Cool in D
Note after Note · Level 4 (Intermediate) · jazz and blues · Piano
A modal tune in the spirit of cool jazz: D Dorian mode (white keys, B natural), left-hand chords built in fourths, a bridge in A Dorian.
▶ Play this piece with the interactive score
How to practise it
- Listen first: the site plays it while the score scrolls.
- Wait mode: the score waits for you at every note, at your own pace.
- Tempo challenge: play in time, with a score and a map of the bars you got right.
- Play relaxed, almost nonchalant: the dotted pairs are swung, never stiff. The left-hand chords (D-G-C, E-A-D) always keep the same 5-3-1 shape: only the hand moves. B natural is the “colour” note of the Dorian mode: let it be heard.