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Christmas Time Is Here

December 5, 2008 By Graham English

Getting into the holiday spirit with Christmas Time Is Here from A Charlie Brown Christmas. Music by Vince Guaraldi. Watch on Christmas Time Is Here by Graham English Watch on Christmas Time Is Here by Graham English Watch on Viddler … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Video Tagged With: Charlie Brown, Christmas, Christmas music, Christmas songs, holidays, jazz, jazz piano, Nord Stage, Nord Stage Compact, piano, solo piano, Vince Guaraldi

Who is Dick Grove?

September 22, 2006 By Graham English

DICK GROVE (1927-1998) had a distinguished career as a professional writer and composer in Los Angeles and as a unique innovator in the field of contemporary music education. In 1973 he founded the world-renowned Grove School of Music in Los Angeles … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: arranging, arranging music, composition, Dick Grove, Ear Training, education, Grove School of Music, improvisation, jazz piano, Music Theory, orchestration, Songwriting

Piano Voicings Part 6: Clusters

August 7, 2006 By Graham English

Clusters usually span no more than a fifth and include both half steps and whole steps. Clusters increase tension and when preceding open chords can make them seem wider. Clusters also sound good when rolled. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: chord voicings, chords, jazz harmony, jazz piano, piano, piano voicings

Piano Voicings Part 5: Kenny Barron Voicings

August 6, 2006 By Graham English

Kenny Barron voicings are composed of two perfect fifths in each hand and separated by a minor second: This symmetrical voicing can also be played with a major second between the two hands creating a completely different chord quality. Notice … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: chord voicings, chords, jazz harmony, jazz piano, Kenny Barron, piano, piano voicings

Piano Voicings Part 4: Upper Structure Chords

August 5, 2006 By Graham English

Upper structure chords consist of a triad-or triad inversions-over a tritone. Here's a chart of common upper structures: … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: chord voicings, chords, jazz harmony, jazz piano, piano, piano voicings

Piano Voicings Part 3: Fourth Chords

August 4, 2006 By Graham English

Fourth chords create harmonies reminiscent of McCoy Tyner's playing. Stacked fourths have a wide open texture and are complimented very well by pentatonic scales. Begin on the third of a major scale and keep adding fourths as your taste dictates. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: chord voicings, chords, jazz harmony, jazz piano, McCoy Tyner, modal, modes, pentatonic scales, piano, piano voicings, So What

Piano Voicings Part 2: So What Chords

August 3, 2006 By Graham English

So what chords get their name from the song of the same title on Miles Davis' record, Kind Of Blue. This voicing consists of a series of three perfect fourths with a third on top: So what chords can be moved up and down all scale degrees of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: chord voicings, chords, jazz harmony, jazz piano, Kind Of Blue, Miles Davis, modal, modes, piano, piano voicings, So What

Piano Voicings Part 1: Left Hand Voicings

August 2, 2006 By Graham English

Left hand piano voicings enable you to play the basic progression of jazz harmony, II-V-I, with good voice leading while freeing your right hand for soloing. The most important notes in these chords are the third and seventh because they determine … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Music Education, Prose Tagged With: chord voicings, chords, jazz harmony, jazz piano, left-hand voicings, piano, piano voicings, soloing, tritone substitution, voice leading

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