The explanations were quite clear. Listen to the music of each Era for examples or check out detailed, individual song breakdowns. This was a general overview, not a detailed assay. He gave examples in the beginning, mentioned numerous players and the key bands to check out to get started, and played part of Donna Lee. Having more musical examples in the video would make it more standalone video, true, but I enjoyed checking out all the examples he listed and actively listening to them.
Masterful. The best and most complete explanation I have heard, and that should be reviewed more than once. The only significant omission, in my opinion, might be the "why" - argpeggios up and steps down. Ascending and skips tend to create more tension; while descending and steps tend to more resolution. You coul probably do another 18 minutes on articulation.
AWSUM! Thank you. I was an embryo being brought up with my amazing DAD on jazz. ( no trad or 3rd stream’!). I’m so stoked l found this page. OSCAR PETERSON, BEN WEBSTER etc, & his’ ilk’ , are my type of guys . Plus, l think NAT KING COLE is underrated as a pianist. I reckon we could play, listen, & talk forever!!! Thanx for this!! 👊🏾😃🎹😉
I just did about eight beginning Donnelly tutorials. I had to do a lot of work using various scales like like b-flat for d flat minor 7. I've had a lot of the same experiences that the Bebop crowd had but on a personal level. One thing I've been doing lately is not excusing myself for playing and my favorite keys. What happens is that songs like Donnelly are not just diatonic and force you to step up your game. That's why I like it. We have a tendency as piano players should just do things by by habit Prince we do exercises from hanon and we don't grasp what they're teaching. I think it's pretty obvious that C major 7 d Minor 7 e minor 7 f major 7 g 7 a minor 7 are what they are but the b minor 7 flat 5 it's something that comes from an ancient time and yet is used in jazz today. I can only speak for myself. I had made over 50 years the b minor 7 flat 5 probably sounds of times and arpeggios that's just a guess. Here was an aha moment that came in me I was teaching Georgia on my mind (the version that Hoagy Carmichael wrote). Song starts out fmaj7, e minor 7 flat 5, A 7 flat 9,etc. As I was describing the e minor 7 flat 5, and that it came from a modification of the e major scale... It hit me that this was nothing but a diatonic song. Fmaj7, g minor 7, a minor 7, b-flat major 7, c7, d Minor 7, e minor 7 flat 5, fmaj7.. the aha moment came when I saw the email or 7 flat 5 and I said that has to have the same basic makeup as a b minor 7 flat 5. Then I realized even though I've been using it many times I really never was proficient in the b scale itself. since those days I try to play in a different key every time I get on the piano. Golf course another aha moment is me is that and jazz and many other songs we have a tendency to have to go to many other modulations tell if you know all your diatonic scales and all the altered chords in each one then you can move flawlessly around them and that's probably what Charlie Christian did. This was an excellent tutorial. tutorial pianostyle100
1:44 And while the movie Whiplash is incorrect about it being thrown at his head (especially the part about it nearly decapitating him) The drummer Jo Jones actually *did* throw a cymbal at him.
I've heard he just threw it on the ground. Let's be honest though you know how long it takes to take a symbol of a drum set to throw? The whole story is probably apocryphal.
@@georgemartisius7226 He threw the cymbal in his general direction. It just landed on the ground near his feet. Being a drummer myself, it takes less than a few seconds for me to flick off the wing nut, and take the cymbal off its stand.
Yeezer Mac Ted’s stuff is great!! I think if you have to put him in a genre the’ ve come up with “post-bop.” Kind a catch all for all the jazz that has come after fusion was the dominant movement. All the ECM stuff etc. which is steeped in jazz harmony but brings in a lot of other influences too.
@@WalkThatBass Большое спасибо тебе за твой сайт и видео в целом. Я очень давно искал структурированную информацию в открытом доступе! Ты прямо как Ctrl+Paint в мире музыки! (Если что ctrl+paint это чувак, у которого тоже есть сайт с бесплатными ресурсами, но для художников) P.S. Я просто зашел в донат на твоём сайте, а там адрес с русским именем на mail.ru =D
@@cooperlumsden3214 The explanation would have more impact if he showed side by side how the two differed as he's explaining it. How hard is that to understand?
@@KonstantinChervyakovkoStantes Sorry man but you don't really get to want anything here, you can either enjoy the lesson as is or go elsewhere. This is FREE content. We're too lucky to have walkthatbass producing these pearls for us. Cut out the complaining and praise the effort. It's a fantastic video.
@@niconico4138 yes it's music history, but the contrast would be much more impactful if they just played a short example right after. They do it in other vids, I see no reason for them to not do it here.
Lame. I'm 10 minutes in and this guy still hasn't played anything to show the difference between swing and bebop. If I wanted to have read a book....I would have bought one. Play the damn music and stop talking so much.
Good video, just wish you'd played examples during the explanations in the first 2/3's of it.
Yeah, this is about music and verbal doesn't cut it.
Did he ever played it? I'm like here waiting for it and moving into sections. Can't find it. Maybe I'll just leave. 😅
I feel like he's reading a thesis.
The explanations were quite clear. Listen to the music of each Era for examples or check out detailed, individual song breakdowns. This was a general overview, not a detailed assay. He gave examples in the beginning, mentioned numerous players and the key bands to check out to get started, and played part of Donna Lee. Having more musical examples in the video would make it more standalone video, true, but I enjoyed checking out all the examples he listed and actively listening to them.
@@mjcs6399You “feel like”??
Incredibly useful, detailed and understandable, love that you included the background story
This man is so knowledgeable and cultured i wish i was that good in Music Theory
Listen to him long enough and you will be!
That video was very helpful. Usually other videos/articles stop at "bebop was faster and more complex".
An excellent video! Thank you!
these series are immensely valuable! I cannot thank you enough, sir!
Very interesting and outlines the theory behind this difficult genre of jazz.
6:44 - cool to see reference to chromaticism, as that’s one of the elements of bebop that first comes to my mind.
Ok now it clicked. I finally understand what bebop is about
Excellent explanations. I practice these very same things in all keys at different tempos. It takes work and it gets better with practice.
1:56
That scene in whiplash. My roomate is huge into Big Band and Bebop. It’s in his top 3 films from the 2010s
Masterful. The best and most complete explanation I have heard, and that should be reviewed more than once. The only significant omission, in my opinion, might be the "why" - argpeggios up and steps down. Ascending and skips tend to create more tension; while descending and steps tend to more resolution.
You coul probably do another 18 minutes on articulation.
Thankyou! You're basically the hero for my music hw.
Great video. Perfect explanation.
Very clear, interesting and informative video! Thank you! Will pass it on 🙏🏼☺️
We need a bloopers video one day Mr. Walk That Bass, that'd probably be hilarious.
There would be a poorly pronounced words, wrong notes, and profanity :)
16 hours of practice Charlie Parker wow , thanks for this now i know their differences
@Ayustria Salma Ling ling? I'll try to search for it sorry for being stupid haha
@Ayustria Salma ah ok sorry haha thank you 😊
@Ayustria Salma 40 hours a day to be precise.
Bless you for a sensational tutorial!!
so detailed and awesome!!
so bebop was named like djent was
Great and thorough. Thanks!
amazing content! thank you so much.
good analysis. Why in some comments people say there is no playing of the content being taught? Donna Lee was played as a show case.
fascinating! Great video
Free music education on TH-cam. Thank you.
So what you are saying is that bebop is what intelligent musicians do when they know they're about to die?
Great knowledge
AWSUM! Thank you. I was an embryo being brought up with my amazing DAD on jazz. ( no trad or 3rd stream’!). I’m so stoked l found this page. OSCAR PETERSON, BEN WEBSTER etc, & his’ ilk’ , are my type of guys . Plus, l think NAT KING COLE is underrated as a pianist. I reckon we could play, listen, & talk forever!!! Thanx for this!! 👊🏾😃🎹😉
"Charlie Parker, you're incompetent" Wow!
"go home, practice 16 hours a day, until he was a virtuoso" cracked me up
@@lesterfalcon1350 w we qeqw) qeqw qeqw want to be a very very good friend and we
I
Awesome!
Really fantastic account
Brilliant and understandable. Thank you!
This is an excellent video. Well thought out, concise and complete. Great job, eh.
Why not play 2 pieces, one swing and one bebop?
Thank you so much!!
Great lesson.
Great lesson! Thank you!
I just did about eight beginning Donnelly tutorials. I had to do a lot of work using various scales
like like b-flat for d flat minor 7. I've had a lot of the same experiences that the Bebop crowd had but on a personal level. One thing I've been doing lately is not excusing myself for playing and my favorite keys. What happens is that songs like Donnelly are not just diatonic and force you to step up your game. That's why I like it. We have a tendency as piano players should just do things by by habit Prince we do exercises from hanon and we don't grasp what they're teaching. I think it's pretty obvious that C major 7 d Minor 7 e minor 7 f major 7 g 7 a minor 7 are what they are but the b minor 7 flat 5 it's something that comes from an ancient time and yet is used in jazz today. I can only speak for myself. I had made over 50 years the b minor 7 flat 5 probably sounds of times and arpeggios that's just a guess. Here was an aha moment that came in me I was teaching Georgia on my mind (the version that Hoagy Carmichael wrote). Song starts out fmaj7, e minor 7 flat 5, A 7 flat 9,etc.
As I was describing the e minor 7 flat 5, and that it came from a modification of the e major scale... It hit me that this was nothing but a diatonic song. Fmaj7, g minor 7, a minor 7, b-flat major 7, c7, d Minor 7, e minor 7 flat 5, fmaj7.. the aha moment came when I saw the email or 7 flat 5 and I said that has to have the same basic makeup as a b minor 7 flat 5. Then I realized even though I've been using it many times I really never was proficient in the b scale itself. since those days I try to play in a different key every time I get on the piano. Golf course another aha moment is me is that and jazz and many other songs we have a tendency to have to go to many other modulations tell if you know all your diatonic scales and all the altered chords in each one then you can move flawlessly around them and that's probably what Charlie Christian did. This was an excellent tutorial. tutorial pianostyle100
@@TCharlieA a master piece.
@@TCharlieA Spell check..I have to go through it and correct it I just got the feedback and read it it through .
You are an extremely important teacher the world needs, never seen a white person talking about bebop and jazz in such a way that it makes sense
Thanks...great vídeo.
Very interesting!
Can anyone suggest me songs of these gener .
1:44 And while the movie Whiplash is incorrect about it being thrown at his head (especially the part about it nearly decapitating him)
The drummer Jo Jones actually *did* throw a cymbal at him.
I've heard he just threw it on the ground. Let's be honest though you know how long it takes to take a symbol of a drum set to throw? The whole story is probably apocryphal.
@@georgemartisius7226 He threw the cymbal in his general direction. It just landed on the ground near his feet. Being a drummer myself, it takes less than a few seconds for me to flick off the wing nut, and take the cymbal off its stand.
Don't you mean (at 3:02) Coleman Hawkins improvised 'horizontally' - outlining the chord ?
I would say modern jazz was developed as in the video. But bebop and it's language is all bird
Bird, Gillespie, Clarke, and Monk of course. Bird was a formidable force of course, but he wasn't the only one.
@@mikomon309 He definitely wasn't the only one, and I personally don't think Monk's influence can be overstated
Sooo basically they broke all the remaining boundaries whatever that was left in jazz and went full on aggressive prog goddddaaaam
Yessss
Cowboy Bebop. That is all
I would pay for that.
Hi. What style/ sub genre would you consider Ted Dunbar's "Neeta" to be in?
Yeezer Mac Ted’s stuff is great!! I think if you have to put him in a genre the’ ve come up with “post-bop.” Kind a catch all for all the jazz that has come after fusion was the dominant movement. All the ECM stuff etc. which is steeped in jazz harmony but brings in a lot of other influences too.
of cousre bebob came outb of swing and the blues
eat the goddamn orange!!
😂😂😂😂😂
(I understood that reference)
Bebop! In American accent!!
Self taught wernt they as well Yet they seemed to have known music theory
In other words, bebop somehow came from swing but has almost nothing in common with it.
Yum
why don't you play what your teaching?
What’s the point of sitting at a piano, discussing music theory and “style” and not demonstrating what you’re discussing.. lost opportunity.
i did like the analysis but the upper ext of chords is not explained from the root instead of by chords
🙄🙄🙄
Mind if i ask you a personal question? Are you Russian?
Да, я русский
@@WalkThatBass
Большое спасибо тебе за твой сайт и видео в целом. Я очень давно искал структурированную информацию в открытом доступе! Ты прямо как Ctrl+Paint в мире музыки! (Если что ctrl+paint это чувак, у которого тоже есть сайт с бесплатными ресурсами, но для художников)
P.S. Я просто зашел в донат на твоём сайте, а там адрес с русским именем на mail.ru =D
@@WalkThatBass ого! у тебя отличный английский) просмотрел пару десятков видео и даже бы и не подумал. keep up the good work!
,,pog 🙏🙌♥️
he practiced 16 hours a day? Ling Ling practices 40 hours a day. Charlie Parker was a slacker
24 hrs in 1 day.
BEBOP IS A CHANNEL NAME OF A *(LEGO)* ARTIST
Okay
Yeah every time I look up bebop... I see nothing but lego videos 🙄
Imagine if Charlie Parker were born in today’s “everyone gets a trophy” world. We wouldn’t have a virtuoso.
Ok Boomer. The cream always rises to the top.
There's a piano in front of you. Why not use it to show?
Man is that piano dusty.
Thank god he shuts up and actually plays something after 12 minutes
the video is titled 'Bebop Explained' not 'Here's a 17 minute long video of me playing bebop'. fucken idiot
@@cooperlumsden3214 The explanation would have more impact if he showed side by side how the two differed as he's explaining it. How hard is that to understand?
Where examples? Music needed to be played, not talking about
this is music history. if you want music, just listen to a Bebop tune after every sentence
Nico Nico I want music lesson
@@KonstantinChervyakovkoStantes Sorry man but you don't really get to want anything here, you can either enjoy the lesson as is or go elsewhere. This is FREE content. We're too lucky to have walkthatbass producing these pearls for us. Cut out the complaining and praise the effort. It's a fantastic video.
Scroll to 12:47
@@niconico4138 yes it's music history, but the contrast would be much more impactful if they just played a short example right after. They do it in other vids, I see no reason for them to not do it here.
Jazz=bebop. Punto
your Charlie Parker anecdote is wrong
Does this guy ever actually play or does he talk the entire time?
Por que hablas tanto? Yo quiero escuchar el piano no tu voz
Jajaja. Blabla. Spoken wikipedia. WIll you PLAY something to SHOW what bebop is?
would be much better with a good sound, cant stand it with this microphone
Is this a lecture or a music lesson? Come on...
Lame. I'm 10 minutes in and this guy still hasn't played anything to show the difference between swing and bebop. If I wanted to have read a book....I would have bought one. Play the damn music and stop talking so much.