Skip to content

Piano-ology

Making Music… Body, Mind, & Spirit!
Main navigation
  • About
    • Welcome
    • The Piano-ology Story
    • Meet Your Teacher
    • Hear Your Teacher Play
    • Webcam Lessons!
    • Creative Commons
    • Why No MIDI Files?
    • Contact
  • Preparation
    • Emotional Preparation
    • How Your Brain Works
    • How to Study-Practice
    • How to Read Music
    • What Kind of Piano to Buy?
  • Music Theory
    • Time & Rhythm
    • Scales
    • Chords
    • Chord Progressions
    • Transposition
    • Composition & Improvisation
    • Aural Comprehension
    • The Physics of Sound
  • Piano Technique
  • Performance Anxiety
  • Schools of Music
    • Blues
    • Country
    • Gospel
    • Jazz
    • Pop-Rock
  • Donate
  • Micro-Lessons
    • Emotional Preparation
    • How to Study-Practice
    • Time & Rhythm
    • Piano Technique
    • Performance Anxiety
    • Composition & Improvisation

mixolydian improvisation

Jazz School: “Memphis Underground”

piano-ology-jazz-school-standards-memphis-underground-featured
P P Read More

This one chord jazz-rock tune by Herbie Mann is about as simple as it gets, but it introduces you to the delicious mix of discipline and freedom that is jazz improvisation…

Continue reading →
2018-10-01 Jazz School

Jazz School: Mixolydian Tonality: Walking Bass Lines

piano-ology-jazz-school-mixolydian-tonality-walking-bass-featured
P P Read More

A great way to outline the Mixolydian harmony and keep the time flowing in a swing context is to play a walking bass line…

Continue reading →
2018-07-05 Jazz School

Jazz School: Mixolydian “Super-Chord” in Stacked 4ths

piano-ology-jazz-school-mixolydian-tonality-mixolydian-super-chord-4ths-featured
P P Read More

A musically useful conception in Mixolydian Tonality is to expand the Mixolydian Scale into a colorful seven-note “super-chord” in stacked fourths…

Continue reading →
2018-07-03 Jazz School

Jazz School: Mixolydian “Super-Chord” in Stacked 3rds

piano-ology-jazz-school-mixolydian-tonality-mixolydian-super-chord-3rds-featured
P P Read More

A musically useful conception in Mixolydian Tonality is to stretch out the Mixolydian Scale into a colorful seven-note “super-chord” in stacked thirds…

Continue reading →
2018-07-02 Jazz School
  • Home
Secondary navigation
  • Search

Begin typing your search above and press return to search. Press Esc to cancel.

 

Loading Comments...