Beginner Jazz Piano Players

Beginner Jazz piano players should be aware of the hard work involve to be successful at playing jazz. Although playing jazz music and wanting to start your journey into the world of jazz music requires work, the rewards are great. For players, the art of playing jazz requires a lot of practice and being alone with the piano. Learning the art of jazz on the piano, only requires that you have a basic knowledge of the piano. You should have the basic concept of scales and its construction. The knowledge of chords and their formation and triads. If you do not know most of these things, don't give up on learning how to play jazz. No one has mastered everything in jazz. It would take a lifetime to do this. You should take a few things that you interest in and incorporate it in your practice.




Beginner jazz piano players should start focusing on learning the 12 basic major and minor scales. Major scales play a big role in the jazz principles and techniques you will be practicing. Although memorizing the 12 different major scales is good, you should understand the theory on how major scales are created. When you begin to learn your scales, you should use what is call "The Circle of Fifths".



This is the concept known a the Circle of Fifths



*C major = A minor

*G major (1 sharp) = E minor

*D major (2 sharps) = B minor

*A major (3 sharps) =F# minor

*E major (4 sharps) = C# minor

*B major (5 sharps) = G# minor

*F# major (6 sharps) = D# minor

*Db major (5 flats) = Bb minor

*Ab major (4 flats) = F minor

*Eb major (3 flats) = C minor

*Bb major (2 flats) =G minor

*F major (1 Flat) = D minor



All musicians should know how to play in all 12 keys. Knowing how to do this plus having a good idea of chords and how they are made, will make you very much in demand in the jazz arena.



Learning jazz piano is not as difficult as it seems or look, it just takes time and practice. All jazz musicians

must go through the seem thing. It is the one who sticks with it that will be successful. With time and practice your rewards will come as a beginner jazz piano player.

Learning how to Play Jazz Piano

Learning how to play jazz piano is the next stage to take in your piano lesson training. After taking piano basic piano lessons, you should have a basic understanding of the keyboard. To have a good feel for playing jazz, you should have a good understanding of chord construction and formation, feeling the rhythm of the song and keeping a steady beat. You should also have a good understanding of the twelve scales and their modes. This sounds like a lot of work, but if you love music, and want to be the best that you can be at playing the piano,this work should come easy. You must also have a basic understanding of piano theory.

Learning how to play jazz piano, involves learning all twelve basic scales. you should also learn their triads. A musician should know how play a solo in any key. Knowing how to do this, will help you sit-in and play with any band at any time. In order to do this, you should start practicing the scales on the piano with your right hand. Once you feel comfortable with your right hand, start training your left hand. Once this is accomplished, start using both hands together playing the scales up and down the keyboard. Start slowly with both hands on the piano, playing each scale for one octave.

Learning how to play jazz piano will put a lot of pressure on you at first, but the rewards will last a lifetime. Playing jazz on the piano will give and get you great rewards in your life and finance. Learning jazz piano is a life long commitment. There are so many styles, scales and voicing in jazz, that you will never know everything in playing this type of music. One thing would help, is to start listening to different types and style of music.

You will begin to see results when you put aside a certain time each day to do your jazz lessons, when you start learning how to play jazz piano.