Cocktail Piano For Beginners – Literally
Is cocktail piano for beginners? Ever wanted to just sit down at that piano and makes some music despite having no experience? Let’s do it…
The “Sus”pended Piano Introduction
A Very User-Friendly Piano Introduction This piano introduction can serve you well in a variety of interesting ways. It can work very nicely whenever you want to create an impromptu introduction for a ballad that starts on the I chord. Naturally, the chord that has the strongest tendency to resolve to the I chord is …
Creating An Effective Piano Arrangement
How’s The Conversation Going? Performing an effective piano arrangement can be compared to meeting an interesting person for the first time. How do you imagine the conversation would progress? Is it likely that this new acquaintance would know your entire history within the first three minutes of chatting? Probably not. If it went that way, …
Piano Improvisation For Beginners
Beginner? Can’t Improvise? Is piano improvisation for beginners? After all, being able to improvise is one of those complicated musical skills that is reserved for those who have at least a few years of playing experience. Makes sense, right? Well, it “makes sense” if you have listened to others who would have you believe that. …
It’s A Chord: So What?
On Monday, March 2, 1959, pianist Bill Evans sat in with Paul Chambers (bass), Jimmy Cobb (drums), Miles Davis (trumpet), John Coltrane (tenor saxophone), and Julius “Cannonball” Adderley to record the first track So What on Miles Davis’ legendary jazz album Kind Of Blue. This is one of the most recognizable jazz tunes ever. The …
Simple Cocktail Piano Tip: KISS
Simple cocktail piano tip that lies at the heart of sounding like a professional…
Jazzy Piano For Beginners
Me… A Beginner? Playing Jazzy Piano? Yes, you read that right. You might refer to yourself as a beginner when it comes to playing piano. However, the word “beginner” is relative. If you’re playing piano at all at this point, that means you have at least some technical ability going for you. That’s all it …
Cocktail Piano Lessons For Beginners
Cocktail Piano Lesson #1: Use What You Know Home hobbyists to well-trained classical pianists have shown an interest in cocktail piano lessons. It’s no wonder why a pianist of any skill level and background would want to acquire cocktail piano skills. You never know when the opportunity may arise. A local restaurant may have the …
The Greatest Cocktail Piano Tip In The World Revealed
The Best Cocktail Piano Tip Ever: It Works Like Magic Can there really be one cocktail piano tip that supersedes all others? I mean, really, when you consider all the techniques and strategies that one has the potential to master – chords, chord voicings, piano fills, improvisation, left hand accompaniment patterns, arpeggios, walking bass lines… …
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Sound “Pro” With This Left Hand Technique
Cocktail Piano Tips Creating Momentum With The Left Hand The illustration below is actually snapshot from 1-2-3 Cocktail Piano #2, which serves as a nice follow-up to 1-2-3 Cocktail Piano #1. Here we see the three chord tones from an E minor triad being played: E G B However, we opened up this three-note chord …