Jazz piano 1

City Lit

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In London

£ 149 VAT inc.

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Description

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    Course

  • Location

    London

  • Start date

    Different dates available

Prepare to play basic standards that involve harmonic/melodic/rhythmic issues, i.e. standards that are generally 12 / 16 bars long (including 12 bar blues) and which involve regular II V I (cycle of 5ths) progressions. You will study fundamentals of jazz style and piano voicing.

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London
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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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About this course

- Demonstrate an understanding of how to practise
- Play jazz voicings and appropriate rhythms
- Memorise standard tunes
- Understand concepts of building intros, accompanying, following a lead sheet, using harmonic understanding to improve your delivery of a song.

Please bring manuscript paper, pencil, eraser and a machine to record class if you wish.

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Course programme

Each lesson includes preparatory work, practising to backing which uses 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. Reading sample solos. Study how to create basslines. Study tunes will include "Watermelon man", "Autumn leaves" and "Song for my father".

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 backing tapes. Lead sheets will be provided, but there will also be examples to write and/or copy, and class hand-outs on some topics.

Additional information

You can progress to Jazz piano 2. General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

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