Advance Blues Solo Techniques
Learn some advance blues solo technique, with transcription of Oteil Burbridge’s amazing playing.
Tritone Substitution in Jazz Music
In jazz voicing, the 3rd note and the 7th note shows the character of a chord. So it is very common when a pianist is playing comping, he can omit the root and the fifth, and voices the chord mostly with 3rd and 7th. The reason these dominant seventh chords may be substituted for each other is that they share the two pitches that form a tritone in each chord (the third and seventh, albeit reversed). In a G7 chord, the third is B and the seventh is F. In the Db7 chord, the third is an F and the seventh is Cb (enharmonically B). Note that the interval between the third and seventh of a dominant seventh chord is itself a tritone. Hence, we got the name “tritone” which is 3 tones equal to three whole steps or 6 semitones apart.
Learn Jazz Chord Voicing with 3-6-9
Jazz chord always comes with lots of tension. Tension is formed with the notes other than the normal basic triad. This video shows a simple but fantastic sounding voicing method. You just need to play 5 notes with your 10 fingers.
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…
How to Transcribe, and the Benefits of Doing it (Part 1)
Transcribing has already been proven as one of the most important process of music learning, not just in jazz but in any other music. It enables you to learn the secrets and all those killer chops the musician you admire is doing in any particular part of a song. It is also a good training…
Learn Jazz Piano Playing from Doug McKenzie at Youtube
Doug McKenzie is a retired teacher in a jazz studies course at a tertiary college in Geelong Australia. He records video on a cheap web camera and mp3 file MP3 file on his computer and as a midi file on his Yamaha P-250 piano all at the same time so all are synchronized. On August…
Joe Pass Reharmonization on Autumn Leaves Transcription
Learn Joe Pass’ amazing reharmonization techniques, with transcription of his version of Autumn Leaves.
Learn how to play ‘phat’ chord voicing
This video is prepared by PlayPianoToday, teaching you how to use ‘phat’ chord voicing in your piano playing. In the video, the instructor shows you how to play Em7 9 in ‘phat’ voicing. For normal dull piano playing, the Em7 9 is play from bottom E, G, B, D, and F# in close and tight…
Transcribe! A Brief Review
This post is a review on this piece of software that so many professional musicians have been talking about. Every musician knows that transcribing is a crucial step in the process of learning music, both improving your hearing and equipping you with knowledge on how the masters work. I of course have been transcribing for…