Tips on Writing a Jazz Piano Song

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Summary: Want to play Jazz piano? Learn some jazz tips on writing jazz music 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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Tips on Writing a Jazz Piano Song

How to combine rub notes, slip notes, syncopation and base blues scale into a basic jazz song. Starting with a C to F to G chord progression running a walking base line, a variation of a walking base line and on the top end, playing around with some seventh notes, slips notes and different techniques classified as comping, which is a version of playing back and forth with your hands to create a syncopated feel. There is some comping, some blues, some syncopation, some rub, some slip and some basic jazz music.

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