Improvisation Episodes

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode provides answers to some of the most common questions about the study of jazz. Questions submitted to Dr. Lawrence throughout the year are presented and answered clearly and succinctly.

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode, "How to Start Jazz Improvising" focuses on Improvisation, The Mastery of Harmony. Discover Harmonic Structures for the development of YOUR Melodic Ideas

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard "Blue Bossa." Part three of this study focuses on Improvisation development, using harmonic shapes to generate melodic ideas.

Celebrating 300 Episodes of Jazz Piano Skills with Dr. Bob Lawrence! Dr. Lawrence reflects on his personal journey and discusses insights into the favorite episodes, as determined by Jazz Piano Skills Listeners.

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard "That's All." Part three of this study focuses on Improvisation development, doing an analysis of a solo over the entire form of the tune.

Congrats, You're Improvising! This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode focuses on playing Improvising using Inverted Arpeggios. Harmonic Pairs are used to construct one melodic line that reflects the chords being played. It's time to Discover, Learn, and Play Jazz Piano!

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode focuses on playing Inverted Major Arpeggios. Melody Blocks are used to construct motifs using arpeggio motion from the Root, 3rd, 5th, and 7th of the sound. It's time to Discover, Learn, and Play Jazz Piano!

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard "Lady Be Good." Part three of this study focuses on Improvisation development using Inverted Arpeggios to create Melodic Motifs.

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode "50 "Must Know" Rhythms!" focuses on playing foundational rhythms necessary for developing jazz melodic vocabulary. It's time to Discover, Learn, and Play Jazz Piano!

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard "Misty." Part three of this study focuses on Improvisation development using composed Melodic Lines to intuitively modify rhythmically.

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode "Rhythmic Major Arpeggios" focuses on playing a variety of rhythmic motifs melodically using arpeggio motion. It's time to Discover, Learn, and Play Jazz Piano!

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard "Georgia on My Mind." Part three of this study focuses on Improvisation development using Rhythmic Motifs applied to Harmonic Shapes to create Melody.

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode "Improvisation, a Rhythmic Command of Time" focuses on playing a variety of rhythms using Harmonic & Melodic Shapes. It's time to Discover, Learn, and Play Jazz!

Podcast Packets Illustrations Lead Sheets Play Alongs Jazz Piano Skills Community Keywords Jazz Piano, Diatonicism, Improvisation, Harmonic Analysis, Melodic Analysis, Jazz Vocabulary, Arpeggios, Jazz Education, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Wave Summary In this episode of Jazz Piano Skills, Dr. Bob Lawrence explores the intricacies of jazz piano through the lens of diatonicism, harmonic and melodic analysis, and practical exercises. The discussion begins with a review of the jazz standard 'Wave' by An...

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard "Wave." Part Three of this study focuses on Improvisation development using Harmonic and Melodic Shapes found in the Chord/Scale Relationships.

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores and explains "Cyclical Quadruplets". Discover how to use Cyclical Quadruplets for developing idiomatic jazz language used while improvising.

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard "What a Difference a Day Makes." Part Three of this study focuses on Improvisation development using Cyclical Quadruplets.

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores and explains "Improvisation's Little Secret". Discover how to re-think your approach to developing your improvisation skills

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face." Part Three of this study focuses on Improvisation development using sequential and essential steps.

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard "Fly Me to the Moon." Part Three of this study focuses on Improvisation development using sequential and essential steps.

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard "Santa Claus is Coming to Town." Part Three of this study focuses on Improvisation development using six sequential and essential steps.

Good Grief Vince Guaraldi, O Tannenbaum is an exploration of a Christmas Classic enjoyed by jazz lovers around the world. Dr. Bob Lawrence and Josh Walsh illuminate various improvisation techniques used by jazz pianist Vince Guaraldi..

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard "September in the Rain." Part Three of this study focuses on Improvisation development using five sequential and essential steps.

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode uses "Hybrid Scales" formulated from Harmonic Pairs to develop improvisation skills.