Practice Jazz Bass Lines by Making a Play List

Jazz falls in the spontaneous forms of music. Nobody1- Expose yourself to a variety of Tempos
is a Jazz expert from birth; rather it is rigorousWhen you practice jazz piano, Practice at a variety
practice and love for Jazz music that extracts anof tempos like slow, medium and fast. From quarter
expert from a common Jazz lover. Take the examplenote = 40 to 360- never be scared of any tempo.
of any Jazz expert, you will find that continuous2- Be creative
improvisation and repeated practice have made themWhile using the metronome, let the creative part of
the master of the art. First they learn all genres ofyour Jazz-love perform its best. Click on the upbeats
Jazz and then they tried to specialize and have(beat two and four) instead of downbeats (one and
expertise in one form.three). Set the metronome in your comfort zone and
On the path of specialization, your interest plays apractice Jazz piano for all patterns in both hands. It
significant role. Once you know the basics, stephelps you to be more creative and develop a greater
forward to have mastery in one. The logic behind it islevel of dexterity.
very simple. One lifetime is perhaps not the enough3- Apply the golden “Five Time” rule.
tenure to excel in all forms of jazz and havingWhile practicing Jazz piano or baselines, play the
expertise in left hand Jazz piano playing like Artscale, chord, lick, pattern, phrase or song five times in
Tatum, thundering blues lines like Oscar Peterson anda row without committing any errors. If you commit
the harmonic complexity of Bill Evans. Hence,any mistake (whatever negligible it might be), you are
specialization leads to excellence. This articlelacking in concentration. Practice this rule until you
comprises of beneficial tips that make your Jazzhave not attained mastery.
piano practice easier.