Easy Jazz Piano Songs Pdf

• Play eighth notes unevenly, so that four of them sound like this: “long – short – long – short”. This is called a swing pattern.

20 Jazz Standards for Beginners. All Blues Easy G Blues in 6/4 (can be felt in 3/4 also) by Miles Davis from his classic album “Kind of Blue.”. Autumn Leaves A classic that transitions between the relative major and minor. Blue Monk is a great blues written by Thelonious Monk. Blue Bossa a jazz bossa nova by Kenny Dorham.Has a chromatic key center change to look out for. Leven classic Beatles songs specially arranged in jazz-style for piano solo.complete with guitar chord symbols. The Beatles or jazz piano.

• Play any accents lightly, not heavily as in a lot of other piano music. • Play in a slightly detached and clear tone, as if you were playing a Bach piece. Think of little bells! 9 Easy Jazz Piano Songs to Try Now that you know some of the basics, here are a few tunes to listen to and try your hand at.

Of course, if you’re serious about playing jazz, you’ll want to work with a who can show you the ropes – but these easy songs will certainly get you started! “Summertime” This celebrated jazz classic is actually the gem of the acclaimed opera “Porgy and Bess”. Take it slow – it is a lullaby, after all. Simply play the chords in the left hand in a very steady rhythm, and play the melody in a very off-beat way. The word for this is syncopation, which means unexpected rhythmic patterns. Don’t think too much about it – just be creative. Watch the video a few times, then start playing along!

“When the Saints Go Marching In” If you can play “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”, then you can play “When the Saints Go Marching In”. And because this song’s melody is so simple, it’s the perfect song to help you! It’s often included in beginner piano books, and the following tutorial will teach you the melody. This song is really easy and the video takes it very slowly.

Once you learn the melody, you can play it in an even jazzier way by changing the rhythm of when and how you play the left-hand chords. For instance, you can play the same block chords in eighth notes instead of quarter notes (in other words, twice as fast). “Fly Me to the Moon” Classic crooner Frank Sinatra made this song famous, and now you can make it your own!

First, though, watch the tutorial below. The keys highlighted in blue are played by the right hand; the keys highlighted in yellow are played by the left hand.

Play along with the video a few times with only your right hand, and then again with only your left hand, before playing with hands together. “Autumn Leaves” “Autumn Leaves” is another one of the best, easy jazz piano songs for beginners because it introduces us to jazz harmony and the popular chord progression ii – V – I – IV. Unfamiliar with these symbols? It means that if you’re playing in the key of C, this chord progression would be D minor, then G, then C, and finally F. The tutorial below goes a little fast, so watch it a few times before you begin to play along. “Misty” This tutorial is easy to follow, taking the right hand first, one note at a time. The second time through, the player shows us the left-hand three-note chords, or triads.

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