5/25/22
#1
PISCHNA p. 36
Melodic Minor Scales
Harmonic minor
#2
Split Hand Chords
LH plays Root and 5th
RH plays 3rd/7th
NOW
RH- 7th-bottom/3rd on top (play near Middle C)
LH- Root on bottom/5th on top (1-2 octaves below RH)
Major 7ths
Dominant 7ths
Minor 7ths (extra time on these)
ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE (split hands application)
Play with Split Hand Chords.
LH- Root/5th
RH- adds 3rd and 7th below melody which should lead to 3 notes in RH most of the time
Try to keep the RH melody notes louder than the supporting RH notes
#3
Andrew lloyd Webber
Your choice.
Red Garland, Ahmad Jamal, Tommy Flanagan, Erroll Garner, Red Garland, Bill Evans, Wynton Kelly, Oscar Peterson, Nat King Cole Trio, Billy Taylor, Hank Jones, Barry Harris, Blossom Dearie, Marian McPartland, Mary Lou Williams, Ramsey Lewis
OLD NOTES
Free Classical Music https://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
George Winston Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MovszY2veA
NOW, WE MAKE IT MINOR (Min9th to be specific)
Add a Bass note- 6th above the root OR Minor 3rd below the root- Under CMaj7 play A, Under FMaj7 play D
RH- Major 7th LH- Bass a Minor 3rd below and LOW
KEEP CHORDS STARTING AROUND, OR BELOW, MIDDLE. BASS NOTES AN OCTAVE OR MORE DOWN
Low LH Bass note then Root Position arpeggio then chord
Low LH Bass note then 1st inversion arpeggio then chord
Low LH Bass note then 2nd inversion arpeggio then chord
Low LH Bass note then 3rd inversion arpeggio then chord
NEXT MINOR 7th chords (makes Maj9th)
Exact same routine BUT when you get to the Bass notes it's a Major 3rd below the root of the chord
Under Cmin7 play an Ab Bass, under Fmin7 play a Db bass, Under Gmin7 play a Eb Bass
Walking In The Air/George Winston- Snow
Snow- 4 chords are Ami x2 G Emi
Play LH pattern alone a few times until you're not thinking about it
then
RH plays
- 1 3 5 chord for each
- 1 2 3 4 5 5 (w/F# as needed)
- descending 3 2 1 down to 5 or 5/3 (the same 3 you started on)
develop some of your own patterns
this will help you be more independent playing his melody and improvising on this
Walking in the Air- Incorporate LH patterns
LH EXERCISE- Minor
Add in RH Triads; Root, 1st inversion, 2nd inversion, Root (up an octave)
1 5 9 b3 9 5
1 5 8 9 b3 9 8 5
1 5 8/b3 8/b3 1 5 8/b3 8/b3
NEW for Min7
1 5 9 b3 down to b7 5
Play around the circle
Find different rhythms
If you start with 3 Black keys in LH, fingering starts 3 to 1
II-V-I Songs and Practice
Major Scales-
RH plays the same scale BUT from the 3rd to the 3rd. This will throw off your regular fingerings
iReal Practice II-V-I in 12 keys
NEW- LH 1 3 5 7, RH 3 5 7 9 This works nice with Latin styles
