Richard Tee | Bridge Over Troubled Water Intro

by Malcolm Edmonstone on March 2, 2009

Fantastic intro here from the father of modern gospel piano, Richard Tee. If you haven’t seen it already, check out his instruction video – ridiculous!

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Kenny Kirkland | Doctone Solo

January 23, 2009

A great solo (well, part of it!) from Kenny Kirkland, from his last recording. I’ve left it unfinished for students to complete – well worthwhile!
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Arranging | Close Position Voicing

January 22, 2009

Some basic info here about how to nicely voice a four part chord, and what to do with it once you have done so!
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Protected: Upper Structure Triads

January 22, 2009

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Protected: Slash Chord Harmony

January 22, 2009

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Protected: Modes of the Major Scale

January 22, 2009

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Kenny Kirkland | When will the Blues leave Solo

January 8, 2009

Here’s Kenny’s fantastic solo from his self-titled (and sadly only) solo album.
The transcription is hot off the press so E&OE etc…
I’ve omitted the chorus of comping towards the end as it’s a one stave part for teaching purposes. Also, I need to mark up where he goes up and down the octave, but it’s quite [...]

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Phrygian as a dominant option

January 7, 2009

Often overlooked, the third mode of the major scale is a fantastic sound, it’s just not used in the way you might think…
If you analyse this mode as a traditional chord it looks like m11, b9,b13. Go to the piano and play Em7 in the left hand and F major triad in the right – [...]

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NATURALFOUR

January 6, 2009

Welcome to naturalfour.org, the home of jazz musician Malcolm Edmonstone. This site goes beyond the traditional website and aims to bring together information, comment and debate on the contemporary jazz musician. Look around, enjoy, and please call back soon.

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