5 (Easy) Blues Piano Tricks That You Should Know
We all aspire to be blues and jazz masters at the piano, but there are some easy blues piano tricks that every pianist should know…
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Advanced Reharmonization – Part 2 of 2
In Part 1 of our article on advanced reharmonization we discussed two tips for understanding how to get started with chord substitution. Here in Part…
Advanced Reharmonization – Part 1of 2
Advanced reharmonization is fancy jazz-speak for expressing a pretty simple idea – changing the chords. Yeah, that’s it. Advanced reharmonization just simply means that we’re…
Gig Tips for Pianists – Part 2 of 2
In Part 1 of our article “Gig Tips for Pianists” we discussed some very important aspects of gigging, including where to find gigs, selecting repertoire,…
Gig Tips for Pianists – Part 1 of 2
This article is going to focus on a variety of gig tips for musicians, but primarily pianists. Over the years I’ve gotten many different questions…
Learn to Play Rootless Chord Voicings
Rootless chord voicings are an essential aspect of jazz and blues playing and usually thought of as an advanced concept. But the most challenging aspect…
Blues Piano Tip – Displacing the Beat
In this article we’ll look at a very important blues piano tip – displacing the beat. Actually, this is not just a blues piano tip…
How to Play Big Piano Chords
Have you ever listened to the climax of a great bluesy piano solo, when the pianist is playing big piano chords with two hands, and…