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Open Studio - Jazz Lesson from Jazz Legends
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Open Studio provides jazz education from today's leaders in jazz in an easy to use and interactive viewing environment.

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Open Studio 5 star review on 20th April 2024
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Open Studio 5 star review on 9th February 2024
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
Once you come here, there really is no need to look further. I PROMISE! I have been studying this music for a long time, and every time I experience "wanderlust" and try something else, I always come back home to Open Studio. Whether you have a personal instructor or coach NOTHING compares to this. Just stop. You have finally found the ONE-STOP SHOP. The price alone does not compare. What you pay here for one month is what you will pay for one lesson for most teachers. Plus all the content here will take you multiple lifetimes to truly acquire. The instructors are WOLRD CLASS!!! Thank you OPEN STUDIO.
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Posted 1 year ago
Newbie - only there for a week, but working with Adam Maness makes me aware why my first 6 months starting w jazz after a lifetime of classical piano has been chaotic - I didn't start with the basics! Adam does a phenomenal job of making practicing/learning "the basic chords/scale/harmonies" interesting, engaging, and productive. Looking forward now to Jeremy Siskind's new class. THANKS!
Open Studio 5 star review on 9th October 2023
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Posted 6 months ago
Jazz Piano Method: I've personally studied with some of the best jazz pianists in the world over the years. Out of all of them, I recognize only one as having that "plus" element that Peter Martin certainly has. Your "typical" jazz piano master has a complete control over the repertoire, an incredible ability to transpose, and a total mastery of the language. They will largely base their style on the imitation of Bud, or Barry, or Cedar, mostly playing in one style (for example with shells in the left hand) Peter is different..an amazing left hand and dozens of ways to approach piano solo in a tangible way that works and swings. The simplest example: for many pianists, playing half notes in the bass register would be deemed as "mechanical and non idiomatic". Peter proves stuff like that is not only possible, but incredibly functional and hip. He's a great teacher, he explains as best as he can how to get from point A to point B. With that being said.... The main problem is that the average student (if he has not gone through a serious education and/or through a series of real life traumatizing experiences) will not likely be able to properly assess his level. Not only will be the choice of what to study a problem, but also how to. Peter will show a concept on how to improvise and play an amazing tranche of a solo based on that, but the student will likely understand the concept and not sound that good, because he doesn't hear stuff like Peter does. The real benefit comes in copying Peter and then making your variations, your considerations, why not...your etudes. You can't expect to receive a formula "improvise with triads" and sound good, if you don't know how to really absorb the way of playing like that functionally. That takes time. And a single lesson can be material for months, if properly studied. Openstudio can then become a serious expense that won't really benefit the overwhelmed musician. They are email friendly and there is a possibility to be guided, although I strongly believe that only Peter would have the actual competence to really guide somebody. Personally, it took me years to learn how to guide myself through stuff like that. The comments section of the lessons is almost always empty and when somebody asks interesting follow up questions, they are not replied. The Facebook group is a desert. The best thing for a student would be to check his solo piano elements lessons, learning how to play tunes, then absorb some concepts on how to play on the various tunes Peter describes, all that with the guide of a teacher, if he/she is not ready yet. The best suggestion I can give is to offer a paying service that first filters the student's level (ex: send a tune played in time from start to finish) and then allows him/her to ask specific little questions to Peter and then receive a personal short video, even weeks later.
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Posted 9 months ago
Open studio is worth the 'price of admission' and really should cost more than it does. So thank you guys for keeping costs accessible. I don't know how you do that, but you haven't priced many of us out, for which I am grateful. Open Studio is the heart of what musicianship is about, a willingness to show others exactly how to get where you as masters in the craft are. And you don't oversell. Your site is the real deal for those who what to learn Jazz. Thanks for not underselling the reality that being good at the piano isn't an overnight process. Progress and mastery require dedication and work - while having fun.
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Posted 1 year ago
An absolutely phenomenal platform for learning jazz. The courses are well structured, the teachers are fantastic, and the lessons are super inspiring! I'd give a thousand star review if I could!
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Posted 4 years ago
I'm an intermediate piano player but decided to try the Jazz Piano Jump-Start. I'm quite satisfied with the course. It's always good to revisit very fundacional concepts with different approaches. The guided practices featured in this course are great.
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Posted 4 years ago
The best jazz education platform
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Posted 4 years ago
Open Studios is a battalion of guides who teach from the perspective and heart of the musician. Even with all the internet teaching, there is nowhere like it. You will shore up the things you already know and explore and master (if you want) the things you haven't mastered yet. They don't push you in their direction. They let you focus and develop your own personal sound. All of these guys are the guys you would break bread with and hang with. Thank you, Open Studios.
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Posted 1 week ago
I really like Open Studio, you make a great job. Courses are well organized and explanations are clear, short, right to the point, and beutifully exemplified. Transcriptions are very well done. The people who make the transcriptions in Open Studio is really good. I'm a professional composer, with formal education in composition and a post-degree specialization, but as a pianist I'm still on my way, and Open Studio opened the door for me for high quality education, and put me on the right track. Thank you very much, Peter, Adam, and the rest of the team.
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Posted 1 week ago
As a professional musician who studied at two post secondary institutions, I'm accessing the more advanced end of the information that Adam and Peter have to offer... That said, I've seen them deliver beginner level info and their amazing... Accessible, authentic and absolutely genuine. That they and their concept haven't been snatched up into some sort of offer of association with a traditional "bricks and mortar" music school blows my mind...
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Posted 1 month ago
Thank you for providing the exact structure I needed to improve my playing. Ive just started, but 30 years of self-management with my practice has not turned out as well as it should have. I started life with a gifted ear and singing voice, and have been frustrated in music ever since winning awards before my voice changed until I found your program. I just started, but everything is going great so far!
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Posted 1 month ago
Super cours pour un musiciens... pianiste. Merci ! Et félicitations.
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Posted 2 months ago
I thought I'd give it a try, but I had low expectations of how useful online teaching could be, and I have been absolutely blown away by how fantastic the teaching is! I'm actually addicted to practicing. Absolutely worth every penny!
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Posted 2 months ago
i can't write ENG very well. But you guys gave me very useful Musical Things. Thanks A lot.
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Posted 2 months ago
So far so awesomely Good!!! Thanks.
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Posted 2 months ago
I ordered some Jazz Piano materials back in December and I still have not received them yet ! I purchased them with a credit card ! Please help !!
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Posted 2 months ago
Great lessons from Sean Jones Navigation the site is a bit challenging, I’d need help: like continuing where I left off, finding my way back to the place I was, and sometimes the page seems to freeze-can’t go forward or back.
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Posted 4 months ago
Hi Kate, Thanks for your feedback. We are getting poised to launch an entire new version of Open Studio that will include those features you suggest so stay tuned! Regarding the freezing issue, please reach out to our support team at support@openstudiojazz.com and we can help troubleshoot. Best, Dan Martin co-founder, Open Studio
Posted 4 months ago
I’ve signed up for the Jazz piano jump start course and can say that it’s really helping me get going. I’m a novice player but the lessons really help me learn
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Posted 5 months ago
Great content, and the site/platform in general works very well! My only suggestion is Soundslice related: would be great if the position in the video per lesson is persisted across page reloads. Sometimes Safari on iPad forcefully reloads a page after I open it after a few days, and the position in the video is lost. I also haven't found a way to get full screen video only, I always see the sheet music score on the right; although I can at least drag the divider to make it small.
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Posted 7 months ago
Having real teacher is the ultimate level when it comes to learning but if it is impossible - OpenStudio is the ultimate solution. Initially it was too "advanced" for me because I had zero piano background whatsoever but after one year it got completely accessible to me. I'll be playing decent jazz within 10 years of self-training and that is completely doable for middle aged (I'm into late 40s now) corporate employee. I'm technology lead and IT architect in one of those bigger banks. Considering technicalities - all works as expected, lessons are available without interruptions pretty much always. Even those older materials are very good indeed. Adrian
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Posted 7 months ago
Open Studio is rated 4.7 based on 1,880 reviews