Learning Giant Steps For The Jazz Pianist

Learning Giant Steps For The Jazz Pianist

Giant Steps by John Coltrane has always been considered as a difficult tune for jazz pianists to understand, learn and play. Of course, adding to the complexity is that the tune is usually played very fast. I think, what we really need is a simple, step-by-step approach to studying this tune . . . then developing the tune into our subconscious. Once this tune is totally subconscious, we should be able to freely improvise on it.

This lesson on Learning Giant Steps contains four videos, downloadable PDFs, graphics of examples, and text. Video #4 contains backup tracks for your practice. You can practice soloing over Giant Steps in different styles and tempos. Have fun learning Giant Steps.

The best way to study jazz improvisation is to develop music as a language.  It is the subconscious which plays the music.  You have to learn each step-by-step exercise completely and automatically.  You learn to play beyond thought and thinking.  Think how you speak your language(s).  You speak without thinking of the language.  The same is true for music.  The bottom line is to have a blast playing music.

I give you an organized step-by-step approach to playing jazz improvisation.  The key here is that the steps are step . . . by . . . step.  You have to learn each step completely.  Once that is done, improvisation is easy.

This course analyzes Giant Steps in "flows".  The flows are learned completely.  I then suggest that you start playing slowly and musically.  This is a melodic approach to playing Giant Steps.

Play and Improvise on Giant Steps

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What you will learn

• Develop an approach to learning and improvising on the John Coltrane tune, Giant Steps.

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Level: Expert Level

Duration: 41 mins

Instructor: Martan Mann