Are you a jazz musician looking to improve your improvisation skills and develop your improvisation techniques? If so, learning “Blue Bossa” is a great place to start. In this blog post, we’ll take you through a 7-step exercise that will help you achieve these goals. This exercise is the same we used on our "Charlie Parker's Confirmation"... Continue Reading →
Take Your Jazz Improv to the Next Level with this Simple Daily Practice
Are you looking for a great exercise to improve your jazz improvisation skills? Look no further! In this post, we're going to share a 7-step exercise that you can practice every day, no matter what your level is. This exercise is a progressive 7-step process that you can customize to fit your needs. Depending on... Continue Reading →
New to Jazz? Here’s How to Play Drop 2 and 4 Jazz Piano Voicings
Introduction Drop 2 and 4 voicings are very effective and consistent, and ideal for beginners to start grasping what each chord in a jazz standard is made of. Let's take a look at Afternoon In Paris chord by chord and learn how to play the chord progression using drop 2 and 4 voicings. We actually... Continue Reading →
Learn These 20 Piano Tricks To Sound Like A Pro
Wouldn't it be nice to just sit at the piano and play for hours on end improvising beautiful music in different styles and moods? Here's a list of 20 piano tricks that will change the way you play piano for ever. These piano tricks are much more than just a recipe of what to play.... Continue Reading →
The Charlie Brown Christmas Album is a Masterpiece: Want to sound like Vince Guaraldi?
Vince Guaraldi plays one of the most beautiful jazz piano in the album: "A Charlie Brown Christmas" Here are three piano video lessons showing a few techniques he uses during his solos. https://youtu.be/GFqtAKGUOjo https://youtu.be/5ysbX-vj40U https://youtu.be/azkDLCWu0wg If you want to learn more about jazz piano check our website https://mdecks.com and subscribe to the mDecks Music Youtube... Continue Reading →