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March 26, 2024
Oscar Peterson and his love for ArpeggiosArpeggios are a huge part of Oscar Peterson’s improvisations. It is one of those devices he borrows from classical music piano literature that allows him to expose his incredible technique. Oscar played a lot of classical music as a child, and took also classical piano lessons. So it is
March 2, 2024
What you learn from this postHow to create/play classic Bossa Nova Samba piano accompaniments for the purpose of accompanying a singer or an instrumentalist all by yourselfBossa Nova Samba left hand bass patternsArranging/playing a song from lead-sheet in Bossa Nova StyleAuthenticity is paramount!Each example presented here is based on original Bossa Nova Samba recordings by
January 7, 2024
To Move or not to move (at the piano)Should I avoid expressing emotions the music evokes in me physically? This is a question that leads to many heated discussions among pianists and piano teachers. I myself am obsessed with finding the right answer to this difficult question for years. So let’s get into it. Arthur Rubinstein
August 11, 2023
Arranged for Solo Piano Arranged and recorded by Thomas GuntherYou can purchase the beautifully written sheet music (chord symbols and fingering suggestions included) at Sheet-music DirectWhat’s cool about this arrangement is that you can easily add a bass player and even an entire rhythm section while playing it the same way as you would in
March 30, 2023
What Are Secondary Dominant Chords? The short explanation is this: secondary dominant chords (also called Applied Chords and Secondary Chords) are chords that function as dominant chords to chords other than the tonic chord of the key. Roman Numeral Analyses When we encounter a secondary dominant chord, we analyze it as [Dominant Seventh Chord] of [some temporary
September 25, 2022
What is the Blues Scale? There are those that argue that there are actually two blues scales: The Major Blues Scale (degrees 1, 2, b3(#9), 3, 5, 6), which is based on the major pentatonic scale (1, 2, 3, 5, 6) with an added blue note (b3=#9) The Minor Blues Scale ((degrees 1, b3(#9), 3,
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