A jazz piano lesson to show you how to use a variety of jazz piano textures on Jobim's Bossa Nova classic, "The Girl From Ipanema," which is one of the most popular jazz standards played at jam sessions.
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Ron Drotos: Jazz piano solo performance and musical/historical discussion of Antonio Carlos Jobim’s, “The Girl From Ipanema,” which is the most widely-played Bossa Nova of all time!
Listening to the difference between keys 0:00
History and overview of “The Girl From Ipanema” 0:17
Comparing “The Girl From Ipanema” 1963 copyright date compared with recordings from 1962 0:29
“The Girl From Ipanema” as encapsulating the early 1960s “Bossa Nova craze” 1:04
Antonio Carlos Jobim as the pre-eminent composer of Bossa Nova songs1:16
Should beginning jazz musicians learn “Blue Bossa” or “The Girl From Ipanema” first? 1:20
The cross-influence between jazz and Brazilian music 1:33
The Gerry Mulligan/Antonio Carlos Jobim connection 1:43
The “Birth of the Cool” influence on Bossa Nova 2:19
The use of jazz chord progressions in Bossa Nova 2:42
Comparing how “The Girl From Ipanema” sounds in the keys of F and Db 3:13
Db major as a “mellower” key than F major 3:49
Analyzing the chord movement in the bridge to “The Girl From Ipanema” 4:02
The similarities between “Take The ‘A’ Train” and “The Girl From Ipanema” 4:23
The different ways to play Bossa Nova bass lines 4:42
Learning from Jobim’s recordings 5:34
A bluesy approach to playing Bossa Novas 5:56
Playing Bossa Novas with a relaxed, mellow feeling 6:01
Imitating chromatic string arrangements while playing Bossa Novas on piano 6:06
The influence of Chopin on Antonio Carlos Jobim 6:15
Beginning “The Girl From Ipanema” with a mellow solo piano texture, in the key of Db 6:47
Improvising fills between melodic phrases on the tune’s bridge 7:23
Becoming more rhythmic for the last ‘A’ section 7:57
Harmonizing the improvised solo with a right hand “alto” part 8:17
Improvising in 3rds 8:33
Playing the bridge’s melody with the left hand 8:51
A Ravel-like pianistic texture 8:53
A single-note improvisation, with bebop influences 9:53
Returning to the melody on the bridge 11:11
Improvising a short “coda” 11:58
The variety of musical approaches to playing Bossa Novas on piano 12:23
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Ron
29 июн 2024
