A jazz piano lesson to help you learn the Wayne Shorter jazz standard “Mahjong.”
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My favorite musicians 0:09
The jazz scene in 1965 0:35
Wayne Shorter with John Coltrane’s rhythm section 1:37
Herbie Hancock’s piano style 2:02
McCoy Tyner’s piano style 2:17
The polyrhythmic sound of Coltrane’s rhythm section 2:35
An Afro/Latin jazz groove 2:56
“6 against 4” 3:56
An “old/new” combination 3:50
Modal harmonies 4:04
Viewing the progression as pairs of chords 4:43
A more traditional bridge 5:24
An overview of the chord progression 6:12
Developing a solo piano approach to “Mahjong” 6:35
The McCoy Tyner influence 6:42
Establishing a pianistic texture 7:19
Playing the melody, with fills in between phrases 7:42
Improvising with motifs from the tune’s melody 8:23
Soloing over the bridge 8:48
Becoming more rhythmic 8:56
Going outside the changes 9:17
Coming back inside again 9:21
McCoy Tyner-style arpeggios 9:25
Pentatonic scale 9:36
Polytonality 9:45
Exploring various Pentatonic scales and shapes 9:53
A rhythmic lick 10:04
Walking bass for the bridge 10:10
10ths in the left hand 10:18
A 2-note, Wayne Shorter-like motif 10:24
Call and response between soloing and comping 10:29
Alternating between 2 Pentatonic scales 10:45
Quasi-bebop on the bridge 10:56
Adding an alto voice 11:03
Returning to the main melody 11:14
An atmospheric keyboard texture 11:48
Going up by major 2nds in the right hand 11:52
Polytonal pentatonics 12:00
Bb major pentatonic over an Ebmaj7 chord 12:04
Improvising on the melody’s 12:10
Bringing it home 12:19
Ending with an Fm6 chord 12:43
An overview of the tune’s musical form 12:49
Developing a personal interpretation 13:10
Bringing “Mahjong” to jam sessions 13:33
Playing piano with more joy and less stress 13:56
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Ron
18 июн 2022
