Latin Piano Course | Tango Improvisation

£19.99

🎹 Taught by John Turville – Pro Jazz & Tango Pianist, Tutor at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire
🎶 Master Tango Latin Piano style with accurate techniques, historically resourced
🔑 Take simple chords and create fantastic piano textures in your improvisation
📀 Self-study course with specific Tango phrasing with traditional tango melodies

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Latin Piano Course – Learn Tango on Piano

Unlock the Secrets to Latin Piano Improvisation & Tango

Do you love Tango and Latin Piano music? Learn all about it from professional Tango pianist and Royal Birmingham Conservatoire of Music jazz piano and tango teacher, John Turville.

The term “latin piano” is often used in a very general way, just as “jazz piano” is, yet they cover a huge range of styles and details. John uses his perfect pitch to analyse and transcribe historic tango performances by famous tango orchestras and pianists to present the most historically informed, accurate piano teaching that can be found anywhere in the world.

This Tango Piano Course is for…

love latin piano and tango and want to play authentically,
are a jazz or pop pianist wanting to create a fun, unique piano cover of another song (reinvent it!)
taking The Maestro Online piano exams, particularly around Grade 6 upwards

What You Will Learn in this Tango Piano Course?

You’ll learn:

🎶 A range of Tangos including Bahia Blanca, La Yumba, Viruta, Por Una Carbeza, Ojos Negros and Mariposita.
🎶 Fluency with ornaments, particularly the turn at cadences.
🎶 Tango specific phrasing patterns including the anticipatory Fraseo Cerado and triplet Fraseo Abierto.
🎶 3-3-2 quaver textural patterns.
🎶 Endings with different dynamic shapes and metrical placement.
🎶 Tango specific accompanimental devices including syncopation: the Sincopa Anticipada and Sincopa a Tierra, as well as the thundering Yumba bass.
🎶 The bouncing ball accelerando technique.
🎶 Reharmonisations in Mariposita.
🎶Application to more modern songs.
🎶 The bouncing ball accelerando technique
🎶 How to combine melody and rhythmic accompaniment

A Step-by-Step Path to Tango Style Latin Piano Improvisation

Start Improvising Tango Piano Today

Take the step beyond average “latin piano” tutorials, go back to original sources and unlock true tango improvisation. John Turville’s genius is now your route to authenticity.

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Who is John Turville?

John Turville is an acclaimed British jazz pianist, composer, and educator. He is a prominent figure in the UK jazz and tango scenes, known for his lyrical and adventurous playing style, which incorporates classical influences.

Key aspects of his career include:

Performer: He leads his own trio and quintet and has released several highly regarded albums, including Midas, Conception, and Head First. He has performed at major venues and festivals across the UK and Europe, such as the Barbican, Ronnie Scotts, and the London Jazz Festival.
Collaborator: Turville has worked with many leading European jazz and tango groups, including Tim Garland’s Lighthouse Trio, the London Tango Orchestra, the Tony Kofi/Alan Barnes Quintet, and the Matt Ridley Quartet.
Composer and Arranger: He writes for and directs the E17 Large Ensemble and has received commissions for various ensembles, including a tango quintet and a jazz ensemble arranging works by composers like Schumann and Debussy.
Educator: He is a passionate teacher and holds positions as a Jazz Piano Tutor at the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, the Yehudi Menuhin School, Royal Holloway, and the Purcell School. He is also an external adjudicator for jazz piano at Trinity Laban. He is a regular coach on masterclasses in Germany (Saarwellingen), a visiting professor at the Concertato Masterclass (Anacapri) and has been on the panel for a number of awards, including the PRS ‘Help Musicians UK’ fund and the Worshipful Company of Musicians finals.
Awards: His work has earned him numerous accolades, including the ‘Best Album’ in the Parliamentary Awards in 2011, the ‘Best Instrumentalist’ in the 2010 London Jazz Awards, and a PRS Promoter’s Choice Award.

He is a significant and influential musician in the contemporary British jazz community.

What are Our Music Masterclasses Like?

Our music masterclass courses are self-study digital courses embedded with information, interactive music software (scores), exercises, objectives, tasks, teaching pedagogy and videos of celebrities and international level musicians explaining and demonstrating key skills. Certificates are awarded at the end of each course.

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Creativity, improvisation, and ear training are seamlessly integrated with popular, gospel, classical and jazz melodies to help you achieve true musical freedom.

Unique Learning Journey
Our tailored methodology emphasises improvisation and aural skills first, with notation used to support—not restrict—your creativity.

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