konaboy Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Hi! After several months playing bass I am attracted back to keys. But now I want to learn how to sing and play piano at the same time. I have no experience of (proper) singing and find that my accompaniment falters when I sing at the same time. Anyway, on to my main question/request. Please recommend me some good songs that I can sing and accompany myself. I'm looking for a list of well known, easy to play & sing songs that work in a solo piano context. Will predominantly be playing piano although even playing some synth with bass/pad splits could be interesting for variation. Any other tips gratefully received. Thanks in advance! hang out with me at woody piano shack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz+ Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 "Blue Moon" is logic, sequential, and easy to learn. It's the song that every student of the famous singing coach Judy Davis was required to start with (Barbra Streisand, Frank Sinatra, Judy Garland, Mary Martin, Grace Slick, Tony Bennett, Johnny Mathis, Doobie Brothers, etc.) Verse in C ||: C A-7 | D-7 G7 :|| 4x Judy Davis bio: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/01/31/MNL126003.DTL Harry Likas was the Technical Editor of Mark Levine's "The Jazz Theory Book" and also helped develop "The Jazz Piano Book." Harry teaches jazz piano online using Facebook Messenger, FaceTime, or Google Meet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Loving Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 Gloria! "Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B3bluesman59 Posted December 12, 2009 Share Posted December 12, 2009 But now I want to learn how to sing and play piano at the same time. _________________________________________________________________ Learn the piano part first by heart....then concentrate on the the vocal. That always works for me. If you do that "your accompaniment won't falter". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmymio Posted December 13, 2009 Share Posted December 13, 2009 Hey Jazz: Did you study with Judy? I did and one day this older woman who i didn't recognize sat next to me during a class. I was later informed that she was Mary Martin. JP 1935 Mason & Hamlin Model A Korg Kronos 2 73 Nord Electro 6D 61 Yam S90ES Rhodes Stage 73 (1972) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phred Posted December 14, 2009 Share Posted December 14, 2009 I used to have a great deal of trouble doing what you are trying to do, and the way I conquered it was to just simply learn it with whole note chords (of half note - but usually note more fine grained than that) in the right hand (left playing root), while I sang. It felt like I was making progress early as I WAS singing and playing, but my playing was simplified somewhat. Then I gradually increased the complexity of the piano part. Keep at it, it will come. I'm just saying', everyone that confuses correlation with causation eventually ends up dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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