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Summary: Learn tips on how to play rhythms and rests on the piano in the key of Eb (E flat) with expert instruction from a professional jazz composer in this free video clip on music theory and piano techniques.
Ryan Larson is a young jazz composer whose teaching technique focuses on the basics of music theory in all 12 keys. When applying his 12-key technique to understanding the logic behind...read more
"So now I'm going to go through and play the piece back, and I'll count off the rhythms as I go through, which will kind of ruin the beauty of hearing it, but it will still sound pretty. So we'll go through, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, and three and four, one, two, three, four, one E and-a two, three, four E and-a one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four E and-a one, two, three, four, one, two, and three, four, and one, and two and three, four, and one E and-a two E and-a, three E and-a, four E and-a, one, two, three, four, one, two, three, four, one, two, and three and four and one, two and three and four and one, and-a two, and-a three, and-a four, and-a...triplet, triplet, triplet, triplet, triplet, trip...four. And that's our tune and we're going to go through in just a minute and play it in another key."