Every week on Performance Today™, Bruce Adolphe re-writes a familiar tune in the style of a classical composer. We get one of our listeners on the phone, and our caller listens to Bruce play his Piano Puzzler™. They then try to do two things: name the hidden tune, and name the composer whose style Bruce is mimicking. From American Public Media.
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Learn jazz piano without the guesswork. The ultimate hub for online jazz piano education.
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Jazz Piano Performances With Mark Stevens
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Welcome to Piano Meditations Podcast by Blake Rowe. For the past six years (with occasional breaks), Wednesday nights have been devoted to creating freely improvised music for about 45 minutes. Known melodies may come to mind and may be explored, but the pieces are primarily “spontaneously composed”. The music tends to follow an arc from introspective to energetic and back again. The first few notes become a motif to be explored; sometimes a piece is more structured and and other times more ...
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Contemporary Piano Music plays only the finest mixes of new, inspiriing, and beautiful current piano music.
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Classically trained pianist. I enjoy playing not only the traditional repertoire but also pieces from unusual composers.
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Virtual Sheet Music's Piano Lessons Videos give you piano lessons and piano insights from our piano expert Robert Estrin. If you are a pianist, piano teacher, a piano student or simply a piano enthusiast, these videos are for you.
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60 minutes of New Age Piano, all commercial free, with no talking DJ between songs. All songs Creative Commons by-nc-sa 1.0 licensed from the record label that isn't evil: magnatune.com
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep175 - Ambient Neoclassical - Ethereal Classical - New Age - Newage mix
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep175 - Ambient Neoclassical - Ethereal Classical - New Age - Newage mix https://www.youtube.com/@NewAgePianoMusicmixes Yuichi Watanabe - Morning Sea Hideyuki Hashimoto - Drops Abandoned Toys - Intoxicating Rememberances Fluttering Gary Girouard - Dreams David Lanz - Dancing on the (Berlin) Wall Keiko Matsui - Distance Eiko…
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What do you do when you have 4 beats to fill? What about 7 beats? Because I was a deer in headlights for most of my career. I never really knew what to do! No one ever taught me. But that's exactly why I created this podcast. To give you an easy 3 step system to creating simple fills that sound AWESOME! Here we go!If you have questions or suggestio…
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/24/2024
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Contestant: Jay Nygaard calling from St. George, UtahBy American Public Media
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Contestant: Sana Sarfraz calling from Agoura Hills, California.By American Public Media
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This 1 Secret Will Take Your Bebop Playing to the Next Level
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The "Kansas City" blues scale is a variation on the traditional blues scale. Its sound was codified by musicians from Kansas City, dating all the way back to Count Basie, Jimmy Lunceford, and eventually adopted by the great bebop Saxophonist Charlie Parker. This sound is simple to acquire, yet has a lot of room for variations and depth. In this pod…
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"Which Dreamed it?"By Carlos Márquez
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep174 - Modern Neoclassical - Ambient Classical - New Age mix
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep174 - Modern Neoclassical - Ambient Classical - New Age mix https://www.youtube.com/@NewAgePianoMusicmixes Yuichi Watanabe - Morning Sea Hideyuki Hashimoto - Cluster Abandoned Toys - A Soft Shadowed Innocence David Lanz - Cristofori's Dream Giovanni Allevi - Come Sei Veramente Ola Gjeilo - Crystal Sky Clara Ponty - Crysta…
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/10/2024
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Contestant: Betty Oram calling from Brooklyn, New YorkBy American Public Media
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"Waking"By Carlos Márquez
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The One Solo Jazz Piano Technique You Need!
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There is one technique setup that you need to learn for both of your hands when playing solo jazz piano. Without it, you'll never get the sound you're after. If you practice this, you'll be 95% of the way there. Let's dive in!Want more solo piano education? Click the link below to get more...http://jazzpianoschool.com/lookinside_____________Have yo…
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 4/3/2024
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Contestants: Stephanie Anne & Susan Landers of Albuquerque, New MexicoBy American Public Media
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"Shaking"By Carlos Márquez
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The "Kansas City" blues scale is a variation on the traditional blues scale. Its sound was codified by musicians from Kansas City, dating all the way back to Count Basie, Jimmy Lunceford, and eventually adopted by the great bebop Saxophonist Charlie Parker. This sound is simple to acquire, yet has a lot of room for variations and depth. In this pod…
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/27/2024
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Contestants: Laura Pawuk and Rick Adler calling from Ypsilanti, MichiganBy American Public Media
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep173 - Modern Neoclassical - Ambient Classical - New Age - Newage mix
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep173 - Modern Neoclassical - Ambient Classical - New Age - Newage mix https://www.youtube.com/@NewAgePianoMusicmixes Ann Margaret Hogan - Binarycolours Goldmund - Brown Creek The Synthetic Dream Foundation - Trapeze Zola Van - Broken Wing at Lusk Creek Stephen Peppos - Butterfly Yuichi Watanabe - Asian Breeze Clara Ponty -…
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"Queen Zita"By Carlos Márquez
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/20/2024
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Contestant: Cynthia Sibitzky calling from Haslett, TexasBy American Public Media
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep172 - Modern Classical - Ambient Neoclassical - Newage - New Age mix for studying and Reading
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep172 - Modern Classical - Ambient Neoclassical - Newage - New Age mix for studying and Reading https://www.youtube.com/@NewAgePianoMusicmixes Si Hyeonmin - A Song that Shakes my Heart David Lanz - A Whier Shade of Pale Samnantha Bouquin - And Blind Shadows now See Stray Ghost - Aubade Hiroshi Yoshimura - Umbrella Clara Pon…
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Contestant: Tejas Srinivasan calling from Middlebury, VermontBy American Public Media
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Finding good ways to end cocktail jazz piano tunes can be tricky. But have no fear. With these 9 endings you're about to learn, you'll always have the perfect ending up your sleeve to use in any situation. Let's check em out!----Have you been trying to learn jazz piano with youtube videos, dvds, teachers but feellike you're still constantly guessin…
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep171 - Modern Neoclassical - Classical - New Age - Newage mix
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep171 - Modern Neoclassical - Classical - New Age - Newage mix https://www.youtube.com/@NewAgePianoMusicmixes Fariborz Lachhini - Zemestoon Brian Crain - Wind Abandoned Toys - Vermillions Reflections Oligar - Whispering piano NaMuHyang - At the Sight of a shadow Clara Ponty - Whispering Winds David Nevue - Winter Twilight R…
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"It's my own Invention"By Carlos Márquez
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"The Lion and the Unicorn"By Carlos Márquez
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I know I've been less frequent with new episodes, and now the next won't be until March 27th. I'm actually leaning towards ending the podcast, and focus on recordings for albums on the streamers. Podcasts are inherently free, and it costs me over $300 a year for hosting. I don't have much hope for true income from Spotify, iTunes and the rest, but …
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 3/6/2024
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Contestants: Peter and Mary-Bess Staffel calling from Bethany, WVBy American Public Media
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 2/28/2024
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Why is it that you're clinging to every note some jazz artists play, and others, you're kind of bored? I've heard monster players that technically sounded great! And played no "wrong" notes, but didn't inspire me or move my soul. I've also heard other players play a total of 5 notes better than anything I've ever heard! So what is it? In this podca…
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"Humpty Dumpty"By Carlos Márquez
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep170 - Modern Neoclassical - Ambient Instrumental - New Age Ethereal mix
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep170 - Modern Neoclassical - Ambient Instrumental - New Age Ethereal mix https://www.youtube.com/@NewAgePianoMusicmixes Pianotales - A Snowman Made Together Brian Crain - Winter Vangelis - Early years Abandoned Toys - Within a Lilac Clutch Craig Armstrong - Weather Storm Ben Woods - When We Knew No Different Clara Ponty - …
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Performance Today - Piano Puzzler 2/21/2024
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As with everything in life, a couple small changes can produce big results. The same holds true for creating a modern jazz piano sound. With a couple of small but mighty elements, you can begin to easily produce a modern jazz sound in your playing. But fair warning, even though each step is small, it does require a lot of practice. Let's dive in!--…
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep169 - Modern Instrumental - Newage - New Age - Ethereal Ambient music mix
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep169 - Modern Instrumental - Newage - New Age - Ethereal Ambient music mix https://www.youtube.com/@NewAgePianoMusicmixes Vangelis - Through the Night Mist Isaac Shepard - Letting Go Abandoned Toys - As Anastasia Shimmered Unearthly Danny Wright - Tapestry of Life Gabriela Parra - Olopte's Lullaby Jean-Michel Blais - Le La…
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"Wool and Water"By Carlos Márquez
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"Tweedledum and Tweedledee"By Carlos Márquez
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The ONLY Modern Jazz Chord You'll Ever Need - Part 2
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There is a chord that has become ubiquitous in the modern jazz idiom. This harmony can be used in a variety of settings, and has many implications for composition and improvisation in a modern jazz style. In this podcast lesson, Sterling Cozza will show you extended applications and how to expand your use of this chord with limitless possibilities.…
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Roberto Pineda: Tema De Yasmine by Carlos MárquezBy Carlos Márquez
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep168 - Modern Instrumental Neoclassical - Ethereal Ambient Classical - Newage mix
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep168 - Modern Instrumental Neoclassical - Ethereal Ambient Classical - Newage mix https://www.youtube.com/@NewAgePianoMusicmixes Anna Rose Carter - Unstitch Vangelis - Moonlight Reflections Abandoned Toys - Lorelei's Chamber of Verdure and Blossom David Nevue - Undertow Sophie Hutchings - Untitled Oskar Schuster - Une Vals…
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We are having people over every other week for the time being, in case you've noticed the episodes are less frequent. Tonight I played three live looping pieces, but only the last one recorded well, so I'm including it here. The rest is solo piano. Enjoy!By Blake Rowe
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The ONLY Modern Jazz Chord You'll Ever Need - Part 1
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There is a chord that has become ubiquitous in the modern jazz idiom. This harmony can be used in a variety of settings, and has many implications for composition and improvisation in a modern jazz style. Sterling Cozza will show you how to unlock the secrets behind this chord so you can implement it into your own playing. -----------------------Ha…
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep167 - Modern Neoclassical - Ambient Instrumental - Classical - Newage mix
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep167 - Modern Neoclassical - Ambient Instrumental - Classical - Newage mix https://www.youtube.com/@NewAgePianoMusicmixes Feeling Drawings - It's Me For You Yiruma - The Day After Abandoned Toys - Intoxicating Rememberances Fluttering Vangelis - Movement 9 Suzanne Ciani - The Enchantress Robin Spielberg - Take the Time (Le…
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Roberto Pineda: Mary's Blues by Carlos MárquezBy Carlos Márquez
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This episode only includes two rather long pieces. The second one began sounding like a Baroque melody I remembered, so I explored it without really knowing the whole tune. Afterwards I tracked it down, learning it was a Sarabande by Handel which was used in the movie Barry Lyndon. Go figure!By Blake Rowe
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep166 - Modern Instrumental - Ethereal Ambient - New Age - Newage mix
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep166 - Modern Instrumental - Ethereal Ambient - New Age - Newage mix https://www.youtube.com/@NewAgePianoMusicmixes Yuria - Flutter and Shame Eiko Yamashita - Stars Abandoned toys - A Soft Shadowed Innocence Joep Beving - Sleeping Lotus Suzanne Ciani - Sogno Agitato Sylvain Chauveau - Sous Yeux Probablement Yiruma - Someti…
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Once a year, usually in January, I sit down and record an audio only podcast. It's theraputic for me to reflect back on the year and think about what's coming up. If you're just into learning jazz piano and don't care about my thoughts, then you'll definitely want to skip this. On the other hand, if you want to hear back about what happened in 2023…
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep165 - Neoclassical - Ethereal Ambient - Newage - New Age mix 2024
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep165 - Neoclassical - Ethereal Ambient - Newage - New Age mix 2024 https://www.youtube.com/@NewAgePianoMusicmixes Vangelis - Nocturnal Promenade Lee Siwon - The Family is Sleeping Abandoned Toys - Requiem for Annissa Rick Wakeman - Rohan Hiroshi Yoshimura - Autumn Echo Ludovico Einaudi - Ritonare Hideyuki Hashimoto - Rin D…
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Well, I finally figured out how to record into the mixer while looping in the recording software on the computer. Here are two evenings put together, followed by solo piano as usual. If I were to try and make these into "finished" pieces, I would do some editing and better mixes, but at least you'll have an idea of where this is headed. In the solo…
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Roberto Pineda: Vals Diminuto by Carlos MárquezBy Carlos Márquez
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep164 - Neoclassical - Modern Classical - Newage - Film Music - Movie score 2024 mix
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Contemporary Piano Music Ep164 - Neoclassical - Modern Classical - Newage - Film Music - Movie score 2024 mix https://www.youtube.com/@NewAgePianoMusicmixes Suzanne Ciani - Pretend Yuhki Kuramoto - Prologue (ripples) Abandoned Toys - A Soft Shadowed Innocence Hidyuki Hashimoto - Pop Daniel Robbins - Prison Star Keiko Matsui - Presence of the Moon G…
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What to Practice For Jazz Piano: 2024 Goal Planning Part 2 & 3
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I gave out the planning aspect in my last podcast episode. How to organize your goals. How to rank them and prioritize them. How to make a plan, and how to revise your plan. If you haven't listened to that episode, you'll want to do that now, before listening to this. Now, I'll tell you WHAT to practice in order to reach your goals fast. The more y…
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Our whole family and romantic partners took a sound bath at a local studio. It was very relaxing. Tonight I wanted to try to use the piano as a sound vibration vehicle; much of the music was quite mellow, but of course a couple pieces had a natural build so I went for it. Enjoy.By Blake Rowe
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