10 Jazz Piano Exercises

Solidify your approach to jazz piano practice

What you'll learn

Explore various patterns for chord application (from rootless to quartal voicings)

Develop ii-V-I lineations

Various chromatic approaches to chords and melodic lines

Apply various fingering patterns to keep your dexterity sharp

Fine-tune your enclosures to connect harmonic lines

Requirements

Students should know the notes of the piano, and basic 7th chord shapes

Students that can read notation will get the most out of the pdf's provided

Description

Whether you are hoping to improve your knowledge of jazz harmony, or simply want to learn how to wrap your fingers around more complex jazz lines, this course if for you!This detailed course offers 10 varied jazz piano exercises and over 45 accompanying PDF files.  While the courses cover the exercises in practice, visually, the PDFs answer any questions students might have about fingerings and exercise variations.What to expect:- detailed instructional videos of each exercise- notes/fingerings for all exercises- varied studies to help students keep a wide technical breadth- variations of exercises to further develop your approach- complimentary video classes and pdf's to accomodate various types of learning styles and players at various levelsSo many pianists that dive into studying jazz don't have a solid approach to practicing harmonic and melodic content.  These exercises are perfect to get you started with a practice routine, and are a great foundation to build off of.  Many jazz exercises are either too basic, or too complex.  Whereas the exercises in this course aim to help beginner-intermediate pianists explore technical approaches that can instantly be used within their improvisations and song-writing.Our time at the instrument is limited, so we want to make the most of this valuable time.  Hence, having a strong and focused practice routine is the best way to make sure our time isn't wasted.  They say "practice makes perfect", but I'd venture to add that "PERFECT practice makes perfect".  For use to get our practice perfected, we need exercises that challenge us, exercise that are contrasting in nature, and exercises that are clear/concise with fingerings and approaches explained in detail.  That's what this course offers.  These exercises are meant to be timeless, so you can always come back to practicing them to help you instill the fundamentals of jazz piano techniques.  Use these classes as a foundation that you can build off of, and you'll be quickly underway to improving your playing as a jazz pianist.So, let's not bog you down with more words, and instead jump straight into your first exercise!*Note: many of these exercises can also work for guitar and other instruments, but the primary instrument recommended is piano/keyboard.

Overview

Section 1: All Classes

Lecture 1 Chromatic Tops

Lecture 2 ii-V-I Lineated

Lecture 3 Enclosures

Lecture 4 Semitone Lead-ins

Lecture 5 Zig-Zag Patterns

Lecture 6 Dominant 7 Inversions

Lecture 7 Rootless with Omissions

Lecture 8 Harmonizing by 10ths

Lecture 9 Rootless ii-V-I

Lecture 10 Quartal Harmony

Beginner-Intermediate Jazz Pianists,Intermediate level pianists looking to add some jazzy technical exercises,Jazz theorists