Why 'Summertime' Is the Perfect Jazz Tune to Learn Right Now
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Reader,
We're starting a new series this week learning to play the great Gershwin tune, Summertime. After all, it's been a real heat wave here lately.
Summertime Workshops
- July 11 - Learn the changes, basic voicings and melody
- July 18 - Add style, swing and melodic syncopation
- July 25 - Soloing strategies to practice
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RSVP For the Series
Our workshops are free to join live on Zoom each week. I encourage you to join with your instrument and play along.
Our next one is this Friday, July 11, at 1pm Eastern.
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Prepare This Before the Workshop
This week we're focused on 3-note rootless voicings in our left hand, and the melody in our right. Take a few minutes between now and Friday to refresh your memory on these voicings here in Chapter 4 of the Chord Voicings Course.
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Josh Walsh
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PS. Where is this weeks transcription?
I've posted a new transcription to this newsletter every week for 2 years. These transcriptions take 8-10 hours to complete.
I have so many things I'm working on to grow this program, but they are moving too slow because of how much time I spend on these transcriptions.
Transcribing is a big part of my own growth at the piano. Iām still committed to sharing them with you in this newsletter and in the Jazz-Library community as I complete them.
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