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Monday, December 1, 2014

Making the iPad Friendly for the Working Musician - ForScore App Overview

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    I recently downloaded iGigBook( $14.99) and ForScore ( $4.99 ) from the App Store expressly for reading music on the iPad.   While ...
Friday, November 16, 2012

Upside-Down Thinking for the Jazz Pianist

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        EXPLORING AN ADVANCED HARMONIC EXERCISE IN JAZZ-PIANO HARMONY Legendary Freddie Hubbard  In Jazz Improvisation, the question...
Tuesday, November 13, 2012

A Hemiola by Any Other Name

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  The term " Hemiola " has, like many things, evolved.  I myself am guilty of using it in ways that stretch the limits of it's...
Tuesday, August 21, 2012

How Not to Hire a Music Teacher

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As a college music teacher, my name is listed in a number of directories and websites so I occasionally get inquiries in my email box. Here...
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Sunday, July 15, 2012

What's With Desafinado?

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   This song, Desafinado ,  was a huge hit in 1962 for composer Antonio Carlos Jobim with the popularity of the Stan Getz and Charlie Bird...
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Monday, June 18, 2012

Math of Chiming - Wind Chime, that is...

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from Popular Mechanics - hand made Chime plans CHIMING     noun         1.  to make chimes.  2. to design chimes  3.  to be invol...
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Friday, May 4, 2012

Jazz Pianists - Key Fluency is Good

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        WOULDN'T IT BE NICE IF IT WEREN'T TRUE .... BUT  Jazz pianists need to play in all 12 keys - period.     If for no other r...
Thursday, May 3, 2012

Evolution of a Tune - Survival of the Fittest?

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    "Begin at the beginning," the King said gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop."                  ...
Friday, April 27, 2012

Do it and Do it NOW

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Life is short ---  LIST OF PROMINENT JAZZ MUSICIANS WITH AGE of DEATH bunny berigan 33 chick web 34 paul chambers 33 ...
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Friday, April 13, 2012

Performance Anxiety and Beta Blockers

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If you are ill-prepared to perform for an audience and dealing with high levels of  anxiety because of your incompetence, then it makes sens...
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Thursday, April 12, 2012

Those Pesky Slash Chords

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Slashing through the Confusion over Slash Chords      First. listen to  the classic Herbie Hancock  "Maiden Voyage" entirely ba...
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Jazz Piano Instructor - University of Utah and Westminster College. Freelance Musician and regular member of the Klezbros, The Salzburger Echo, Stone Circle. Maker of things, science geek, backyard inventor, do-it-yourselfer and food fanatic.
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