CORRECTION: In the video, I mention Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne! WRONG! The song "A Beautiful Friendship" was composed by Donald Kahn with lyrics by Stanley Styne. Apologies for the confusion!

🎶 Monthly Tune Study: “A Beautiful Friendship” by Donald Kahn and Jule Styne. Hosted by Dr. Bob Lawrence | Jazz Piano Skills | Director, The Dallas School of Music

This month’s Jazz Piano Skills Tune Study features the timeless 1956 standard, “A Beautiful Friendship.” Over three weeks, Dr. Bob Lawrence guides you through a structured study designed to help you Discover, Learn, and Play Jazz with confidence and creativity.

🗓️ Week One: Harmonic Analysis
Explore the form, chord changes, harmonic function, and common harmonic movement of "A Beautiful Friendship". Learn multiple voicing approaches—including block voicings, traditional shells, contemporary shells, and two-handed structures.

🗓️ Week Two: Melodic Analysis
Take a deep dive into the melody. Transcribe, notate fingerings, identify phrasing, and uncover target tones that define the unique sound and style of this classic standard.

🗓️ Week Three: Improvisation Development
Discover how professional jazz musicians approach improvisation over "A Beautiful Friendship". Learn rhythmic and melodic vocabulary, examine chord/scale relationships, and develop improvisational fluency with arpeggio and scale motion.

🎧 Each week includes a dedicated podcast episode plus a LIVE Masterclass with Dr. Lawrence every Thursday at 8 PM CST.

📺 All masterclasses are recorded and available to Jazz Piano Skills Members—so you can watch, pause, and revisit them as often as you like.

🎹 It’s time to Discover, Learn, and Play Jazz.
It’s time to Discover, Learn, and Play “A Beautiful Friendship.”

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