Indian Lady: Journey Through The Real Book

Описание: A jazz piano lesson to help you learn the jazz standard “Indian Lady” by Don Ellis.

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Playing every tune in the Real Book 0:00
Jazz piano lessons to help you learn jazz standards with understanding and historical perspective 0:36
“Indian Lady” as an unusual jazz standard 0:46
The day that Don Ellis came to my high school 1:15
The unique challenges we face when playing “Indian Lady” as a jazz piano solo 1:51
“Indian Lady’s” origins as a “brassy” big band piece 1:56
Suggestions for becoming comfortable playing in 5/4 time 2:01
A Chris Brubeck story 2:51
The introductory fanfare 3:28
The influence of Indian music on jazz and rock musicians 4:24
Evoking an open-5th drone in the left hand 4:41
Drawing inspiration from sitar and flute music 4:47
Bringing out the piano’s natural overtones with our voicings 4:55
Demonstrating the tune’s opening section 5:06
Adding a Mixolydian vamp to the tune 5:55
Combining Eastern and Western musical influences 6:42
Beginning with the opening fanfare 7:38
Using a high tremolo to transition into the 5/4 groove 8:06
Vamping for a while 8:08
Playing the melody 8:22
Improvising over a “roots and 5ths” left hand style 9:35
Using Pentatonic scales 9:48
“Bluesy-ness” 10:01
An Oscar Peterson lick 10:09
Pentatonic scales around the circle of 4ths 10:13
Imitating a big band “shout chorus” 10:26
Inserting a modal section, using the Mixolydian mode over the A7 chord 10:38
Adding an “alto” voice 11:41
Soloing over the chord changes as written again 12:09
Playing the “bridge” 12:22
Harmonizing the inner voice with parallel 6ths 13:04
rit. e dim. poco a poco 13:09
Unexpectedly getting softer and more delicate 3:22
The joy of playing new tunes and growing musically 13:55

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Ron