Dusan
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- Response Time 24h
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Piano lessons from an educated jazz pianist. Getting in depth with how to play a certain genre, such as Jazz, Funk, Blues, Pop and/or RnB. An integral view on music theory, harmony, rhythm, and style.
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- New York
- webcam
About the lesson
I teach all levels, from beginners to people who already play. We will usually learn a song, analyze the harmony, melody and rhythm, and work on the students performance. Regarding melodic improvisation, we would start with the pentatonic and blues scales, since they can fit into any harmony, and genre of music, and then later get into 2-5-1, and jazz bebop lines, if the student wants to get further with his/hers improvisation. By the way, on which ever level musicians improvisation is, on that level is also his/hers composition, so these lessons are also for people who want to write music.
I am also classically trained, so we can read music, or learn written pieces, if the student wants, but we will always analyze everything, and the student must understand what he or she is playing, not just learning to press keys, without knowing the harmony and theory behind it.
That is what's unique about my lessons, that integral knowledge and full understanding of music, that allows me to break barriers between genres and deconstruct and explain everything, from Robert Glasper and J Dilla, to Beethoven, or 50's and 60's Jazz Bebop.
subjects
- Piano
- Musical keyboard
languages
- English
levels
- All Levels
About Dusan
I am a professional Jazz pianist, and keyboardist, playing various genres of music, in various venues for the past 15 years, from accompanying pop singers, to jazz concerts in jazz clubs. I've studied jazz piano at the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz, where I acquired the knowledge that enabled me to understand and get deep into any genre of music.
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5 (4 reviews)
Perfect! I was nervous about learning jazz piano, but Dusan is very encouraging. He's always prepared for the lesson and provides a lot of helpful resources for practicing. Dusan is great at making theory easy to understand. It's always very clear what I need to practice and what I'm working towards. It's obvious that he not only cares about jazz, but also about teaching and seeing his students succeed.
Dusan's response
- Dusan's response : Julia is a perfect student, polite, focused, attentive, understending everything I teach, and writting everything down, so 10 out of 10.
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Opposite
Dusan finds ways to demonstrate and explain things which makes them "click" where they didn't previously. He listens when I struggle and coaches me along. A whole new world of piano has opened to me.
Opposite
Romain
Dusan is a highly competent piano teacher with an approach tailored to the needs and abilities of his students. He definitely knows how to improve and advance your playing. As a jazz specialist, Dusan took me back to basics with scales, chords, improvisation and teaching the theory behind jazz standards and how music in general is structured. It is a real privilege to attend his lessons.
Romain
Barbora
He is super talented, extremely knowledgeable and compassionate teacher. He always connects the dots for me. I know I cant be a star over night and he keeps me motivated to keep up the good work.
Barbora
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- 5h: $125
- 10h: $250
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- $25/h
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