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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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JPS Ep:147 - How to Play "Block Chords" (pt. 2)

Jazz Piano School ·

2019/04/03

In this lesson we'll continue learning how to play "block chord" voicings in the style of George Shearing. We will be working on minor voicings in the key of F, specifically with the tune "Lullaby of Birdland." George Shearing often played this tune with these very voicings, so it is a great model from which to start!

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00:20:49

How to Play "Block Chords" Like George Shearing

Jazz Piano School ·

2019/03/20

In this lesson we'll learn how to play "block chord" voicings in a jazz style. This technique was made famous by George Shearing, and used by other pianists such as Oscar Peterson and Bill Evans. You can use it to harmonize melodies and achieve a fuller soloistic sound when playing in a group.

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00:00:00

9 Ways To Storytell With Your Improvisation

Jazz Piano School ·

2019/03/06

I've heard extremely technically proficient and knowledable improvisers completely fail at telling a story with their solo. When this happens it stinks! None of us want to be in that position. Here's 9 ways for you to be a GREAT story teller when soloing. Let's get it!

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00:18:35

JPS Ep:144 - Improve Your Modal Playing in 10 Minutes...

Jazz Piano School ·

2019/03/05

This quick tool will give you a new way to think about improvising in a modal jazz setting that can take your playing to the next level! In this podcast lesson, we look at how to use the "Coltrane Scale" to improvise in a variety of harmonic settings that will give you access to a sound you may have heard, but never thought would come out of your own hands!

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00:13:55

JPS Ep:143 - Piano Warmup: "The Rachmaninoff Exercise"

Jazz Piano School ·

2019/03/04

Sometimes people ask me, 'what do you put in your warmup routine?' Here is a quick exercise you can do every time you sit down to play the piano that will get your hands warm, and work to build facility and ease into your technique. The more you do it, the easier it gets! Try out "The Rachmaninoff Exercise" and see how you like it!

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JPS Ep:142 - 12 Ingredients For Jazz Piano Success

Jazz Piano School ·

2019/03/04

It's hard to be honest with ourselves. What do we know, and what do we NEED to know? What do we NOT know...we don't know! Confusing...I know...but hopefully these 12 CRUCIAL ingredients to jazz piano success will allow you to have a clear picture of everything you need in order to become a successful jazz pianist. I shouldn't say everything you need, but at least the most important things you need. Let's just say...without these 12 ingredients, you will not be able to reach the level you're hoping

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00:15:59

JPS Ep:141 - How To Integrate Jazz Extensions Into...

Jazz Piano School ·

2019/02/06

I get this question a lot, and that is... "Brenden, how do I integrate extensions into my voicings?" Well most of the time you'll here upper structure triads brought up immediately. In this episode I would like to go a step further and teach you some easy strategies you can use to extract SPECIFIC colors from your voicings by integrating the extensions of your choice! Here we go!

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00:22:22

JPS Ep:140 - The 8th Note Exercise: The Key to...

Jazz Piano School ·

2019/01/30

This exercise is a trade secret I learned to make my improvised lines smoother. After working with this exercise, you will make it through the changes of tunes you used to find challenging with style and grace! In this podcast lesson, well be looking at the notorious jazz standard, "Cherokee" and I'll be showing you different ways to approach working on your eighth notes flows through this exercise. Let's go!

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00:22:13

JPS Ep:139 - 7 Ways To Improvise Over Modal Minor Chords

Jazz Piano School ·

2019/01/23

Improvising over 32 measure of minor 7th chords can leave us scratching our heads. What do we play? How do we keep our solo interesting. In this episode I'm going to show you my 7 favorite ways to improvise over modal minor 7th chords so you can implement burnin' colors, textures and atmospheres into your solo! Enjoy!

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00:12:26

JPS Ep:138 - 4 Ways To Spice Up Major 7th Chords

Jazz Piano School ·

2019/01/16

We ALL get stuck in our own ways of playing something the same way. Even me! Check out these 4 ways to add some spice, texture, and atmosphere to your major 7th chords.You can start to use these 4 building blocks to expand upon as well and create new sounds!

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JPS Ep:137 - What JPS Is Today & Where It's Going

Jazz Piano School ·

2019/01/09

Jazz Piano School has come a LONGGG way since the days I first hacked together a terrible wordpress site. Now, JPS has helped, and is CURRENTLY helping thousands of people learn jazz piano freedom. In this episode I'll explain my goals and ambitions that I've brought JPS to where it is. I'll also talk about the AMAZING expansion, custom website, and teacher tools we plan to implement!Hold on to your butts cause here we go!

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00:18:21

JPS Ep:136 - Playing in 7/4 Meter with Claves

Jazz Piano School ·

2018/12/19

Playing in 7/4 meter can be a fun way to explore new rhythmic possibilities and comes with its own set of challenges. In this podcast lesson, we will explore ways of practicing 7/4 by using rhythmic claves to make it feel as natural as possible. Come along and feel the beat!

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JPS Ep:135 - Learn Jazz Piano - Our 4 Step System

Jazz Piano School ·

2018/12/18

Learning jazz piano isn't a guessing game, even that's how I approached it for 15+ years. It's a system. The majority of students, including myself start by learning tunes.This should be the LAST step we do. Before that we need jazz piano TOOLS. Would you try and read and write without learning the Alphabet? No of course not. Jazz Piano is the exact same way. In this 15 minute podcast I'm going to break down the 4 step system we use that is has successfully taught thousands of students jazz piano so

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JPS Ep:134 - Pentatonic Voicings Tutorial Part 2

Jazz Piano School ·

2018/12/07

Here we look at how to create more 4 and 5 note voicings in a modal setting. Today's session explores a more flexible approach in D dorian by transposing shapes through the mode. To take it further, we look at a technique of chromatic transposition used by Herbie Hancock.

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00:18:33

JPS Ep:133 - 4 Must Have Blues Voicing Setups

Jazz Piano School ·

2018/11/14

This it taken directly from our new specialty course "How To Crush The Blues". These 4 comping setups are sure to give you everything you need to know in order to provide lush and rich sounding blues accompaniment to anyone.

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JPS Ep:132 - Pentatonic Voicings Tutorial

Jazz Piano School ·

2018/11/07

Here is a tutorial to create 4 and 5 note pentatonic voicings. These voicings work well over modal tunes like "So What" by Miles Davis, and will give you a modern sound to add to your toolbox of voicings! Enjoy!

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JPS Ep:131 - Improvising With Tritone Substitutions

Jazz Piano School ·

2018/10/31

We take a deep dive into improvising over tritone substitutions. Find out how to implement a diverse harmonic palette, and discover the secrets used by some of your favorite players! Enjoy!

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JPS Ep:130 - 8 Must Know Jazz Piano Chords

Jazz Piano School ·

2018/10/10

Usually we all want to learn cool, hip sounding voicings right?! Trust me, I've been there. But unfortunately these one off voicings don't do much for our education. It's like someone giving us a fish instead of TEACHING us HOW to fish. Now, I don't know about you, but I'd much rather learn HOW to fish. This episode will give you the 8 must know jazz piano chords but will also TEACH you how you can take these structures and methods and use them in all tunes. Enjoy!

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00:14:37

JPS Ep:129 - 3 Tips To Improve The Blues Scale

Jazz Piano School ·

2018/09/26

Learning how to make your blues scale improv not sound terrible can be difficult. Trust me! I went through the same thing! Here are 3 very easy tips that will your blues scale improvisation instantly sound like you've been doing it for years! Enjoy

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00:19:49

Jazz Piano School Ep. 128 - How to Sound Like Bill...

Jazz Piano School ·

2018/09/19

Learn how to shift and move extensions in your voicings with this quick method to create a more modern jazz piano sound! With this method you'll be create that complicated inner voice movement that you hear Bill Evans achieve, not to mention many other huge jazz piano giants. Jazz Piano School has taught thousands of students to achieve jazz piano freedom using methods and strategies exactly like the one you'll learn in this video.

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