Piano Guidance
Piano Guidance
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Influenced by the jazz fusion styles of trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, guitarist George Benson, and saxophonists Grover Washington, Jr., and David Sanborn, smooth jazz musicians Gerald Albright, Najee, Kenny G, Boney James, George Howard, Dave Koz, and Norman Brown are among the popularizers of this ...
52 white keys The standard piano has 88 keys: 52 white keys and 36 blacks keys. Keyboards can have between 25 and 88, with many clocking in at 61....
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Read More »The term smooth jazz is best understood as a marketing label that symbolizes the commercialization of jazz as popular music. An outgrowth of soul jazz (1960s) and jazz fusion (1970s), smooth jazz arose and gained prominence in the late 1980s when record labels experimented with new approaches to further expand the audience for jazz. Smooth jazz artists draw inspiration and repertoire from easy listening pop music and R&B ballads. Influenced by the jazz fusion styles of trumpeter Miles Davis, pianist Herbie Hancock, guitarist George Benson, and saxophonists Grover Washington, Jr., and David Sanborn, smooth jazz musicians Gerald Albright, Najee, Kenny G, Boney James, George Howard, Dave Koz, and Norman Brown are among the popularizers of this style. “It [Najee’s Theme] was really an R&B record using the sax as a voice. That was a great decision from a marketing standpoint. It was an R&B audience that established me. It converted over to jazz later. The world called it jazz then, but in my mind it was R&B.” “It [Najee’s Theme] was really an R&B record using the sax as a voice. That was a great decision from a marketing standpoint. It was an R&B audience that established me. It converted over to jazz later. The world called it jazz then, but in my mind it was R&B.” “I started [recording] definitely being a copycat. That’s the way it was. I mean, I wanted to be the white Grover Washington, Junior, and I think I became the white Grover Washington, Junior. Then when I started to hear other saxophone players, like Sonny Rollins or Coltrane, I heard this different way of playing. . . I thought, “Well, I’ve got to learn these licks.” And pretty soon, after years of practicing this and practicing that, at some point I decided that my own style emerged, and I play the way that I play.” “I started [recording] definitely being a copycat. That’s the way it was. I mean, I wanted to be the white Grover Washington, Junior, and I think I became the white Grover Washington, Junior. Then when I started to hear other saxophone players, like Sonny Rollins or Coltrane, I heard this different way of playing. . . I thought, “Well, I’ve got to learn these licks.” And pretty soon, after years of practicing this and practicing that, at some point I decided that my own style emerged, and I play the way that I play.”
Generally, piano teachers have at least three years more experience than their students. This might seem low. Some first-year pianists are better...
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This means if you have the capo at the 1st fret, and you play the standard open C major chord, you'll in fact be playing C# major.
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Learn More »Profiting from the crossover success of jazz fusion in the 1970s, record labels sought ways to keep jazz relevant, especially given the growing popularity of R&B and hip-hop in the mainstream. Producers began recording jazz artists performing covers of popular R&B songs, such as Norman Brown’s cover of Janet Jackson’s “That’s the Way Love Goes” (1994) and George Howard’s cover of Patti Austin and James Ingram’s “Baby, Come to Me” (1992). These artists also perform original songs modeled on the relaxed beat of easy listening pop songs and R&B ballads, such as Boney James’s “It’s All Good” (1997), as well as songs with an R&B groove, as heard in George Howard’s “Red, Black ‘N’ Blue” (2000) and the Yellowjackets’ Shades (1986). Smooth jazz musicians collaborated with R&B vocalists, as Kenny G did with Lenny Williams on “Don’t Make Me Wait for Love” (1986). Many also tour with and play on studio recordings of R&B and pop artists. The emergence of alternative radio formats such as “adult alternative,” ”easy listening” and their spin-offs “urban contemporary adult,” “smooth jazz” and “quiet storm” made possible the continued air-play of smooth jazz artists, although jazz purists do not consider these musicians to be representative of the jazz tradition.
Musical Innovation: A Grander Grand Piano : NPR. Musical Innovation: A Grander Grand Piano Most pianos have 88 keys, but craftsman Wayne Stuart has...
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sharps and flats The white keys are known as natural notes, and the black keys are known as the sharps and flats. Jul 20, 2017
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