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Thoughts on (Piano) Practice
The art of practising is a huge subject that people devote their lives to. Here are some thoughts of my own relating to enjoying your practice time: Practising can be both an intensely frustrating and rewarding experience at the same time, and it is important to understand your own learning...
On listening
Having strong listening skills is crucial to any successful musical performance whether you are playing solo, accompanying or playing with a rhythm section. The musicians with the best ears can play or improvise to the moment, will give other musicians space to interact and will find new ways to...
Understanding Jazz: Organised Chaos
This article is written with the assumption that the reader has at least a small working knowledge of basic musical theory terms such as interval, triad, chord, scale etc. If you are unsure of meaning of these terms then is is possible to look them up using an online musical dictionary such as...
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The importance of Improvisation
Improvisation is a vital skill for any musician. When performing or composing music the emphasis should always be on creativity and the practice of improvisation is the best way of improving your creativity. From Bach to Messian, from Art Tatum to Keith Jarrett; great musicians are often great...
Instrumentational Techniques of Jazz-Rock Fusion
Instrumentational techniques and characteristics of jazz-rock fusion between 1968 and 1975 Jazz fusion combines elements of jazz and rock music which, based on Gilbert’s (2002) definition, can be divided into 4 main categories: The presence of amplified and electronic instruments, as...
Practising Free Improvisation
This is the introduction to a dissertation I recently wrote on practicing entirely improvised forms of music. The concept of ‘Free Improvisation’ is difficult to define. It has been called many things, and there have been many eclectic exponents of it from almost all musical...
Memorising the Changes
In this short article for intermediate jazz students, I’ll tackle the problem of memorising the chord changes for a given tune. Once you start to put this advice into practice, you should find the problem’s a lot smaller than you imagined. By this stage, you’ll have memorised the changes...