Lessons For Piano

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‘Some Other Time’ (Leonard Bernstein) solo jazz piano lesson. This could be a companion piece to one of my other instructional annotated videos – ‘Peace Piece’ (Bill Evans) au.youtube.com It has been claimed that the Bill Evans piece originated from his ‘noodling’ in the studio before he recorded ‘Some Other Time’ Others have suggested that Chopin’s ‘Berceuse’ was the inspiration for his ‘Peace Piece’. au.youtube.com This is another piece to give to slightly more advanced students – it has the same repeating I/V pattern but in two keys, and parts that can accept more blues or gospel oriented improvisation. My favourite version is by Richie Beirach on his Maybeck Hall CD. It is also a good song for singers with words by Betty Comden and Adolph Green – from the Bernstein Musical ‘On the Town’. I am having that same problem that Youtube does to (especially) solo piano sound. I think they try to level out the wide dynamic range of a solo piano, and in boosting the quieter passages they cause digital clipping of the louder parts of the recording. In the past this has not been a problem – it has became a lot worse more recently. As always, there is a very high quality video to download free(very clear to read, and excellent audio) at www.bushgrafts.com