen composer, once asked me, ” don’t you jazz musicians get bored of playing the same standards all the time over and over again” and I replied “Well,…
Solo Piano on Days of Wine and Roses
The good thing about solo piano playing is that you are free to create anything without the worries of blending together with band members. The difficult part of solo piano playing, however, is that you would have to orchestrate the whole music by yourself. Here is a video of me doing this popular jazz standard.…
How to Transcribe, and the Benefits of Doing it (Part 2)
After choosing the appropriate song to transcribe, its time to get down to work. Here are some tips and tricks I can share with you guys. Tools are very important in this process. I personally use the Transcribe!7.40 software that I mentioned in an earlier post. So some of the points I will be talking…