Refine your trio ballad skills with ‘The Nearness Of You’. Learn how to interpret the tune with sensitivity and style in a jazz trio context.
A deep dive into the beautiful Hoagy Carmichael song ‘The Nearness Of You’. We explore harmony, melody, and performance dynamics for solo piano.
Hayden shares some of his favourite solo piano recordings and we analyse the harmony, fills, and techniques for solo piano performance.
In this course we explore stride drills for beginners, harmonising and reharmonising the melody, adding runs and fills, and techniques for improvisation and soloing.
In this lesson we are going to arrange the tune “The Nearness Of You” using simple voicings containing the roots, 3rds, and 7ths.
We start with simple two-handed voicings and then create interest by adding in upper structure triads, block chords & chord substitutions.
Learn how to use diminished scale runs and fills in your solos. We cover fingerings, patterns, and slick ways to connect diminished runs in your improvisations.
A session dedicated to melodic phrasing. Learn how to craft memorable phrases and enhance your melodic creativity.
We explore voicing colour and texture to support vocalists. Suited to singing pianists or those looking to accompany singers in ballad style.
We analyse Beegie Adair’s signature runs and fills. Learn how they are constructed, where they are placed in a tune, and how to think like Adair when playing standards.
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