Suzanna Hardman
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Hi Franco, I emailed Brenden about this and this was his reply:
the learn and practice are coupled together in the top video. There is no separate practice video for this step. Brenden demonstrates how to use the drop 2 voicings over drop 2 and this approach would apply to all other tunes as well.
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Hi Diana,
In the lesson “4 Must Know Reharms – Step #1 – Tritone Substitution”, Brenden explains what tritone substitution is.
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Hi Brian, You’re welcome. Thanks for telling me what song it was. I would also recommend just comping to your favourite standards the way Brenden explains* in the proficiency course to “Just Friends” (I think in the proficiency test). *i.e. comp with (left hand) the root in the bass and (right hand) rootless voicings. Try some swing and syncopated rhythms and play around with skipping the first beat (which makes the music drive forward). You can delay the middle notes and anticipate the first beat to make different rhythms and include tripplets. You will do very well!
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Hi Brian, What is the name of the tune you´re comping to, please? I think you´ve done a great job playing all those chord changes in various rhythms and using the higher end of the piano. All that is difficult to master. When you want to get more flow, try living in the music a bit. You can listen to other artists` performances of the tunes you like and hum along or, imagine you´re playing the part you like hearing and then (transpose) copy it on your piano or, imagine what you would play (instead of what you´re hearing) and play that. I think you´ve done the main work and your playing will evolve when you keep in mind what you want it to sound like and, hearing what you can already do I know you will succeed. Congratulations on your achievements!
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Try and play your left hand chords softer (treat them like a shadow) and play the melody louder in your right hand.
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Hi,
Rootless 2-5-1’s do take a lot of practice to learn! I find a good way to get muscle memory and cement the sound of each chord is to isolate them.
For example, only do all the rootless 5’s (Dominants) through the circle of 5ths. Then, play all the 2-5-1 progressions through the circle of 5ths to “set” the chords into memory. Next, vary the exercise and play only the 2’s or, only the 1’s right through the circle of 5ths. It will start to become automatic.
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You could try applying some of them to a standard you know very well and when you do this often enough you will learn them (it will “click”).
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Hi, I would appreciate various “Voicings Vamps” streams complete with relevant transcription pdf, if possible, please. The purpose of this would be to improve soloing and comping skills and, to apply them to standards, introductions & “outros”. Thank you very much.
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“Dolphin Dance” from the album Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock.
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Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock.
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Thanks for asking this. I found Autumn Leaves very easy to solo to. (By contrast, My Romance is more challenging).
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Hi Vadim, Do you want to learn melodies or, do you want to play songs in other keys? It is not clear. If you learn a lot of tunes, you will learn many melodies. Any standard can be transposed to another key. If you want, you can learn 1 standard by heart and play it in 2 different keys. That will give you chord mastery.
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Yes, absolutely! A set group of chord changes to play something interesting before actually starting to play a jazz standard (say, as in intro/outro). Thank you.
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Hi Nico, Re. Autumn Leaves. You ask what the next step is. You could try adding a (G major) pentatonic scale, a blues scale and a (G minor) scale, for example. There are also (G7 alternative) and Db7 voicings you could try.
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Fly Me To The Moon is very simple, too.
