- Technical
- Dohannyi: continuing to try out exercises
- Hanon: back to book 2
- 7th chord 2-octave arpeggios: all keys, LH
- Modal studies
- Harmonising Mixo with shells in RH & 2-octave stride patterns in LH
Observations
Although Dohannyi looked cool at first, it turned out to be a little too complex for me. Also diminished-based exercises are really very “classical music-y”, and that’s not exactly what I’m going for. Playing that kind of stuff only makes you realise how much you suck in comparison with classical pianists. My goal is essentially jazz comping and more freedom in left hand patterns, so I might not need to go in this direction. This is why I picked up Hanon book 2 again that I put to the side back in 2017, and I must say it felt just right now. So I’ll stick to it for a while and go back to my voicing studies.
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