Learn To Play Jazz Piano and
Abandon Past Traditions
No Other Genre of Music Offers Better
Opportunities For ExpressionIf you want to
learn to play
jazz piano, you must first value its opportunities for
self-expression that this style grants so unselfishly. In almost any way
that you please, jazz music becomes the vehicle for uniquely improvised
sounds and rhythms -- all to the tune of strong-felt emotions. Jazz
piano is
not however, a hodge-podge of uncoordinated notes or beats. It is
instead, an assembly of "hip" and stimulating tones,
chords and patterns.Play
Artistically - Emotionally - And Without RestraintMaking the break
from static classical music is what allows the jazz pianist to play
creatively - expressively - and freely. But it's never a solo
performance. One of the greatest skills within this genre of music is
the ability to deviate from a basic song in such a way that the entire
composition comes together as an entirely new piece of music. Deviations
could vary a repetitive theme, run a phrase with interesting
digressions, or fill a cadence with unique triads and their inversions
for example.
Learn to Play Jazz Piano - An Inspiring Or Even Therapeutic Application
Non-traditional rhythm combinations also contribute to expressionistic
piano play, and they can help turn even the most basic rhythms into
entertaining sequences. It comes as no surprise then that upon
investigation, playing jazz piano can be an inspirational or even
healing exercise. This is undoubtedly due to the freedom it allows and
the creative opportunities that it affords. For much of the early piano
instruction we endure can be too static, ordered, or controlled to
enjoy. And these are the things that some musicians find stifling.
Improvisation Can Be Learned!One of the major complaints from
trained musicians who want to play jazz piano is that they can't play
without sheet music. So many years of classical instruction made them
inflexible and unyielding to musical spontaneity. While we don't
criticize classical education, we do caution that it doesn't allow for
liberated expression the way that jazz education does. The good news is
that improvisation -- that is, the kind of improvisation that allies
with jazz piano -- can be learned. And though some pianists may grab its
concepts quicker than others, improvisation isn't necessarily an inborn
trait.
Anyone of any skill can learn how to improvise and thus
liven up what would otherwise be monotonous music - music that's often
received with indifference or worse disregarded. This means that with
relative ease, even the beginner can play various styles of piano jazz
and
commence to play:-
Boogie
- Country and Country Western
- The Blues
-
Ragtime
- Rock
- Swing
- Southern Gospel
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