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Great lesson. Another great keyboard player who is a master of the left hand obstinato was Ray Manzarek of the Doors. Virtually all of the Doors recordings feature Ray improvising over a repetitive pattern. For me he's a real inspiration, extremely inventive and creative and original. Great examples are "Riders On The Storm" and "Ship Of Fools" and there are many more.
Keith Jarrett's improvisation is one of those dark arts, that can't be explained in only step-by-step learning terms, but every now and then there is an improvisation with easier-to-find golden nuggets, here is one of them!! I'm looking for more!
I have been writing music for many, many years, but blues and boogy etc have fascinated me since I was a little boy, maybe I'm reborn from the 50s, greetings, Bobby Beat
We have many more demonstrative ones with less talking,: many of our students require and demand more explanation. The key to education: one size never fits all! Your learning style only belongs to you. That's why 1 to 1 lessons will always be the most effective.
There is no such thing as Jarrett plays the blues, cause everytime he is playing one its different. And this is because he is an real improviser getting the music from the zone. Its always pure music. His skills are only the vehicle to transform tones from the zone. The aspects of simple and hip do not exist and have no relevance in his playing.
Jarrett indeed plays a wide variety of genres in his improvisations, but he is largely influenced in his improvisation by American music, and the Paris Blues Encore is a bass line, he often uses. That bass line is a pure blues pattern, when he decides to use it, is using his improvisation intuition but when he does use it, it's pure blues, and the musical language of it is pure blues. To say it's not blues, would be totally against the facts. The Paris Encore Blues is also used in many of his other concerts, The Carnegie Hall concert came out 10 years later and it's the same left hand, even pure improvisers like Jarrett, reuse and recycle material and have their "go-to templates". Jarrett does this though in a very inventive and natural way, which absolutely has no gimmicks about it. But he has mastered the most simple elements, such as tempo control for such reliable bass lines, and using only blues scales in these blues pieces, making it such valuable educational content for other pianists. Hence this video. Hence the fact it's blues, because it's blues language.
@@contemporaryschoolofpiano u got me wrong. I didnt say this is not blues. But there is no way to bring jarrett down to a blues concept, cause there are endless different variations. Listen to straight no chaiser on the monteux album then maby u get an idea what i mean.
@@maxperson590 Yes, I understand what you mean now - I thought you said Jarrett doesn't play Blues, more or less, it's all totally improvised, and yes, whilst he does improvise in so many styles, there still is a blues element in some pieces. This video is a walkthrough of the Paris Concert Encore analyzed from the perspective of Blues language, rather than a tutorial on how to improvise in general like Keith Jarrett - which would be largely impossible to systemize, such freedom cannot be systemized into a class, that's why it's so precious! I think that's what you are saying, is that right?
@@contemporaryschoolofpiano I meant when he is playing blues there is no particular concept behind it. Its more what he hears in the moment and it can get far out in the complete free domain. All in all i agree with your last comment.
@maxperson590 Thanks so much for the illuminating lecture. I hope one day to possess the enormity of your musical knowledge and wisdom. Perhaps in the meantime you could upload a video and and show all of us lesser mortals how it's done. We will be eternally indebted to you.
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I’m only starting but you’re my favourite teacher so far. I’ve learned more of you than anyone.
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Many thanks for your kind words
You’re the best teacher Tom. Thank you kindly ❤
Great lesson. Another great keyboard player who is a master of the left hand obstinato was Ray Manzarek of the Doors. Virtually all of the Doors recordings feature Ray improvising over a repetitive pattern. For me he's a real inspiration, extremely inventive and creative and original. Great examples are "Riders On The Storm" and "Ship Of Fools" and there are many more.
Best explanation on Keith for students! Theese are such needed classes! Keep em' coming :)
Keith Jarrett's improvisation is one of those dark arts, that can't be explained in only step-by-step learning terms, but every now and then there is an improvisation with easier-to-find golden nuggets, here is one of them!! I'm looking for more!
I have been writing music for many, many years, but blues and boogy etc have fascinated me since I was a little boy, maybe I'm reborn from the 50s, greetings, Bobby Beat
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@@mikek.629 thank you for your kindness !
Love this lesson, great sounds.
Glad you like it!
Unglaublich gut! Danke!
@@dr.chrisketo7193 Danke!!
Brilliant! Keep 'em coming Tom!
On it!
My favourite lesson so far. Thank you very much.
Keith is the GOAT!👏🏼
100 percent
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Amazing ! It's disconcertingly easy, but things suddenly change when I get down to work. 😂😂😂
The simple things are the hardest!
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Great lesson, would be even better if talking:playing ratio was the inverse.
We have many more demonstrative ones with less talking,: many of our students require and demand more explanation. The key to education: one size never fits all! Your learning style only belongs to you. That's why 1 to 1 lessons will always be the most effective.
Jarrett can't play the blues, but he does sometimes play a 12 bar blues progression.
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There are multiple approaches to play blues. A bebopmusician for example has a very different way to play it compared to a boogie woogie player.
@ yes, this is a great topic for a future video! Watch this space! We are filming this weekend!
There is no such thing as Jarrett plays the blues, cause everytime he is playing one its different. And this is because he is an real improviser getting the music from the zone. Its always pure music. His skills are only the vehicle to transform tones from the zone. The aspects of simple and hip do not exist and have no relevance in his playing.
Jarrett indeed plays a wide variety of genres in his improvisations, but he is largely influenced in his improvisation by American music, and the Paris Blues Encore is a bass line, he often uses. That bass line is a pure blues pattern, when he decides to use it, is using his improvisation intuition but when he does use it, it's pure blues, and the musical language of it is pure blues. To say it's not blues, would be totally against the facts. The Paris Encore Blues is also used in many of his other concerts, The Carnegie Hall concert came out 10 years later and it's the same left hand, even pure improvisers like Jarrett, reuse and recycle material and have their "go-to templates". Jarrett does this though in a very inventive and natural way, which absolutely has no gimmicks about it. But he has mastered the most simple elements, such as tempo control for such reliable bass lines, and using only blues scales in these blues pieces, making it such valuable educational content for other pianists. Hence this video. Hence the fact it's blues, because it's blues language.
@@contemporaryschoolofpiano u got me wrong. I didnt say this is not blues. But there is no way to bring jarrett down to a blues concept, cause there are endless different variations. Listen to straight no chaiser on the monteux album then maby u get an idea what i mean.
@@maxperson590 Yes, I understand what you mean now - I thought you said Jarrett doesn't play Blues, more or less, it's all totally improvised, and yes, whilst he does improvise in so many styles, there still is a blues element in some pieces. This video is a walkthrough of the Paris Concert Encore analyzed from the perspective of Blues language, rather than a tutorial on how to improvise in general like Keith Jarrett - which would be largely impossible to systemize, such freedom cannot be systemized into a class, that's why it's so precious! I think that's what you are saying, is that right?
@@contemporaryschoolofpiano I meant when he is playing blues there is no particular concept behind it. Its more what he hears in the moment and it can get far out in the complete free domain.
All in all i agree with your last comment.
@maxperson590 Thanks so much for the illuminating lecture. I hope one day to possess the enormity of your musical knowledge and wisdom. Perhaps in the meantime you could upload a video and and show all of us lesser mortals how it's done. We will be eternally indebted to you.