Scale studies
- All Lydian scales
- All Ionian scales in contrary motion
- Lydian scales dissection over moving arpeggiated inversions (C, F, Bb)
Left hand
- Gershwin’s reversed stride bass — study + applying (from Jazz Piano: The Left Hand by Riccardo Scivales
Observations
I was studying a fragment from the Gershwin piece today where he uses a particular bass pattern, and it felt so satisfying to finally get it: ah, that’s what he’s doing here! After half an hour of meandering it just clicked. Probably the best moment in piano practice: when you’re slowly digging your way through the piece, dreaded by all the sheet music, and it feels so weird and complicated, and then — bam! — the logic kicks in and you realise what exactly is happening here. And then you can just play it without even looking at the sheet music.
Session timing: 1h 45m
Black Hole Piano 