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Amazing jazz piano talent at age 7


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Amazing chops. And it's not just one piece she's playing by rote- I looked at several other of Sophia's vids, and she has a decent repertoire as well.

 

Now if she'd just be taught to stop vocalizing while she's playing...

 

..Joe

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That blues in G she is playing has been written for her to perform.. Of course her left hand syncopating skills are very good, but it is all memorized and there is no improvisation going on. I saw several different video performances and they were all identical. I saw another video where she was called upon to improvise and it was awkward.

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We all start somewhere, so she can imitate - the freedom to compose, then improvise (compose in the moment) will come later. She's clearly off to a great start - how many students do you have to work with endlessly to keep time, get the feel, remember the sequence, etc. That's already happening here - at 7 no less which for most kids is a good age to start from scratch.

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