Updated May 29, 2021.
Here’s a downloadable PDF file of sheet music covering Blues Piano Lick #10, for optional use with my course “A Study in Blues Piano” (all on this site).
This sheet is part of a supplemental collection I’m putting together, in response to recent requests.
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UPDATED: July 20, 2021.
I’ve had lots of happy feedback about this lesson, ever since I first posted it on YouTube. People are basically saying that this is the easiest way they have found to learn the notes of all twelve major scales, quickly and painlessly. I learned about tetrachords in my college theory classes, and I have found them to be a little-known “secret” for organizing one’s thoughts about scales and modes. Let me know what you think!
Für Elise Sheet Music With Letters Included
Ludwig v. Beethoven’s timeless and extremely popular piano piece, Für Elise, officially named ‘Bagatelle No. 25,” in A-Minor, is well-known around the world.
Beethoven’s music, especially his later works, ushered in the Romantic Era of classical music.
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Claude Debussy’s timeless and extremely popular piano piece, Clair de Lune, is well-known around the world. Its origins include influences from poetry, the music of Bach’s time (the Baroque period), and the artistic school of Impressionism.
The piece’s name means “moonlight.” It is the third movement of a four-part work called Suite Bergamasque.
Debussy’s music was a major departure from the Romantic music of the 19th century. He, along with composer Maurice Ravel, is regarded as a primary founder of what came to be known as French Impressionism.
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Today’s post is about using the first four notes of a blues scale as a moveable pattern, with many ear-catching possibilities that can fire up your solos in unexpected ways.
This “rock-bottom four” pattern, starting on any given note, can produce a wide variety of bluesy, funky, and jazzy sounds, when used in a context of your careful choosing, guided by your ear as the final judge.
This is a slide show, which is a common format that I use on my Instagram page, @piano_w_kent.
I have discovered that these types of posts seem to work well on my Instagram page, so I’m going to start featuring these here, too.
TODAY’S REMAINING SLIDES:
Continue reading Jazz/Rock/Blues Soloing Tip: Using the ‘Rock-Bottom Four’ of the Blues Scale
Updated: May 2, 2021
Here’s a straightforward way to play impressive sounding arpeggios on your keyboard!
This sounds especially nice on piano when using the sustain pedal!
VIDEO LESSON
Today, I want to share a very simple technique for being confident that you have memorized a section of music. This works for many similar things, such as an actor memorizing lines.
Continue reading How To Memorize Music: The Rule of ‘Three Times Right’ for Memorizing Any Task
Entire “Moonlight ” Sonata No. 14 by Ludwig v. Beethoven. All 3 movements.
UPDATED by Kent: Mar. 30, 2021. A video blues tutorial describing a versatile lick pattern for jazz and blues piano.
This short jazzy series of chromatic notes, which I call the Flat-3 to 5, is a familiar expression in the Blues. This easy type of lick (you can alter the lick very easily) is heard in a trillion mainstream jazz and blues melodies, as well as in all related music, anything that has even a touch of Blues Inflection.
Which means, you could call this a cliché.
In the Blues, an improvising (lead) player might belt out a cliché, or ten, to explicitly let listeners know where they are: “You are in the Blues, thank you very much!” Any time you venture off into highly original blues territory, a cliché is a great place to come home to!
LESSON #7 – VIDEO TUTORIAL
Continue reading Für Elise Sheet Music with Letter-Labeled Notes | PDF Download
Bach 'Invention No. 1' in C Major with Letters Included | Sheet Music | PDF | Original Notes & Letter-Notes Together
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Pachelbel's 'Canon in D' Sheet Music for Piano | Letter Note-Names Included
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Prelude in E-Minor by Chopin | Includes Letter-Notes
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'Clair de Lune' with Letters | Exclusive Piano Sheet Music | Letter-Notes Included
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Für Elise With Letters | Piano Sheet Music | Letter-Note Names Included | PDF
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