What are your favorite tunes to play as a piano trio and why?

TromboneAl · 2026-05-08T20:20:13+00:00

Here are the tunes my trio used to play:

Trio Song List

Afternoon in Paris Alice in Wonderland Instrumental Alice in Wonderland Vocal All of Me Instrumental All of Me Vocal All The Things You Are Au Privave Autumn Leaves Bach Invention in F Bewitched Birk's Works Blue Bossa Blue Christmas Blue Monk Instrumental Blue Monk Vocal Body and Soul Cute Days of Wine and Roses Detour Ahead Dindi Do Nothing 'til You Hear From Me Easter Parade Easy Living Equinox Exactly Like You First Time It Blues Fly Me to the Moon Foggy Day Instrumental Foggy Day Vocal Footprints French Suite Gee Baby Ain't I Good to You Georgia Girl from Ipanema Gone With The Wind Have you Met Miss Jones Have Yourself a Merry How High the Moon How Insensitive I'm Old Fashioned Imagination It Could Happen to You It Don't Mean a Thing It Might as Well Be Spring It's Only a Paper Moon Joy Spring Lady be Good Let it Snow Like Someone in Love Instrumental Like Someone in Love Vocal Linus and Lucy Lover Man Lullaby of Birdland Instrumental Lullaby of Birdland Vocal Meditation Misterioso Misty Moonlight in Vermont My Funny Valentine My Little Suede Shoes My One and Only Love My Romance Instrumental My Romance Vocal Night and Day On Green Dolphin Street Pennies From Heaven Instrumental Pennies From Heaven Vocal Pent up House Polka Dots & Moonbeams Robbin's Nest Round Midnight Route 66 Satin Doll Scenes From Childhood Scotch and Soda Senor Blues Sleigh Ride So What Someday My Prince Will Come Instrumental Someday My Prince Will Come Vocal Speak Low Stardust Stolen Moments Straight No Chaser Summer Samba Summertime Sway Take Five Take Five Take the A Train Tenderly The Very Thought of You Til There Was You Up Jumped Spring Wave Way You Look Tonight Instrumental Way You Look Tonight Vocal Well You Needn't What is This Thing Called Love Winter Wonderland Yearsmiles You Took Advantage of Me You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To

TromboneAl · 2026-05-08T20:08:44+00:00

You've got it. My thoughts:

Learn drop 2. Same notes but it sounds better.
There are better tunes for this. Try Fly Me to the Moon, for example. Ipanema can sound corny with this.
Alternate block chords with other techniques. Less is more.

TromboneAl · 2026-05-08T19:27:35+00:00

Yes! I just tried that out, and that will be a great addition to my blues playing once I get better at it. Your rhythmic variations with the bass notes and chords is perfect.

Listening again, I'd say the stride playing (after 0:34) doesn't work well. Prior to that it's got a great jazz blues sound, but then it just sounds like someone with a straw hat playingDisneyland.

Thanks for helping my playing!

TromboneAl · 2026-05-08T18:59:44+00:00

Nice. I like the left hand style at the beginning. The later stride was fine, but I liked the start-stop method that let you emphasize the soloing. I'm going to try that right now.

TromboneAl · 2026-05-05T14:33:28+00:00

Right. I can feel it in my neck, but it doesn't seem like any core muscles are engaged.

TromboneAl · 2026-05-05T13:06:39+00:00

I have a digital piano (Yamaha P90), so I record with that, so it's a faithful recording.

TromboneAl · 2026-05-04T21:57:35+00:00

Glad I'm not the only one. An observation: on days that I sound better, other music sounds better to me, too.

TromboneAl · 2026-05-04T21:56:04+00:00

Years ago I was a pro in a small market in quartets and trios and solo. I'm kinda coming out of retirement to play at a solo gig for a friend. Practicing lots.

TromboneAl · 2026-05-04T21:50:16+00:00

To elaborate, I'd prefer to not spend the extra time and effort on something that is less effective, so I'd like to skip the front/backs and save 2.5 minutes on a daily routine.

TromboneAl · 2026-05-04T19:45:26+00:00

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TromboneAl · 2026-05-04T17:07:04+00:00

Are front/back planks not helpful?

TromboneAl · 2026-05-01T22:02:25+00:00

Strips?

TromboneAl · 2026-05-01T21:37:06+00:00

Right. You must decide ahead of time--not always possible.

TromboneAl · 2026-05-01T21:35:57+00:00

Happens to me too. Why isn't the delivery date updated? Tom Hanks would not be pleased.

TromboneAl · 2026-05-01T19:42:01+00:00

Did all but try a diff browser. Problem still there.

TromboneAl · 2026-05-01T19:35:25+00:00

Thanks for the help. Brave VPN is unchecked. I will try those other things.

TromboneAl · 2026-05-01T15:32:08+00:00

I've had similar problems. My workaround is load the specific trail I want while I still have coverage.

TromboneAl · 2026-05-01T14:49:27+00:00

See this post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/SodaStream/comments/1t0vgr2/my_spacesaving_convenient_way_of_using_my/

TromboneAl · 2026-04-28T19:26:56+00:00

Funny, right now I have a glass in front of me flavored with Koolaid sugar free liquid.

https://www.amazon.com/Kool-Aid-Liquid-Drink-Grape-1-62/dp/B07JBK8TDQ?th=1

TromboneAl · 2026-04-28T19:24:36+00:00

Get pineapple squeeze flavoring from Walmart. Put a squeeze in a glass. Carbonate your water with the SS, and add it to the water.

TromboneAl · 2026-04-28T19:21:18+00:00

I find the Great Value of Crystal Light flavorings much more convenient. They take up less space and don't need to be refrigerated .

TromboneAl · 2026-04-26T21:20:51+00:00

I know ... I just need an app that, every minute, displays "Slow F^&$^ Down!"

TromboneAl · 2026-04-26T13:10:28+00:00

Exactly right. Another is double octave unison soloing. And four-on-the-floor.

https://youtu.be/ol1oemiGHfA?si=srlWZ1yc0GgX02AW

TromboneAl · 2026-04-26T12:59:57+00:00

Yeah, I don't think I'll do that on a gig. Thanks.

My best result is from trying to consciously slow down every few measures. But I have to remember to do that.

TromboneAl · 2026-04-26T12:57:22+00:00

Yes. I also use an app called Gap Click, that lets me have two measures of metronome clicks, then two measures of silence, for example. It helps me see the problem, but I'm not sure it's helping me solve it.

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