Stage 4 | Lesson: 40 | Step 4 – (repertoire) Here we take a look at a medium swing solo piano tune and how we support the time and harmonies with our LH while playing the melody with our RH.

Stage 4 | Lesson: 39 | Step 7 – (repertoire) Stella By Starlight is a beautiful tune with a lot of rich and complex harmonies. This analysis will shed a lot of light on to solo piano movements and voicings.

Stage 4 | Lesson: 38 | Step 9 – (repertoire) “There Will Never Be Another You” is a classic jazz standard with some very popular progressions. In this tune will look at the slow to medium swing style with the LH using a broken stride method.

Stage 4 | Lesson: 37 | Step 12 – (Repertoire) We begin the solo piano analysis off with the classic jazz standard, “Just Friends”. You’ll find this more on the slow side and it also contains lots of space which you’ll learn how to fill with specific movements.

Stage 4 | Lesson: 37 | Step 13 – (Repertoire) Choose a tune of your choice and begin to implement the 4th voicings we’ve practice into the tune. Be sure to choose multiple tunes to implement the 4th voicings as each tune will present different challenges.

Stage 4 | Lesson: 37 | Step 14 – (Repertoire) Choose a tune of your liking to practice the implementation of our drop 2 with extensions. Be sure to work on this with multiple tunes to experience different types of progressions.

Stage 4 | Lesson: 36 | Step 8 – (Repertoire) The great thing about solo piano is the freedom. In this step will explore different types of textures you can use while playing solo piano.

Stage 4 | Lesson: 36 | Step 9 – (Repertoire) Integrating your drop 2 bebop block chords is a little bit harder than simply practicing them. Pick different tunes to place them in and experiment with the locations in the tune.

Stage 4 | Lesson: 35 | Step 9 – (Repertoire) Select a tune of your choice, preferably one with more space than usual, and implement the solo piano space filling textures into the tune.

Stage 4 | Lesson: 34 | Step 6 – (Repertoire) Good time can make or break your solo piano performance but how do we establish solid time? We’ll look at the strategies and methods in this step.