I'm now on Phase 9 of Chord Mastery Bootcamp. About one year has passed since I started CMB at Phase 1. I've noticed several fellow students progress to higher phases of CMB within the same time period. Those students likely had more previous piano experience than me. Some could simply have more talent, which is defined as A special natural ability or aptitude, usually for something expressed or implied; a natural capacity for success in some department of mental or physical activity. aptitude is in turned defined as the natural ability to learn or perform in a specific area. So in other words, some people just pick up piano skills faster than other. All I can do about that is not worry about other peoples' progress and work on my own skills.
Here's a graphic display of Lyle Mays' piano solo on James, taken from a live concert recording in the 1990s. There's a number of things I love about his solo, including the bossa nova detour. Part of the work in learning the solo is figuring out how accurate this graphic display actually is. It'll be a while before I'll feel ready to start learning his solo for fun and education, but here it is:
Lesson on how to possibly apply Preludes 11 and 12 from the Bach Well Tempered Klavier Book 2 to certain jazz standards. This stuff is also too advanced for me to take on at this time, but saving for future reference.
Ranking of JS Bach works, including the Preludes and Fugues, by difficulty.
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