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Technique Episodes

July 29, 2025

Congrats, You're Improvising!

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!

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July 22, 2025

Inverted Major Arpeggios

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!

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July 15, 2025

Lady Be Good, Improvisation

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.

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July 8, 2025

Lady Be Good, Melodic Analysis

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard "Lady Be Good" with a Melodic Analysis. Part Two of this study focuses on Melodic Transcribing, Fingerings, Phrases, Targets, and standard Treatments.

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July 1, 2025

Lady Be Good, Harmonic Analysis

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard by George Gershwin, "Lady Be Good" with a Harmonic Analysis. Part One of this study focuses on Form, Chord Changes, Harmonic Function, and Voicings.

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June 24, 2025

50 "Must Know" Rhythms!

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!

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June 3, 2025

Misty, Harmonic Analysis

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard by Erroll Garner, "Misty" with a Harmonic Analysis. Part One of this study focuses on Form, Chord Changes, Harmonic Function, and Voicings.

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May 27, 2025

Rhythmic Major Arpeggios

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!

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May 13, 2025

Georgia on My Mind, Melodic Analysis

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard "Georgia on My Mind" with a Melodic Analysis. Part Two of this study focuses on Melodic Transcribing, Fingerings, Phrases, Targets, and standard Treatments.

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May 6, 2025

Georgia on My Mind, Harmonic Analysis

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard "Georgia on My Mind" with a Harmonic Analysis. Part One of this study focuses on Form, Chord Changes, Harmonic Function, and Voicings.

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April 29, 2025

Improvisation, a Rhythmic Command of Time

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!

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April 22, 2025

Diatonic Improvisation Patterns

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 Carlo...

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April 15, 2025

Wave, Improvisation

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.

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April 8, 2025

Wave, Melodic Analysis

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard "Wave" with a Melodic Analysis. Part Two of this study focuses on Melodic Transcribing, Fingerings, Phrases, Targets, and standard Treatments.

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April 1, 2025

Wave, Harmonic Analysis

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard "Wave" with a Harmonic Analysis. Part One of this study focuses on Form, Chord Changes, Harmonic Function, and Voicings.

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March 25, 2025

Cyclical Quadruplets

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.

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March 18, 2025

What a Difference a Day Makes, Improvisation

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.

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March 11, 2025

What a Difference a Day Makes, Melodic Analysis

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard "What a Difference a Day Makes" with a Melodic Analysis. Part Two of this study focuses on Melodic Transcribing, Fingerings, Phrases, Targets, and standard Treatments.

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March 4, 2025

What a Difference a Day Makes, Harmonic Analysis

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard "What a Difference a Day Makes" with a Harmonic Analysis. Part One of this study focuses on Form, Chord Changes, Harmonic Function, and Voicings.

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Feb. 18, 2025

I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face, Improvisation

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.

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Feb. 11, 2025

I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face, Melodic Analysis

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" with a Melodic Analysis. Part Two of this study focuses on Melodic Transcribing, Fingerings, Phrases, Targets, and standard Treatments.

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Jan. 14, 2025

Fly Me to the Moon, Melodic Analysis

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard "Fly Me to the Moon" with a Melodic Analysis. Part Two of this study focuses on Melodic Transcribing, Fingerings, Phrases, Targets, and standard Treatments.

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Dec. 18, 2024

Good Grief Vince Guaraldi, O Tannenbaum

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..

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Dec. 11, 2024

Santa Claus is Coming to Town, Melodic Analysis

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" Part Two of this study focuses on a Melodic Analysis, including Guide Tones, Pharses, Target Notes, and various Treatments.

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