Microcourse: Teaching Jazz at the Piano

Teaching Jazz at the Piano offers practical pedagogy around five elements of teaching jazz: articulation, chord symbols, listening, comping, and improvisation. This fully online microcourse is designed to be completed at your own pace.

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Course Curriculum

Topics include: articulation, syncopation, chord symbols, common progressions, chord reading, aural skills, using recordings, comping, improvisation, and more!

1. How to use this course
1. Course Introduction
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2. Welcome Survey
1. Session Contents
2. Video (with Transcript): "Jazz Articulation" with Jeremy Siskind
3. Reading: "The Rhythms of Jazz: Syncopation" by Lee Evans
4. Reflection Question
5. Session Resources
1. Session Contents
2. Video (with Transcript): "Chord Symbols" with Jeremy Siskind
3. Reading 1: "ii7 - V7 - Imaj7: An Essential Building Block of Jazz Harmony" by Geoffrey Haydon
4. Reading 2: "How Do You Teach Fluent Chord Reading?" (Richard Chronister, Editor)
5. Reading 3: "Diminished Seventh Chords, and, Pardon the Expression, Half-Diminished Seventh Chords in Jazz and Popular Music" by Lee Evans
6. Reflection Question
7. Session Resources
1. Session Contents
2. Video (with Transcript): "Teaching Jazz" with Jeremy Siskind
3. Reading: "Do You Use Recordings to Reinforce Your Teaching of Repertoire?" (Marvin Blickenstaff, Editor)
4. Reflection Question
5. Session Resources
1. Session Contents
2. Video (with Transcript): "Jazz Articulation" with Jeremy Siskind
3. Reading 1: "Comping 101—Accompanying Students" by Bradley Sowash
4. Reading 2: "Comping 102—Going Further with "Boom-Chicks" by Bradley Sowash
5. Reading 3: "Comping 103—Waltz-Time Broken Chords" by Bradley Sowash
6. Reflection Question
7. Session Resources
1. Session Contents
2. Video (with Transcript): "Jazz Improvisation" with Jeremy Siskind
3. Reading: "What Important Elements of Jazz Are Appropriate for Early-Level Students?" (Martha Appleby, Editor)
4. Reflection Question
5. Session Resources
6. Exit Survey

About this course

$30.00
33 lessons
0 hours of video content
Self-guided course to be completed at your own pace

Course Contributors

Jeremy Siskind, Lee Evans, and others

Video and written materials taken from sources including Keyboard Companion, Clavier Companion, Piano Magazine, Teaching Foundational Technique, Inspiring Artistry, From the Artist Bench, and webinars.

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Testimonials

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