Play Piano Like a Jazz Trio

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Part of the video series: Jazz Piano

Summary: Who needs a band? learn how to play piano as a trio in this free video clip on jazz piano tips.

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By Austin McBride
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ashendaniel said

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on 11/29/2009 NOT BAD AT ALL. SOUNDS GOOD

on 3/14/2009 I have never quite seen anything like this in my life. For a start, this guy has absolutely no clue what jazz is, how a jazz trio works, how to play piano, or how to teach. What the hell is 'the basic C jazz key?" Also, trumpets can't play chords, so I'm not sure why that is alluded to in the video. And who would ever think that beat boxing could sound anything like a jazz trio - besides making a complete fool out of himself, this guy has managed to totally warp the idea of what a jazz trio actually sounds like. Go listen to some Brad Mehldau to hear how it's done properly.

antonio6 said

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on 3/14/2009 tooty too, tooty too, too too- yes I shall try this "beat-boxing" tonight at my gig, hopefully record deals will come showering down on me. P.s herbiekirkland thanks for the victor borges comment- I went straight to youtube to check him out.. he's brilliant!

herbiekirkland said

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on 3/9/2009 Hi Austin,

I just wanted to personally thank you. I don't think I've laughed this hard in years.
You are the best thing that happened to music comedy since Victor Borge. Although this is an unfair comparison because Victor can play, but you know what I mean...

stopthenonsense said

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on 3/5/2009 If he is trying to insult jazz musicians with this silly imitation, he's doing a good job of it. It's very obvious that this guy doesn't have the slightest clue as to what jazz is, much less play it. Only thing he is an expert in is BS. Austin, if you want to learn jazz, you need to study jazz musicians like Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, and Oscar Peterson, not the Beatles and Radiohead. Until you do that, do us all a favor and stop wasting bandwith on these stupid and insulting clips you seem to think are cool.

Video Transcript

"Hi I'm Austin McBride here on behalf of Expert Village. I'm going to show you how to imitate a jazz trio playing on the piano by yourself. So in a jazz trio, you have three elements. Typically, jazz drums, jazz piano, and jazz trumpet. There's obviously different variations of this, saxophone, whatever, there's tons of different instruments that could be used in this scenario, however, when playing it strictly on the piano by yourself, it is easiest for me, I found, to start off with the bass line. So think of yourself as a bassist at the beginning. We're just in the basic C jazz key here. So we'll just pick it up with the bass line, and when you're going with it and you feel comfortable, throw in something that might be classified as a, perhaps the piano or perhaps a trumpet, a line that's going to be in a higher pitch, a higher register, and that way you can imitate something someone else's doing. And if you're feeling especially loose and musically inclined, I suppose you could attempt to beat box with your mouth and then you would have the drums and you'd be a complete one man jazz band. And that's how you imitate a jazz trio here on the piano by yourself."

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