![]() Yes, at first I was as a little intimated with the jazz licks listen but I'm starting to catch up. Glen, I’m really impressed with my progress. Your video helps me understand the books and other video instructions. I am a retiree and now serious about learning all the way, which I didn't have time and patience before. ![]() You are the best piano teacher on line because you have a clear instructions and you make your student feel capable of learning piano, at last. Glen, Thank you very much for everything. Recently I purchased most of your videos. They are just my “Cup of Tea” and the way I like to play. I have already learned so much and am just at the beginning of it. Whenever I'd see those same lessons in musical notation, my brain would just freeze but you have a soothing and hands on (no pun) way of taking the anxiety out of the learning and making it enjoyable. I also loved the segment on breaking up the major 7ths.just playing those four starting from F gives worlds of musical possibilities. I just wanted to let you know that I am just starting Part 2 of the 5 Jazz chord types and am very excited by what I have already been able to learn. You Sir are a gift to all us piano players. Just bought all of the Cocktail series after watching the teaser videos on YouTube. So thank you again.Ĭhristine Lauritsen Blakey, Duns, Scotland Now I have some hope that I might one day, be able to play some cocktail and Jazz. I concluded you had to have some kind of gift ( which clearly some people do - yourself included) but that I certainly wasn't one of them. I used to ask folk how they did what they did and usually got the answer that they didn't really know but "they just did it ". I am learning that this kind of thing needs practise as much as the Bach Preludes!!īefore Youtube etc. Your method of teaching this is really helpful as it seems to feed both sides of the equation for me. ![]() Thank you SO much!It is amazing. I am a classically trained pianist and have always wanted to play by ear. I have just ordered your 5 Jazz Chords having stumbled upon your youtube tutorial. Minor Blues Lesson Two - Blues cliches, riffs and minor pentatonic scale Minor Blues Lesson One - Basic minor blues and minor blues scaleĢ2. Blues Lesson Three - Learn a shuffle patternsĢ0. Blues Lesson Four - Demonstrates and teaches nine blues riffsĢ1. Blues Lesson Two - learn more blues riffs to play with Lesson One.ġ9. Blues Lesson One - Getting started by locking in a solid left-hand groove.ġ8. Cocktail Piano Arrangements - Demonstrates and explain elements from all of the above video lessonsġ6. Creative improvising on the white notes - Modal improvisation in the key of C in "New Age" and classical styles.ġ7. Left Hand- Right Hand Independence - Techniques for building hand independence. The Joy of Scales - Start from various notes in the scale that fits your hands for smoother scale work. Cocktail Runs and Arpeggios - Creating smooth piano runs and effects with one hand and two.ġ3. Rootless Jazz Chords - The hip and sophisticated jazz chords. The Minor 2-5-1 Jazz Pattern - The minor counterpart to the above lesson. Understanding the 2-5-1 Jazz Pattern - The most important chord combination to know.ġ0. ![]() Professional Piano Techniques - Various useful techniques for beginning cocktail piano playing.ĩ. Matching Chord Inversions to Melody - Lesson One - Lady Be Goodģ. Matching Chord Inversions to Melody - Lesson Two - My BuddyĤ. Matching Chord Inversions to Melody - Lesson Three - Manhattanĥ. Open Voicings Lesson One - What'll I DoĦ. Open Voicings Lesson Two - It Had to Be Youħ. Open Voicings Lesson Three - The Man I LoveĨ. Matching Chord Inversions to Melody Series You need to understand these chords first. Whether you want to play cocktail piano, jazz or pop, 1.The Five Jazz Chord Types - Start here. ![]()
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