I first heard this song on Instagram literally two days ago and became intrigued by how beautiful the song is. I then came over to TH-cam to find a tutorial and I'll have to be honest this is one of the best tutorials I have ever come across period. From start to finish this entire video is everything! I have been taking my time unpacking all that you are doing in this video. Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial. You are truly appreciated!
I learned so much from this. I've been playing real book standards but voicing the chords root - 3rd - 5th - 7th in the left hand, and it never sounded like 'proper' jazz. So glad I came across this lesson. Thanks mate!
This is a really great song. I love learning theory from you because it is so much easier to just watch while someone plays and talks about it while playing it.
kinda cool how when you turn the first scale degree into a minor chord, then go to the fourth, it turns into a 2-5 movement. i'd already learned a little about chord substitutions, but these modulations are really neat, especially when they're functional like this. i hope to learn more about these modulations inhopes that i can create more beautifully intricate harmonies, much like the simple sprawling patterns which compose a mandala. thanks for this lesson, PianoGroove.
thank you very much. Its useful to practise the sowhat and the rootless voicings so as to leave room for the bass. Where are you from? Here, Vivi from Buenos Aires
This is really great man. I feel like you've tricked me into learning something that's really outside of my skillset. I think ill find myself coming back to this video again and again to dig into all of the theory and variations.
Your presentation is excellent. You go at just the right pace. It is helpful when you repeat. Most importantly you show us brick by brick how to build a solid foundation for a solo piano arrangement. Question: you substituted an Abm9 > Db13 for an Fm7 chord. Why? How does the Db13 lead to the Fm7. Why did you choose a ii-V in the key of Gb as a sub for an Fm7 chord? (Other than it sounds good.). I would love a Part 2 on Tenderly. You've teased me superbly and I will implement everything as you've demonstrated. In Part 2, what would you do? Show us where and when to arpeggiate? How to write an intro for Tenderly? How to create an original ending? I've watched many a piano instruction video. You've got the magic touch. Most grateful. Beautiful.
I remember hearing you play the "hippest" chord (C13#11) on the 8th bar instead of the "predictable" Gm7 to C7. The C13#11 voiced, low C E (tenth) with the F#, A, D immediately on top. it came so out of left field.... it was a delight.
Your presentation and instructional techniques are excellent! I can only hope 1 day that my skills begin to approach your expertise. Beautifully done as ususal.
Your teaching is really great and useful! Thanks 💚 How I can improvise in this melody? Is there any simple way to learn improvise easily? I will be thankful if you let me know 🙏
hello, thanks for your lovely playing and teaching. can you please explain to us; what is the "so what chord"? I hope I wrote it right. thanks for your time
Thanks Godwin. If you need any questions with the material just let me know. You can find more lessons here: bitly.com/jazz-piano-lessons Cheers, PianoGroove
Thanks Godwin. If you have any questions with the material just let me know. You can find more lessons here: bitly.com/jazz-piano-lessons Cheers, PianoGroove
thanks soo much for your lesson, glad to subscribe, this makes everything clearer about jazz voicings which i,m rubbish at, thanks again from an ex pat from Nottingham
very very awesome! please keep up the excellent work :-) it is so much inspiring to me! Are you planning to work on interpretations of current music too?
I have the sheets but thanks for the 'extras' here and there to sound like a pro. I have always wanted something like that I played according to sheets so boring and have been trying to get a lesson like this. Thanks so much, really! I have not got some parts of the lesson but it's ok. I had to watch several times slow learner ha ha but thanks If can, can you do popular jazz oldies like Secret Love, Mona Lisa, Moon river, shadow of yr smile, etc. even one will do. Now i can try to imitate you with Misty and Tenderly n sound like a jazz player Even such a slow lesson I had to go thru many times and still not get some parts Grateful thanks again
Thank you very much for this great video! 10/10! I do not really see why the ii-V-i expansion at 13:20 is a 2-5-1 progression... It leads to a Fm7 chord, so I would start at a Gm for the minor 2-5-1 progression. Why does this one start at a Abm7 (Abm9) chord? Is this just a variation because of taste or is there or does it have to do with harmony "rules" I do not know?
the (Old) RealBook, Vol.2 has the Bb 7+ as the second chord, which sounds very odd. You want the IV 7 (#11) chord here, as it is notated in most sheets and the New Realbook, too.
Thank you so much for this! You just saved my ass. I have very little experience playing piano (and by very little, I mean I just studied it for Music class two years in elementary, and even then we only played mostly no-brainer songs and it was up to you to learn more; and I've barely played anything these past 5 years), but anyways, yes, you made this easy to learn! Thank you!
Thanks for all of the helpful videos. This is probably covered in one of your other lessons, but why is the lower E in the treble clef not notated as a flat? Are all the Es just known to be flatted in this particular key?
Daren Graham Hi Daren, yes if you look in the key signature, there are 3 flats - Eb, Ab and Bb so that means any instance of E, A or B are flatted by default. Hope this helps. PianoGroove.
+PianoGroove Great, thank you. I see what's going on now. Very helpful. It will definitely take me a good amount of time to work through all of your videos, but certainly looking forward to additional song walk-throughs.
Thanks so much for your great art work, I have a question about the Abm9 and Db13 how we can analyse them going to the Fm7 in the last two bars of the first section ???
Ab7 Puts us in the key of Db maj. Then we have a ii- V in Dbmajor via Eb-7 to Ab7 which resolves to F-7 but usually resolves to Imajor7. That is because in practice the iii-7 or the vi-7 can be substituted for the Imajor7. Thus Fmin7 instead of Dbmaj7.So that leaves us the Db7 Dom. chord. This brings us back to the key of Eb major. Why Db7? In practice you can substitute for a V chord (in this case subing Bb7 in Eb major)for a bVII7 thus Db7. You can also sub a Dbmajor7 as well via bVIImajor7.This is how it has been done in practice. Obviously Theory means nothing if you can't hear it, that is why this and also Stella by Starlight are good tunes to play.
Here is the basics of it. Allabout jazz.com had a Jazz version charted out but they don't exist anymore. composerfocus.com/reharmonization-diatonic-chord-substitution/
Also love aint misbehavin, but could not add the 'extras' Have different versions just play according to notes only. If can please do one of these i named thanks.
hey can you help me understand the chord progression a bit. in section A we go from a major root chord to a dominant 4th chord. then from that dominant 4th chord to a minor 1 chord. typically dominants are played on the 5 chord so they can resolve to the first chord right?
+brett stokes Hi Brett, when playing jazz standards, the harmony or the 'key center' is constantly modulating. It's common to go through 4,5,6 or more keys in 1 tune. The key signature is solely written so that the melody is easy to read. The fact that the chords don't stay in the same key is what makes jazz sound so unpredictable and exciting! Hope this helps :-) PianoGroove
+PianoGroove I know we can modulate by turning any minor chord in a key into the 2 chord for the next key. but this song modulates using a different technique. how many different ways are there to go from one key to the next?
+brett stokes Hi Brett, there are potentially infinite ways to modulate. Modal Jazz for example (1950s onwards) doesn't use conventional harmonic frameworks such as 25s and 251s, instead the harmony comes from the modes of each chord which is in essence a scale with a fancy name. Thanks, PianoGroove
+Thành Phạm The 5th of the chord doesn't add anything harmonically. It's the 3rd and 7th which define the sound of the chord so it's a good practice exercise to isolate 3rds and 7ths. This also allows you to see the voice leading very clearly (7ths dropping to 3rds in a 251 for example) Thanks, PianoGroove :-)
It's usually played in 4/4, however there is a notable Bill Evans version in 3/4, here's a link to the recording: th-cam.com/video/CI7plKh1QaM/w-d-xo.html
Thanks, it's been hard for me to count. I'm working it up on guitar in C and trying to find something interesting for the bar 7-8 transition into the m7b5 chord. The 2-5 is not it for me... @@PianoGroove
+Filo Ippo Hi there, you can find one here: www.guitarcats.com/realbook-jazz-standards/tenderly - it's not exactly the same but it is very similar. Thanks, PianoGroove
+woxow That's all good, I sometimes have the same problem. If you can't reach, just try to move the note down an octave, or even just leave it out. Jazz is all about your own interpretation! Enjoy your playing :)
I first heard this song on Instagram literally two days ago and became intrigued by how beautiful the song is. I then came over to TH-cam to find a tutorial and I'll have to be honest this is one of the best tutorials I have ever come across period. From start to finish this entire video is everything! I have been taking my time unpacking all that you are doing in this video. Thank you so much for this amazing tutorial. You are truly appreciated!
This is the best way to teach: showing improving levels, from simple lines to more complex textures
I learned so much from this. I've been playing real book standards but voicing the chords root - 3rd - 5th - 7th in the left hand, and it never sounded like 'proper' jazz. So glad I came across this lesson. Thanks mate!
Thank you so much! This is the first jazz standard i'm learning in the keyboard! Sounds beautiful, hope i can learn much more!
This is a really great song. I love learning theory from you because it is so much easier to just watch while someone plays and talks about it while playing it.
kinda cool how when you turn the first scale degree into a minor chord, then go to the fourth, it turns into a 2-5 movement. i'd already learned a little about chord substitutions, but these modulations are really neat, especially when they're functional like this. i hope to learn more about these modulations inhopes that i can create more beautifully intricate harmonies, much like the simple sprawling patterns which compose a mandala. thanks for this lesson, PianoGroove.
he visto decenas de videos que enseñan melodias. no tengo duda. eres el mejor felicitaciones
thank you very much. Its useful to practise the sowhat and the rootless voicings so as to leave room for the bass. Where are you from? Here, Vivi from Buenos Aires
Merci pour ce tutorial et vos explications
This is really great man. I feel like you've tricked me into learning something that's really outside of my skillset. I think ill find myself coming back to this video again and again to dig into all of the theory and variations.
Your presentation is excellent. You go at just the right pace. It is helpful when you repeat. Most importantly you show us brick by brick how to build a solid foundation for a solo piano arrangement. Question: you substituted an Abm9 > Db13 for an Fm7 chord. Why? How does the Db13 lead to the Fm7. Why did you choose a ii-V in the key of Gb as a sub for an Fm7 chord? (Other than it sounds good.). I would love a Part 2 on Tenderly. You've teased me superbly and I will implement everything as you've demonstrated. In Part 2, what would you do? Show us where and when to arpeggiate? How to write an intro for Tenderly? How to create an original ending? I've watched many a piano instruction video. You've got the magic touch. Most grateful. Beautiful.
I like the way you sometimes 'bar' adjacent notes with your right thumb. (Nice lesson, by the way!)
I remember hearing you play the "hippest" chord (C13#11) on the 8th bar instead of the "predictable" Gm7 to C7. The C13#11 voiced, low C E (tenth) with the F#, A, D immediately on top. it came so out of left field.... it was a delight.
I'm primarily a saxophonist but have piano players in my jazz improv studio. Really excellent content!
Your presentation and instructional techniques are excellent! I can only hope 1 day that my skills begin to approach your expertise. Beautifully done as ususal.
Thank you so much for sharing and teaching. 😊
Really enjoyed this lesson. Especially the beginning where you us how to play simply. Can you please create a similar tutorial of Body and Soul?
I like your style of teaching and the great jazz chords. This is a lot of fun. Thanks!
You are a good piano teacher ✨
Your teaching is really great and useful!
Thanks 💚
How I can improvise in this melody?
Is there any simple way to learn improvise easily?
I will be thankful if you let me know 🙏
WONDERFULLLLL WORK U DO .....THANKS
Great lesson!Thanks for these great ideas, they enhance this beautiful jazz standard.Time to practice!
Thank you so much for your wonderful jazz piano lessons.
Music is honesty, peace of mind as well as the product of life long learning. In addition it is the fine line between perfection and corruption.
This is the best piano lesson I ever seen ...great!
hello, thanks for your lovely playing and teaching. can you please explain to us; what is the "so what chord"? I hope I wrote it right. thanks for your time
Soo detail and very good for beginner like me
Thank you for this. You're probably the best piano teacher on TH-cam.
Thanks Godwin. If you need any questions with the material just let me know. You can find more lessons here: bitly.com/jazz-piano-lessons Cheers, PianoGroove
Thanks Godwin. If you have any questions with the material just let me know. You can find more lessons here: bitly.com/jazz-piano-lessons Cheers, PianoGroove
PianoGroove thanks. i'll do that right away.
Thanks ❤ summertime please 😇
You are a great teacher, thank you!!
Excelente , uma ótima aula bem clara e objetiva! Muito obrigado e parabéns!
it's really a good Lesson, but for beginners with normal hands to much streching cords (cramp in the finger).
What could you recomend?
Hi, awesome video. Can't find the book in the resources section, anyone has the link to buy it?
Thanks Godwin. Your´re a great teacher!!
Thanks Ronald, glad you enjoyed the lesson :-) PianoGroove
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!
Great ☀️thanks you
Just discovered this channel. Great lesson! I'll say more when I am at my desktop, and have seen more lessons...
+Ron Bailey Thanks and welcome Ron! I hope you enjoy the lessons. PianoGroove
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thanks soo much for your lesson, glad to subscribe, this makes everything clearer about jazz voicings which i,m rubbish at, thanks again from an ex pat from Nottingham
very nice!! like how it builds up!!
very very awesome! please keep up the excellent work :-) it is so much inspiring to me!
Are you planning to work on interpretations of current music too?
Guido Kemper Thanks Guido! Not at the moment, just jazz piano for now. Maybe current music sometime in the future though!
jazz is fine with me! Would appreciate some jazz versions of contemporary music :-) But anyway, I'll stay tuned :-)
+PianoGroove How about a jazz version of Ain't no Sunshine (Bill Withers) ? Would appreciate very much :-)
thank you so much for this
I have the sheets but thanks for the 'extras' here and there to sound like a pro. I have always wanted something like that I played according to sheets so boring and have been trying to get a lesson like this. Thanks so much, really! I have not got some parts of the lesson but it's ok. I had to watch several times slow learner ha ha but thanks If can, can you do popular jazz oldies like Secret Love, Mona Lisa, Moon river, shadow of yr smile, etc. even one will do. Now i can try to imitate you with Misty and Tenderly n sound like a jazz player Even such a slow lesson I had to go thru many times and still not get some parts Grateful thanks again
Excellent tutorial. What app are you using to show the keyboard above your actual piano?
This was awesome!! Thank you so much!!!
I find that lesson very usefull!! good job!!
Una clase magistral !!!! muchas gracias !!
Thank you so much!
Most helpful. Thank you!
+Alan Blackwood No probs Alan... glad you found it useful! PianoGroove
Thank you very much for this great video! 10/10!
I do not really see why the ii-V-i expansion at 13:20 is a 2-5-1 progression... It leads to a Fm7 chord, so I would start at a Gm for the minor 2-5-1 progression. Why does this one start at a Abm7 (Abm9) chord? Is this just a variation because of taste or is there or does it have to do with harmony "rules" I do not know?
Can you please do autumn leaves. you are a very good teacher :)
THANK YOU
the perfect teacher, the perfect lesson, the perfect song. thank you, subscribed :)
the (Old) RealBook, Vol.2 has the Bb 7+ as the second chord, which sounds very odd. You want the IV 7 (#11) chord here, as it is notated in most sheets and the New Realbook, too.
Very clear and interesting...thank you
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Awesome lesson bro, what scales can I use for this piece?
Thank you so much for this! You just saved my ass. I have very little experience playing piano (and by very little, I mean I just studied it for Music class two years in elementary, and even then we only played mostly no-brainer songs and it was up to you to learn more; and I've barely played anything these past 5 years), but anyways, yes, you made this easy to learn! Thank you!
Hi Sebbie, thanks for the comment and glad you enjoyed the video :-) PianoGroove
Can I use a tri-tone substitution for that Bb13. I think E is the one but how would you voice it? Thanks!!!
Thanks for all of the helpful videos. This is probably covered in one of your other lessons, but why is the lower E in the treble clef not notated as a flat? Are all the Es just known to be flatted in this particular key?
Daren Graham Hi Daren, yes if you look in the key signature, there are 3 flats - Eb, Ab and Bb so that means any instance of E, A or B are flatted by default. Hope this helps. PianoGroove.
+PianoGroove Great, thank you. I see what's going on now. Very helpful. It will definitely take me a good amount of time to work through all of your videos, but certainly looking forward to additional song walk-throughs.
Very nice.
Can you do a tutorial video of Central Park West
How do I print out your sheet music?
Sucesso absoluto!!!
Nice~!!Love you .
Excellent instruction!
Thanks so much for your great art work, I have a question about the Abm9 and Db13 how we can analyse them going to the Fm7 in the last two bars of the first section ???
Ab7 Puts us in the key of Db maj. Then we have a ii- V in Dbmajor via Eb-7 to Ab7 which resolves to F-7 but usually resolves to Imajor7. That is because in practice the iii-7 or the vi-7 can be substituted for the Imajor7. Thus Fmin7 instead of Dbmaj7.So that leaves us the Db7 Dom. chord. This brings us back to the key of Eb major. Why Db7? In practice you can substitute for a V chord (in this case subing Bb7 in Eb major)for a bVII7 thus Db7. You can also sub a Dbmajor7 as well via bVIImajor7.This is how it has been done in practice. Obviously Theory means nothing if you can't hear it, that is why this and also Stella by Starlight are good tunes to play.
Here is the basics of it. Allabout jazz.com had a Jazz version charted out but they don't exist anymore. composerfocus.com/reharmonization-diatonic-chord-substitution/
11:03 isn't it the Kenny Barron voicing with 9 added? ;) cause you said it's the herbie hancock voic.
Thank you so much for this1!
No problem... glad you enjoyed it :-)
What scale did you use for that run at 0:21
Also love aint misbehavin, but could not add the 'extras' Have different versions just play according to notes only. If can please do one of these i named thanks.
hey can you help me understand the chord progression a bit. in section A we go from a major root chord to a dominant 4th chord. then from that dominant 4th chord to a minor 1 chord. typically dominants are played on the 5 chord so they can resolve to the first chord right?
+brett stokes Hi Brett, when playing jazz standards, the harmony or the 'key center' is constantly modulating. It's common to go through 4,5,6 or more keys in 1 tune. The key signature is solely written so that the melody is easy to read. The fact that the chords don't stay in the same key is what makes jazz sound so unpredictable and exciting! Hope this helps :-) PianoGroove
+PianoGroove I know we can modulate by turning any minor chord in a key into the 2 chord for the next key. but this song modulates using a different technique. how many different ways are there to go from one key to the next?
+brett stokes Hi Brett, there are potentially infinite ways to modulate. Modal Jazz for example (1950s onwards) doesn't use conventional harmonic frameworks such as 25s and 251s, instead the harmony comes from the modes of each chord which is in essence a scale with a fancy name. Thanks, PianoGroove
Muito bom!
Why shouldn't we play the 5th of the chord? can you help me to explain please, I'm kind of a newcomer
+Thành Phạm The 5th of the chord doesn't add anything harmonically. It's the 3rd and 7th which define the sound of the chord so it's a good practice exercise to isolate 3rds and 7ths. This also allows you to see the voice leading very clearly (7ths dropping to 3rds in a 251 for example) Thanks, PianoGroove :-)
What is a so what chord?
Alguien sabe que programa usa para el piano de arriba? en el que salen las notas en azul.
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Gracias amigo.
Sabes de donde los puedo descargar full?
have PDF score?
how can your music ? help me.
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Is this song in 4/4 or 3/4?
It's usually played in 4/4, however there is a notable Bill Evans version in 3/4, here's a link to the recording: th-cam.com/video/CI7plKh1QaM/w-d-xo.html
Thanks, it's been hard for me to count. I'm working it up on guitar in C and trying to find something interesting for the bar 7-8 transition into the m7b5 chord. The 2-5 is not it for me... @@PianoGroove
Please, have you the pdf score ?
+Filo Ippo Hi there, you can find one here: www.guitarcats.com/realbook-jazz-standards/tenderly - it's not exactly the same but it is very similar. Thanks, PianoGroove
Thanks a lot..
damn i played first part pretty good but my hand too small for others i cant play F and A in same time its impossible for me
+woxow That's all good, I sometimes have the same problem. If you can't reach, just try to move the note down an octave, or even just leave it out. Jazz is all about your own interpretation! Enjoy your playing :)
good idea i still learning :)
+woxow it's actually just a 9th, F and G - not A :)
Should make it reachable, hopefully
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It doesn't sound great to be honest lol.....
this was boring
Why talk for 3 minutes? play the damn song