BIJAN TAGHAVI- PIANIST, COMPOSER, EDUCATOR
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TRIOGRAM CD
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Bijan Taghavi
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Stella by Starlight (Solo Piano)
Body and Soul (Solo Piano)
Autumn Leaves (Solo Piano)
I Should Care (Solo Piano)
Bill Evans
Kenny Barron
Barry Harris
Hank Jones
Herbie Hancock
Oscar Peterson
Lesson Videos & PDFs
Comping
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Group Comping Voicings Overview
Jazz Piano Comping EXPLAINED!
Oscar Peterson Take The A Train Transcription Analysis
2 Tips Comping For Vocalists
Chromatic Approach
LH Contrasting Texture (Body and Soul)
Harmony
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How to Get a Full Sound out of the Piano
5 Inner Voice Movements on "I Should Care"
How to Create RH Counter-Melodies (Body and Soul)
2 Ways to Use a Pedal Point
Create Chords From ANY Scale (Barry Harris)
How To Create Inner Voice Movement
How to REHARMONIZE Jazz Standards
Barry Harris Round Midnight Reharmonization
Improv
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Barry Harris Passport (Blues) Improv Analysis
Kenny Barron Autumn Leaves Melody Transcription Analysis
Rhythm Changes Improv Ideas (Bijan Transcription)
Rhythmic Motifs in Jazz Improvisation
Chordal Improvisation
Chordal Improvisation Part 2
Jazz Improv - How to Play OUTSIDE
How to Create LH Counterpoint (Body and Soul)
2 Ways to Create LH Counterpoint (P.2)
Using Quotes in Jazz Improvisation (Quoting "A Love Supreme" on "How Deep Is The Ocean")
Jazz Improv Tip: DEVELOP Your Ideas (2 Melodic Motifs on "Esau")
Modal Solo on min7b5 (from "It Always Happens")
Using Shapes in Jazz Improv
How to Use the Melody in Your Improvisation
Watch What Made Rodney Whitaker "Swink"
How to Outline Chord Changes (Improv on "Autumn Leaves")
16th Note Improv Lines over "Autumn Leaves"
Soloing in 3/4 on "Autumn Leaves"
How to STOP Playing the Same Licks in Your Jazz Solos
5 Octaves in 5 Seconds with this KILLER Run
What is Over the Barline Phrasing in Jazz Improvisation?
Rhythm
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The SECRET To Making Stride Piano Swing
Polymeters EXPLAINED (Superimposing 3 over 4)
Improvising over Changing Time Signatures (over Ahmad Jamal's "Crossfire)
Rhythmic Telepathy PART 6 ("Secret Love" arr. Bijan Taghavi Trio)
Rhythmic Telepathy PART 7 (Superimposing 3 in 4 on "End of a Love Affair")
Jazz Slang P.2 - Double Time Feel EXPLAINED
Metric Modulation over "Autumn Leaves" (Part 1: 4 to 3)
Metric Modulation over "Autumn Leaves" (Part 2: 3 to 4)
Piano Orchestration
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3 Ways to Orchestrate A Melody ("Asojano" from TrioGram)
Orchestrating A Melody P.2 ("Esau" from TrioGram)
How to Orchestrate a Melody for Solo Piano (Autumn Leaves)
Piano Technique
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3 Parts of the Body
2 Reasons Why You MUST Strike From The Surface of the Keys
How to Bring Out the Melody in Your Playing
SECRET Practice Exercise for Voicing Control
How to Use Dynamics to Create Drama
How to End a Song Quietly
3 Piano Technique Tips - Lessons From Robert Estrin
How to Play FAST
Subtractions Practice Technique (for Syncopation & Hand Independence)
Crossed-Hands Piano Technique (Chick Corea's Matrix)
Composition/Arranging
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3 Ways to Use Counterpoint in Jazz
3 Tips When Composing an AABA Tune
Jazz Trio Intro EXPLAINED
Ahmad Jamal Ending Chords
Inspired by Ahmad Jamal's Poinciana ("Secret Love" arr. Bijan Taghavi Japan Trio)
How to Fade Out (Ending to "Secret Love")
Press
Interviews
Quotes
EPK
Contact
About
Media
TRIOGRAM CD
Pianist
Educator
Composer/Arranger
Articles
Calendar
Upcoming Performances
Past Performances
Educator
Video Exchange Lessons
Testimonials
Transcriptions
Bijan Taghavi
>
Stella by Starlight (Solo Piano)
Body and Soul (Solo Piano)
Autumn Leaves (Solo Piano)
I Should Care (Solo Piano)
Bill Evans
Kenny Barron
Barry Harris
Hank Jones
Herbie Hancock
Oscar Peterson
Lesson Videos & PDFs
Comping
>
Group Comping Voicings Overview
Jazz Piano Comping EXPLAINED!
Oscar Peterson Take The A Train Transcription Analysis
2 Tips Comping For Vocalists
Chromatic Approach
LH Contrasting Texture (Body and Soul)
Harmony
>
How to Get a Full Sound out of the Piano
5 Inner Voice Movements on "I Should Care"
How to Create RH Counter-Melodies (Body and Soul)
2 Ways to Use a Pedal Point
Create Chords From ANY Scale (Barry Harris)
How To Create Inner Voice Movement
How to REHARMONIZE Jazz Standards
Barry Harris Round Midnight Reharmonization
Improv
>
Barry Harris Passport (Blues) Improv Analysis
Kenny Barron Autumn Leaves Melody Transcription Analysis
Rhythm Changes Improv Ideas (Bijan Transcription)
Rhythmic Motifs in Jazz Improvisation
Chordal Improvisation
Chordal Improvisation Part 2
Jazz Improv - How to Play OUTSIDE
How to Create LH Counterpoint (Body and Soul)
2 Ways to Create LH Counterpoint (P.2)
Using Quotes in Jazz Improvisation (Quoting "A Love Supreme" on "How Deep Is The Ocean")
Jazz Improv Tip: DEVELOP Your Ideas (2 Melodic Motifs on "Esau")
Modal Solo on min7b5 (from "It Always Happens")
Using Shapes in Jazz Improv
How to Use the Melody in Your Improvisation
Watch What Made Rodney Whitaker "Swink"
How to Outline Chord Changes (Improv on "Autumn Leaves")
16th Note Improv Lines over "Autumn Leaves"
Soloing in 3/4 on "Autumn Leaves"
How to STOP Playing the Same Licks in Your Jazz Solos
5 Octaves in 5 Seconds with this KILLER Run
What is Over the Barline Phrasing in Jazz Improvisation?
Rhythm
>
The SECRET To Making Stride Piano Swing
Polymeters EXPLAINED (Superimposing 3 over 4)
Improvising over Changing Time Signatures (over Ahmad Jamal's "Crossfire)
Rhythmic Telepathy PART 6 ("Secret Love" arr. Bijan Taghavi Trio)
Rhythmic Telepathy PART 7 (Superimposing 3 in 4 on "End of a Love Affair")
Jazz Slang P.2 - Double Time Feel EXPLAINED
Metric Modulation over "Autumn Leaves" (Part 1: 4 to 3)
Metric Modulation over "Autumn Leaves" (Part 2: 3 to 4)
Piano Orchestration
>
3 Ways to Orchestrate A Melody ("Asojano" from TrioGram)
Orchestrating A Melody P.2 ("Esau" from TrioGram)
How to Orchestrate a Melody for Solo Piano (Autumn Leaves)
Piano Technique
>
3 Parts of the Body
2 Reasons Why You MUST Strike From The Surface of the Keys
How to Bring Out the Melody in Your Playing
SECRET Practice Exercise for Voicing Control
How to Use Dynamics to Create Drama
How to End a Song Quietly
3 Piano Technique Tips - Lessons From Robert Estrin
How to Play FAST
Subtractions Practice Technique (for Syncopation & Hand Independence)
Crossed-Hands Piano Technique (Chick Corea's Matrix)
Composition/Arranging
>
3 Ways to Use Counterpoint in Jazz
3 Tips When Composing an AABA Tune
Jazz Trio Intro EXPLAINED
Ahmad Jamal Ending Chords
Inspired by Ahmad Jamal's Poinciana ("Secret Love" arr. Bijan Taghavi Japan Trio)
How to Fade Out (Ending to "Secret Love")
Press
Interviews
Quotes
EPK
Contact