Blue In Green: Journey Through The Real Book #37 (Jazz Piano Lesson)
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- Various piano textures on this beautiful jazz ballad.
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Ron
I really like the view from the top. I can see what you are playing without guessing.
John
Thanks John. That was what most people preferred so you'll get to see my hands on the keys from the top view on all these videos moving forward. Much appreciated :)
Amazing stuff! Sure hope I can play like you someday. Been playing guitar for a little over a decade but only recently started to sit down and understand music and music theory as I also try to learn the piano (no small task, I know). While I don't extract much from this video in terms of technique as a beginner, it is infinitely helpful in illustrating music as story-telling and how vast its story truly is. Cheers!
It sounds like you're on the right track! The story-telling is something we can do at whatever level we're currently at, and all the technique in the world means nothing without it. Good luck :)
Beautiful! I love how did that. Interesting how different performers get get such different vibes from the same tune. Your rendition is sort of Evans-esque, a sort of warm whistfulness. That doesn't really make sense but I'm not enough of a poet to describe it better than that. Then when Miles does this tune with the mute on his horn he brings a sense of deep loneliness and isolation. Very moving either way.
Thanks Ken, and I agree with your observations about different performers and tunes. Miles' playing on the Kind of Blue album is very special.
I like the idea of alternating between the birds eye view and the more expansive one.
Simple, face us when you are explaining and talking to us, then use overhead view whilst playing. Oh, and get the piano tuned !! Please. Many thanks
This series is so inspiring! Absolutely beautiful playing by the way!
Thanks Felix - I appreciate your kind words very much and am glad it's inspiring you!
i love the wholesome vibes ;)
Thanks so much, James! I feel we need as much of this as possible.
Absolutely lovely and I too like the birds eye view.
Thanks Cenn! I've kept the overhead view for the rest of the series. Have fun playing Blue In Green!
I am a jazz drummer majoring in jazz composition; I am here to widen my harmonic language!
I am absolutely fascinated with your playing ability! You blew my mind in this video.
I have thousands of questions but will limit myself to one:
Do you have any tips/resources to improve my chord voicing?
When playing piano I find myself defaulting to the most basic chord voicing possible (ie 1,3,5,7 on my left hand in that order)
Great questions, and our next step is always an individual thing for each of us. Based on what you've said here, I recommend that you begin playing th e7th chords with some inversions, so there's smooth voice-leading. Your hand shouldn't move very far from chord to chord. When you can do this easily on many tunes, then move on to rootless one-handed voicings, then rootless 2-handed voicings. Good luck with your composing!
like the top view...this birds eye view really helps to understand what you are doing as you go thru the real book. Thanks for this video. Magnificently performed as well.
Thanks!!! Thanks for the kind words and I'm hope these videos are helping with your playing :)
thank you so much for this song! i totally got lost inside of it just like you did while you where playing...
Glad you had this experience - that's the goal!
Thanx, Ron.
One of my favorites! And I love your rendition, languid and cool. I like the bird's eye view, too -- provides a clear look at your fingering. Thanks!
It's such a great tune, right? Thanks for letting me know your preference for the view. Someone else just said the same thing on my FB page.
yes ...very good...many thanks!
Thanks Webb - it's such a great tune to improvise on!
Gerat and inspired rendition of this gorgeous and famous jazz standard Ron! I love the camera on the top. Thanks for sharing your talent. I'm happy to suscribe to your channel. Felicidades desde México!
Thanks for listening, Alberto! Good luck with your music :)
The top's got it, Ron!!!
Glad you liked that, Jim! I'm about to post the next one right now :)
Top
Thanks, Andrew! "Top" seems to be the consensus, so that's what I've been continuing with. Good luck with your playing :)
Great performance!!!
Thanks Willie :)
Beautiful playing as always Ron & I love the view from the top! Thanks.
I'm glad you enjoyed it, Barbie, and it seems like it's unanimous so far - the top it is!!!
Cheers Ron, enjoyed your break down, view from the top works too.
Thanks for the feedback on the angle, Simon, and glad you liked it :)
Great stuff! I'm enjoying your content and helping my playing
By far your best video!! Love the top! Amazing👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thanks, Benny! I'll keep showing these from the top view :)
Beautiful! Top view for sure. Thank you.
Thank you. This was wonderful interpretation . I love watching your fingers move across the keys.
Thanks Jamie, I love this tune!
Thank you for this! I love the sounds and it does inspire me, good to see the view from Top also unless I have the sheet music of your chord inversions.
Hi Charlie, I'm glad this inspires you. That's my goal! Good luck with your jazz piano playing :)
Top. Btw love this entire series!
Thanks, Brad, I'm having a great time going through the book and I hope you're playing some of these tunes too!
Wow! Amazing, liked the birdview. Maybe you could do a video separate from the others telling us a bit of how you play your left hand,
Really enjoyed it, so much emotion, I liked the top but I also like the other way kinda get two perspectives , thankyou...
Thanks,, Randy - it's one of the most beautiful jazz compositions!
Great video! I kind of dig the overhead view, sometimes it's helpful to see what fingerings you're using.
Thanks, Eric! I've been using the overhead view for the videos I've made since this one. Good luck with your playing :)
Hi, Ron! This mixed mode in having the tune intro in front view and the actual playing from the top is just PERFECT! Fingering is always an issue for me and this helps a lot! BTW, I'm not missing. I'll sign up for your course just after the end of my vacations. 😉
Thanks Alexandre! This is how all the lessons in my video course are, so I'm excited about working with you. Enjoy the rest of your vacations :)
Top :)
Thank You :)
TOP!!!!!
You got it!!!
Yes superb video Ron top view of playing is great for study Thanks
Glad you liked this, Derek, and thanks for letting me know. It's just like with music, right? We keep trying new things and seeing where it takes us. Good luck with your music :)
thanks for the video
It's a pleasure, Fede!
Awesome, you followed my suggestion!!! Thankyou! Wonderful, this is immensely helpful, I can have this on my ipad in front of the piano and work out what you're doing now!! Please do this for future videos!
Great, have fun!
If you could recommend one book (think quantity as well as quality) that I buy with a ton of jazz standards for piano what would it be? Obviously I mean interpretations of standards which are quality, not just the stock as in the real book.
Do you mean a book that has written-out arrangements for jazz piano, as opposed to leadsheets like in the real book?
Yes, written out arrangements but which are not beginner but more intermediate to advanced. I was thinking of getting the Berklee Jazz Standards for Piano book. I've bought a few books of late, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson etc, but was looking for one with some general decent arrangements of standards. It's a lot of work but makes me a much better musician overall and helps my guitar work!
I used to enjoy playing George Shearing's written out arrangements. They have great chords and are easier to learn than transcriptions usually are. Shearing's reharmonization of Over The Rainbow has influenced just about every jazz pianist. Dick Hyman has some good books of arrangements too. Are you also playing tunes from leadsheets? This is what will help you the most, because you can focus on one technique at a time, like walking bass or chord voicings, and actually apply them to a variety of tunes. Each technique gets a lot easier after you go through 4-5 tunes with it.
Not playing the ethereal Bill Evans intro leading to G minor is a sin.
Show those fingers!🖐
Thanks Michael!
This piano is so out of tune, please fix. Thank you!
Thx - that was years ago. It's been tuned many times since then.
@@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 Thank You!
I am a guitarist - appreciate the TOP VIEW - easier to understand and identify notes than using notation
Thanks, Charles - good luck with your music :)
Top
Thanks MIchael, I hope you're playing this tune too!!!