Solo Piano Basics

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🗓️ 11 February 2020

⏱️ 22 minutes

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On this episode, Peter and Adam lay down the fundamentals of what it takes to have a good solo piano performance.Be sure to tune in to Peter and Adam's Solo Piano Q&A! Starting at 3:00 PM CST, Peter and Adam will be streaming live to YouTube as they answer any questions you have about solo piano.Check out Geoffrey Keezer's new course from Open Studio: Elements of Solo Piano. He'll show you the strategies and techniques you need to know to become a better solo pianist. For a free sample, take a look at Keezer's excellent transcribed performance of "The Nearness of You" right here.Interested in more music advice? Go here to browse our catalog of jazz lessons and courses available for purchase. And be sure to check out our All Access Pass - every course from Open Studio on every instrument.Let us know what you think by leaving a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review, or head over to our YouTube channel and leave a comment for this episode.Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0	Hey Peter. Hey, can you give us a little solo piano baby.
0:21.6	Basic solo piano, baby.
0:37.2	Music Call that basic? Basic solo piano, baby.
0:51.5	I'm Adamannis. And you're listening to the You'll Hear at podcast.
0:54.0	Daily music advice coming at you. Coming at you're listening to The You'll Hear It Podcast. Daily
0:54.2	Music Advice coming at you. Coming at you today, we're talking about solo piano basics, and we're talking
0:59.0	about it sponsored by Open Studio. Go to openstio.com, where you can check out Jeffrey Keeser's
1:07.5	new solo piano course, elements of solo piano. Interesting that we're doing a piano,
1:08.1	a solo piano episode today, and also sponsored by elements of... What's that voice? Is that your solo piano voice? It's my little, um... Solo pianos can be a little pretentious. Let's get that out of the way right now. Oh, for sure. Is that what you're alluding to with that voice? I don't feel like we can do anything we want.
1:09.5	We can be the entire band.
1:10.4	We have all the power.
1:11.3	We don't feel that way.
1:11.9	We can.
1:44.5	We get drunk with power. If not drunk on Granddad. Yeah, it's not actually drunk. That's the ultimate level. When you can get actually drunk and be drunk on power and play everything. I feel like there were some live at Merbeck Hall solo piano, never mind. Anyway, today we wanted to talk about just some basic
1:51.4	things, actually that not even pianists could do, but any musician, you can sit down at a
1:57.0	keyboard or a piano and be able to figure out some simple solo piano arrangements of your
2:00.7	favorite standards with some of these techniques. It's not as hard as... at a keyboard or a piano and be able to figure out some simple solo piano arrangements of your favorite
2:00.9	standards with some of these techniques.
2:03.6	It's not as hard as it needs to be.
2:05.9	You don't have to go full keys,
2:08.8	full Jeffrey Kieser on every solo piano arrangement.
2:12.6	There are some basic things that if you focus on,
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