We will start with left hand voicings to get a good grip of the melody and chord changes. We’ll then add in some bigger voicings and passing chords.
In this lesson we learn the basic shout music movements in gospel. We also look at rumble cadences which can be played under the preacher.
In this lesson we will create a solo piano arrangement of “What Is This Thing Called Love”, written by Cole Porter in 1929.
Typically, being placed on the last 2 bars of the form, the turnaround is used to lead smoothly and convincingly back to the first chord.
You will immediately notice that this tune does not follow the standard 12 bar blues form that we have covered earlier in this course.
In this lesson we will explore right hand comping voicings and technique to accompany our own solos or a solo of someone else.
We create a slow 12 bar blues progression in the key of F and explore ways to ornament and reharmonise the basic 12 bar blues chord changes.
We examine some of the most common gospel chord progressions that are used for introductions in churches and for solo piano performance.
In part 2 we will now work on our 7th chords and fills and talk about simple ways to make this tune jazzier like the Ella version.
Learn slow blues piano using the basic 12 bar blues in the key of F. We explore counting, voicings, and simple fills and melodies.