Episodes

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 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.

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.

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 explores the jazz standard "Misty" with a Melodic Analysis. Part Two of this study focuses on Melodic Transcribing, Fingerings, Phrases, Targets, and standard Treatments.

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.

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 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.

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.

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 the jazz standard "Wave" with a Melodic Analysis. Part Two of this study focuses on Melodic Transcribing, Fingerings, Phrases, Targets, and standard Treatments.

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.

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 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.

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.

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 "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.

This Jazz Piano Skills Podcast Episode explores the jazz standard "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face" with a Harmonic Analysis. Part One of this study focuses on Form, Chord Changes, Harmonic Function, and Voicings.