learn to play jazz piano

Something I always wanted to do

I have to get through the blues first.

I am still practicing an hour a day and seeing my teacher once a week, but I have to go through the process of re-learning my circle of fifths so that I can play any chord in any inversion, anywhere on the keyboard without thinking about it. I am still working on finger strength so each one can work independently of the others. I am just going to continue to focus on the blues, and now my teacher has thrown in some simple classical excercises so I can get used to that style.

i have been playing classical piano for 8 years of my life, and i really want to learn a style of music that won’t bore most people to death, i have started with some simple blues scales and other things like that, but i’ve still got a ways to go!!

I’ve started learning chords such as 7ths and 9ths. My goal is to audition for jazz band at my school in December next year and make it.

I took a Jazz Piano class this quarter. I may re-take it in the Spring term as well (it’s repeatable). I did very well for the first half, but then life got in the way and I didn’t practice as much. I kind of bombed my final. Still, I’d do it again in a heartbeat!

I bought a jazz chord book of exercises. Hopefully that will help tranlate what of know of chords from my left hand to my right. I’m hoping!

I have a very weak musical theory background and had very few lessons on any instrument. Now I’m getting into salsa dancing and the mambo music I find I don’t have enough knowledge of harmonics to be able to express myself musically in a convincing way. I’d quite like to patch up that hole.

really good fun!

it was pretty quick. i pressed the wrong button…