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…
How to play a major scale on the Piano
A major scale is a series of notes composed of whole and half steps. A half step is simply the distance from one note to the very next. For example, E to F is a half step. Ab to A is also a half step. A whole step is just two half steps. Bb to…
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…
Bill Evans Waltz for Debby Transcription
I needed a song to help me tried out this software called Transcribe! that everybody have been talking about, especially on the spectrum analysis feature in it. What better song is there than a classic Bill Evans number. Bill Evans is famous among pianist for his left hand comping. Countless studies have been made on…
How to play One Note Samba, the funky way..
The idea came to me when I was in the toilet doing… something. I use to perform this song alone with only a piano in bossa nova style, which turned out to be not so satisfying even for myself. That’s why instead of trying to make it sound good following the original bossa nova style…