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How do you do this on piano when playing jazz?

How to show my Director i`m serious about playing piano for his jazz band?

  • I'm currently a Bassoon player for the concert band and a saxophone for marching band, and I want to play piano for jazz band but he didn't really take me serious. Should I ...show more

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    You aren't ready. Jazz is advanced music, and it's based on being able to use previous knowledge to improvise and rearrange things on the fly. If you don't even know all your scales, you aren't ready and you won't be by Monday. Please don't take that harshly, just trying to help you understand where you are and where you need to be. Go ahead and prepare whatever you want for Monday. Even if you don't make the band, you'll get valuable feedback about what you need learn. Ask if you can \ audit the class (sit in the back and listen) even if you don't make the band. You will still learn a lot about how jazz is played and what you'll need to know in order to audition next year. And you'll make friends who will also teach you and help you. When I studied jazz in college, I learned as much from the other students as from my teachers. Willingness to make an honest assessment of your own skill level, to accept constructive criticism, and taking action to improve your skill level is the ONLY way to make him take you seriously.

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First of all, do you have any piano history (do you already know how to play the piano)? If not, learning may take a while. Try to know as many chords and scales as possible because in Piano jazz, most of it is chords. Good luck.

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