VIDEO - Poky Stroll to Gershwin's Summertime
Want a fun, intermediate level summertime jazz assignment?
Watch this video, below, where you create jazz piano chord voicings, step by step.Test your knowledge by finding another example of each chord voicing in the arrangement of Poky Stroll.
Then test your ears and arranging skills again, because if you can play Poky Stroll, you should be able to play Summertime by Gershwin, using the same arranging techniques you just learned!
Students love these pieces - especially when the assignment is to create their own RH melodies.
Click here to download the music for Poky Stroll (Full members, please be sure to sign in first to view and download this document, free of charge.):
Poky Stroll Your Way to Gershwin's Summertime (49.34 kB)
Click here to download the chord voicings instructions (Full members, please sign in first, so you will not have to pay for the PDF):
Pokey Stroll and Summertime Chord Voicings (54.7 kB)
