Ostinato patterns in improvisation
Ostinatos are to classical music what riffs are to popular music. There is a great explanation of the definition of ostinato at Wikipedia. In short:- In music, an ostinato (derived from Italian: “stubborn”, compare English: obstinate) is a motif or phrase which is persistently repeated at the same pitch. The repeating idea may be a…
Ranking the best jazz pianist
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Famous quotes from the best musicians!
We dedicated musicians spent a lot of time practising to perfect our craft. Some interesting quotes can always help in motivating us to carry on, and also add a dash of fun in our music practising life. Here are some quotes I find interesting personally. Enjoy and have fun….. Talent is cheap, and many talents…
Learn Jazz standard: All of me
check out my own solo piano version on this popular jazz standard “all of me”. the first mp3 is all of me with a bit of my own re-harmonization, while the second mp3 is my solo over the standard progression of this standard. http://www.esnips.com/doc/6606f183-f31f-4f6a-a326-13d409413bfc/all-of-me-(rewsnat) http://www.esnips.com/doc/32484ccc-a0c2-4821-abeb-8140ec0bc8b5/all-of-me-(rewsnat-solo) also check out this transcription of my own playing I…
Learning blue scales
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBtGyGe2jbA] It amazed me when I realized the fact that most musician in the US learn blue scale first before major scale. I learn classical piano for 10 years and I never touched or played blue scale ever in my classical lesson. Most guitarist also learn blue scale as the basic. According to www.learnjazzpiano.com, The…
Peace Piece (Bill Evans) – solo jazz piano
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0iZ1j00wSU] I found this great instruction video at youtube. There are commentary on the video screen. website load testing . However, it is very hard to read the commentary while listening and watching Doug McKenzie play the piece. You might want to pause the video from time to time.