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Re: What is your favorite piano brand? I love the sound of my piano. Check out the sound as I play a recent composition. https://youtu.be/41qKxfv4ZBA?si=QZBV3IMOUYhIOG8A
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Re: Ken Radford simple composition Roger that. Safe travels and hope to speak soon.
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Re: Demystifying Jazz Theory with Jeremy Siskind @Peter Golemme Hey Peter. Good to be here. Thanks for your thoughts, and I will do some playing around and upload some video snippets. My teacher refers to the melodic minor ascending scale as the…
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Re: Ken Radford simple composition Thanks for your kind words Jack. Here is the score. Let’s set up a Zoom/Teams/Skype call and we can talk pianos and recording chains.
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Re: Demystifying Jazz Theory with Jeremy Siskind I am particularly interested in scale choice for improv and hope you will talk about how you choose which scale to use over which chord in a particular sequence.…
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Ken Radford simple composition
Hello fellow composers. My teacher - the wonderful Dave Buxton - has said to me many times that the key to music making is to keep it simple My first thought is that JSB didn’t keep it simple and he…
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Re: Jack Vreeland compositions to explore @Jack vreeland You mention that Nocturne #3 is written in A flat minor, but I only see 6 flats. Shouldn’t there be an F flat as well? Not trying to be critical,…
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Re: Jack Vreeland compositions to explore Sounding great Jack, well done!
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Re: Just a Whisper...piano solo It sounds great Rada, well done!
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Re: A short piece - Still Waters @Dagmar Thank you Dagmar. I can see from your YT channel that you like a JSB challenge, and that the age old maxim of Practice, Practice, Practice pays off :)
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Re: A short piece - Still Waters @Jack vreeland Thanks for your kind words Jack. And you certainly recognise a JSB vibe when you hear one
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Re: General Information! Hi @Dominic Cheli . Good to see the new Composer’s Corner. I would love to see an Improviser’s Corner, and I would certainly be a regular contributor. Can you make this happen? Thanks ken
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A short piece - Still Waters
This is a short piece entitled Still Waters composed by my wonderful teacher Dave Buxton. https://youtu.be/B4Kk6BEqrhw
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Re: What is your daily practice routine? @Sedef CANKOCAK You are welcome.
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- 8 mths ago
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Re: What song or piece of music best describes your personality? The only music that truly represents me is MY music - my rudimentary improvisations that are direct from my soul. Anything else is not me or mine. Not (m)any improvisers out there I imagine.…
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Major I-IV improv practice
The Major I-IV progression is one of my favourites for practicing improvisation. Not too much to think about with the left hand, which lets me focus on the right hand. https://youtu.be/vZWiOWpkuYo
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Re: Shopping for a digital piano @David Ah, that’ll be a bit difficult then!
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Re: Shopping for a digital piano I have a Roland V-Piano that has served me very well over the years. It has great action and sounds, and it _only_ does piano, rather than loads of other stuff.…
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Re: What is your daily practice routine? @Roger Ward If you raise your BPM you might be able to get it down to 149 minutes even :)
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Re: What is your daily practice routine? @Gail Starr Here you go. I hope it helps.
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Re: What is your daily practice routine? @Christopher Macy I like what he says about sight reading. I have had an intuition that it is bad for me for many years, and I don’t do it at all now.
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Re: What is your daily practice routine? My teacher is fond of saying "play it more slowly" :)
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Re: What is your daily practice routine? Hi All I like to not have to think too much about my practice routine so I follow what is on my schedule (shown below). My repertoire consists of original pieces and jazz arrangements expertly…
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Re: What role does improvisation or composition play in your musical journey? Care to share with us? Improvisation is very important to me too, and I concur with other views that finding a specialised teacher is critical. I am very lucky to have found such a teacher.…
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Re: DOW: What's the most memorable feedback you've received about your playing? The most memorable and gratifying feedback I have received was last week when my teacher said “you are improvising freely…” I know I have a long way to go with playing the changes,…
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