Midwestern Nights Dream: Journey Through The Real Book

Midwestern Nights Dream: Journey Through The Real Book #231(Jazz Piano Lesson)

A jazz piano lesson to help you learn Pat Metheny’s “Midwestern Nights Dream,” which has become a jazz-fusion standard.

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Pat Metheny and The Real Book 0:11
The Real Book’s repertoire 0:30
Learning jazz standards from a place of understanding 1:10
Pat Metheny’s place in jazz history 1:25
Pat Metheny’s unique style 2:15
Pat Metheny’s broad range 2:51
Word-play 3:42
Pat Metheny and the American midwest 3:50
The Bm9/Gmaj9 vamp 4:22
Harmonic contrast 5:01
Modal and Pentatonic improvisation 5:30
Painting a musical picture 5:37
Starting the tune with an expansive feeling 5:54
Soloing with the Bm Pentatonic scale 7:07
The quick 3/4 measure 7:30
Back to the vamp 7:30
Letting the phrases flow faster 7:30
Using repeated notes, for contrast 7:45
Developing a motif 7:56
Adding an alto voice 8:11
Waterfalls 8:30
Reversing direction 8:40
More rhythmic; each phrase going a little higher 8:49
Phrasing more freely 9:03
Enjoying the repetition 9:20
Incorporating voicings into the improv 9:36
Reflecting 9:41
Navigating 10:14
Arpeggiating 10:25
Vamping 10:27
Leaving space 10:44
Evoking cathedral bells 10:58
Refreshing ourselves musically 11:29
The value of beginning with modal jazz tunes 11:55
Aiming for fluency 12:05
Playing modal jazz at all levels of experience 12:29
Writing our own musical “playbook” 12:45
Taking your playing to the next level 12:56

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Enjoy the journey, and "let the music flow!"
Ron