jazz n pop piano

[mainer]

does anyone know the difference btwn pop and jazz piano?

 

[soft]

I think it is like Pop music and Jazz music. You must have enquired at a music school and they said they have Pop/Jazz music classes right?

 

[Silencer]

pop is mainstream. pop focuses alot on mainstream sounding effects (for that particluar era). for example pop of the 80s are now the "disco" type soundings patches, like phasers and that nonsense. pop simply means popular

jazz is different, so DON'T EVER associate pop with jazz, unless the term POP/JAZZ refers to POPULAR JAZZ, then its fine. Jazz focuses alot on the beat and rhythm of the song, the semiquavers and 7ths. alot of theory, chordwork and structure required in jazz. it may sound easy, snazzy and extremely cool (think blues), but its damn difficult.

JAZZ ROCKS!

 

[a_b_normal123]

lol...I was wondering about that too...if you can play jazz music on a pop or classical piano...then why get a jazz piano??

Muaczk to all...

Tammi

 

[soft]

the piano is the same, only the playing style is different.

 

[Silencer]

the piano is the same, only the playing style is different.

hmm yea you're more or less right about tat one. except some people have come to associate bright pianos with 'jazz' pianos, because of the way it sounds. makes the tone slightly more jazzy, though normally not very audible to the untrained ear.

all in all, jazz is the highest form of music any musician can aspire to. jazzup!

 

[Elvin-Seraphim]

a normal piano would do fine

For jazz, any piano would do fine..about bright pianos and stuff..well..bright pianos would be easily attainable if you have a digital piano or synthesiser i guess..or perhaps a grand?

If u're into jazz..u'll most probably needa know your pentatonics, blues, bebop scales better than the rest..apart from the major and minor scales..it's sure tough..and cool..but tink abt it..nothing was easy to begin with..^^

 

[iansoh]

i don't think there's really any difference in piano. a piano is a piano, can be used to play anything excep that for classical piano they'd probably choose one that's mellow and heavier sounding. people play steinways and bosendorfers for classical piano. tori amos plays her weird rock music on a bosendorfer. diana krall usually plays steinway i think.

'jazz' and 'pop' piano only exist in electones and synthesizers :lol: because the synth programmers named them so and made them sound slightly different by adjusting the tone balance. don't have to take the names too seriously :wink:

 

[Elvin-Seraphim]

steinways

well, dat's quite true i guess..but steinway and sons pianos..are the so called best in the world. as well as the most expensive a person can afford. maybe dat's y they use it..for the prestige and the tonal quality.

 

[Cheez]

Interesting flow of discussion this thread is heading. Playing techniques aside, different pianos do have different characters and tonality. We usually go for the 3 grands - Bosendorfer 290, Steinway D and Yamaha C7. But since most of us don't perform live/ record on a real grand piano, what we use are sampled sounds from samplers or keyboards. This adds another dimension to choosing between different type of pianos because of the way people record and sample the sounds (the way the mics were placed, whether they sampled ppp/ fff or only pp and ff etc).

Jazz/ pop/ classical uses different sounds; whether you are playing solo or with accompaniment again makes us choose different sounds. Basically, if playing solo, I usually choose the darker/ mellower one. Brighter sounds are needed to cut through other instruments when playing together. Acoustics also come into play - if I play in a hall with heavy echo/ reverb, dark sounding pianos make it muddy and indistinguishable. Darker pianos are good for anechoic rooms.

So in a nutshell, we seldom use only one piano sound. We have a few depending on what we are playing and where we are playing.

 

[synthman]

GOOD !

You are absolutely right !!!

 

[Elvin-Seraphim]

kewl insight

hey..wow..thanx fer adding so much insight to the topic..well..sound acoustics does play a huge part in recordings and the mood of the whole performance..marvellous