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4.8 Rating 2,193 Reviews
95 %
of reviewers recommend Open Studio
4.8
Based on 2,193 reviews
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Open Studio - Jazz Lesson from Jazz Legends
Be a better jazz player, guaranteed.

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 2nd August 2024
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Anonymous  // 01/01/2019
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 1 year ago
The content and instructors on Open Studio are fantastic – I especially love the guided practice sessions. However, navigating the website is clunky and feels very outdated. Finding specific courses is often confusing and requires either searching for the exact course name or setting it as a bookmark in my browser. Having an option to "save" a course as a favorite would be a great way to quickly pull up a lesson that you are working on.
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Posted 1 year ago
Highly engaging, professionally produced material. Very satisfied.
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Posted 1 year ago
I am very impressed with Open Studio. It contains loads of lessons, practices and knowledge and presented in a way that is very easy to follow. They explain and comment and show you on the keyboard and also with sheet music for display and download.
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Posted 1 year ago
Just beginning with the base piano course. Every session is well done, gives motivation to follow the exercise. The integrated music score allow to rapidly find the spot you need in the video. The study manual is also well done. Simply great.
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Posted 1 year ago
I have purchased other online jazz study materials, some of them quite good, but Open Studio is in a class by itself. Guided Practice sessions make it unambiguous what needs to be done. I have always struggled with figuring out what to practice and how to practice, but Open Studio has solved that problem.
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Posted 1 year ago
Open Studio is the hippest compendium of online jazz education I’ve encountered so far. I could spend years integrating the lessons given here - even though I’m already a professional player.
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Posted 1 year ago
Very good recources!
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Posted 1 year ago
What a great concept "You'll hear it" is. Adam and Peter are my companions through my piano journey. How generous and witty they are. Their skills and insights and patience are outstanding. Who could wish for better teachers. Peter and Adam....move over Morcambe and Wise!... sorry that will be lost on St Louis folk. Thanks to all the other great contributors to Open Studio.
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Posted 1 year ago
Excelentes clases!
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Posted 1 year ago
Best courses I’ve seen when it comes to jazz and music as a whole 🙏🏾❤️
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Posted 1 year ago
The pro version seems a bit overwhelming and if you need the earliest materials you need to spend minutes to find them, and once you are done with example 1, it takes you to the top of the posts. Rather than that, it’s an awesome experience.
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Posted 1 year ago
Hi Kian, This is great feedback. We are in the process of rebuilding the platform and there are some things in the works that should alleviate that pain point. Happy Practicing. Dan co-founder, Open Studio
Posted 1 year ago
The instructors and materials are excellent. It’s clear that a great deal of work went into constructing the courses. It’s rare that you get something of such remarkably high quality at such a reasonable price.
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Posted 1 year ago
Hola, soy guitarrista pero me he inclinado mas a ver y practicar el piano. Tengo un teclado y en mi poco tiempo libre intento hacer algo. Vi de pasada algo de guitarra, muy bueno todo. Es genial Open Studio y me hace feliz poder ver las clases, las difruto mucho. Saludos Omar
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Posted 1 year ago
Open Studio gives us access to the masters! The platform is loaded with musical gold. It’s easy to use, well designed and very logical. Indispensable in my opinion.
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Posted 1 year ago
Nothing else comes close: the resources, the teachers, the volume, the clarity, the software. There is nothing better online to help you along your musical journey.
Open Studio 5 star review on 28th June 2023
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Posted 1 year ago
Was massively surprised by how much content you get and with the pro version the amount of live lessons every week. Would highly recommend Open studio.
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Posted 1 year ago
I really love your guided sessions. Sadly for me it's not possible to join live sessions because I live in Germany. I love the podcast You'll Hear It! For the feature I wish more guitar related stuff.
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Posted 1 year ago
Hey Steve, Thanks for the feedback. Consider joining Open Studio Pro where we have live sessions virtually everyday, which would be in the evenings in Germany. If you haven't checked out our guitar guru, Chris Parks, you would love his 5 sessions he teaches weekly. You can see more about them here: https://www.openstudiojazz.com/parks We have some great guitar stuff in the pipeline also. Happy practicing! Dan co-founder, Open Studio
Posted 1 year ago
It’s great, I highly recommend it!
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Posted 1 year ago
Great!! A wealth of education!!
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Posted 1 year ago
Open Studio is rated 4.8 based on 2,193 reviews