{"id":8269,"date":"2024-06-07T15:08:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T15:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/?p=8269"},"modified":"2024-06-08T15:08:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-08T15:08:18","slug":"bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/?p=8269","title":{"rendered":"Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Question: Hey chat gpt, ifd I focus on only one exercise to learn Bill Evans techniques better what do you suggest?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Answer: If one focuses on one exercise to learn Bill Evans&#8217;s piano technique, I recommend practicing rootless voicings in ii-V-I progressions. This encapsulates many of Evans&#8217;s harmonic approaches and voice leading techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Left Hand Focus: Play these voicings in the left hand while practicing simple melodies or scales in the right hand to develop independence and harmonic understanding. This exercise helps internalize Evans&#8217;s use of sophisticated harmonies and smooth voice leading, foundational elements of his style.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: Hey chat gpt, ifd I focus on only one exercise to learn Bill Evans techniques better what do you suggest? Answer: If one focuses on one exercise to learn <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/?p=8269\" class=\"more-link\">[&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"Layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-rockbob","post-8269","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8269\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bobwiseman.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}