Beginning Jazz Piano Part 1 - Everything You Need to Get Started

with Tim Richards

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Beginner 56 lessons (2h 1m) Sheet music included Backing tracks included Mobile, Tablet + Desktop

Pianist and composer Tim Richards has been a presence on the UK jazz scene since the 1980s and as a bandleader has toured all over Europe with line-ups ranging from duo to nine-piece. He has released over a dozen albums as a leader, featuring many of London’s best jazz musicians including Pete King, Gilad Atzmon, Tony Kofi, Jason Yarde, Seb Rochford, Ed Jones, Dick Pearce and many others. He is also one of Britain’s most experienced jazz educators, teaching piano privately for over 30 years, as well as at Morley College, Goldsmiths College, the University of Surrey, Premises Studios and other venues in the UK and abroad. More info can be found on his website www.timrichards.ndo.co.uk

This first online course of jazz piano lessons is everything you need to get started improvising in Swing, Blues, Latin and Funk styles. It is aimed at players with some piano experience who wish to acquire the basic tools required to play and improvise in a jazz style and includes many unique features and resources to kick start your journey:

  • 19 PIECES spanning a range of styles, taking you in easy steps from one chord only, to tunes with three chords

  • BACKING TRACKS with bass and drums only, so you can practise easily by yourself

  • Interactive SHEET MUSIC that scrolls video and audio and can be slowed down and looped

  • Downloadable AUDIO FILES for every piece, featuring further examples of improvised solos

  • Invaluable SUGGESTED LISTENING sections throughout the course focusing on tunes with one, two or three chords only

Tim composed all the pieces in this course except where otherwise indicated and many of these pieces and examples are taken from Tim's best-selling book 'Beginning Jazz Piano' that has helped tens of thousands of pianists. The book is not required to take these online jazz piano lessons but contains additional exercises and material for those wishing to go into even more depth. 

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