Song80s Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 I am a self taught keyboardist and consider myself intermediate. I play mostly by ear and my sight reading is basic I do struggle with complex coordination and my right hand is overdeveloped compared to my left Chicks DVD breaks down methods of composition, improvisation and practice. it is the exact type of instruction I needed to improve on weaknesses or tendencies I have Chick demo's a Cole Porter tune ' Easy to Love and a Duke Ellington tune ' Mood Indigo ' . He does a clear job defining ' glitches' and how he solves fingering problems I think this DVD is very good if you are seeking to advance your skills. it is $40 ( GC should have it) , a 60 minute DVD with sheet music and notes Why fit in, when you were born to stand out ? My Soundcloud with many originals: [70's Songwriter] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Summers Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Looks interesting-Here's a link! http://www.shop.com/op/~Chick_Corea_Keyboard_Workshop_DVD-prod-21593229-41354667?sourceid=57 "Music should never be harmless." Robbie Robertson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daBowsa Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 I found that DVD worthless and void of instruction. Felt more like a studio session documentary to me. Maybe I'll watch it again and see if I missed something the first time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Song80s Posted December 19, 2006 Author Share Posted December 19, 2006 Originally posted by Edgar Summers: Looks interesting-Here's a link! http://www.shop.com/op/~Chick_Corea_Keyboard_Workshop_DVD-prod-21593229-41354667?sourceid=57 arghh, I overpaid for it. Oh well, I did help out my local GC maybe I can use that as a tax deduction Why fit in, when you were born to stand out ? My Soundcloud with many originals: [70's Songwriter] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Originally posted by GregC: arghh, I overpaid for it. Oh well, I did help out my local GC maybe I can use that as a tax deduction No, instead you'll be arrested for aiding terrorists. Botch In Wine there is Wisdom In Beer there is Freedom In Water there is bacteria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgar Summers Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 I think this DVD is very good if you are seeking to advance your skills -------- I found that DVD worthless and void of instruction I think we need another opinion to break the tie "Music should never be harmless." Robbie Robertson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sven Golly Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Originally posted by Edgar Summers: I think this DVD is very good if you are seeking to advance your skills -------- I found that DVD worthless and void of instruction I think we need another opinion to break the tie Well, for what it's worth, I picked this up back in 1990 or thereabouts... and I found it to be less instructional than I expected, as daBowsa stated... but not completely worthless, as I learned that even Chick Corea flubs notes... and the man should not be near a microphone while playing. On the basis of his atonal humming while playing, I could only watch this tape a couple of times before relegating it to gather dust on the shelf. So no, I can't bring myself to recommend this tape/DVD to anyone, regardless of ability. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clarke Wyvill Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Originally posted by Edgar Summers: I think this DVD is very good if you are seeking to advance your skills -------- I found that DVD worthless and void of instruction I think we need another opinion to break the tie I rented this a few years back and thought the composition part of the video was pretty interesting but lost interest when he plugged Scientology near the end as a great way to increase awareness and memory. Not to dog on anyones religion but there is a time and place for this sort of thing and IMHO it just seems kinda tasteless in an instructional video of this sort. http://www.myspace.com/electricmonk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orangefunk Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 I think its expected when it comes to scientology. There was a book called Contemporary Keyboardist by John Novello where Scientology was really pushed all the way through the whole book.. he even referenced Hubbards books... Real shame... I gave it away as I just can't bear that kind of book. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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