Hello everyone! Feel free to let me know in the comments which tunes or topics you'd like to practice in our upcoming lessons! Add also the guest teachers you want to see! Bonjour à tous, N'hésitez pas à me dire en commentaire quels morceaux ou thématiques vous aimeriez travailler lors de nos prochains cours ! Mettez aussi les professeurs invités que vous voulez voir!

3 short recordings Eva asked us to record 1. reading the B part of Belleville from score (this was a first read for me and I'm not a good reader--mostly learn by ear, but at least I'd heard others play it before Eva asked us to record!) 2. the B part with ghost notes later in lesson 3. an attempt to improvise with arpeggios at end of lesson

https://youtu.be/zD4nkh9S_Rw This week I transcribed one of Tim Kliphuis’ versions of It Had to Be You completely by ear both his way of playing and phrasing the theme and his improvisation and use of lines and licks. I worked through it section by section, first at 50% speed, then 75%, and finally at the original 100% tempo, simply listening and playing along. I notice that this process is getting faster and more natural every time. The ear starts recognising faster and faster phrases, accents, note choices and jazz vocabulary more and more quickly. I can only recommend to do this, transcribe, transcribe, transcribe by ear 🌞