JAZZ PIANO FOR BEGINNERS
Your first steps into the world of Jazz piano
with Andrea Saffirio
12 video lessons to master the basics of jazz piano: a practical course with Andrea Saffirio for beginner musicians.
The care for every detail allows us to offer a nearly live educational experience with the teacher, directly at your home.
A true master who offers you a unique educational path, enriched by what he himself has developed over years of experience.
Once you purchase the course, it will be yours forever and we will always be ready to offer you assistance to allow you to use it freely whenever you want.
COURSE DETAILS
The jazz piano course for beginners by Andrea Saffirio offers a complete path to approach this fascinating musical genre.
In 12 video lessons, participants will explore the fundamental elements of Jazz, starting from voicings and four-part chords, learning to simplify them to achieve greater harmonic clarity.
The course delves into the concept of swing, a distinctive element of Jazz, and guides students in developing a fluid and dynamic rhythmic interpretation.
Through practical exercises, you will discover how to reinterpret the melodies of Jazz standards, balancing the notes on the beat and offbeat to enrich the performance.
A particular attention is dedicated to the accompaniment rhythms, such as the Charleston Rhythm, and to the interaction with the soloists, to make the accompaniment more engaging.
The introduction to improvisation represents a crucial point: we will start from the key notes of the chords to build stable and coherent melodic lines.
The course includes exercises aimed at improving the ear-hand connection, essential for performing in real time what is musically imagined.
The practice is enriched with examples taken from solos of famous Jazz pianists, refining listening and personal interpretation.
The course is completed with the basics of music theory and practical application on pieces from the jazz repertoire, to consolidate technical skills and develop a unique style.
START NOWIntroduction to voicings and four-part chords. It explains how to simplify chords by eliminating the root and the fifth to focus on the third and seventh, improving harmonic clarity.
Concept of swing and how to develop it. It emphasizes the importance of playing accented off-beat eighth notes and how practical exercises can improve rhythmic perception.
How to interpret a melody with swing. You learn to balance notes on the beat and off the beat, and to reinterpret the melodies of jazz standards to add dynamism and rhythmic interest.
Introduction to basic accompaniment rhythms such as the Charleston Rhythm and the anticipatory rhythm. It illustrates how these rhythms can be used to create an effective accompaniment.
In-depth study on accompaniment. It explores the interaction with soloists, learning to insert chords during the soloist's pauses to make the accompaniment more dynamic and interesting.
Introduction to improvisation. We start from the clearest chord notes to build a solid foundation, using thirds, fifths, and sevenths to ensure a harmonically stable and interesting improvisation.
In-depth study of the use of licks and phrases in common harmonic progressions, analyzing the harmonic and rhythmic resolution of notes through diatonic and chromatic approaches, with practical exercises and useful transcriptions.
Practice on the ear-hand connection, aimed at executing in real time what is musically imagined. Exercises with pedals and melodies to develop an instinctive connection between ear and instrument.
Deepening the ear-hand connection through exercises with solos by famous pianists, focusing on active listening to assimilate swing and timbral nuances through reproduction and interpretation.
Suggestions for organizing daily study, introduction to classic pieces of the jazz repertoire, gradual learning methods for progressions and melodies, with examples of practical study.
Introduction to the basics of music theory focusing on notes, major and minor scales, and intervals. It explains how to quickly calculate the distances between notes, with practical exercises to understand and memorize the piano keyboard.
Advanced techniques for practical application of scales and intervals on jazz pieces. Exercises to improve fluency and precision, emphasizing the importance of phrasing and personal interpretation in solos and accompaniments.
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STRENGTHS
A video educational path in 4K and HD audio, the complete booklet of all the transcriptions of the musical parts analyzed and played by Andrea Saffirio.
AUDIO/VIDEO QUALITY
The care for every detail allows us to offer a nearly live educational experience with the teacher, directly at your home.
A TOP TEACHER
Andrea offers you a unique educational path, enriched by what he himself has developed over years of learning.
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For the maximum learning, our team has accurately transcribed all the teaching material proposed by Andrea.
ANDREA SAFFIRIO
Andrea Saffirio started playing the piano at the age of 7, studying classical music and ragtime, and later dedicating himself to jazz.
Active for years in the jazz scene, he has performed in the main clubs and festivals in Italy and Europe, being a finalist in various competitions for young musicians, winner of the "Jazz Live Award 2014" at the Fara Music Festival and the audience award at the "Chicco Bettinardi Award 2014."
He has collaborated, among others, with Aldo Bassi, Flavio Boltro, Fabrizio Bosso, Pietro Ciancaglini, Stefano Di Battista, Maurizio Giammarco, Rosario Giuliani, Eric Ineke, Massimo Morganti, Gegè Telesforo, Pietro Tonolo, Nicole Zuraits (Grammy Winner Artist) and others.
In 2022, he was a professor of Jazz Composition at the G. Nicolini Conservatory of Music in Piacenza.
In 2024, he was a lecturer in Jazz Composition at the G. Puccini Conservatory of Music in La Spezia.
Since 2017, he has been a teacher of jazz piano, improvisation, composition, and complementary piano at the Saint Louis College of Music in Rome.
Currently, Andrea teaches jazz composition at the Conservatory of Frosinone.
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