How to Play Syncopated Jazz Piano

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Summary: Want to play Jazz piano? Learn some jazz tips on playing syncopations in this free video clip on jazz piano tips.

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Austin McBride Austin McBride learned music by studying from the Beatles and Radiohead. Has played Jazz tunes for the past 10 years. read more

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How to Play Syncopated Jazz Piano

Hi I'm Austin McBride here on behalf of Expert Village to show you how to play syncopated jazz music. A brief explanation of syncopation is when there are two different rhythms going against each other and then towards the end of the musical phrase they happen to line back up. So where they're bouncing off, bouncing off, bouncing off, and then collide, they're the same, they hit together at the same time and then they separate once again. That's what syncopation consists of. I'll show you a simple syncopated line here as I play a walking bass line with my left hand. It'll be following just a basic jazz walking bass line. The right hand will syncopate on the off beats but then will match up as the phrase comes to a close. And away we go. It's going off from the beats. A few little errors in there but that is basic instruction to syncopated music.