tim jazz piano

Essence

Rhythm and mood

• pick a tempo to create a specific mood
• How to make your music more interesting with rhythmic variations: use Back/front phrasing. Syncopated. Build my own rhythmic phrases to break up or spice up rhythmic landscape
  • Good exercise
    • jilu旧曲新弹。巴赫教学生时就看中这个
    • 注意到生活中的节奏并notate下来
    • analyze自己喜欢的piece
    • 记录自己的rhythmic phrase for further development use

melody and development

need a musical framework, the time you hope to secure the attention of your listeners. Framework consists of:

• a lonely melody has a little rhythm built into it
• chords
• Instrumentation

where to find notes? Use scales and modes