Practicing Over ONE Chord
Even over just one chord, there are endless ideas to be played! Pick up the backing track here and play it in loop mode.
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 Minor Funk Exercise | MP3 file (set your player in loop mode) | 3379 kB |
Teaching in master classes, clinics and YouTube
Aimee is quickly becoming a highly sought after educator in the jazz community, since launching her YouTube channel, Aimee Nolte Music. She spent a 10 day stint as an instructor for the renowned vocal coach David Braid's VocalizeU camp in Malibu during the summer of 2016 and has appeared as a featured artist/clinician/adjudicator at numerous jazz festivals around the country, including Univeristy Of Northern Michigan, Fullerton College, South Plains College, The Hilton Head Jazz Camp and BYU School of Music University of Mary in Bismark, ND, as well as many online masterclass engagements during the pandemic. Aimee continues to teach clinics and master classes to students who want to learn to scat sing like serious jazz musicians, and players who want to take their improvisation game to the next level.
Soloing On "SO WHAT"
Transcribing GREAT solos, analyzing them and learning to apply key elements into your own soloing is the best way I know to improve your improvisational skills. I'd like to show you what I worked on with my student, Lucy in our last lesson and challenge you to transcribe, analyze, and GROW.
You Reharm Aimee (Gnarls Barkley - Crazy)
Click the link below to get the free vocal track (and a bonus pdf of the chicken-scratch re-harm that I did), and GO TO WORK. You've got until Thursday at 10:00 am, Los Angeles time to submit your own video re-harm creations. I'll make a compilation of the ten that I love and put them together for my video on Friday morning! Send me A VIDEO of yourself playing your instrument(s) along with my vocal track. Feel free to get creative and make something amazing! If you want me to add a link to your youtube or social media sites, include it in the email that you send to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Recorded using Earthworks SV33 Korg SV-1 Keyboard
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 Crazy Reharm PDF | 546 kB | |
| Crazy Reaharm Vox 105 BPM | MP3 File 105 BPM | 1085 kB |
Guitar Picking For Piano, 2nd Step
If you've watched my first video about finger picking style, as applied to the piano, this is the next stop on your journey. Now you can take that principle and apply it to countless songs. Link to the worksheet in the first video: Fingerstyle Guitar For Piano Tutorial
The MONEY Chords
Learn a few more chords with me that will help you on your journey to be able to play by ear. I'm calling them "the money chords.” They really have other names that more properly describe their functions, but I’m keeping it simple here.
Making Chords Sound Like MUSIC
#AimeeSaysUseYourEars - 23 min free piano lesson - Once you can figure out simple chords to songs by ear, how do you make them sound like music? Video #2 in the Back To Basics Playlist. Video recorded using: Earthworks SV33 , Earthworks PM40, AKG P220, 5'3 Hallet Davis Baby Grand, Panasonic Lumix G85
How To Play By Ear With Chords
Whether you want to play jazz, rock, pop, soul, or country music, you need to do this first! My new video, "How To Play By Ear With Chords" has a small rant in it. Show it to your piano teacher! See also: How to practice major scales
Analyzing Lead Sheets
In order to truly understand the music you are playing, a quick analysis is vitally important. Having an understanding of why the song does what it does, and where it does it is KEY to really absorbing it.