Jazz Fake Book with lyrics
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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. | ||
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10/19
Reminder: 1- Fingers curved. 2- Elbows not much lower than the keys Next lesson: Gb major and Eb minor |
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Oct-19 PLAYING CHOSEN NUMBERS (future jury pieces)
1 Octaves. Relax wrist and try to play the octaves legato with fingers. Use a more connecting pedal LH theme: counting Round fingers Practice the RH chords ahead of time, as full block, so the RH feels more secure. 3 Voice melodies more clearly when accompanied by chords. 4 RH needs to feel more secure/confident. LH is easy enough that if you learn the RH better, it will flow on its own. 2nd section. Learn the LH harmonically, as chords. Recognize the A7 chord and the D7 chords that appears on the LH. 6 Think of this piece as music accompanying a story. create a special mood when you play it. LH arpeggios. Attention to notes. |
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AWAYA piece by Gabriel with a lighter harmony and clear melody
SERENITYOctober 19
We will start seeing this piece at our next lesson |
You can find audio files of these two pieces at this link. Scroll down once you get to the page.
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LISTZ. Consolation No. 3October 5
meas 14. High C needs to be held longer, as long as 2x 8th notes 4 against 3: see video and do the exercise. away from the piano. In general, I would play the piece still slower, with time to actually read the notes in front of you, and process them thinking about sound, balance, and start integrating phrasing also. Balancing: More RH tone, lighter on the LH |
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NEW: BACH from Well-Tempered Klavier Vol.1
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NEW: McDOWELL to a Wild Rose |
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NEW: CHOPIN: Mazurka in A minor, Op. 67, No. 4 (Posthumous) |
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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 | ||
FROM PREVIOUS LESSON: Jazz style:
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Jazz style -chart-: ALL OF ME |
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NEW: Jazz -chart: IF EVER I WOULD LEAVE YOU |
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NEW: MUSICAL THEATRE STYLE
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PREVIOUS REPERTORY |
NEXT REPERTORY |
| GRANADOS Danza Nr.5 |
| graceful_ghost_rag_by_william_bolcom.pdf |
| ALBENIZ - GRANADA. 8/25/2020 |
| mournful_rag.pdf |
PASSED: Chart reading and Improvisation. Autumn Leaves12/1
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.
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12/1
JURY PIECE CANDIDATE |
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PASSED but not polished enough for jury: Take Five, by Paul Desmond |
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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 fastRecording slow with metronome
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PASSED: JAZZ STYLE -fully written piece-
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PASSED: SAM POST. Humidity3/9
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 |
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