Faster Fingers

We all want to play the piano faster and be stronger in what we play. However, we also need accuracy, dexterity, fluidity, dynamics and most of all musicality. In this lesson, I will show you how to achieve these characteristics in your playing through some simple exercises of both your fingers...and your mind!

In this second volume we are going to focus on arpeggios. The sheet music has the fingering for all 12 Major scales in 2 octaves. In the lesson we will cover Major, minor and Dominant 7th arpeggios in ALL 12 keys. We will also cover how to gain more fluidity in your arpeggio playing. In addition, I will show you fun and unique exercises in each key that you can apply to other keys and incorporate into your playing.

In part 2 of Faster Fingers we will be covering keys G through B. I will also give you a "lesson plan" in the last chapter so you know what to do with these arpeggios and how to move forward.

In this first lesson we will be covering scales in broken thirds, free-style practice, bebop scales, scale approaches and more improvisation using the 1/2-whole diminished scale. These exercises are a great way to improve your jazz improvisation skills. (Faster Fingers 3a)

In this second part, we will cover over a dozen different melodic approach techniques and was to practice them. Using these approaches, your improvisation lines will sound more sophisticated, you will gain a lot of dexterity and you will get to know your chords inside and out! In part 3, will put together parts 1 & 2 to show you several more ways of creating lines using these techniques. (Faster Fingers 3b)

If you want to learn improvisation, this is the lesson for you. These concepts are VERY IMPORTANT for creating both bebop lines and general improvisational lines. Think of a line as a lick or phrase. In this lesson we will cover several lines and their construction. These ideas will quickly help you in 2 ways: 1) it will make your playing sound more sophisticated right away and 2) you will start to understand how to create and "weave" an improvised line through a set of chords. (Faster Fingers 3c)