How Do I Play The Piano With Other Musicians? || Piano Questions Answered
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- Ever wondered how to adapt your piano playing to work with a drummer, a bass player and maybe other musicians? This tutorial will help! ↓↓↓LINKS BELOW↓↓↓
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This tutorial will show you some techniques for playing piano when accompanied by a drummer, a bass player and/or other instrumentalists. Included is a a full chord chart and a downloadable playalong track, so you can work on the exercise at your own piano.
Thank you so much Bill! Funny to hear my name in one of your tutorials and a privilege to get my question answered :)
No problem Tim - hope it does the job for you!
I see you don't necessarily always hit less (low) notes with the LH as other instruments join. For example, when the bass guitar joins, you sometimes still do hit 3 bass notes at once, spread out in the left hand. But as you say, you do it less pronounced, more gentle. So it's okay to "gently support" the bass guitar this way?
Yep, absolutely - and the focus is on using those low notes for, if you like, expressive purposes (ie, adding to the musical texture you're creating) rather than for functional purposes (ie, filling in a bass part in the absence of anyone else doing it). So it's not necessarily a case of "the bass has come in - stop playing bass notes!" but rather a case of making use of the freedom the bass gives you. Does that make sense?
Yes it does, thanks!
I dont mean to be so offtopic but does any of you know a way to log back into an instagram account??
I somehow forgot my account password. I love any help you can give me!
Bill. as a music instructor ,you are a guru. I check out other sites on youtube but your channel is the one that keep my music skills growing as a 69 year old who is determined to play entertaining and interesting and meaningful music. Thanx a zillion.
No problem, Clive - delighted to be of help!
dude it’s our school band i practise at home and it goes perfectly and then i try it with other people and and then it also goes wel for 2 seconds then i lose track off where i’m at and i just wait while everyone plays it
Brilliant - thank you! I play with acoustic guitars providing rhythm but I think the same logic applies as if you have a drummer.
Great video. Loved the complete halt when the horns came in, then back in for the epic finale!
Very insightful! I love how you describe the reasoning behind your choices in the context of the piece. All your videos are great and educational, but this is like a look under the hood. Knowing *why* you make decisions is often more informative and practical to know than being told things one can do, especially when playing with a band which is something I struggle with more than sounding good since I mostly play solo in my room or something. I've had a couple gigs that were imo trainwrecks (although the band told me I did alright, but that's not what I wanna aim for) because I didn't have experience with it and didn't even know how to approach the situation
Again, all your content is top notch, but I hope to see more information about getting one's playing to mesh well with others. Because playing well and sounding good with a band can be lightyears apart
I'm gonna need to watch this a few times over a period of a few days and maybe take some notes to let it all sink in, as there's a lot of information you covered and a lot to be explored outwards from there--
More specifically, though, I've also always adored arpeggiation and would appreciate some tips about different arpeggiation styles and how to construct them in different genres and musical contexts, whether classical, jazzy, bluesy, ragtime, what have you. Just as some ideas, maybe not necessarily all of those specifically. If you already have a video on that, please let me know as I'm relatively new to your channel (but I'm already a subscriber who just turned the bell on after this vid and is considering becoming a patron. I'm a broke student, but I might be able to work something out)
Really glad this is helpful for you! Really the trick to fitting in with a band is to trust your ears and remember you're playing as part of a team: usually, if someone doesn't gel well it's because they're too focussed on what they are personally playing and not paying attention to the whole sound. So stick at it, and you'll be fine. Re: Patreon, don't worry about that at all if you're broke - just remember me when you're a rock star ;) Re: arpeggiation, there's a very old tutorial here - th-cam.com/video/6fYNPvE3-gA/w-d-xo.html and this more recent one that you might find useful: th-cam.com/video/FNj74AcY4Hc/w-d-xo.html - shout if you have any questions!
Super lesson. Clear, instructive and inspiring. Thank you.
I’ve just been trying to explain to people how I was learning piano but had no idea how to play with other musicians, how there was some art to it or knack I just didn’t understand. This filled the void quite nicely, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!
That was an excellent video, the improvisation was also pretty much self-explanatory. Feel free to do more videos in this direction. Thank you!
Thanks Carlota - I will!
thank you Mr. Hilton so very much for this you have definitely answered my questions !! Thank you so very Much Teddy Korbos !!
You're welcome, Teddy - glad it helped!
Bill, I missed your voice. You are sunny and helpful and I’m going to find some other pianists now. Please keep them coming. I plan to buy your book soon!
Thanks Patrick!
Great way to teach this! well done and thank you for sharing :)
Thank you, that was very informative! I really like that you took the time to stop and explain your thoughts at the moment.
No problem Elizabeth - thanks!
Bill has a lot of knowledge about piano but since now i couldn't find a tutorial to teach us for example ......(all today keyboards) has the feature of ''accompaniment'' like various rhythms(pop, salsa, reggae and so on) just by playing and changing chords.
Can you do that for us, i'am sure a lot of people will love that.
That's an interesting one, Andreas - you're right there would be a lot of demand. The tricky thing is that my digital piano doesn't have that feature: I'll see if I can borrow one that does and come up with something...
No, no, Bill you have misunderstand , just simply use the bass (say octaves) plus chords on your right hand or any variations of them to produce the ''rhythm'' like pop, salsa, arabic, etc, don't need the drum section, hope you understand.
Thank you Bill for the effort u are making🙏👍
You're welcome, Sandhya!
Hello bill, thanks for this tutorial! I love it... Is very educational
You're welcome!
Thank you very very very much... i don't speak english but understand.... greetings from Perú
No problem - thank you!
what if instead of horns it was a saxophone
i love how obnoxious the horns sound and it just causes you to stop playing
Listening back to this two and a half years later I'm kind of quite pleased with the arrangement there, but the horn samples.... not so much. I think I was just using the built-in Logic Pro brass sounds, and yes, they're kind of... striking...!
Thank you! This was very helpful
Love the way your left hand got away from the low register once the bass was there and had that covered. Am I wrong that the lower register should mostly used on piano when it's only a pianist doing the concert (besides a few visits here and there)?
That's a beautiful keyboard.
It was the red that sold it to me in the first place, tbh...
that was a beautiful piece of music
Thanks Jeff!
Thank you so helpful!
No problem, Hannah - glad you found it useful :)
Muy bueno. Felicitaciones.
Gracias, Luis!
Nice Sir 👍
Thank you!
What’s the name of that song?
Thank you. Lose the horns 😊
I'm not that keen on them myself, tbh, but all in the service of education, you know...
👍. Very educational! Thanks again