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Stop Neglecting Stride: Accessible Techniques for Jazz Pianists (feat. William Hill III)

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Today, we’ll look at one of the most important styles in the history of jazz. It laid the foundation for swing, bebop, and countless piano traditions that followed. And that is Stride. Stride piano was born from Ragtime in the 1920s in Harlem, New York. It’s defined by a left hand that strides across the keyboard, alternating between a bass note on beats 1 and 3 and chord notes on beats 2 and 4. This gives a rhythmic oompa feel, while the right hand plays a melody and/or improvises, creating a fhttps://static.wixstatic.com/media/0ff667_83da2a687cf34a72830591e2cdc259b9~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_1000,h_563,al_c,q_85,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/0ff667_83da2a687cf34a72830591e2cdc259b9~mv2.jpg