SHEINBERG

LESSON PAGE. SHEINBERG

4/6
We are going to plan on recording your jury pieces ahead of time, so when the jury time arrives, you have your files ready to upload, no matter if you have evacuated your home and you have no access to your piano.

Pieces for the jury:
TECHNIQUE: Scales to be decided
PIECE -1- Humidity
PIECE -2- Shoah

Note: Lesson from Sept-8 pending reschedule

Jazz Fake Book with lyrics

JAZZ FAKE BOOK
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Here is a copy of a jazz fake book that includes the lyrics.
Not all titles are included here, for example "Night and Day" is not in this book, but perhaps you can find the lyrics on the internet.

SCALES

4/6
Reminder: 1- Fingers curved. 2- Elbows not much lower than the keys

Next lesson: Eb major and C minor

lev_scales_lv_5.pdf
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Classical style pieces

LISTZ. Consolation No. 3

4/6
Synchronization between the different counting is pretty good. As the piece is played faster we will check if it remains in good shape.

Layers: We need to separate the volume of your melody (louder) from the volume of the accompaniment (softer).

Phrasing: Every phrase needs shape. Every phrase needs to start softer, grow and then decrease in intensity at the end.

listz_consolations_-ricordi-.pdf
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listz_grb_notes.pdf
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Pattern

ON RESERVE: LISTZ. Consolation No. 4

NEW: Easier pieces

ENRIQUE GRANADOS. Vals Noble 1 through 6.

4/6
Waltz number 1
Keep your fingers round and not over-extended.
Phrasing:
Reflect the shape of the melody when designing the phrasing.
Each phrase is 8 measures long. Notice where the leading tones are going and lead the intensity of the melody up as the first half of the phrase
Practice the fingering for the octaves:
finger 4 for black keys
finger 5 for white keys

GRANADOS valses poeticos
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GRANADOS valses poéticos
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Jazz, show tunes and popular styles

Chords with 7th (four-note chords), open and close voicings

3/23
Most of the chords we may have used were three-note chords. These chords were formed by the root (1st), 3rd and 5th. Some were four-note chords, which feature 1, 3, 5 and now the 7th, which can also be major or minor.

Here are the pages of a book that explains very methodically the basic concepts of the four-note chords. Read through these pages slowly and take as many notes as necessary. I will explain further at our next lesson and we will place all these concepts to practice with some of the songs we are playing, like "If Ever I Would Leave You", or if you find it easier, we could choose instead some of the older songs you played before, which you may find more familiar and easier to play with the new concept. Whatever works best for you.

BASIC CHORDS AND VOICINGS. 7th chords
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To listen to the examples mentioned in the book, login to:
www.halleonard.com/mylibrary
Enter code:
6133-3573-1227-6632

NEW: Jazz style:
ANYTHING GOES by George Gershwin

anything_goes.pdf
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Jazz style -chart-: ALL OF ME

all_of_me_-real_book-.pdf
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2/23
Well done bass+chord arrangement.
First time play the melody as written. Then at the second pass you can apply improvisation.
- Add notes to the melody
- Subtract notes for the melody
- Improvise on the notes form the arpeggio defined by your LH chord

After you have practiced improvising over the melody, you can try detaching your improvisation completely for the melody and improvising over the chords.

NEW: Jazz -chart: IF EVER I WOULD LEAVE YOU

If Ever I Would Leave You
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3/23
Following the chart included in the pages form the book I sent, extract how you would create the chords that appear in this song.

Mainly focus on major and minor chords, and chords with 7ths. Notice some will be:
Major chord, major 7th
Major chord, minor 7th
Minor chord, major 7th,
Minor chord, minor 7th
Chords without 7th, just major or minor.

After you read the pages from the book you will learn about open shell position and closed shell position. Ok to start with all chords in closed position if you feel more comfortable, and we will work on how to alternate open/close shell positions for a very efficient left hand accompaniment.

NEW: MUSICAL THEATRE STYLE
PURE IMAGINATION

pure-imagination.pdf
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3/23
Preparing this one with the score in D-flat , but if the key signature is too difficult, check the one you are using with the choir, the piano accompaniment may be easier to read.

PASSED AND READY FOR JURY: SAM POST. Humidity

3/9
m2 triplet
m10 and on: clarity
m20 beats 3-4 count
m24-25 counting

Send me the very best recording you can, so we can call it passed and add it to our jury list for the spring juries.

2/23
Goal: beginning to end in the same level of accomplishment.
m5 triplet more like a triplet and less like a 16th-16th-8th. Think of it as a lazy triplet and it will sound right.
m9. Same feeling. relax the triplet.
m26-27 Clarity on the rhythm and pulse

humidity.pdf
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PREVIOUS REPERTORY

NEXT REPERTORY

ANDY LA VERNE Shoah
COLE PORTER Night and Day
SAM POST Mournful Rag
ALBENIZ Granada
GRANADOS. DANZA Nr. 5
BOLCOM. Graceful Ghost Rag
MOZART. Fantasy in D minor
FRENCH SUITE IN D MINOR
ALLEMANDE
COURANTE
SARABANDE
MENUET 1 Bach/Pezold
MENUET 2 Bach/Pezold
GIGUE

GRANADOS Danza Nr.5
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graceful_ghost_rag_by_william_bolcom.pdf
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ALBENIZ - GRANADA. 8/25/2020
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mournful_rag.pdf
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PASSED: Chart reading and Improvisation. Autumn Leaves

12/1
Focused on the first two lines.
1- play through the melody
2- improvise based on the melody
3- improvise completely independent from the melody. Don't overplay too many notes on the RH, or it will become too difficult. Create nice melodies that are easy to remember

You can improvise using notes from the G Major scale and other time, notes from the E Minor scale. Attached here below is a chart with the indications on when to use G Major and when to use E Minor.

autumn_leaves_-analysis-.pdf
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AUTUMN LEAVES blank chart
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AUTUMN LEAVES melody-bass-chords
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PASSED: Replacement piece in jazz style: Night and Day by Cole Porter

12/1
JURY PIECE CANDIDATE

NIGHT AND DAY score for piano
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PASSED: JAZZ STYLE -fully written piece-
SHOAH by Andy LaVerne

shoah_andy_laverne.pdf
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PASSED but not polished enough for jury: Take Five, by Paul Desmond

take_five_blank.pdf
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3/23
Thank you for the recording. This piece is ready to pass, but still had rhythm problems, so it will not be a choice for the juries. It is one of those pieces with strange meter that will likely need you to listen to a lot of jazz to "get" the rhythm.

3/9
The rhythm of the intro is close but still not exact.
Count all beats as equal rather than counting "one" longer than the others.

To hear this clearly, record yourself playing, then watch it or listen to it and act as if you were the teacher. Check if you are counting all beats equally long or if you are counting some beats longer than others.

Once the melody starts, your rhythm is correct.
On 2nd page, m13, you lose the rhythm.
The ending, similarly to the intro, doesn't have the counting right.

Recording fast

Recording slow with metronome

take_five_slow.mp3
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