Moonchild: Journey Through The Real Book

A jazz piano lesson to help you learn Keith Jarrett’s jazz standard “Moonchild.”
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Going deeper than just the notes on the page 0:10
Making the tunes “our own” 0:17
Learning how to approach jazz standards 0:41
I didn’t understand “Moonchild” at first 0:49
The Gary Burton & Keith Jarrett album 1:05
The jazz scene in 1970 1:38
Marrying jazz harmonies with pop/rock grooves 2:32
The vibraphonist Gary Burton 2:58
The Boston jazz scene of the late 1960s/early 1970s 3:12
The influence of bassist/composer Steve Swallow 3:29
The musical form of “Moonchild” 3:35
Getting a sense of the tune 3:47
Staying with it and letting it sink in 4:20
The path towards learning tunes like “Moonchild” 4:40
Playing/singing the melody 5:20
Absorbing the chord progression 5:37
The quirkiness of Jarrett’s music 6:10
A spicy melodic note 6:19
The value of repetitive practice 6:43
Embracing the journey 7:03
Beginning to improvise on “Moonchild” 7:14
Old-school ear training 8:20
A King Crimson song with the same title 8:55
An overview of approaches 9:39
Starting right away with the melody 10:30
Treating the beginning of the improv as an extension of the melody 11:31
Left-hand melodic motion 11:39
Using repetition 11:43
A change in mood 11:56
Letting the motif become the texture 12:18
Longer melodic lines 12:24
Softer, with a shorter motif 12:32
Adding an alto voice 12:43
Improvising on a motif from the tune’s melody 12:58
Harp-like arpeggiation 13:10
Morphing into stepwise lines 13:30
A very different kind of phrasing 13:39
Improvising with 3rds 14:02
Single-note improv 14:21
Descending lines 14:25
Simple, melodic improv 14:42
Reprising Jarrett’s melody 14:51
RH arpeggios under the melody 15:10
Harmonizing in 3rds 15:16
Contrary motion 15:20
More chordal 15:20
Returning to the opening texture 15:18
Coming in for a landing 15:55
Em11 16:05
Bringing “Late Jarrett” to his early compositions 16:12
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Let the process happen 17:18
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Ron