One Note Jazz Piano Improvisation (Two Part Method)
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In this video I’ll show you a simple way to start improvising jazz, blues, and cocktail-style piano without getting tangled up in theory.
It’s what I call ‘two-part improvisation’: one note at a time in the right hand, one note at a time in the left — a bit like Bach’s two-part inventions, but applied to a jazzy chord progression. We’ll build a single-note melody in the right hand, then add the left hand by playing just the root note of each chord.
I’m using the Quartet play-along app (piano/bass/drums/sax) to provide the progression and backing — it’s the third of three sponsored videos I’ve made for Quartet, and it’s genuinely become part of my own daily practice.
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Bill Hilton
Welcome to my piano channel! Most of my videos are piano tutorials. Hopefully you'll find them useful if you want to improve your piano playing and learn improvisation skills for jazz, blues and ballad styles. I'm not aiming at complete piano beginners,...