"5 Minute Masterclass" Tutorials

New Lesson Updates
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Hi all :wave:

Here’s some new 5 minute masterclass tutorials by Tuomo - Thanks @Tuomo for putting these lessons together:

3 Blues Lines Over 251s:

3 Altered Lines Over 251s:

3 Common 251 Reharmonisations:

I particularly enjoyed the reharmonisation masterclass and I’m having some fun applying this to jazz standards.

Tuomo also created a longer masterclass “Blues In Jazz”, check that lesson out here:

Blues In Jazz Masterclass:

Any questions with the material covered let us know, and enjoy the lessons!

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thank you Tuomo, for all this fabulous material

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Hey PianoGroovers,

I’ve been working on 2 new 5-minute masterclasses this week, they are 7 minutes and 18 minutes respectively so I went a little over the 5 minute aim :sweat_smile:

Anyhow here’s the tutorials, the first is on Sus chords, and the 2nd is on Upper Structure triads:

We have covered these topics in detail in the following courses, but I wanted to try and condense the information into shorter tutorials. They should be a nice taster into the subjects, and if students want to learn more, check out the courses below:

I’m spending this upcoming week working on some new jazz standard tutorials.

We also have some new courses by our other teachers launching shortly. More to follow.

Hope everyone is keeping safe and healthy!

Hayden

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Thanks Hayden. These are great. Although I have taken the full courses, these have some wonderful examples and provide a great overview of the topics. I am so happy that you are working on some new jazz tutorials. I know you have been very busy working on other areas of the school, but I miss your tutorials. As others have probably experienced during these trying times, I find days that it is difficult to focus on my music which has always brought me so much joy. It is nice to look forward to a new tutorial and I am crossing my fingers for another ballad. :grinning:

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Thanks Hayden!

Your instructional methods are by far the most useful that I’ve found online. (I started here and then checked out a few other sites.) Elsewhere there’s a lot of hype, at times incorrectly spelled chords, some useful observations, and sometimes hurrying through a concept and then showing off the teacher’s skills.

Somewhere I read Barry Harris’s comment for teachers (paraphrased): “Don’t show 'em what you’ve got; show 'em how you got there.” That’s where I think your concept for PianoGroove excels. :musical_keyboard:

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That’s great to hear Scott.

There are so many wonderful teachers and music schools online and it’s great to be part of the online learning revolution.

The vision with PianoGroove is to provide lessons and instruction from the masters and specialists in every genre of improvised piano music. I have identified our next 2 teachers and I will be progressing with that as soon as travel restrictions are lifted.

In the meantime the confinement/lockdown is a great opportunity for me to catch up with my own lessons and teaching on PianoGroove :grinning: more to follow this week. Cheers!

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Yay! love these! Thanks so much for the 5 minute masterclasses - agree with George - really informative! and enjoyable too! :blush:

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