How do you learn to jam on the piano with a rock band?
Cho_Chang asked:
I know this probably sounds completely stupid, but I’ve have classical piano training for 10 years and friends have asked me to jam, and I have absolutely no idea what to expect/what I’m supposed to do. I’m good at classical piano, I can sight read alright, but when it comes to how music exactly works, I’m lost and I have no idea what I need to work on to not make a fool of myself when jamming. I’ve had some theory, but its very basic. And yes I understand chords and inversions, etc. and I’ve been doing some research and alot of reading.
I know this probably sounds completely stupid, but I’ve have classical piano training for 10 years and friends have asked me to jam, and I have absolutely no idea what to expect/what I’m supposed to do. I’m good at classical piano, I can sight read alright, but when it comes to how music exactly works, I’m lost and I have no idea what I need to work on to not make a fool of myself when jamming. I’ve had some theory, but its very basic. And yes I understand chords and inversions, etc. and I’ve been doing some research and alot of reading.
And how long is this going to take me to learn? I’ve asked my piano teacher and she thought I was crazy to go after this after 10 years of classical training and went into this whole thing about how you have to be musically gifted to improvise/jam and if you aren’t gifted it takes years and years to learn…..
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