hi sir i am a Filipino, may hand is so smal, can you teach how to exercise our hands like mind my hands is like stone, how to exercise to make it smooth
"Doesn't that sound amazing? And it's actually not that hard to play" I've been binge watching these videos and I think I've now heard this phrase, literally, at least 1000 times :D
Wow! I have done all these for a few decades but let me tell you all, it took me many jazz transcriptions and several years of lessons to get what this compact, straight to the point video does to help you sound "legit" stylistically. I wish TH-cam had been around when I was learning to play! If any aspiring pianist were to play these techniques in all 12 keys, minor and major (so 24 keys total) your playing would immediately be elevated. This vid is what I would strongly suggest to any decent classical musician who is interested in playing jazz. Great video!
I follow up all your quick tips and lessons. That one is quite useful to settle down the techniques you taught somewhere else at PWJ. My goal is to be able to improv for hours only on chord progressions, without "wasting" any song of my list. Lounges, piano-bars, pubs... I'm studying hard, master. Proud of being a PWJ student. Keep in touch, I would like to talk to you live someday. Thanks for the lesson. All the best,
Great video, really useful explanation of techniques that I have heard a lot but didn't know how to achieve. Having the separation between beginner techniques and intermediate ones helps me to plan a practice route in to playing these too. Thank you!
Très bons conseils, tout est expliqué de façon très progressive, en plus on peut visualiser les notes sur le clavier supérieur ! Dommage que Jonny et TH-cam n'existaient pas quand j'avais 14 ans (en 1980!) j'aurais appris tout cela il y a longtemps! ! Continue Jonny!
Wow. These vids are excellent. I'm not a keys player, but this is explained so well I can take these ideas to my instruments. Thanks Jonny... I'm tempted to find myself a keyboard now :) The result really does sound great. Thanks!
An "obvious detail", to say so, for beginners trying to set and run his own backing track on ireal, lol: b13 or #5 are the same alteration. In other words, D7 b13 #9 and D7 #9 #5 are the same.
3:51 Johnny says that adding a 7th note to your 5 chord makes it dominant. A 5 chord is by definition the dominant chord, with or without the 7th added. Just thought I would point that out.
It's interesting that you can play the chords in inversions that don't require as much hand movement, but they don't sound nearly as interesting. Have to work on those transitions, I guess!
hey Jonny sorry for being off track, but please can you make a tutorial on how to play Regina Belle's song " Dream in color", I've tried using my ear it but I get stuck along the way, I can sort of hear that they are using a 6th diminished scale to construct the chord progression, I've searched everywhere for tutorials nothing...🙏
I just realized that in the standard rootless voicings, the dominant #9b13 is just the tritone substitution...doh! No wonder it shows up all the time in chord charts.
All gòod stuff thank you Jonny , but im sure a lot of us feel VERY " deflated ": one minute you telling us where the 6 and 9 are THEN next minute your explaining how a D dom b9 b13 is derived !! Pffts ,, but we can pick up the " crumbs " as we go ,,, ,,, but all appreciated , thank you😊😊
Yes, it is a chord progression based on the melodic minor scale. You can think of the 2 and 6 chords as half diminished chords or altered dominant chords.
Sorry for asking most likely a stupid question, but I am still new to all this. Why is it A and not Ab when playing the Cm6/9 in the Eb-Major / C-Minor key? So in other words if playing in the key of C-Minor and reading "Cm6" I think would play C-Eb-Ab. Can please someone explain what I am missing here?
Jazz players usually think Dorian mode (natural 6) over minor chords vs Aelion mode (flat 6). Dorian is built off the 2nd tone of the standard Major scale and is the ii m7 in a Major 2-5-1 but is also generally used as the i m7 (or i m69 or whichever color is used) in a minor blues turnaround. The A creates more tension against the Cm and resists resolution (unlike the Ab that wants to resolve down to G). Modal theory and modal interchange are the backbone of the "Jazz" approach and explains much (if not all) of the choices players make when "altering" their chord voicings/extensions. Can be a very convoluted and complex subject but... nothing comes easy unfortunately 🤣. I hope that helps a little??
00:00 - Intro
00:47 - Step 1: Lounge Progression
01:19 - Minor Turnaround
02:32 - Chords
06:36 - Play with backing track
06:55 - Step 2: Beginner Improv
07:24 - Blues Scale
09:05 - 2 Improv Techniques: Slides & Turns
11:56 - Play with backing track
12:51 - Step 3: Intermediate Improv
13:25 - Harmonized Slides
14:42 - Harmonized Turns
15:21 - Gospel Connectors
16:38 - Improvise with the backing track
17:39 - Conclusion
Hello,
could you use the major blues scale with this progression as well?
Regards
hi sir i am a Filipino, may hand is so smal, can you teach how to exercise our hands like mind my hands is like stone, how to exercise to make it smooth
"Doesn't that sound amazing? And it's actually not that hard to play" I've been binge watching these videos and I think I've now heard this phrase, literally, at least 1000 times :D
Jonny has a way of making the complicated really simple. But ya, a new tagline may confuse me.
I love the way he calls chords pretty. It makes me so happy for some reason 😂
LOL there were alot of times in this vid when he used 'actually not that hard to play' while i thought WTF dude this hard! XD
It’s really not that complicated. Just practice really slow and you’ll get there quicker.
That's because he's an encourager. What if he kept saying this is really hard you'll never get it. Lol.
Wow! I have done all these for a few decades but let me tell you all, it took me many jazz transcriptions and several years of lessons to get what this compact, straight to the point video does to help you sound "legit" stylistically. I wish TH-cam had been around when I was learning to play! If any aspiring pianist were to play these techniques in all 12 keys, minor and major (so 24 keys total) your playing would immediately be elevated. This vid is what I would strongly suggest to any decent classical musician who is interested in playing jazz. Great video!
This is the best jazz channel, quick and to the point, with all the skills you need to hone the craft, well done.
I must say this is my favourite video. I learn how to play something decent just in one video very happy with my process.❤❤❤ thank you so much😊
That's awesome, thank you for watching!
I follow up all your quick tips and lessons. That one is quite useful to settle down the techniques you taught somewhere else at PWJ. My goal is to be able to improv for hours only on chord progressions, without "wasting" any song of my list. Lounges, piano-bars, pubs... I'm studying hard, master. Proud of being a PWJ student. Keep in touch, I would like to talk to you live someday. Thanks for the lesson. All the best,
You are like the James Bond of the piano!!! Nobody does it better!!!!!! Jonny, you are the best!!!!
That would be the Carly Simon, but i agree with you! He is a wonderful teacher.
Slow down that great 1-6-2-5 progression a little with those extensions and you have the structure of the Perry Mason theme. Beautiful!
those drums make it sound sooooo much better.
Straightforward, clearly structured and highly enjoyable...thanks a lot for boosting my practice spirit and greetings from Berlin
This lesson is simply awesome!!!
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All my life I've wanted to be known as "that guy who plays lounge jazz". Oh ya!
This was great! I’m a guitar player who is dabbling on the keyboard, this is soI can give a go.
I always get another string to my bow after your lessons.....thanx maestro
I don’t always comment, but when I do, it’s to tell you that daaaamn that was some nice teaching !!
Thank you very much !
Great video, really useful explanation of techniques that I have heard a lot but didn't know how to achieve. Having the separation between beginner techniques and intermediate ones helps me to plan a practice route in to playing these too. Thank you!
Très bons conseils, tout est expliqué de façon très progressive, en plus on peut visualiser les notes sur le clavier supérieur ! Dommage que Jonny et TH-cam n'existaient pas quand j'avais 14 ans (en 1980!) j'aurais appris tout cela il y a longtemps! ! Continue Jonny!
Oh my good, Jonny you are the real jazz master and your repertoire is great!!! That's ossom bro;-)
Your lessons are amazing. You've instantly improved my playing. I don't sound like a noob after this video. I need to stop being a freeloader :).
Very systematic. Nicely done!
Very good ,Jonny,loved It...many thanks😅
wow you are a great teacher Jonny thanks man
This was awesome!! Thank you Jonny!! 🙌🙌🙌
Thanks Nathan! How you doing man?!? I miss hanging with you over at Mad T and Coke Corner.
Enjoyed it a lot. I want to take your class.
Thanks. You’ve explained that beautifully
Excelente explicación, saludos desde Aguascalientes Ags
Wow. These vids are excellent. I'm not a keys player, but this is explained so well I can take these ideas to my instruments. Thanks Jonny... I'm tempted to find myself a keyboard now :) The result really does sound great. Thanks!
This is an amazing video. deserves so much more likes
Cool video, Jonny. Catch you on the flip slide 🙃
I play classical and I am working on contemporary music. I don't want to play jazz, but I like your style and some of your exercises.
You are such a blessing!!
You rock man. I'm just learning piano and these lessons are golden.
Awesome. Long way from Disney!
Thank you Jonny 🙂
This is so awesome to see broken down, thanks so much Johnny!!!
Great video.
Great channel
Thank you!
Thank you. So well explained and demonstrated. 👍
Wonderful as usual, incredibly useful🥰
This is great Johnny thanks.
Awesome lesson
An "obvious detail", to say so, for beginners trying to set and run his own backing track on ireal, lol: b13 or #5 are the same alteration. In other words, D7 b13 #9 and D7 #9 #5 are the same.
thanks a lot it's very useful. 🙂
3:51 Johnny says that adding a 7th note to your 5 chord makes it dominant. A 5 chord is by definition the dominant chord, with or without the 7th added. Just thought I would point that out.
Awesome lesson. Thank you Jonny
❤ best teacher
Woooah I learned a lot
Just wonderful!
Great video! One thing is I think you would call the D and G chords #5#9 or just alt because you’re taking out that natural 5
awesome teaching I am a guitar player and thus is so cool
Love you"re classes
Un capo jonny!,,,
Thanx, Jonny🌹🌹🌹🌹
thank you sir.............
wow such a great lesson thx
Awesome Bro.. You rock..😊😍
Thanks 👍
Wonderful, but can you play as good as "Murph and The Magictones"? Now THAT'S lounge music!
It's interesting that you can play the chords in inversions that don't require as much hand movement, but they don't sound nearly as interesting. Have to work on those transitions, I guess!
Great! Gracias!!
Please make more tutorial about jazz Bebop Piano...thanks
learned a lot quickly. just need some religious practicing. one question, where can I get that backing track, you used. it would certainly help me .
When is it best to go open with the left as you did in the int/adv sections?
hey Jonny sorry for being off track, but please can you make a tutorial on how to play Regina Belle's song " Dream in color", I've tried using my ear it but I get stuck along the way, I can sort of hear that they are using a 6th diminished scale to construct the chord progression, I've searched everywhere for tutorials nothing...🙏
Супер! Спасибо!
I can't find the backing tracks, I've searched in the link you put but for some reason It's not there. Could you help me, please? 🙂
Love you much
I just realized that in the standard rootless voicings, the dominant #9b13 is just the tritone substitution...doh! No wonder it shows up all the time in chord charts.
Awsm love the videos, next time funk jazz
Is there a major turn around progression or something out of minor scale?
What exactly is a “jazz lounge”? Where can I find one?
Hi! Thank you for this tutorial but I can't open the link for the lesson sheet and backing track...
It should be working now!
@@PianoWithJonny Thank you!
You Are The Best
I have a chanel youtube ( Domingo Blues ) But i 'm i begenier level
6:44
Please name the program that plays drums and double bass, thank you
[Question] So it's a 1-6-2-5 minor progression. He does not explain why he is playing a minor diminished 6th? Normally that's a standard major chord?!
All gòod stuff thank you Jonny , but im sure a lot of us feel VERY " deflated ": one minute you telling us where the 6 and 9 are THEN next minute your explaining how a D dom b9 b13 is derived !! Pffts ,, but we can pick up the " crumbs " as we go ,,, ,,, but all appreciated , thank you😊😊
15:25 to 15:34 I am desperate for a transcription of this. Can't notate it myself, even when I slow it down.
Can i have the entire score???
"It'll sound amazing if u grab a D at the bottom" 😭 great video man it helps!!
cool v coool
I don’t get it a bit if you are playing in c minor then why the 6th is A and not A flat?
Can someone explain to me why there is a 6 chord and not a 6? Is this a melodic minor turnaround?
Yes, it is a chord progression based on the melodic minor scale. You can think of the 2 and 6 chords as half diminished chords or altered dominant chords.
Sorry for asking most likely a stupid question, but I am still new to all this. Why is it A and not Ab when playing the Cm6/9 in the Eb-Major / C-Minor key? So in other words if playing in the key of C-Minor and reading "Cm6" I think would play C-Eb-Ab. Can please someone explain what I am missing here?
Jazz players usually think Dorian mode (natural 6) over minor chords vs Aelion mode (flat 6). Dorian is built off the 2nd tone of the standard Major scale and is the ii m7 in a Major 2-5-1 but is also generally used as the i m7 (or i m69 or whichever color is used) in a minor blues turnaround. The A creates more tension against the Cm and resists resolution (unlike the Ab that wants to resolve down to G).
Modal theory and modal interchange are the backbone of the "Jazz" approach and explains much (if not all) of the choices players make when "altering" their chord voicings/extensions. Can be a very convoluted and complex subject but... nothing comes easy unfortunately 🤣.
I hope that helps a little??
A is coming from the C melodic minor scale
G7#9b13 is very hard to play for beginners.
no
Man? You are all over the place!
We know you can play but can you teach? I'm not sure Jonny.
Well, I think that we have different definitions of beginners and beginners. I'll catch up to you later.
You explain very fast. More slowly please. Thank you.
I don't like it. I LOOOVE it.
They are all talking. You got to deal with that up front.
i can not raech
Too fast
wonderful lesson
Very cool explanation! Thanks a lot