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Published Articles: "Using Target Tones When Changing Hand Position," Creative Keyboard (Mel Bay's Online Webzine, February, 2010). PDF
"Using Blocking as a Fingering Technique," Creative Keyboard (Mel Bay's Online Webzine, December, 2009). PDF
"In Jazz Harmony, Simpler is Better," Creative Keyboard (Mel Bay's Online Webzine, October, 2009). PDF
"Improving Accuracy by Developing Keyboard Awareness," Creative Keyboard (Mel Bay's Online Webzine, August, 2009). PDF
"Basic Fingering Principles," Creative Keyboard (Mel Bay's Online Webzine, June, 2009). PDF
"Creating Bass Lines," Creative Keyboard (Mel Bay's Online Webzine, April, 2009). PDF
"Avoiding Tension With Movement," Creative Keyboard (Mel Bay's Online Webzine, February, 2009). PDF
"Using Small Intervals to Manage Large Leaps," Creative Keyboard (Mel Bay's Online Webzine, December, 2008). PDF
"Practicing Exaggeration for Large Leaps and Intervals," Creative Keyboard (Mel Bay's Online Webzine, October, 2008). PDF
"15 Tips for Successful Jazz Improvisation," Creative Keyboard (Mel Bay's Online Webzine, August, 2008). PDF
"Jazz Improvisation: 15 Tips for Getting Started," Creative Keyboard (Mel Bay's Online Webzine, June, 2008). PDF
"Practice Transposition to Develop Your Ear and Technique," Creative Keyboard (Mel Bay's Online Webzine, April, 2008). PDF
"An Easy Method for Understanding and Playing Polyrhythms," Creative Keyboard (Mel Bay's Online Webzine, February, 2008). PDF
"Using Simple Rhythms to Play Difficult Rhythms," Creative Keyboard (Mel Bay's Online Webzine, December, 2007). PDF
"Working With Cross Rhythms," Creative Keyboard (Mel Bay's Online Webzine, October, 2007). PDF
"Harmonizing Jazz Melodies Using Clusters," Creative Keyboard (Mel Bay's Online Webzine, August, 2007). PDF
"Develop an Aural Connection to the Piano," Creative Keyboard (Mel Bay's Online Webzine, July, 2007). PDF
"Listen Then Play by Ear," Clavier 37, no. 9 (November, 1998): 11-12. PDF
"Get
Out of a Rut, Mixing Up Practice Sessions,"
Clavier
36, no. 7 (September,
"Dave
Kikoski's Solo on Chick Corea's 'Steps', "
Jazz
Educators Journal 29, no. 5
"The Aesthetics of Art as Improvised Performance: An Inquiry Into the Nature of the Improvised Jazz Solo," Aesthetic Investigations New York University, (1995): 52-56. PDF
"Helping Students Master Improvisation," Music Educators Journal 82, no. 2 (September, 1995): 32-36. PDF
"Transcribing for Greater Musicality," Music Educators Journal 82, no. 1 (July, 1995): 25-28, 63. PDF
"Introducing
Jazz Improvisation,"
Teaching
Music 2, no. 5 (April, 1995): 30-31.
PDF
"Comparing Electronic and Acoustic Pianos," Clavier 32, no. 4 (April, 1993): 26-28. PDF
"The Harmony of Bill Evans: An Introduction," Letter from Evans 1, no. 5 (May-June, 1990): 12-15. PDF
Selected Unpublished Articles:
"Trust Your Body," PDF "Understanding Keyboard Symmetry," PDF "Learn Intervals and Use Them," PDF "Read The Left Hand First," PDF "Consider the Opposite Hand When Working Out Fingerings," PDF An Article About Bob: "Jazzman
Sets Tin Ears Ringing," |