Been doing this for a few weeks now and if I can offer any advice, its just simply to make sure you take Monday as seriously as the rest of the days (its tempting to slack on Monday listening, cuz it feels like an off day). If you reallllly drill that melody and those lyrics in your head on Monday, it reallly makes the transposing days go much smoother. If you just think "Oh I've heard the song a bunch of times in the past, no biggie" but the lyrics and ALL sections of the melody aren't drilled into ur head, then transposing will be much more frustrating and time consuming....I love this tune a week formula!

This is like having the nicest mom on the block teach jazz.  So great

Monday- Choose tune, Listen all day, Pick your favorite recording, Acquire or write your chart
Tuesday- Learn the melody, Learn the words, Play roots (LH), Play 3 & 7(RH), Sing Melody in 12 keys
Wednesday- Create beautiful, rootless, 2-handed voicings, Comp with play-along or metronome (1 key)
Thursday- Figure out LH, closed, rootless voicings, Play melody with RH (12 keys using metronome)
Friday- Solo with patterns, Solo with scales (play from memory)
Saturday- Start performing, Create intro & ending, Play the head in, solo, comp, head out
Sunday- Rest and be proud of the reward of your work

This is a really good reminder that "deep learning"  takes time,  and that quick superficial learning does not really move the ball forward (even tho the little ego voice in my head keeps screaming that "kinda getting it and moving on"  is enough,  when it's not).

Okay, I'm doing this.


Day 1: Thanks for making me dead tired of "Razao de Amor" by Marcos Valle.

I must say, no matter how complicated practicing gets, if i just come back to this I feel so much more grounded and at ease with my routine. Thank you for this!

"Even if you're a guitar player"  Love it!

Teacher I never met, the teacher I always needed!

A Tuna Week! I’ll have some mayo with that.

You are not just
opening a world, but a universe

All 12 keys? That'll take me a week for just that part!!!  I do get it though.

Just discovered you on YouTube and I'm freaking out.  So much stuff to learn!  I'm a trumpet player and singer, now trying to add piano.  You're showing me exactly what I need.  Can't thank you enough, Aimee.

I’ve been trying to learn jazz piano for a while now after over 20 years of classical piano...read so many books..watched videos..but your channel is the first one which really makes me get it and breaks it down so it’s accessible and understandable. Thanks so much for all the time and effort you put into making your videos and helping us Jazzers learn the craft! 👍😀

the grates jazz lesson video Ive ever seen

I got so many songs in my head that I know in one key and I have arranged the solo and that's the only solo I can play and they're all stuck in my muscle memory and every time I learn a new one I forget one. I think I've maxed out. So this looks positively painful, but just imagine a year from now when I can whizz thru all the keys, it'll be awesome

This is the best answer I've found on how to practise 💯❤️🔥

Aimee, this is uncanny. Before watching this, I had been listening to a Joe Henderson recording of Recordame all week and just listened to Marian McPartland’s interview of Oscar Peterson where they mentioned learning the lyrics of tunes. Just this past week. What a coincidence.

Excellent tasks. Thanks so much.

Thank you! I love your attitude towards music. ❤

Pretty good. I wonder why you don't have as many subscribers as Rick Beato. Your content is really good.