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Jazz Essentials

Jazz Essentials is my method for learning to improvise from the basement up! Just as when you build a house you begin with laying the foundations, so in my Jazz Essentials you learn the fundamental building blocks for playing jazz. 

First Steps

This series of audio podcasts is packed with rhythm games, performances and improvisation on simple themes, aural explanations of key musical concepts, and a beginners guide to harmony.

‘Beginning the Blues’

An introduction to Playing the ‘Blues’ by teaching a simple ‘Blues Head’. This exciting 5 part series covers the Blues Scale, Minor Pentatonic, Bass Notes, Chord tones, Chord Substitution, Repeating the Head, Myxolydian Scale, BeBop Scale, Dorian Scale, and more…..

I will be adding more videos and content in the coming months. Make sure to check in regularly.

best wishes and happy playing.

Richard

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Jazz Essentials

Jazz Essentials is my method for learning to improvise from the basement up! Just as when you build a house you begin with laying the foundations, so in my Jazz Essentials you learn the fundamental building blocks for playing jazz. 

I promise that if you follow these guidelines (and not missing anything out!) you will have at your disposal the tools of the improvisor and have the necessary knowledge to play a jazz solo. How well you do this depends on your own musicality and application, but it has been my experience as Musical Director of Fife Youth Jazz Orchestra for over 40 years and as the Honorary Professor of Jazz Piano at St Andrews University, the Wigmore Hall and Jazz Courses up and down the country that anyone, who takes the time to practice these examples, will be able to play jazz to some degree.

Each lesson builds on the lesson before and therefore your musical vocabulary will grow with the colours you acquire through understanding each concept before you move on to the next. Please, don’t be in a hurry – playing music is a lifetime’s work , and not something acquired without careful thought.My mantra is “Mistakes are Cool”, and that to play music of any kind you must be prepared to make mistakes and enjoy them – that’s how we learn! (musicians who are surgeons are exempt).

The essential building blocks to playing jazz piano. We are sure you will enjoy the series and hope you spread the word. Have fun!

Here is a quick taste of the Jazz Essentials Series.

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First Steps

This series of audio podcasts is packed with rhythm games, performances and improvisation on simple themes, aural explanations of key musical concepts, and a beginners guide to harmony.

This series has been designed to allow teachers to play the podcasts to the class and simply encourage them to participate. There is no need for the teacher to make lesson notes or lesson plans - just play the podcasts.

Split in to 4 separate learning sections the First Step series is a fantastic resource for classroom teachers and community group leaders to get kids clapping, stomping and grooving through the basics of rhythm, beats, and grooves.

Here are example podcasts from 'Walkin' a Groove' covering 'displacement'

Walkin' a Groove 13
Walkin' a Groove 14

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‘Beginning the Blues’

An introduction to Playing the ‘Blues’ by teaching a simple ‘Blues Head’
This exciting 5 part series covers the Blues Scale, Minor Pentatonic, Bass Notes, Chord tones, Chord Substitution, Repeating the Head, Myxolydian Scale, BeBop Scale, Dorian Scale, and more…..

Don't panic!! this looks harder than it sounds!

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