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u/awqaw123 · 2 pointsr/JazzPiano

Cool stuff man.

I started taking jazz and the piano both seriously at the beginning of this year, so definitely know how you feel. Here's what I did to help me:

  • Learn all the major scales (with correct fingering)
  • Learn the 251 progression in all keys
  • Brush up a bit on Modal theory and how to apply it to your playing.
  • Learn the basics of Jazz harmony ie chord function. Tritone substitution. The tonic-subdominant-dominant relationship. Secondary Dominants.
  • Learning about the different types of chords I could play was a big breakthrough for me. Take C Major 7 for example. You can turn that into: C maj7 sus 2/4. C maj7 half diminished/whole diminished. Cmaj7 augmented. C Dom7. Although take note you might have to make some adjustments or subtle choices in your right hand improvisation when you play these chords to help boost their total effect. Ie new scales even.

    Most especially, learning all your major scales will help you in ways you'll be thankful for later. Knowing the things mentioned above will give you more creative ability on the piano. To the point where you know how to play chords outside of the ones in the base standard (when playing that standard. Tritone substitution and secondary dominants helps with this. So does something called Modal Interchange, which I didn't mention before). And, to some extent, you'll be able to know the number of scales you can use to solo on each chord (which is a step above improvising on one scale along the whole song).

    Judging from your playing, begin just messing around and just practicing with your right hand improvising. Passing tones are a fun thing I liked to do when I first started improvising (and I still use them a lot in my playing today).

    Its great that you're starting to experiment with 2 hand voicings, so continue learning the general practices for those. Ie the function of the 3rd and 7th in the chord, and also rootless voicings.

    You said that you're also a beginner on the piano, and honestly exercises help a lot. I just got this book and its been helping me feel a lot more comfortable as I've gone through it: https://www.amazon.com/Piano-Technique-Exercises-Etudes-Building/dp/1423498151

    This book is also something that helps a lot with all round jazz knowledge: https://www.amazon.com/Jazzology-Encyclopedia-Jazz-Theory-Musicians-ebook/dp/B00FJ6BYWI/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1504177798&sr=1-1&keywords=jazzology

    Hope that helps!

    Try to begin your practices with technique (for however long you like), then practicing over standards you know already and applying knew things you've learnt to them (if you feel comfortable), and then practicing new standards or whatever other song. At the least, thats what my usual practice routine is like.

    Hope that all helps!







u/cembry25 · 1 pointr/JazzPiano

One thing to really understand is guide tones. I was in a mindset like you and I changed my perspective of guide tones the more I played. Let's just say guide tones is a basic building block for your melody, and think about how you want to "travel" there.

Travel by half steps? Diatonically? Combination of upper/lower neighbor tones? Arpeggios?


The list goes on! When you get used to the basic block, you start making your own rules (knowing where to add chromaticism) which brings us to the fact that you need to spend so many hours making it "right" in your perspective. That's where transcribing helps but you also being analytical (I am the same way), you should establish which notes of the chord are being "decorated."


@Muchesslin - definitely what was stated here is great advice!

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What helps is doing patterns, sequences, scales combined w/ arps, inversions (a tip for inversion practice stuff like 1-3-5-7, 3-5-7-1, etc, up and down your instrument) and such. This develops direction because the first part you need to really master is being fluid around the instrument and doing such exercises helps you decide how to use chromatic notes.

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https://www.amazon.com/Right-Hand-According-Tatum-Improvisational/dp/0943748852


Really great book here, as you go on you start getting into the more complex ideas then you learn some important classical devices. Also, you should study some classical while you are at it.


Good luck with your studies, hopefully, this gives you more paths!

u/MakingAMonster · 2 pointsr/JazzPiano

One thing you can do is look at/for or purchase a transcription of certain artist's playing. Something like this:

https://www.amazon.com/Oscar-Peterson-Omnibook-Piano-Transcriptions/dp/149500774X

I don't think that particular book contains blue in green, but some artist transcription will.

You can also look for it online:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S72GgBIr3vQ

or

https://www.google.com/search?q=blue+in+green+transcription&oq=blue+in+green+tr&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0l5.8632j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

But in the end, if you want to learn jazz, then having a real book is the best way to go. You need to learn to voice your chords and play the melody.

Here is an online real book:

https://www.swiss-jazz.ch/partitions-real-book.htm

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And this is Blue in Green from that book.

https://www.swiss-jazz.ch/standards-jazz/BlueInGren.pdf

Happy playing!

u/jdrew619 · 2 pointsr/JazzPiano

A couple of channels that are good are:
Kent Hewitt (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdmjw5sm9Kn83TB_rA_QBCw): This guy is old school and can actually play. His overall production isn't flashy at all but the content is solid and he adds free sheet music.

Dave Frank (https://www.youtube.com/user/Dfrankjazz): I am not crazy about his playing style but he is a good educator. His lessons are well organized and the content is legit.


Also the Jazz Piano book by Mark Levine is a must-have (https://www.amazon.ca/Jazz-Piano-Book-Mark-Levine/dp/0961470151). You need to be able to read music but that is something you should learn anyways.

As for the freejazzlessons guy, it's a personal opinion but I find him hacky and mediocre.


Finally, if you want some books to get started I can PM you some stuff I own.

u/onlyforjazzmemes · 5 pointsr/JazzPiano

I've found LH "rootless A & B voicings" to be super useful

Dan Haerle also has a great book called Jazz Piano Voicing Skills that might help you be more organized in your practice. It's basically a bunch of important voicings and common progressions in all 12 keys. Just pick the ones that you like the most to start.

u/RinkyInky · 1 pointr/JazzPiano

>https://www.amazon.ca/Jazz-Piano-Book-Mark-Levine/dp/0961470151

Thanks!

Do you have the Mark Levine books? What's the difference between his "Jazz Theory" book and the "Jazz Piano" book?

I would love some book recommendations, please do PM me (:

u/dexterity_scrapple · 2 pointsr/JazzPiano

Check out Aimee Nolte's series on youtube, "Accompany Yourself", I think she does a great job of explaining the basics and then showing the mechanics of how to fit it into a real song. Another source I've been using is a book called Building Walking Bass Lines. It's written for electric bass players (I started playing bass since my jazz group was all piano), but the concepts in it are very helpful for piano players as well.

u/[deleted] · 1 pointr/JazzPiano

Frank Mantooth book here is a good way to build chords in a new way. This will build your ability to play the nucleus of the chord (the 3rd and 7th) this is the most important part of comping. then towards the end of the book it will show you how to start playing complex extensions on that nucleus.

u/MusicManBrian · 2 pointsr/JazzPiano

Hi, I am a professional jazz pianist and teacher and I agree that the Jazz Piano Book by Mark Levine is a great resource for learning jazz piano. I have also written a book titled: “How to Improvise on Piano” which is not exclusively about jazz piano but it covers jazz extensively. It also breaks down how to improvise in various genres, styles, arranging techniques, mood-based improv and much more. If you’re interested here is a link:

How to Improvise on Piano: Learn How to Approach, Develop and Master the Art of Piano Improvisation https://www.amazon.com/dp/1987589041/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_KfC5AbW9R5AWS

u/Makememak · 6 pointsr/JazzPiano

I think John Mehegan's books on Jazz Piano were really excellent in helping me build my skills.

https://www.amazon.com/Jazz-Improvisation-Tonal-Rhythmic-Principles/dp/0823025594

u/dietcheese · 2 pointsr/JazzPiano

The Levine book is usually the go-to book for jazz pianists:

https://www.amazon.com/Jazz-Piano-Book-Mark-Levine/dp/0961470151/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1549422911&sr=1-1&keywords=jazz+piano+book+mark+levine

Make sure to use your ears a lot, sing what you play, transcribe a ton, take your time and concentrate!

u/saberkiwi · 1 pointr/JazzPiano

As other commenters have noted, it depends on where you want to go with this. If guitar will remain your primary instrument, you may not need something super sturdy. I'm picking up the chromatic harmonica (primary is jazz piano), and I absolutely started with something meager to get me going.

In terms of learning more theory, and as a fan of myriad voicings and chordscales and how they sound in different ranges — I think range will be more important than how organically natural the hammer action is. You don't want it to feel like a synthesizer, for sure, but you may want to compromise on priciness of super-professional weighted keys versus full range of keys.

I found this one for ya at a similar price point — I've always liked Yamaha's pianos and loathed their keyboards for some reason, but I know nothing about the Alesis brand.

u/micedavis · 2 pointsr/JazzPiano

I'm studying How to Improvise by Hal Crook. Great book. Lot's of information developing a small idea.

u/AlrightyAlmighty · 3 pointsr/JazzPiano

Mark Levine's book is the standard work. I recommend working through it.

u/EBD510 · 2 pointsr/JazzPiano

This book is fantastic, but a bit dense for beginners after the first chapter or two (source: am beginner, have book).

Edit: I also have this one and found it more beginner-friendly: https://www.amazon.com/Hal-Leonard-Jazz-Piano-Method/dp/1480398004