6/19/25
Moonlight Sonata
https://www.orartswatch.org/fortepianos-and-a-misty-lake-in-the-moonlight/
Soft pedal where marked
Clair De Lune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c977QdbTImU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiWfPJLp2ko
Some new song options
Cast Your Fate To The Wind- Vince Guaraldi
Mozart- Fantasy in D Minor
Billy Joel- Piano Man
Satie- Gymnopedie #1
Genesis-
Yes-
Beatles-
Simon & Garfunkel- Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Doobie Brothers- What a Fool Believes, Takin It To The Streets
Playing and Singing?
#1
ABOUT 1/3 of your time
PISCHNA - Review old exercises
MAJOR SCALES- Review all 12
Royal Conservatory
Four Note Form-
ALSO Try Minor Triads
Block and Broken
Try their fingering
All keys
Also play each chord double (8th notes) to help you stay relaxed
Rotate between these in your sessions
#2
REPERTOIRE- UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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Old Notes......
JOPLIN
Entertainer
Good start. Spend some time on LH alone to help increase the tempo.
Reference Dick Hyman or The Sting recordings for Articulation & Pedaling ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsFGcPujqKE
George Shearing- Entertainer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e19Es6UETDo
Heliotrope Bouquet (secondary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0mvRf7dvO0
Maple Leaf Rag
Listen for pedaling, accents and articulations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rad6UvoGHV8
Improvised Marcus Roberts version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ImLi7UWolY
Accent moving melodic LH parts. Chords are always soft.
Focus on Trio (last page)
Solace
#3
Chord Progressions
Moonlight Sonata
https://www.orartswatch.org/fortepianos-and-a-misty-lake-in-the-moonlight/
Soft pedal where marked
Clair De Lune
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c977QdbTImU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiWfPJLp2ko
Some new song options
Cast Your Fate To The Wind- Vince Guaraldi
Mozart- Fantasy in D Minor
Billy Joel- Piano Man
Satie- Gymnopedie #1
Genesis-
Yes-
Beatles-
Simon & Garfunkel- Bridge Over Troubled Waters
Doobie Brothers- What a Fool Believes, Takin It To The Streets
Playing and Singing?
#1
ABOUT 1/3 of your time
PISCHNA - Review old exercises
MAJOR SCALES- Review all 12
Royal Conservatory
Four Note Form-
ALSO Try Minor Triads
Block and Broken
Try their fingering
All keys
Also play each chord double (8th notes) to help you stay relaxed
Rotate between these in your sessions
#2
REPERTOIRE- UNDER CONSTRUCTION
_________________________________________________________________________________
Old Notes......
JOPLIN
Entertainer
Good start. Spend some time on LH alone to help increase the tempo.
Reference Dick Hyman or The Sting recordings for Articulation & Pedaling ideas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vsFGcPujqKE
George Shearing- Entertainer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e19Es6UETDo
Heliotrope Bouquet (secondary)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0mvRf7dvO0
Maple Leaf Rag
Listen for pedaling, accents and articulations
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rad6UvoGHV8
Improvised Marcus Roberts version https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ImLi7UWolY
Accent moving melodic LH parts. Chords are always soft.
Focus on Trio (last page)
Solace
#3
Chord Progressions
OLD NOTES
Discussed Erroll Garner- Paris Impressions
Mozart Fantasy in D minor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMoNOVIjg7w
November Dallas Jazz Piano Society concert
DJPS Presents- Thiago Plays It All
https://youtu.be/-CHkHVfT2Jc
Main Page
https://www.youtube.com/c/DallasJazzPianoSociety
George Shearing- Entertainer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e19Es6UETDo
November Dallas Jazz Piano Society concert
https://youtu.be/-CHkHVfT2Jc
Main Page
https://www.youtube.com/c/DallasJazzPianoSociety
George Shearing- Entertainer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e19Es6UETDo
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
Free Classical Music https://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
George Winston Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MovszY2veA
I VI II V I (Triad) (discussed the close relation of I VI IV V (2nd most used) to this, and how they can be used back to back)
IMaj7 VIm7 IIm7 V7 IMaj7 (7th)
Work through smoothest inversions starting on Root & 2nd inversion
RH chords and LH Single Bass
Also discussed that chords with at least 2 notes in common can be substituted for each other.
VI and III for I
II and IV for each other
EXAMPLE- PRACTICAL USE- BLUE MOON
I VI IV V
I VI II V
III VI II V
Split Hand Chords
2 forms
RH 3/7 or 7/3
Maj7, Dom7, Min7
Play; Circle of 5ths, Chromatically
or Whole Steps up and Down
C D E Gb Ab Bb B A G F Eb Db
NEW OPTION- switch the voicing on each chord. On Dominant this makes it move down chromatically
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
Discussed Erroll Garner- Paris Impressions
Mozart Fantasy in D minor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vMoNOVIjg7w
November Dallas Jazz Piano Society concert
DJPS Presents- Thiago Plays It All
https://youtu.be/-CHkHVfT2Jc
Main Page
https://www.youtube.com/c/DallasJazzPianoSociety
George Shearing- Entertainer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e19Es6UETDo
November Dallas Jazz Piano Society concert
https://youtu.be/-CHkHVfT2Jc
Main Page
https://www.youtube.com/c/DallasJazzPianoSociety
George Shearing- Entertainer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e19Es6UETDo
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
Free Classical Music https://imslp.org/wiki/Main_Page
George Winston Live https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MovszY2veA
I VI II V I (Triad) (discussed the close relation of I VI IV V (2nd most used) to this, and how they can be used back to back)
IMaj7 VIm7 IIm7 V7 IMaj7 (7th)
Work through smoothest inversions starting on Root & 2nd inversion
RH chords and LH Single Bass
Also discussed that chords with at least 2 notes in common can be substituted for each other.
VI and III for I
II and IV for each other
EXAMPLE- PRACTICAL USE- BLUE MOON
I VI IV V
I VI II V
III VI II V
Split Hand Chords
2 forms
RH 3/7 or 7/3
Maj7, Dom7, Min7
Play; Circle of 5ths, Chromatically
or Whole Steps up and Down
C D E Gb Ab Bb B A G F Eb Db
NEW OPTION- switch the voicing on each chord. On Dominant this makes it move down chromatically
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
