On this page you can find free information and Audio/Video links.
Great Websites
A great website for tips on how to improve your singing
https://takelessons.com/blog/online-resources-for-singers
A great website for free jazz piano lessons.
http://www.freejazzlessons.com/
Another website filled with jazz tips – this link goes directly to Perpetual motion exercises for Bebop jazz.
http://jasonlyonjazz.wordpress.com/2013/06/14/bebop-perpetual-motion-exercises/
A Music Think tank – this link goes to ten rules for better songwriting.
http://www.musicthinktank.com/blog/top-10-rules-for-better-songwriting.html
A Musical Playground for Kids – and anyone else wanting to improve their music theory – Music Theory Lessons
https://www.aaastateofplay.com/a-musical-playground-for-kids-music-theory-lessons/
Hand, wrist, and finger positioning guide for piano players
https://www.wristbandexpress.com/content/hand-wrist-finger-positioning-guide-piano-players/
Video Links to Great Playing
Oscar Peterson jazz piano lesson. A great TV interview where Oscar explains stylistic features of different jazz styles. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec-FrnaU0rs
Full Length interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-30OfVjHw98
Oscar Peterson interviewd by Andre Previn. Two master pianists – and they both play during this interview. A wonderful interview with great piano playing. The link is Part 1 of 6 parts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55wYm8csHC4
One of the great contemporary keyboardists, Rick Wakeman: playing a solo version of some of his music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cx5ovZVGcd0
A great jazz fusion composer and pianist Chick Corea: with his band “Return to Forever”.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lObVilGPjHc&list=RDppUpj90YAFU
A timeless classic – the Warsaw Concerto – played by Iona Maria Lapascu. A piece of music that made it from the movie theatre to the concert hall.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DaZemfnxSE
Dorothy Donegan – An unsung genius of boogie woogie!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6WFgLIPu7g and
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzuO2bfMKSw
Michael Jones – a beautiful lyrical, ambient pianist
Amber (with David Darling)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlJ11Po18NA
Video Instructional Links
How to play piano like Oscar Peterson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvqXB5LwNSQ
How to play a 2-5-1 Bebop lick on the piano
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BSdAEe-XG8