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28 The Way to Jazz Up Piano Lessons (w/ Sean-David McGoran)
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Do you want to include more improv in your lessons? Do you want students to be more comfortable with different keys and scales? How do you start introducing improvisation with a student so it’s not scary or intimidating? Today’s guest, Sean-David McGoran has a degree in jazz composition, plays piano, trumpet and saxophone, has performed in small groups, big orchestras, jazz bands, musical theater, and church settings. He not only has amazing improv skills, he has been teaching for over 39 years! In this episode, Sean-David gives us great tips on not only how to introduce improv to students, but also how to use improv as a tool to help other skills like familiarity with keys and scales.
Resources
Sean-David’s studio website: https://www.thetunedinacademy.org/
Mark Davis Jazz Piano Method: https://a.co/d/bsSLKuU
Jerry Bergonzi: https://www.jerrybergonzi.net/instructional-content
Hal Crook, How to Improvise: https://www.amazon.com/How-Improvise-Approach-Practicing-Improvisation/dp/3892210314
Piano By Ear by Lucinda Macworth-Young: https://www.lucinda-mackworth-young.co.uk/piano-by-ear
29 episodes
Manage episode 435177862 series 3519283
Do you want to include more improv in your lessons? Do you want students to be more comfortable with different keys and scales? How do you start introducing improvisation with a student so it’s not scary or intimidating? Today’s guest, Sean-David McGoran has a degree in jazz composition, plays piano, trumpet and saxophone, has performed in small groups, big orchestras, jazz bands, musical theater, and church settings. He not only has amazing improv skills, he has been teaching for over 39 years! In this episode, Sean-David gives us great tips on not only how to introduce improv to students, but also how to use improv as a tool to help other skills like familiarity with keys and scales.
Resources
Sean-David’s studio website: https://www.thetunedinacademy.org/
Mark Davis Jazz Piano Method: https://a.co/d/bsSLKuU
Jerry Bergonzi: https://www.jerrybergonzi.net/instructional-content
Hal Crook, How to Improvise: https://www.amazon.com/How-Improvise-Approach-Practicing-Improvisation/dp/3892210314
Piano By Ear by Lucinda Macworth-Young: https://www.lucinda-mackworth-young.co.uk/piano-by-ear
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