Practice Inspiration
Harmony Drills Discover drills and exercises to improve your knowledge of jazz harmony. There are harmonic drills can be completed at the piano, and also away from the piano. Find out more in the treads below. PDF Practice Plans Download PDF practice plans to supercharge your practice sessions. The information threads below are organised by course and contain links to our practice-focused video series. Vocal Accompaniment Find tips, advice, & guidance from our voice & piano expert, Lyndol Descant. Learn the art of vocal accompaniment & practice your skills with our vocal play-a-long tracks. Improvisation Exercises Transcription is when we listen to a recording and work out the notes and rhythms using our ears. This is one of the most effective ways to learn to improvise. These listening assignments will teach you to hear and identify melodies, chords, and common cadences.
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| Weekly Transcription / Improvisation Exercises - Beginner | 7 | March 23, 2019 |
| Weekly Transcription / Improvisation Exercises - Intermediate | 19 | March 24, 2019 |
| Weekly Transcription / Improvisation Exercises - Advanced | 5 | March 24, 2019 |
| Singer's Corner - Your Range | 1 | April 16, 2019 |
| Share Your Music, Recordings, & Performances :musical_note: | 172 | June 19, 2018 |
| Singer's Corner - Breath Work | 3 | April 7, 2019 |
| Share & Discover Vocal Recordings | 8 | March 27, 2019 |
| Course on Accompanying Singers | 68 | February 1, 2018 |
| Transposing Songs - "The Nearness Of You" | 11 | March 29, 2019 |
| Singing Pianist - Practice Shortcuts | 1 | April 8, 2019 |
| How to write transcription with some notation software in a good way | 7 | March 29, 2019 |
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Welcome To Our Improvisation/Transcription Section - Please Read
Hey I’m Tuomo Uusitalo, musician and composer, originally from Finland but currently residing in NYC. Many of you might already know me from my lessons here on PianoGroove. I’m excited to have this forum section to conn… |
10 | March 29, 2019 |
| #3 - Rootless Voicings Practice Planner | 5 | November 23, 2018 |
| How To Practice 'The Difficult Keys' | 8 | March 20, 2019 |
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Study One-To-one With Tuomo
Private Lessons With Tuomo Though Piano Groove provides all the material you will need to develop your piano skills, I know, from my own experience, that it is extremely helpful to have a personal instructor, to guide th… |
2 | March 29, 2019 |
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Study One-To-One With Lyndol
Private Lessons With Lyndol I offer both face-to-face and online private lessons. Though I intend to provide all you need through the PianoGroove site, I know from my own experiences as a musician that there are times wh… |
1 | March 27, 2019 |
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Welcome To Our Vocal Accompaniment Section - Please Read
Hey I’m Lyndol Descant, musician and composer, originally from Texas but currently teaching and gigging actively in Brooklyn and greater NYC. Many of you might already know me from my lessons here on PianoGroove. I’m ex… |
1 | March 27, 2019 |
| Behind The Scenes With Lyndol | 1 | November 26, 2018 |
| #2 - Chord Extensions Practice Planner | 13 | November 4, 2018 |
| #1 - Jazz Piano Foundations Practice Planner | 18 | November 9, 2018 |
| Identifying the m9 chords using the circle of fifths | 3 | March 2, 2019 |
| Minor 251 Scale Degree Exercise | 4 | February 26, 2019 |
| How to memorize harmony of a tune? | 6 | November 12, 2018 |
| A possible source of supplemental material | 2 | February 27, 2019 |
| Practicing Minor Scales | 6 | February 18, 2019 |
| PIerre practice routine in video, challenges | 77 | November 20, 2018 |
| Buying the fake book | 3 | January 22, 2019 |
| Lets create a practice group! | 23 | October 27, 2018 |
| Practice Plan For Time, Improvisation, & Comping | 3 | December 30, 2018 |
| Course Demonstration by Lyndol & Hayden :microphone: | 12 | November 17, 2018 |