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How to play “If I Ain’t Got You” – Alicia Keys

MKz — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 05:53:38 +0000

This is one of my favorite songs and I’ve got to play this songs in many occasions. Anyways it’s always good to see how other people play the same song you have play a hundred times. At least you can learn some new voicing and idea so you can bring something fresh to your performance next time!

Brian Mcknight: Back At One (Piano Intro)

MKz — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 04:43:23 +0000

For those who wants to learn the beautiful piano intro of the song “Back at one” by Brian Mcknight. Recently I’ve got a chance to perform this song with my friends. Since I don’t really have a very good ear to hear all the notes and tensions from the intro of this song, I just decided to search in Youtube for a tutorials people have already made on this song and it really save my times. So I think it might be good to just share with you here.

Misty – Jazz piano lesson

MKz — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:05:19 +0000

I have many friends who play jazz and I am always amazed at how they learn their music. Not all of them anyway, but they can just go to some places where their ‘teachers’ play and they just watch and listen for hours. They then try to catch it without talking or saying any word and go back home to practice.

If you are those kind of student, then this video should be able to give you something to chew. Misty is one of my favorite standard jazz piece and I really like the way it is played in this video. I only watched it a few times and I think I’ve learnt something already.

Doug McKenzie is the guy who produced this video. This is a ‘trio’ version of the ballad ‘Misty’ – with lots of extra information helpful to jazz piano students. You can also see more of his lessons at his site at http://web.newsguy.com/dougmck

There is a much clearer copy of the video for download, as well as a transcription, the midi file recored with the video, and an MP3 file of the bass and brushes backing he recorded separately. Check out his site.