Course Features
Duration
7 weeks
Delivery Method
Online
Available on
Lifetime Access
Accessibility
Mobile, Desktop
Language
English
Subtitles
English
Level
Intermediate
Effort
5 hours per week
Teaching Type
Self Paced
Course Description
Course Overview
Alumni Network
International Faculty
Post Course Interactions
Instructor-Moderated Discussions
Skills You Will Gain
Prerequisites/Requirements
You’ll need access to a piano or keyboard, and have a computer, tablet or smartphone set up next to it
What You Will Learn
Develop your understanding of blues sequences and playing ballads
Explore the jazz influences of Latin jazz, jazz funk, third stream, free jazz and improvised music
Investigate the fourth route to improvising of special devices
Apply your knowledge of chords to comping behind soloists
Investigate the topics of pianistic and non-pianistic influences, musical resources including playalongs, how to learn standards by heart, how to practice, transcription, composition, group formation, recording and gig getting
Perform many of the 75 tunes we meet in the course
Reflect on your experiences of listening to the final solo and piano trio concerts and describe how you might integrate some of the ideas you identify into your own playing
Target Students
This course requires a basic ability to read music, play the piano and familiarity with scales
They may be of particular interest to university and college piano students studying music or jazz piano
You'll need access to a piano or keyboard, and have a computer, tablet or smartphone set up next to it
Course Content
Course Instructors
Ray d'Inverno
Instructor