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Journal of Undergraduate Research

Keywords

Stephanie Thomas, Jazz, piano, keyboard instruments

College

Fine Arts and Communications

Department

Music

Abstract

Jazz keyboard is a relatively young genre. The piano has been around for hundreds of years, and before that other keyboard instruments were used in music making. The classical piano nomenclature has been codified through the years so that there is a unified system and approach to teaching it. There are endless method books out there on how to teach it, but by and large the material is the same. In teaching Jazz piano there are many different pedagogical approaches that have not yet been unified into a single system. The notation of chords varies greatly among different pedagogues. For example, a major chord can be labeled with a triangle, with a capital M, or with the abbreviation Maj. This can make it daunting for a young musician to catch on quickly to the complex world of jazz music.

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