Jazz Piano Lesson Book - Jazz Piano Instruction Book - Jazz Piano Method Book - ActiveMusician. Berklee Guide Series. Jazz Workshops | Home of Howard Rees' Jazz Workshops. Piano Lessons - Index. Welcome to PianoInstruction.com. We deliver unique online video piano lessons created by Dan Delaney, a well-known Jazz musician. Our course work is divided into months, with lessons in 8 different tracks every month. Each month comes with sheet music and 6 minutes of video instruction for each track. This totals almost an hour of video instruction and 20 pages of written instruction and sheet music every month that unlock Dan's piano methods.
Our videos are instrumental in using our curriculum. We have inexpensive subscription plans that give you access to 8 to 10 lessons each month, and the fees are affordable at $8 to $10 per month. The 8 to 10 lessons for each month should be worked on together, spending a little time in each of the lessons during every practice session. For added enjoyment, you can concentrate on the Take 5 lessons, advancing ahead of the other lessons. Work with Dan and in only a few days you will be playing music that will be a listening pleasure. My.xmarks.com. A Jazz Improvisation Primer. This is the online version of my text, A Jazz Improvisation Primer. Here you can find information on almost every topic relating to jazz improvisation, from jazz history to music theory to practical advice on playing in a group. A German translation, by Edgar Lins, is online, at There is also a Hungarian translation at provided by Makrai Balázs.
A Portuguese translation by Cláudio Brandt can be found at And now there is a French version at Portions of this text are available in Italian, courtesy of Roberto Betti, at A Jazz Improvisation Primer is brought to you by Outside Shore Music. By the way, this work has been online since 1992, so if parts of it seem a bit dated, that’s why. Contents Appendices. Lenny Tristano Scales. Home Page [from JPSL No. 9] Jazz teacher Dan Delaney has turned me on to these powerful exercises invented by the important blind pianist and teacher Lenny Tristano, who had a direct influence on Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, Billy Bauer, and many others. By practicing these scales in contrary motion in 12 keys you'll develop an ability to finger improvised passages readily, even in seemingly awkward ways.
The contrary motion sharpens the mind and develops the instinct for "grabbing" the right notes of the scale in both hands without thought. I recommend studying these scales as Dan Delaney presents them, mastering one form before going on to the next. Each scale is continued to the end of the piano. [Note: I no longer believe that exercises should be played "as fast and loud as possible". These fingerings will seem strange and uncomfortable at first, but that stage passes quickly; soon they become quite enjoyable. Subsequently the following fingerings can be added: No. 7: Classical fingerings. Dave Frank, Books and Videos.