If you have pop piano training or equivalent keyboard harmony skill, come and tackle the easier end of the jazz piano repertoire. The focus is on jazz harmony and chord voicing, interpretation of a lead sheet and good timing. You'll need to play piano at grade 5 or above.
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Prepare to play jazz standards that involve common harmonic/melodic/rhythmic features, i.e. standards that are 16 or 32 bars long (and 12 bar blues) and which involve VI II V I (cycle of 5ths) progressions. You will study fundamentals of jazz style and piano voicing.
What will we cover?
Each lesson includes preparatory work, practising to backing for common harmonic progressions, and rehearsing chords and scales. We study and play a chosen standard tune every 3 weeks or so. Approaches to improvisation over standard tunes. Study how to create basslines and learn the essential chord symbols.
What will I achieve? By the end of this course you should be able to...
- Demonstrate an understanding of what and how to practise - Play jazz voicings and appropriate rhythms - Memorise a few standard tunes - Understand concepts of building intros, accompanying, following a lead sheet.
What level is the course and do I need any particular skills?
You should have good piano playing and reading skills, minimum Grade 5, and be fluent in all major and relative minor scales.We hope you have an interest in jazz piano and experience of listening to jazz recordings. Experience of studying harmony will be of advantage. You will need to be able already to play triads and their inversions at the piano.
How will I be taught, and will there be any work outside the class?
You will be at a digital piano, the class will play together and there will be tutorial input with appropriate individual help / advice and practising to rhythm section backings. Lead sheets will be provided, but there will also be examples to write and/or copy, and class hand-outs on some topics.
Are there any other costs? Is there anything I need to bring?
Please bring manuscript paper, pencil, eraser and a machine to record parts of the class if you wish.
Della has enjoyed working at City Lit for over 3 decades, teaching, managing, learning. After training in contemporary dance, Della became consumed by drama and music work. Music came to dominate, playing in bands, song writing, teaching for, and advising, the Youth Service and Adult Education. Performing and writing arrangements for pop and jazz a cappella has been a 30 year journey. So too the teaching of jazz musicianship. Gratitude is due to early mentor Amit Sen for introducing 'the jazz thing'.
Please note: We reserve the right to change our tutors from those advertised. This happens rarely, but if it does, we are unable to refund fees due to this. Our tutors may have different teaching styles; however we guarantee a consistent quality of teaching in all our courses.
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Study how to create basslines and learn the essential chord symbols.<p>- Demonstrate an understanding of what and how to practise<br/>- Play jazz voicings and appropriate rhythms<br/>- Memorise a few standard tunes<br/>- Understand concepts of building intros, accompanying, following a lead sheet.</p><p>You should have good piano playing and reading skills, minimum Grade 5, and be fluent in all major and relative minor scales.We hope you have an interest in jazz piano and experience of listening to jazz recordings. Experience of studying harmony will be of advantage. You will need to be able already to play triads and their inversions at the piano.</p>You will be at a digital piano, the class will play together and there will be tutorial input with appropriate individual help / advice and practising to rhythm section backings. 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