Lessons tagged with 'Jazz'

When playing the piano, weight is a burden, mass is a tool!

The skeleton manages the weight completely

Nikolai Kapustin - Etude Op. 40 No.1 Part 3

Mini series wrap up. Practice and plan your 'dance' choreography well.

Nikolai Kapustin - Etude Op. 40 No.1 Part 2

Nikolai Kapustin - Etude Op. 40 No.1 Part 1

My biggest takeaway is efficient management of time and resources really. You really have to plan things well.

Improve structure to improve sound in jazz piano

Let the Melody Play You

Two way exchange between the player and piano is what we are after

Move the Sound

Send the energy in the right way

The change in perception invokes the change in our practice

Also, never stop moving the sound (Alan)

Confidence - Your Hand Must Be Set up Well

Hand hip joint, curled thumb

Standing action is the base element

of the weight technique

If you know what your doing you can do it really well

Alan talks more about how to become confident at the piano

Keith Jarrett Sound

Alan is helping Marvin find that weighted touch that still allows him to move

Continuous Weighted Touch

Eliminating negative stacking effect of weight on piano

The Real Arm Weight and Jazz Piano

Could arm weight be beneficial to jazz pianists if explained well?

Jazz Piano - Improve Structure to Improve Sound

Alan is explaining how to create open, singing sound

Technique and Sound in Improvisation

Great lesson on inner workings of the hand given to a jazz pianist. From Alan's institute in Novi Sad, 2018.

The Hand Structure Needs to Float

Maybe your hand structure is really good but if it doesn't move, your fingers are blocked

Hand of a Jazz Player Needs to be Active Too

And that goes for everything you play

Separate the Thumb from the Hand in Jazz

helps a great deal when playing chords

Improve Hand Organization for More Beautiful Sound in Fats Waller

Inner hand action and the thumb differentiation

Collapsed Punch Technique in Jazz

Is it a good or bad thing? Video quality is a bit low (technical difficulties while recording)

Is Over Relaxtion Limiting Your Sound

Structured vs relaxed hand and the sound we get (bone connections

Piano-Voice and Posture

Alan working with a vocalist on Burt Barcharch songs The look of love and promises, promises

Disconnect Between Head and the Fingers

Alan describes the idea of music skeleton

Modes in Jazz Piano Part 4

Last part in this mini series

Modes in Jazz Piano Part 3

Luis talks and improvises in dorian mode

Modes in Jazz Piano Part 2

In this part, Luis talks about improvising and melody making, sharp 11 lydian

Modes in Jazz Piano Part 1

Intro video to Luis's mini series on modes in jazz piano playing

Whole Body Integrated with Hands Part 3

Part 3

Working with a Jazz Pianist Part 2

Part 2

Working with a Jazz Pianist Part 1

Alan is working and exchanging ideas with a jazz pianist