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Jazz Piano School

Brenden Lowe : Professional Jazz Pianist and Jazz Piano Educator

Learn jazz piano without the guesswork. The ultimate hub for online jazz piano education.

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00:21:32

Bebop Secrets: How to Use Enclosures (Ep: 207)

Jazz Piano School ·

2020/08/26

Have you been looking for a way to take your Bebop jazz playing to the next level? In this edition of Bebop Secrets, we will discuss how to use Enclosures in your jazz improvisation. Great pianists from Bud Powell to Oscar Peterson utilize Enclosures in their playing, and you can too with the help of these exercises!

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00:19:23

How to Bring Out the Melody (Ep: 206)

Jazz Piano School ·

2020/08/18

In the classical piano world, it's all about how you play the notes. Players like Bill Evans and Keith Jarrett applied classical voicing techniques to jazz piano to create beautiful sounding melodies. You can do the same with these exercises! There are no practice materials for this week's podcast. Leave us a comment or question in the section below!

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00:45:21

How to Play the Piano like an Orchestra

Jazz Piano School ·

2020/08/12

Do you ever feel tired of using the same techniques in your piano playing over and over? This week's podcast lesson can help you shake things up by thinking of the piano as an orchestra. Great players such as Jelly Roll Morton, Earl Hines, and Roland Hanna all had this technique in common: they played the piano like an arranger would write for an orchestra! Check out these techniques, and you might find some to incorporate into your own playing.

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00:21:28

Piano Blues Riffs: Practice Tips and Exercises

Jazz Piano School ·

2020/08/05

You can't get very far without actually practicing. That's why in this podcast episode, we take a "Practice Workout" directly from inside our members area and give it to you on practicing blues riffs! It's a great one and I know you'll love it!

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00:16:12

How to Play Bossa Nova Piano Accompaniment (Ep: 203)

Jazz Piano School ·

2020/07/29

When playing a bossa nova, what is the best way to accompany a solo instrument in a latin jazz style? Look no further, this video will give you a clear step-by-step tutorial on how to do it right! Follow along as we explore the music of A. C. Jobim in this week's podcast.

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00:20:41

Improvising Polyphonic Lines (Ep: 202)

Jazz Piano School ·

2020/07/22

We pianists often imitate the voice or horn when improvising, but in this lesson we explore the capabilities unique to the piano. Playing lines with 1, 2, and all the way up to 6 notes at a time! Once you start exploring this area of improvisation, a whole new world of concepts will open up to you.

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00:12:50

Bebop Secrets: How to Use Approach Notes (Ep: 201)

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2020/07/15

Are you wondering how to capture the real sound of Bebop in your jazz playing? Tune into this week's podcast as we reveal how to use approach notes to sound like the best bebop pianists. This simple exercise will add a new dimension to your improvising!

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00:32:11

Emmet Cohen - Like Someone In Love Analysis (Ep: 200)

Jazz Piano School ·

2020/07/08

Go to https://jazzpianoschool.com/podcast200 for a collection of ALL of our previous podcast materials bundled into one, easy, pdf. On our celebratory, 200th podcast, special guest, Emmet Cohen joins us to do an analysis lesson video of his own arrangement on "Like Someone In Love". At a young age, Emmet Cohen is already carving out a place for himself among the jazz piano greats and leaving a special legacy behind. His current project, "Masters Legacy Series", a celebratory set of recordings and

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00:20:43

Diatonic 4ths Guided Practice (Ep: 199)

Jazz Piano School ·

2020/07/01

Simple 15-20 minute routine to get 4th chords under your fingers! In this podcast, we walk you through a simple practice routine to get the powerful diatonic 4th chords ingrained into your musical concept. With consistent practice of these exercises, your fingers will naturally start falling into beautiful shapes based on 4ths. If you have questions or suggestions for a podcast lesson you would like us to do, please leave them in the comments down below.

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00:17:57

Best Kept Swing Secrets: The Power of the "And" (Ep:...

Jazz Piano School ·

2020/06/24

What is the Power of the "And?" In this podcast, we show you one of the best kept secrets of swing: the "and." With these 3 exercises, you can take your swing feel to the next level. Follow along to harness the Power of the "And!" If you have questions or suggestions for a podcast lesson you would like us to do, please leave them in the comments down below.

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00:24:57

3 Note Voicings In 3 Easy Steps (Ep: 197)

Jazz Piano School ·

2020/06/17

Lots of people dive into all sorts of voicings. Myself included. What are 3 note voicings? What do they do? Why are they important? When should you learn them? How do you integrate them and use them? I'll answer all these questions in this podcast to give you all the necessary information you need.

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00:15:45

#BLM - Blues Tribute (Ep: 196)

Jazz Piano School ·

2020/06/10

This week I, Brenden Lowe, owner and founder of Jazz Piano School make a statement about how we as a company stand for #BLM. We also are gathering blues tributes from as many people as possible in honor of George Floyd, BLM, jazz, the blues, and the resilience, fortitude, oppression, suffering, courage and bravery the African American people went through to deliver the great music of jazz. If you have questions or suggestions for a podcast lesson you would like us to do, please leave them in the

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00:18:12

Bud Powell Solo & Analysis - Rhythm Changes Part 2...

Jazz Piano School ·

2020/06/03

This week we continue our analysis of Bud Powells solo over Anthropology. We also learn about WHY taking small, bite sized, improv lego building blocks from transcriptions and solos is MUCH more beneficial than just learning the enter solo from the get go. After we analyzed the individual parts, THEN we can learn the entire solo. But if we fail to understand what is happening, then the only thing that happens is we copy what someone else has done when we're improvising instead of spontaneously

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00:17:51

Discover the "Lost Art" of the Shout Chorus!

Jazz Piano School ·

2020/05/27

You know what can really take things to the next level? A good old-fashioned shout chorus! The best pianists such as Oscar Peterson, Erroll Garner, and Nat King Cole utilized shout choruses in their trios. Sometimes they took sections and ripped them straight from their favorite jazz big band arrangments! Check out some of our favorite shout choruses in this week's podcast.

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00:26:48

Bud Powell "Anthropology" Transcription Analyzed (Ep:...

Jazz Piano School ·

2020/05/20

Bud Powell was clearly and innovator of his time and greatly contributed to the language of jazz we all use today. In this podcast episode I'm going to analyze Bud Powell's solo over "Anthropology" but at the same time teach you HOW to deconstruct improvisation solos into what I call "Lego Building Blocks". This strategy will not only help you be able to use the ideas quicker, but will allow you to combine them with others in order to create your own solos more effectively. I absolutely love helping

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00:14:53

3 Harmonization Strategies Every Jazz Pianist Needs...

Jazz Piano School ·

2020/05/13

If you've been looking for a way to spice up your chord progressions, try this fun harmonization exercise! This podcast will show you how to take the simplest melodies and give them a more interesting underlying chord structure. Your harmonizations won't be the same after this!

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00:18:16

Creating Tension with Pedal Points (Ep: 191)

Jazz Piano School ·

2020/05/06

A pedal point is when you keep the same note in the bass while changing the chords on top. Doing this for a series of measures creates a sense of both connection and tension. Using pedal points builds energy so that when the bass note finally changes, the harmonies of the tune seem to burst forth like a waterfall breaking through a dam. This lesson explores how to incorporate pedal points into your own playing.

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00:17:39

Mastering the Left Hand (pt. 2) - Fourths and...

Jazz Piano School ·

2020/04/29

This jazz piano podcast tutorial series will show you how to mix things up and keep your left hand voicings sounding fresh. In this episode, we discuss chords you can use with structures made from fourths and clusters. After this video, you will have the sounds of McCoy Tyner and Bill Evans in the palm of your (left) hand!

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00:19:10

Mastering the Left Hand (pt. 1) - Chord Inversions...

Jazz Piano School ·

2020/04/22

This jazz piano podcast tutorial series will show you how to work your left hand so your left hand can work for YOU! In this episode, we discuss which chords you can use in your LH voicings, first through exploring chord inversions. We will have your left hand sounding like the best of them all (Red Garland, Brad Mehldau, Keith Jarrett... ever heard of them??) by the end of this video!

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00:28:40

"Walking the Blues" - How to Walk Basslines and...

Jazz Piano School ·

2020/04/14

Have you ever wanted to play bass lines on piano and improvise at the same time? Well, with this podcast that idea could become a reality! Follow along as we explore steps to build your own bass lines and work your way toward implementing right hand improvisation over your favorite jazz tunes.

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