This course does not have open access anymore.
This online course follows the course Learn Jazz Piano: I. Begin with the Blues from Goldsmiths, University of London. It’s ideal if you can already play the piano and scales, and have a basic ability to read music.
You’ll learn the basics by watching an overhead video of the keyboard — so you can try for yourself at home — and by playing along to pre-recorded bass and drum tracks.
What topics will you cover?
- Rhythm changes and the jazz standard “I Got Rhythm”
- Minor blues sequences and the examples “Equinox” and “Mr PC”
- Modal Jazz and the important example “So What”
- The nature of improvisation in modern jazz
- The Clock of Keys and its application to “All The Things You Are”
- Playing left hand voicings and its application to “Autumn Leaves”
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...
- Recognise rhythm changes and be able to improvise on them
- Improvise over a minor blues sequence
- Appreciate the importance of Modal Jazz
- Explore the nature of improvisation in modern jazz
- Understand the Clock of Keys and its application
- Play left hand voicings in three distinct ways