If you’re an intermediate/advanced level pianist and would like to strengthen your jazz swing rhythms, this workshop is for you!
Each of the six lessons will comprise of a comping rhythm, an exercise, and a song example. The final lesson will be a combination of rhythms used throughout the workshop over a major blues. It’s going to be a lot of fun, and I can’t wait to see you there!
If you’re a beginner-level pianist and would like to learn more about jazz swing rhythms, then this workshop is for you!
Each of the six lessons will comprise of a comping rhythm, an exercise, and a song example. The final lesson will be a combination of rhythms used throughout the workshop over a major blues. It’s going to be a lot of fun, and I can’t wait to see you there!
If you’d like to learn how to play swinging holiday music, then this workshop is for you!
Using the well-known holiday song, “Deck the Halls”, we will explore various techniques including learning the lead sheet, spread voicings with extensions, a walking bass accompaniment, and even a sample solo. That, coupled with 3 intros and 3 endings and you’ll be able to play a complete arrangement of this fun holiday song by the end of the workshop. Can’t wait to see you there!
If you’d like to learn how to play beautiful holiday music, then this workshop is for you!
Using the well-known Christmas song, “O Come, O Come Emmanuel”, we will explore various techniques including learning the lead sheet, open voicings, rolling eighth-note accompaniment, and even a sample solo. That, coupled with 3 intros and 3 endings and you’ll be able to play a complete arrangement of this wonderful holiday song by the end of the workshop. Can’t wait to see you there!
Have you ever wanted to learn piano accompaniment in a band setting? Well then this workshop is just for you!
Using the popular jazz standard “Heart and Soul” by Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser, I will show you several band accompanying techniques including playing 2-hand open 7th chord voicings, rootless two-hand quartal voicings, and left-hand 4-note rootless voicings with right-hand melodic fills. That, coupled with a beautiful intro and ending and you’ll be able to play a complete arrangement of the song by the end of the workshop.
Have you ever wanted to learn piano accompaniment in a solo setting? Well then this workshop is just for you!
Using the popular jazz standard “Heart and Soul” by Hoagy Carmichael and Frank Loesser, I will show you several solo accompanying techniques including playing chord shells, 3-note voicings with a “2-Feel” bass, and 4-note voicings with left-hand walking bass. That, coupled with a beautiful intro and ending and you’ll be able to play a complete arrangement of the song by the end of the workshop. Can’t wait to see you there!
Have you ever wanted to learn piano accompaniment in a band setting? Well then this workshop is just for you!
Using the popular jazz standard, “Blue Moon” by Rodgers and Hart, we will show you several band accompanying techniques including playing 2-hand open voicings, 2-hand, 4-note quartal voicings, and left-hand 4-note rootless voicings with right-hand melodic fills. That, coupled with a beautiful intro and ending and you’ll be able to play a complete arrangement of the song by the end of the workshop. Can’t wait to see you there!
Have you ever wanted to learn piano accompaniment in a solo setting? Well then this workshop is just for you!
Using the popular jazz standard, ““Blue Moon” by Rodgers and Hart, I will show you several solo accompanying techniques including accompanying shells with rhythmic hits, 3-note voicings with a “2-Feel” bass, and 4-note rootless voicings with a walking bass line. That coupled with a beautiful intro and ending and you’ll be able to play a complete arrangement of the song by the end of the workshop. Can’t wait to see you there!
Have you ever wanted to learn piano accompaniment in a band setting? Well then this workshop is just for you! Using the popular jazz standard, “The Way You Look Tonight” by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields, I will show you several band accompanying techniques including playing 2-hand open voicings, 2-hand, 4-note quartal voicings, and left-hand 4-note rootless voicings with right-hand melodic fills. That, coupled with a beautiful intro and ending and you’ll be able to play a complete arrangement of the song by the end of the workshop.
Have you ever wanted to learn piano accompaniment in a solo setting? Well then this workshop is just for you!
Using the popular jazz standard, “The Way You Look Tonight” by Jerome Kern and Dorothy Fields, I will show you several solo accompanying techniques including playing 2-hand open voicings, 3-note voicings with a bossa groove, and 2-hand voicings with melodic fills. That, coupled with a beautiful intro and ending and you’ll be able to play a complete arrangement of the song by the end of the workshop. Can’t wait to see you there!
Have you ever wanted to learn piano accompaniment in a band setting? Well then this workshop is just for you!
Using the iconic song, “Over the Rainbow”, by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg from “The Wizard of Oz”, I will show you several band accompanying techniques including playing 2-hand open 7th chord voicings, rootless two-hand quartal voicings, and left-hand 4-note rootless voicings with right-hand melodic fills. That, coupled with a beautiful intro and ending and you’ll be able to play a complete arrangement of the song by the end of the workshop. Can’t wait to see you there!
Have you ever wanted to learn piano accompaniment in a solo setting? Well then this workshop is just for you! Using the iconic song, “Over the Rainbow” by Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg from “The Wizard of Oz,” I will show you several solo accompanying techniques including playing 2-hand open voicings, 3-note voicings with a bass groove, and 2-hand voicings with melodic fills. That, coupled with a beautiful intro and ending and you’ll be able to play a complete arrangement of the song by the end of the workshop. Can’t wait to see you there!
Have you ever wanted to learn piano accompaniment in a band setting? Well then this workshop is just for you!
Using the great jazz standard, Summertime, by the Gershwins, I will show you several band accompanying techniques including playing 2-hand open voicings, 4-note rootless quartal voicings, and 4-note left-hand rootless voicings with solo fills. That, coupled with a beautiful intro and ending and you’ll be able to play a complete arrangement of the song by the end of the workshop.
Have you ever wanted to learn piano accompaniment in a duo setting? Well then this workshop is just for you! Using the great jazz standard, “Summertime, by the Gerhswins, I will show you several accompanying techniques including playing chord shells, 3-note voicings with a “2-Feel” bass, and a stride left-hand pattern with 4-note voicings and solo fills. That, coupled with a beautiful intro and ending and you’ll be able to play a complete arrangement of the song by the end of the workshop. Can’t wait to see you there!
Have you ever wanted to learn piano accompaniment in a duo setting? Well then this workshop is just for you! Using the great Holiday standard, “Auld Lang Syne”, I will show you several accompanying techniques including playing chord shells, 3-note voicings with a “2-Feel” bass, and open-voicing chords with moving inner lines. That, coupled with a beautiful intro and ending and you’ll be able to play a complete arrangement of the song by the end of the workshop. Can’t wait to see you there!
Have you ever wanted to learn piano accompaniment in a band setting? Well then this workshop is just for you! Using the great standard, “It Had to be You”, by Isham Jones and Gus Kahn, I will show you several band accompanying techniques including playing open voicings with hits, 4-note quartal rootless voicings, and left-hand 4-note rootless voicings with right-hand fills. That, coupled with a fun intro and ending and you’ll be able to play a complete arrangement of the song by the end of the workshop. Can’t wait to see you there!
Have you ever wanted to learn piano accompaniment in a duo setting? Well then this workshop is just for you! Using the great standard, “It Had to be You”, by Isham Jones and Gus Kahn, I will show you several accompanying techniques including playing chord shells, 3-note voicings with a “2-Feel” bass, 4-note chords with a walking bass line, and some cool rhythmic hits. That, coupled with a fun intro and ending and you’ll be able to play a complete arrangement of the song by the end of the workshop.
Have you ever wanted to learn how to accompany on piano in a band setting? Well then this workshop is just for you! Using the great standard, “Blue Skies”, by Irving Berlin, I will show you several accompanying techniques including open voicings, rootless quartal chords, and melodic fills. That, coupled with a cool intro and ending and you’ll be able to play a complete arrangement of the song by the end of the workshop.
This workshop is a solo accompaniment workshop over the great standard, “Blue Skies.” You will be accompanying a recording of John Proulx as vocalist!
Starting with the lead sheet, we’ll learn the melody & chords, embellish the right hand with chord extensions & rhythmic hits, and add a “2-Feel” bass pattern in the left hand.
Then we’ll add some finishing touches such as intros, outros, and more!
Course description..In this workshop, we’ll be exploring how to accompany in a band setting on the song, “Girl From Ipanema”. The workshop will be cover the following lessons:
In this workshop, we’ll be focusing on solo accompanying on the standard, “Girl From Ipanema.” Solo accompanying refers to accompanying a vocalist or instrumentalist as a solo pianist. Since we’ll be playing in a bossa nova style, we’ll be joined by a flutist who will be playing the melody. Here’s a short summary of what to expect:
-Lead Sheet Melody: we’ll learn the melody, root position chords, and form.
-Accompanying Shells With Open Voicings: we’ll play the root, 3rd, and 7th of the 7th chords in the song.
-Accompanying 3-Note Voicings With Bossa Nass: we’ll play 3-note voicings in our right hand as we play a typical bossa bass groove in our left hand.
-Accompanying 4-Note Right-Hand Rhythm With Transition Hits and Fills: we’ll play 4-note rootless voicings in our right hand in a typical bossa rhythm while we play the bossa bass groove in our left hand. We’ll also add some solo fills in the melodic spaces.
-Accompanying Intro and Ending: we’ll learn a 2-chord vamp intro and 2-chord vamp ending.
-Putting It All Together: we’ll put all of the techniques we learned in Lesson 1-5 into a final arrangement including an intro, accompanying the melody, accompanying a solo, a restatement of the melody, and then the coda, or vamp ending.
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