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May 22, 2025

Jazzing It Up

🎹 Jazzing It Up  and Breaking Free From Traditional Song Learning  In today’s online piano lesson, I had the joy of working with one of my Oclef students on the exciting piano duet Cool Walking Bass from the Piano Adventures Method Book 3A. This piece is more than just fun—it’s a great introduction to blues and jazz styles, offering students a first taste of swing rhythm, walking bass lines, mordents and syncopation. To deepen the learning experience, we took the lesson a step further by com...