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Looking for quality online sources on Jazz improvisation, chord structure, etc. The more detailed the better; I'm an accomplished classical pianist, understand theory at the college level, and have a really good ear. I'm just at a loss for how to expand outside of working with blues/pentatonics. I realize most of what needs to be learned can also be learned through listening to audio recordings; so any influential albums/tunes/artists I can rip off from would also be helpful.
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Looking for advice of turning an admittedly purist / square / nerd classical pianist of 6+ years into someone with a solid enough foundation to do improv, jam sessions, jazz solos etc. I'm already a big ben folds fan and know all of the catalogue that I want to learn. Plus a handful of other tunes. I can very easily look at chords/guitar tab and get a radio song performable in >5 minutes. I'm specifically seeking advice on jazz improv / soloing that extends beyond "learn your pentatonics/blues scales and play them up and down" edit: Voicing chords interestingly, and making sense of "sustained" chords would also be helpful. Anyone got a link?
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Dec 1, 2009 20:13
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That 600 dollar P85 is looking so good... Gotta get to a music store first and try one out
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Feb 1, 2010 19:35
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I find some of the English Suites especially to be 10x more manageable than the two-part inventions. Or the 'Little' Preludes and Fugues, don't forget about those. The C minor one is really easy and rocks face
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Jul 8, 2010 14:30
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Blog Free or Die posted:Only play Bach, and pretend you're Glenn Gould I knew Gould was an autistic, but a drug addict too?
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Oct 1, 2010 15:01
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I've been playing forever but I am only one year into my career as a private lesson instructor. I have three students, two are very normal in progress, but one child has an incredible natural talent for the instrument. I started him on the Alfred Library - simply because that's what I learned out of in grade school. We are progressing nicely and I plan on completing the entire beginner series with him (in one year we made it through 2.5/8 books). What classical pieces are good to start at the beginner level? I gave him the Clementi Sonatina that everybody knows https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vvv0WKsFt3M . What Bach should we start with? The Little Preludes and Fugues? What other resources besides the Alfred series should I be incorporating? Is it time to start Hanon yet?
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Sep 6, 2012 14:49
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Blog Free or Die posted:Bach's French Suites might be a good idea. Most of the pieces are at or slightly above the difficulty of the 2 part inventions. I always thought the E Major one was the easiest one? (aren't I classy for someone with a BRCT?  )edit: Specifically the Allemande (1st mvmt) and Polonaise from the E Major one
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Sep 8, 2012 19:58
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Cast_No_Shadow posted:Most of the popular classical pieces are popular because they were easy enough for your average joe to be able to play them in their front room (as well as being good). What are some Chopin Prelude suggestions for harder ones to move up to if I've finished: -D Flat -C Minor -A Major -E Minor ?
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Dec 27, 2012 01:38
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Annies Boobs posted:If you're wanting some Chopin play his easy nocturnes!!! Which are the easy nocturnes? I also have access to the Polonaises. 
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Dec 27, 2012 15:10
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quote:Major Sixth - My Bonnie Lies Over the Ocean You can also use the Xylophone NBC jingle for this one! ("En, Bee, Cee!")
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Jan 7, 2013 21:31
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Ron Don Volante posted:I took like 10 years of piano lessons as a kid and just recently have gotten back into regular playing. Not having a piano teacher anymore means that I'm kinda at a loss for music to play. I'm looking for classical music in the intermediate range of difficulty--I like Satie, Debussy, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, pretty much anything except maybe not so much Bach. Does anyone have recommendations on what to play or any good compilations of sheet music? Check out my posts from last page, we are in the same boat. I could only play raindrop on jan 1st and these guys helped me out tons on the last page. Someone recommended the posthumous Chopin C# Nocturne and its been wonderful. I also picked up the C Minor prelude from well tempered clavier, which has not been too hard after being away for years. Going to start work on Debussys Children Corner suite soon!
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Feb 1, 2013 19:57
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I love Chopin but I really can't stand Fantasie Impromptu. It's so "wanky", as the electric guitarist would say.
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Feb 4, 2013 18:23
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OneSizeFitsAll posted:How about Solfeggietto, by C.P.E. Bach? This piece is cool but it is on the easier side of the whole repertoire. If you can play Mozkowski, here's a slightly harder piece in the same vein as Solfeggietto: Here's Richter playing it properly, and incredibly fast: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GXHjxvSi24 Here's an autistic savant who was probably the greatest pianist of our time flipping it the gently caress on it's head: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkg0aQxsKlU It's the C-Minor prelude from Book I Well-Tempered Clavier. It's kind of like Solfiegietto with both hands simultaneous. (I'm performing it tomorrow oh god oh god oh god) (I haven't performed since 2004) (Maybe I'll make you all a video in an hour or so)
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Mar 13, 2013 21:44
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The D minor one (no. 2?) is usually considered the easiest. The development/"golden section" of C Major gets rougher than anything in that one IMO.
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Sep 21, 2013 15:31
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New semester starting soon. I want to play Schumann or Schubert, any suggestions? I have done Schumann Album for the Young and Papillons, Op. 2. Never played Schubert. Any must play Schubert piano piece suggestions that are a little easier than Wanderer Fantasy?
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Jan 13, 2014 19:23
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404notfound posted:I took three years of piano lessons way, way back in high school, have been playing a tiny bit of guitar since then, and on a whim just picked up an 88-key weighted keyboard. My piano lessons were very traditional, memorizing a bunch of baroque, classical, and romantic pieces, but I've been entirely self-taught with guitar. For some reason, it wasn't until I started learning guitar that I realized that a lot of songs can mostly be broken down into a few basic chord progressions (C-G-Am-F will get you through half of the music on the radio), and now I'd like to translate that knowledge and experience back to piano so I can play more contemporary stuff. You might want to find a Left-Hand Jazz Voicings book. Although, a lot of that stuff will be way fancier than what you'd use to play radio music. Really, if you remember the fundamentals, you can make your own smooth voicings for pop songs, ie: C-E-G = E-G-C = G-C-E If you got that down, just sit with a pencil and figure out smooth chords... ie: D major -> G major isn't that bad, because I can play D-F#-A, and then move the top two notes to D-G-B If you can do stuff like that second example on your own, you probably don't really need a new book.
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Oct 11, 2014 16:48
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) and have been running through some of them.
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KidDynamite posted:I'm also an old child piano player that gave up when High School sports took over. Coming up on college graduation and I'd like to keep having homework so I'm looking to get back into the piano game. I'm thinking about a Korg Kronos X 88 key as a graduation present to myself. Anyone have opinions on it? I'm definitely going for a keyboard because I know I'm going to be moving around a bit within the next few years. I have been an acoustic-only snob for years and my casio Px-88 with a roland kc-550 is ridiculously awesome. I have no specific recommendations but try whatever you want before you buy. Even if you're gonna order it online go to a store and try it.
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Dec 24, 2014 00:02
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my favorite part of the the last hour of http://www.twitch.tv/pianoimproman : "I auditioned with this piece when I was 14" *plays the first 8 measures of Appasionatta, movement 3*
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Jan 27, 2016 07:13
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uXs posted:Just a random piece of information: my piano teacher says she practices like 80% of the time with a metronome. I almost never use a metronome, I probably should start using one way, way more, and knowing she uses one that much herself seems like the motivation I need. Here's a good piano teacher question: When do you give a student a metronome?
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Jun 7, 2017 15:01
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I'm a classical nerd who can read sheet music pretty decently. I have a real book, but I'd much rather get a collection of Jazz Standards that are arranged // written out in full sheet music as opposed to the Real Book style - at least until I get good at it. Like this, but a whole book - http://bit.ly/2oIZkjA Anyone have a recommendation? I've been searching Amazon, but if someone already has one they really like and can fill me in that'd be awesome.
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Oct 2, 2017 14:46
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IT BURNS posted:I composed a piece! Please watch it! I've read about Trump Derangement Syndrome before but I've never actually seen it in the wild. On SA of all places!
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Sep 18, 2019 13:48
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