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    Kenny Werner provides tips for efficient piano practice, including practicing small chunks of music, such as a four-measure phrase, in different rhythmic variations. He recommends focusing practice on specific types of chords, like major, minor, dominant, and suspended chords, as well as improvising melodies over randomly called out notes. The goal of such practice is to develop strong muscle memory so that the techniques become second nature and can be applied freely in performance.

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    Kenny Werner provides tips for efficient piano practice, including practicing small chunks of music, such as a four-measure phrase, in different rhythmic variations. He recommends focusing practice on specific types of chords, like major, minor, dominant, and suspended chords, as well as improvising melodies over randomly called out notes. The goal of such practice is to develop strong muscle memory so that the techniques become second nature and can be applied freely in performance.

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    Kenny Werner provides tips for efficient piano practice, including practicing small chunks of music, such as a four-measure phrase, in different rhythmic variations. He recommends focusing practice on specific types of chords, like major, minor, dominant, and suspended chords, as well as improvising melodies over randomly called out notes. The goal of such practice is to develop strong muscle memory so that the techniques become second nature and can be applied freely in performance.

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    Kenny Werner Lesson

    Practice efficiently!

    -small chunks of things

    -one phrase for 4 measures

    -rhythmically, work on nailing a small phrase-one that is awkward for you


    (awkward intervals, key, different harmony)

    -practice starting it and ending it on different beats throughout the 4 bars (but
    practice it in a tune)

    -remove notes from line

    -resolve things late/early

    -Chords- work specifically on a few types—major (b5 #5, etc) minor (Aeolian,
    phryg, maj/min) all kinds of dominants, sus, polychords…..well I guess that’s all of
    them, but then pick 4 random notes and plan which qualities you’ll use, a different
    one for each note. Do this a whole frickin lot. Eventually, you will be able to free
    associate.

    -another exercise, take a tune, have someone call out random notes, harmonize that
    tune to those notes

    -Do this, but with a melody, too. Cycle things. Use LH.

    -Improvise intervallicaly, but do it with conviction!

    - A mix of in and out = something interesting—something on the border is best

    -there are three components to music- rhythm, harmony, and melody. Work
    individually on each, and things will come together.

    -The point of practice is muscle memory. Practice things until your hands know
    them.

    -Once you have this muscle memory, things you’ve practiced will just pop up in your
    playing.

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