Hayden Hill
Hayden founded PianoGroove in 2015 with the goal of making the world a more musical place. He shares his love for jazz piano through his online courses and manages the community area of PianoGroove.
December 14 · 2022
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Learn how to create an effective practice routine, and what to focus on each day. We cover drills, exercises, and useful tips and guidance.
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Where would I find the PDF for this Seminar?
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Hi Frank,
Here is the PDF file: https://www.pianogroove.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/How-What-To-Practice-Seminar-1.pdf
I have just added this to the Resources section in the bottom right hand side of this page.
I’m adding the seminar chapters now.
Cheers,
Hayden
Hi Hayden, You mentioned in the next seminar regarding listening and transcription some software available for, I take it, to slow the recording down. It is so time consuming to attempt to do it at full speed and having to repeat just a bar or two over and over. Looking forward to you covering this aspect. I would really like to apply this to Beegie tunes especially. Yea for another Beegie tune in January. One that she uses mostly stride is “It had to be you” the #1 track on Best of Beegie Adair: Solo Piano Performances(full album) Youtube. That would be my request. See what you think. Thanks.
Hi Perry,
Yes in the first week of January I will cover a session on using transcription software. To reply to your below comment too, my preference is Transcribe! App which works great on a laptop or computer, if you use a mobile or tablet there are other options which are more user friendly. Check out this forum post which links to some transcription resources: https://community.pianogroove.com/t/the-importance-of-listening-transcribing/2737
Thanks for the suggestion with Beegie’s “It Had To Be You” – I agree it’s a lovely recording and it would make a very nice study of Stride Style. I’m working on a new improvisation course on “In A Sentimental Mood” which should be finished by mid January time and afterwards we will host the next Beegie Adair themed seminar.
Cheers,
Hayden
Just did some research and found the 4 best apps to slow down music 2023. #1 Audacity. #2 Anytune. #3 Transcribe. #4 TimeStretch Player. See what you think.
Hello, I’m still at the stage of memorizing scales, triads and sevenths, so sorry for a really basic question.
I’m not sure what the pattern of chords is that opens this lesson.
You specify Cmaj > Cmin > Bbmin and after that I can see what you’re playing but don’t actually understand what the pattern is. It seems to go left around the circle of fifths but I don’t know the chords well enough yet to really see what you’re doing.
Sorry, I’m just here to represent all the slow learners 🙂
Hi Sarah,
My apologies for the late reply here – I thought I had replied to this.
Yes we cover this sequence in detail in the following course:
https://www.pianogroove.com/jazz-piano-lessons/whole-step-251-exercises/
If you check out those lessons that will help you to understand the whole step 251 sequence and how to use it to practice 251 progression variations.
Let me know if I can help further and enjoy the lessons!
Cheers,
Hayden
This is super helpful. –Zeki