Teacher | Piano Lessons

• Emphasis on enjoyment - Play whatever you want!
• Beginners to advanced students
• All styles of music
• Grades if desired
• Ear training
• Theory
• Jazz and improvisation
• Professional teacher with PGCE & Enhanced DBS check
• FREE 30 minute needs analysis lesson

Advanced Jazz Course

Suitable for musicians of other instruments, as well as Jazz Pianists. The lesson format will involve detailed analysis of Jazz Standards, harmony, rhythm and melodic development. The focus would be on building a Jazz repertoire and the ability to learn and remember tunes.

Talking points would include:

• Chord choices and extensions
• Cycle of 4ths / 5ths
• Chord progressions and patterns including II V I
• Tritone Substitution
• Voice Leading and parallel harmonic movement
• Rhythmic Comping
• Melodic structure and techniques in improvising melody
• Major and minor modal theory and applying scales to improvisation.