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Hayden Hill
Hayden is a jazz pianist and educator from Manchester, UK. He founded PianoGroove in 2015 with the goal of making the world a more musical place. Hayden shares his love for jazz piano through his online courses and manages the community area of PianoGroove.
July 20 · 2020
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Beginner Jazz Q&A Session
Hayden Hill hosts a live Q&A session on beginner jazz theory. If you're new to jazz piano or just getting started this event is for you.
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That was FUN! Fully enjoyed watching it! This was really helpful and realized some of the questions raised were also those that I wanted to ask. Thanks very much Hayden and looking forward to the next one 🙂 Take care
Thanks Tina… I’ll be scheduling my next live seminar shortly. It will be on the topics of “Fills & Embellishments” when playing jazz standards.
More to be announced in the forum soon.
Cheers, Hayden
Very helpful Q&A and wonderful to be able to review it at leisure!
This is awesome. Thanks Hayden for taking the time. I have been so busy that I haven’t touched my keyboard in months. Time to get the love back.
Hi Adam 👋🏻
Hope you’re keeping well and glad to hear you enjoyed the session.
Yes I understand that with other commitments it can be difficult to maintain a regular practice routine.
These new live seminars are designed to give more feedback and guidance to students on a weekly basis.
Stay safe and enjoy the lessons!
Cheers, Hayden
Hi Hayden, this was great ! I tried to download the Notating Lead Sheets Example, but I can’t seem to login to do this. Is it available on another part of the site ? I look forward to seeing the other seminars.
Hi Natasha,
Apologies for the late reply here – this comment slipped past me.
Thanks for spotting that, there was an issue with the PDF download location but I have now fixed the issue so it should work fine for you.
I will email the PDF file to you as well.
Cheers, Hayden
Is it too late to get the pdf with the links you refer to several times? I can’t seem to locate it on the site.
Hi Murray,
Yes if you scroll down this page, you will see a box titled “Popular Seminar Questions” in the bottom right hand corner.
This box contains all of the links and references from the PDF file, and also some additional links added after the seminar.
Let me know if you have trouble finding it.
Cheers, Hayden
This was very helpful, giving me more structure in what I need to do to really get tunes under my fingers, love the idea of not focusing so much on scale practice, but concentrating on listening and emulating what you like from jazz standard performances that you really enjoy. Will surely start watching and interacting with the “Live” seminars in the future.
Hi Hayden
Can I get 2-5-1 in all keys pdf format.
Thank you,
Jack Krystek
Hi Jack,
You can find that download here: https://www.pianogroove.com/resources/3-note-major-251s/
And here is the associated lesson: https://www.pianogroove.com/jazz-piano-lessons/major-251-progression/
You might also like to check out the foundations practice guide here: https://www.pianogroove.com/jazz-piano-lessons/foundations-practice-guide/
Cheers, Hayden
This is my first day on Piano Groove and I am enjoying every bit of it. I am true a novice to the piano. I was wondering if there are any plans in the future to include some type of rhythm course as part of the fundamentals courses. If not, are there any resources (websites, books, etc.) that you would recommend to help in this area.
Hi Jose,
I’m glad to hear you are enjoying the website.
You are correct that the beginner jazz lessons have a focus on harmony, and not rhythm.
For working on our sense of rhythm, groove, and hand independence, I recommend the following blues courses. The left hand shuffle patterns might seem simple but it is deceptively difficult to keep a steady rhythm whilst introducing right hand chording and melodic embellishment. Here are the 2 blues courses that I recommend to study in tandem with the beginner jazz lessons:
Jon Cleary Blues Masterclass: https://www.pianogroove.com/blues-piano-lessons/jon-cleary-blues-masterclass/ Chicago Blues For Beginners: https://www.pianogroove.com/blues-piano-lessons/chicago-blues-hand-independence/
The following rhythmic lessons by Jovino cover comping patterns, drills, and exercises in the Brazilian piano style which may be of interest for hand independence drill inspiration: Brazilian Rhythms For Beginners: https://www.pianogroove.com/live-seminars/brazilian-rhythms-for-beginners/ Brazilian Rhythmic Layers: https://www.pianogroove.com/live-seminars/brazilian-groove-rhythmic-layers/ Exercises to improve rhythm: https://www.pianogroove.com/live-seminars/exercises-to-improve-rhythm/
For Beginner Jazz Standard courses, I recommend new students to start with the course on “Georgia On My Mind – Bluesy Stride” which will allow to see the many steps to learning a new jazz tune: https://www.pianogroove.com/jazz-piano-lessons/bluesy-jazz-piano-beginners/ watch the lessons in this course as a priority. This should be a good fit for you to see the process of learning a tune in jazz starting with diatonic harmony and then slowly introducing more sophisticated voicings and harmonies.
Also the course on “Cocktail Piano Improvisation” which focuses on the tune “Misty” –https://www.pianogroove.com/jazz-piano-lessons/cocktail-improvisation-for-beginners/ – Again it will help you to understand the many ways that we can interpret a tune for solo piano and give you a template to follow for improvising over jazz ballads.
I hope that helps Jose and let me know if you have any further questions.
Cheers, Hayden