Russell Ferrante (Piano) 1

Russell Ferrante (Piano) 1

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Length: 40:25
Subtitles: English, Korean, Spanish
Description: In part one (1 of 2) of this jazz piano lesson, acclaimed pianist Russell Ferrante (Yellowjackets, etc.) discusses and demonstrates some voice leading and harmonic concepts that have shaped his style. Russell takes you through various exercises aimed at opening up your melodic pathways, so you can begin thinking like an orchestra. If you are looking to take your jazz piano playing to the next level, this lesson is for you! NOTE: There is a PDF bundled with the "purchase" version of this video (not the $9.99 "rental" version) which includes the onscreen notation. You can purchase both videos and the PDF in this series at a discount here!

Topics Covered: Voice Leading, Managing Multiple Melodies, Playing Legato, Inversions, Finger Switching, Moving Stepwise, Chromatic Tones, Suspended Resolution, Secondary Dominants, Chromatic Tones, Throwing Melodies Between Voices, Harmonic Minor, Applying Exercises to Tunes, Accompaniment, Chord Quality, Mick Goodrick Cycles, Modified Cycles, Practical Applications, Evenness of Tone, Etc.

Russell Ferrante

Russ’s first exposure to music came from his church, where his father was the choir director as well as being a frequent vocal soloist and having a vocal gospel quartet. His father’s whole family were music lovers and several of his brothers and sisters had marvelous voices, something Russ admits never got passed on to him. “I began piano lessons at 9 with the expectation that I’d one day be the church pianist. My musical interests took me elsewhere but my sister who is 2 years younger actually went on to fulfill my parent’s dreams and is now directing the music department for a church in Watsonville, CA,” Russ says.

Besides his early interest in the piano, Russ also tried other instruments, making the most headway on drums, even going as far as playing drums on a couple of gigs and recording sessions. His experience with the drums has benefited his piano and keyboard playing and composing as a result.

As for musical education, Russ relates the following: “I took piano lessons from a wonderful piano teacher in San Jose, CA named Ann Penner, from age 9-16 or so, nothing fancy, just the basics. I got interested in jazz and pop around the age of 15 and studied that from whatever sources were available, notably scattered lessons with local jazz musicians, jazz theory books that I found or were recommended to me, and listening to my favorite recordings and transcribing songs and solos. Regrettably I never really studied music in school.”

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