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2 Minute JazzStop F%*#ing Up Footprints - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzPeter Martin shows you how to fix three common mistakes people make when playing Wayne Shorter's classic standard "Footprints."For full length piano lessons with Peter Martin, check out https://www.openstudiojazz.com/piano========================================================What's going on? Peter Martin here for Two Minute Jazz. What is that? That's the correct introduction to "Footprints." It's a wonderful tune from Wayne Shorter that is often butchered. But we're gonna fix that today. I'm gonna talk to you about how to stop playing this tune wrong. I'm gonna give you three major errors...2019-11-0802 min

2 Minute JazzThe RIGHT Way to Practice Pentatonics - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzDid you know that you're probably practicing pentatonic scales the wrong way? Peter Martin shows you an exercise to fix your fingering.For full length piano lessons with Peter Martin, check out https://www.openstudiojazz.com/piano========================================================What's goin' on everybody? Peter Martin here for 2 Minute Jazz. Want to talk to you about pentatonics. I've got a brand new exercise for you over C minor, or E flat major, however you wanna think about it. And we go through two different levels, three different rhythms for each one. 2019-10-1702 min $You\'ll Hear It$ You'll Hear ItAll About Adam & Peter's PalatePlant-Based vs. Keto: Peter and Adam ditch talking about their palettes for an episode and decide to discuss their palates, instead.Open Studio has a brand new course from renowned pianist Helio Alves! Brazilian Jazz Piano shows you the authentic way to play Brazilian jazz styles including samba, bossa nova, baião, and more. Go to https://www.openstudiojazz.com/brazilian-jazz-piano for more info.Like those You'll Hear It shirts Peter shows off on the podcast? Want some YHI swag of your own? Take a visit to our store! Just go to https://t...2019-10-0816 min

2 Minute JazzDiatonic Fourth Shapes - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzTired of using the same old piano voicings when playing ballads? Peter Martin shows you some new shapes to shake things up.For full length piano lessons with Peter Martin, check out https://www.openstudiojazz.com/piano========================================================What's going on everybody? Peter Martin here for Two Minute Jazz. Hope you're doing well. Got a quick tip to you today on diatonic fourth voicings. Just playing around a little on "If I Should Lose You" and I was just thinking about the uses for this on ballads. But e...2019-09-2702 min $You\'ll Hear It$ You'll Hear ItTwo-Handed Voicings That Kick AssOn today's episode, Peter and Adam revisit a blog post on some of their favorite two-handed voicings. To see the original blog post, you can go here: http://youllhearit.com/two-handed-fourth-voicings-peter-martin/.You'll Hear It is now an award-nominated podcast! That's right, we're a finalist in the Music category for The People's Choice Podcast Awards. To see the full list of nominees, go to https://www.podcastawards.com.Like those You'll Hear It shirts Peter shows off on the podcast? Want some YHI swag of your own? Take a visit to our store! Just...2019-09-1610 min $You\'ll Hear It$ You'll Hear ItPracticing While Others Are AroundToday, Peter and Adam answer a SpeakPipe on how to get your practice time in without annoying your friends and family. Wanna send a SpeakPipe of your own? Sign up for You'll Hear It Premium to access our SpeakPipe hotline! Go to https://www.openstudiojazz.com/yhi for more info.The ending theme song for today's episode is "In the Meantime" by Harrison Richter, which was recorded live at The 1905. To get your music featured on You'll Hear It, send an MP3 recording of your music to andrew@openstudionetwork.com.Peter Martin and...2019-09-1313 min $You\'ll Hear It$ You'll Hear ItAdvice From a Master: Thelonious Monk (Part 2)And now, the thrilling conclusion of Thelonious Monk's priceless advice for jazz musicians. To check out Steve's notes, go here: http://cdn8.openculture.com/2017/12/17225415/monkgigtips4.jpgPeter Martin and Romero Lubambo have a new album! Buy Rio Meets New Orleans - Live from Tokyo right here: https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/romerolubambopetermartinLike those You'll Hear It shirts Peter shows off on the podcast? Want some YHI swag of your own? Take a visit to our store! Just go to https://teespring.com/stores/open-studioLet us know what you...2019-09-1213 min $You\'ll Hear It$ You'll Hear ItAdvice From a Master: Thelonious Monk (Part 1)It's part one of a two-parter as Peter and Adam analyze some advice straight from the mouth of Thelonious Monk (and straight from the notepad of Steve Lacy). To check out Steve's notes, go here: http://cdn8.openculture.com/2017/12/17225415/monkgigtips4.jpgHappy Hump Day! This week's Hump Day Special is Peter Martin and Romero Lubambo's new CD free with the purchase of any course from Open Studio. Just go to https://www.openstudiojazz.com/, purchase a course, and then send your checkout receipt to andrew@openstudionetwork.com with the subject line "Hump Day CD" and the...2019-09-1116 min $You\'ll Hear It$ You'll Hear ItWhat Brings About Stank Face?Things get stanky in the Podcave today as Peter and Adam converse about their favorite side-effect of great jazz: stank face.Check out the latest offering from Open Studio: The Bird Pack! This is a curated collection of 7 lessons from Peter Martin's acclaimed Jazz Piano Method course. Each lesson covers the tunes and key concepts of Charlie Parker's wonderful music, as well as tips for enhancing your bebop playing. Go to https://www.openstudiojazz.com/the-bird-pack for more info.Like those You'll Hear It shirts Peter shows off on the podcast? Want some...2019-09-0315 min $You\'ll Hear It$ You'll Hear ItGetting Past LicksToday, it's a SpeakPipe about how to effectively play licks while improvising. Wanna send a SpeakPipe of your own? Sign up for You'll Hear It Premium to access our SpeakPipe hotline! Go to https://www.openstudiojazz.com/yhi for more info.For the casino licks video (including YHI's own Peter Martin), go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwTTxLgaWNAFor the classic Tootsie Pop commercial and all the nostalgia it entails, go here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IA5Cv_5-g8And for the rest of this week, you...2019-08-0815 min

2 Minute JazzHow to Play Patterns That Don't Sound Like Patterns - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzPatterns might be a dirty word in jazz, but Peter Martin shows you how to play them without making it obvious.========================================================What's going on everybody, Peter Martin here for 2 Minute Jazz. Wanna talk to you about patterns, which is a little bit of a dirty word for me, but there I said it. But I want to talk to you about how we can play patterns, without them sounding like patterns.Now, a pattern is anything that's repeated, it could be anything that you repeat and move around. So, how...2019-07-1103 min

2 Minute JazzOne Easy Left Hand Comping Trick - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzPeter Martin shows you a simple left hand comping technique that can add another layer of groove to your playing using only the root-5, 6, and 7.========================================================What's goin' on, everybody? Peter Martin here for Two Minute Jazz. Just wanted to throw one little left hand technique. We got a lotta cool things we can do over Chick Corea's "Spain" to get that groove going.But one that I realized I do sometimes, kinda wish I did it more, is just the concept of root and five, root and six, and root...2019-05-3102 min

2 Minute JazzTwo-Handed Fourth Voicings - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzPeter Martin shows you different movements and scales you can combine to add variety to your voicings.========================================================What's going on everybody? Peter Martin here, just wanna talk a little bit about two-handed voicings, use of fourths that can be so useful. Just playing around a little bit over "Autumn Leaves." And especially when you combine them with other types of voicings, maybe even kind of block chords situations. Kind of traditional stuff.And then when we play in the fourths, these are all perfect fourths and there's certainly a lot...2019-05-0302 min $You\'ll Hear It$ You'll Hear ItAccompanying: When to Use Solo FillsIt's a quick SpeakPipe today, and Peter and Adam talk about playing fills. Wanna send a SpeakPipe of your own? Check out the bottom of the page at http://www.openstudionetwork.com/podcast.Check out Open Studio's Brazilian Rhythm Section Course for lessons on piano accompaniment.Artists to Check Out: Peter Martin & Dianne Reeves: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/album/a-little-moonlight/716525814?app=itunes Antônio Carlos Jobim: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/artist/ant%C3%B4nio-carlos-jobim/201663245?app=itunes Oscar Peterson: https://geo.itunes.apple.com/artist/oscar-peterson/31620?app=itunes John Coltrane & Jo...2019-05-0308 min $You\'ll Hear It$ You'll Hear It7 Albums Peter Never KnewAdam returns the favor and drops some knowledge on Peter in today's episode as he shows him 7 albums he's never listened to. You can listen to all of them on our Spotify playlist here: 7 Albums Peter Never Knew PlaylistToday's episode is sponsored by the Oxford American. The Oxford Americanis a magazine dedicated to documenting the complexity and vitality of the American South. Its award-winning annual music issue comes with a CD sampler and digital download - a must-have for any serious music fan. Recent issues have featured Nina Simone, Thelonious Monk, John Cag...2019-05-0217 min

2 Minute Jazz2-Handed Rhythmic Comping - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzPeter Martin provides some examples of taking inspiration from hand drums for your comping.========================================================What's going on everybody? Peter Martin here for 2 Minute Jazz. Wanna talk to you this week about two-handed rhythmic comping ideas. Now, it's so effective to comp with both hands, where we're linked up rhythmically.But what about if we can combine a little bit of two handed stuff? So the idea with this, and what I want you to think about for inspiration, is somebody playing the hand drums, right?So it's...2019-04-1202 min

2 Minute JazzBebop Passing Tones - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzPeter Martin shows you how to add passing tones to your lines to get a more authentic bebop sound.========================================================(piano music) - What's going on everybody? Peter Martin here for Two Minute Jazz. Got a quick tip for you today on bebop passing tones. So many different ways to get into an authentic and really satisfying bebop sound, but one of them that I love that really kinda comes from a harmonic concept that can inform your melodic bebop playing is passing tones, and I'm gonna just talk about two today.2019-03-2103 min $You\'ll Hear It$ You'll Hear ItOur 7 Favorite Jazz CompositionsIt's a new week and a new list of 7 from the Podcave, as Peter and Adam give their HIGHLY SUBJECTIVE list of their favorite jazz compositions. You can listen to all of them on our Spotify playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/user/12741112/playlist/6kJxFfAOUfG2o6GzfvEpza?si=745VSbZfRcS0yTkkqR-pXgFavorite Jazz Compositions "East St. Louis Toodle-Oo" - Duke Ellington "Lush Life" - Billy Strayhorn "Ruby, My Dear" - Thelonious Monk "A Night in Tunisia" - Dizzy Gillespie "Inner Urge" - Joe Henderson "Before It's Time to Say Goodbye" - Kenny Kirkland "Remembering" - Avishai...2019-03-1820 min

2 Minute JazzAccumulating Vocabulary Ideas - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzPeter Martin shows you how to spice up a tune by paying attention to phrases within the composition.=====================================================(upbeat piano music) - What's going on everybody? Peter Martin here for Two Minute Jazz. Just got a quick tip for you today, about accumulating vocabulary ideas and knowledge, for your compositions. Not just for the licks that you wanna play, and the substitutions and stuff, but as you're learning tunes really paying attention, to some compositional features there, that you can apply to your own tunes, when the right time comes. So, I've been...2019-01-1803 min

2 Minute JazzTwo Triads for THAT Gospel Vibe - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzPeter Martin shows you 2 triads you can use to add some gospel flavor to your playing.=====================================================(soulful piano music) - What's going on everybody? Peter Martin here for 2 Minute Jazz. Hope you're doing great. Just wanna talk a little bit more about getting that gospel sound, that gospel feel, that gospel sensibility into your jazz and groove playing. I'm gonna give you just two triads. I'm gonna give you - they're already out there! We're looking at G-flat major.(soulful piano music)Little simple progression going down to B-f...2018-12-0802 min

2 Minute JazzSwinging Triplets - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzPeter Martin teaches you the keys to keeping your triplets locked in the groove.=====================================================For full length piano lessons with Peter Martin, check out www.openstudionetwork.com/piano#2minjazz #openstudio #petermartin #jazz #piano #happypracticing #swinging #tripletsWebsite: https://www.openstudionetwork.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyopenstudioTwitter: https://twitter.com/HeyOpenStudioFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeyOpenStudio See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2018-11-0703 min

2 Minute JazzThe Secret to Modern Block Chord Soloing - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzPeter Martin shows you how to solo with block chords in a modern style.=====================================================For full length piano lessons with Peter Martin, check out www.openstudionetwork.com/piano#2minjazz #openstudio #petermartin #jazz #piano #happypracticing #blockchord #soloingWebsite: https://www.openstudionetwork.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyopenstudioTwitter: https://twitter.com/HeyOpenStudioFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeyOpenStudio See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2018-10-1603 min

2 Minute JazzOne Simple Practice Hack for Playing Fast - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzPeter Martin shows you some tips for playing quickly on the piano.=====================================================For full length piano lessons with Peter Martin, check out www.openstudionetwork.com/piano#2minjazz #openstudio #petermartin #jazz #piano #happypracticing #practicehack #playingfastWebsite: https://www.openstudionetwork.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyopenstudioTwitter: https://twitter.com/HeyOpenStudioFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeyOpenStudio See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2018-10-0303 min

2 Minute JazzLeft Hand Voicing Options - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzPeter Martin shows you how to get into a flow with your left hand voicings.=====================================================For full length piano lessons with Peter Martin, check out www.openstudionetwork.com/pianoFor more videos like this, check out Open Studio's blog: https://www.openstudionetwork.com/blog/Website: https://www.openstudionetwork.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyopenstudio/Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeyOpenStudio/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OpenStudioNetwork/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2018-09-1004 min

2 Minute Jazz4 On The Floor - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzPeter Martin gives some keys to playing in the Four On The Floor style on the piano.=====================================================What's goin' on everybody? Peter Martin here for 2 Minute Jazz. I want to talk to you about what I like to call Four on the Floor for the piano. (rhythmic piano playing)So playing Duke Ellington's "Do Nothing Til You Hear From Me," and I was kind of reminded what a great technique this is to be able to add in and we can kind of transition from walking bass, to that four on...2018-07-0204 min

2 Minute JazzHow To Play 7/8 Time - Peter Martin | 2 Minute Jazz=====================================================What's goin' on everybody? Peter Martin here for Two Minute Jazz. I wanna talk to you today about playing in 7. Now, it's fun to play in odd tempos, but it's not fun to get lost playing in odd tempos. So I wanna give you just one little tip here for playing in 7. And that is: play over the bar lines. Okay? So if we're going, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7: And that's the groove. The tendency is to want to play your solo lines like segmented by bar because it's stretching out so long. So it'd be like, 5, 6, 7:Okay...2018-06-0700 min

2 Minute JazzRhythmic Syncopation for Your Comping - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzPeter Martin demonstrates rhythmic syncopation that will be helpful for comping. =====================================================What's going on everybody? Peter Martin here for Two-Minute Jazz. I want to talk to you today about rhythmic syncopation for your comping. I want you thinking very basic. Let's build up. Let's get our swing going. Let's really think about some ways that we can enhance the swing with some basic syncopation.So we've got: So pretend like we're comping for a singer or horn player. No bass player, so we're playing two feel on...2017-12-1103 min

2 Minute JazzFourth Voicings - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzPeter demonstrates how to incorporate cool fourth voicings in major seventh chords in your solos and comping!=================================================================================What's going on everybody? Peter Martin here for Two-Minute Jazz. I want to talk to you today about fourth voicings. Maybe in a situation that you haven't used them a lot, which is a major seventh chord.You know over the minor, Dorian kind of sound like C minor, these voicings based on fourths, moving them around diatonically can work really well with some chromatic stuff and all that but over the major, so we...2017-11-2702 min

2 Minute JazzPlaying Outside - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzPeter demonstrates how to play outside of a chord while in a different chord... but still be in that chord... It sounds like magic...===================================================What's going on, everybody? Peter Martin here, for Two Minute Jazz Piano. I wanna talk to you today about playing outside.So, (jazz piano) normally when we talk about playing outside, we just mean shifting harmonically from what the actual chord we'reon for a little bit of time when we're not supposed to be changing the chord. But we use that other harmonic area...2017-11-1303 min

2 Minute JazzFully Diminished Voicings - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzAre you scared of fully diminished voicings? Never fear, Peter Martin is here to give you some tips.====================================================What's going on everybody? Peter Martin here for Two-Minute Jazz.We're gonna talk about fully diminished chords today. I want to give you a little bit of ideas for your voicings. So we're gonna take"Embraceable You." E flat major. Then the second chord: G flat fully diminished. So we've got the root, minor third, minor fifth, diminished seventh. but I've always thought that was kind of a basic sound. 2017-10-3002 min

2 Minute JazzGreat Gospel Flavor for your Jazz Playing - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzPeter Martin demonstrates one easy technique to add some gospel flavor to your jazz playing.===================================================What's going on everybody? Peter Martin here for 2 Minute Jazz Piano. I want to show you one concept for adding in some gospel flavor into your jazz playing today.So many great ways that we can do this, but we can just add one at a time, give a little hint of the gospel vibe, I think it works well.So we're in the key of G and if we're playing jazz, say like...2017-08-2101 min

2 Minute JazzThree Sweet Piano Chords For Ya! - Peter Martin | 2-Minute JazzPeter Martin breaks down three useful voicings for minor chords.=======================================================================What's going on, everybody? Peter Martin here for Two Minute Jazz Piano. I want to show you three minor chord voicings that you may not be familiar with that I really like, use a lot, hopefullyyou'll enjoy them, too.So minor, basic and potentially boring, right? (pleasant piano music) So what can we do?Here's the first one. This is a minor 11, just going through chromatically and I really like this voicing. We've got the root...2017-08-1402 min

2 Minute JazzThe Real Way To Play Bossa Nova - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzPeter breaks down the real way to play a Brazilian bossanova groove.===================================================What's going on everybody? Peter Martin here for Two Minute Jazz Piano.I want to talk to you about bossanova jazz piano styles today and a little secret to tighten up your playing and get it a little bit more authentic in that authentic Brazilian bossanova style.(pleasant piano music)So that's the foundation of the groove. Now you'll notice that I'm not playing: all that with the bassline. You may have learned it t...2017-08-0702 min

2 Minute JazzAutumn Leaves Performance, Part 2 - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzPeter Martin performs "Autumn Leaves."=============================================See Part 1 for a breakdown of the chords and voicings:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpnjOfbZMnEFor more lessons and full length courses with Peter Martin, check out www.openstudionetwork.com/piano See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.2017-07-3102 min

2 Minute JazzAutumn Leaves, Part 1 - Peter Martin | 2 Minute JazzPeter Martin gives you some quick tips to playing the standard "Autumn Leaves."=====================================================What's going on everybody? Peter Martin here for 2 Minute Jazz Piano. I want to go through the tune, Autumn Leaves, give you a brief tutorial on playing the head with some real simple and prettyvoicings. We're going to think about it in three zones. You've got the melody:and then you've got the middle zone, and these are going to be triads. Three-note voicings with nice resolutions. Some fourths. Just some good sounding s...2017-07-2502 min