The secret to playing fast scales or melodic lines is not based on strength or trying to play fast. It is about finding and eliminating tension. Check out this short lesson, then get my FREE e-Book, “Scale Workout Checklist” for a powerful practice method to master scales and fragments for improvisation.
S-L-O-W Practice
Here’s an interesting facet of slow practice: after you have a piece very well learned – say at 75-80% performance tempo – go back and do slow practice at around 25-40% tempo, from memory only. There’s this tempo at which, any faster and you’re fine…but slow it down a bit more and it feels completely foreign! It’s a powerful tool to challenge our rote muscle memory, and tests whether we really KNOW the piece or not. Make sure to keep all the lifts, rotations and gestures in proportion.
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#5 Sixth Sense
Alien Interlude – Interval Study
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Altered ii-V-I’s in a fun tune, “Pra Rarm” | #365Challenge DAY 100 | Jazz Piano Improv Lessons
Pentatonic Pattern Study “Pentamodo” | Jazz Practice Method from DHARMAJAZZ | #365Challenge Day 119
Simple Cool Jazz Chord Shapes | jazz piano practice | #365Challenge Day 170
Amazingly Powerful Finger Relaxation Piano Technique | #365Challenge Day 176
"Bagelman" | Original 16 bar jazz blues | Steve Snelling's #365Challenge Day 200
Rhythm Changes – “R.C.’s Bizness” | Steve Snelling's #365Challenge Day 215
Broken 7th Chord Bubbles – Fun Pianistic Device | Steve Snelling’s #365Challenge Day 242
“The Spirit of Play” and Archetypal Harmony | Steve Snelling’s #365Challenge DAY 250
Simple Quartal Chordshape Turnaround | Steve Snelling’s #365Challenge, DAY 261
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