Jazz Piano



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    Jazz Piano: ‘Route 66’ Programme (Beginner-Advanced)

    Welcome to the wonderful world of Jazz music. Jazz piano is one of the more challenging and yet most creative musical form where spontaneous composition is often required. Our jazz piano is an absolute must for jazz lovers! If you like Duke Ellington, Diana Krall, Harry Connick Jr, Bill Evans, etc. and have a relatively strong knowledge of chord progressions and some level of improvisation, this is tailored for you.

    The Jazz modules covers the ethnomusicology and characteristics of jazz genres (stride, swing, blues, bop, modal, cool, etc.) and sub-genres, the use of upper chordal extensions, altered chords, main jazz harmonic structures and patterns, the use of modal scales, jazz melodic motifs and many other jazz concepts. Come and discover the intricate beauty of jazz music.

    This programme is suitable for those who already possess a very high level of pop improvisation and where playing by ear is largely not an issue. For those who are new to improvisation, it is highly recommended that you attend our Intermediate Contemporary Piano programme first before embarking on Jazz.

    This programme is dedicated to learning pure jazz piano, as opposed to lounge-based, pop piano where songs are jazzed up.

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    ‘Swing Jazz’ sample

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    ‘Someday’ sample

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    ‘Funk Jazz’ sample