Notting Hill Piano Teacher

09/10/2024

Ever wonder why soloists 'playing out' somehow sound in key? This article deals some of the theory behind this - advanced harmony tapped into by all the great soloists, from Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, McCoy Tyner etc through to Kenny Kirkland, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Jacob Collier, Joey Alexander, Jason Rebello and so on. Click on the link - you know you want to!

http://westlondonpianoteacher.com/barry-harris-the-four-dominants-and-bartok/

05/01/2024

Ever find yourself doing a lap of honour during practice sessions?

Avoiding ‘Lap Of Honour’ syndrome during practice sessions Posted on 05/01/202405/01/2024 by WLPT 'Lap Of Honour' Syndrome I was talking to a student about our tendency to play ‘safe’ things during practice sessions when I came up with the title of this piece. We’ve all been guilty from ti...

05/01/2024

Avoiding ‘Lap Of Honour’ syndrome during practice sessions Posted on 05/01/202405/01/2024 by WLPT 'Lap Of Honour' Syndrome I was talking to a student about our tendency to play ‘safe’ things during practice sessions when I came up with the title of this piece. We’ve all been guilty from ti...

05/01/2024

Ever find yourself doing a 'lap of honour' during practice sessions? This blog might help you break out of it ;-)

Avoiding ‘Lap Of Honour’ syndrome during practice sessions Posted on 05/01/202405/01/2024 by WLPT 'Lap Of Honour' Syndrome I was talking to a student about our tendency to play ‘safe’ things during practice sessions when I came up with the title of this piece. We’ve all been guilty from ti...

18/09/2022

More from my Jazz Hands channel ;-)

Here I talk about using well used jazz vocabulary to create improvised lines over a II, V, I progression. Using arpeggiation, scales, enclosures, Barry Harri...

05/08/2022

This is my new You Tube channel - 'Jazz Hands' - a growing collection of tutorials aimed at playing jazz piano. Hope you enjoy! ;-)

Here we look at this great 8 bar excerpt from Keith Jarrett's solo on Autumn Leaves (Tokyo '96 version). We do a breakdown and analysis of the techniques use...