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as a busy college student who no longer has time to sit down and learn difficult classical pieces, i always wanted to learn how to improvise so i could just sit down and play whenever and whatever. great video! its been helping me a lot.
I am so glad I found your channel. I've been playing for years - classically-trained and I have really struggled to improvise and be able to play from chord charts, and or by ear. This is quite common for all pianists and keyboard players who have learnt to play the traditional way. It really has been nigh-on impossible for me to play without sheet music. Although I think it will take a huge amount of practice, I know that I will be able to use your PDF to eventually achieve this long-awaited goal which has evaded me for so long. I have been quite envious of people who can just sit down and play what comes to them. Even more so when I think I spent hours, days, weeks, months and years learning to read music and still be so confined to what others have produced. I have been to so many channels on here but you really do put things across well. Love your teaching style. I think this is my new best Piano Channel. Can't wait to see it grow and grow and being part of this community. Thank you.
Thanks so much for your message Scarlette! I'm so glad you're enjoying your the videos and finding them useful! Lots more coming your way over the next few weeks and months! Keep me posted on how you're finding them, and let me know if there is anything in particular that would help!
Playing the keys is different to playing the piano. Keys players have all these little tricks they can throw down, whereas a classically trained pianist is operating on pure music theory and every single note has to be perfect. My friend is a classical pianist and I'm just a self taught improv player playing modern styles. This is usually how our conversations go "that's not how it goes, why did you put that in there?", "because it sounds good" "but that's not how the piece goes, and you've missed out parts of the left hand" "ok, well how about I just make it more bluesy?" "For Christ sake, it's Chopin". It's usually at this point, he's ready to leave lol. A few weeks later he will have calmed down, so I'll call him "hey you want to come round for a piss about on my grand?" "only if you promise not to play any classical music whatsoever". "deal, but you have to play bumblebee".
I would always struggle from watching over piano teachers explain but your teaching really did the trick for me and I thank you for taking your time and putting effort into making these videos🙏🏾🙏🏾
I can sight read music pretty well, but I have always struggled to play without music or to improvise. My music theory is limited to the basic major and minor scales and chords, and rusty as best. This video was delightful and so easy to follow. It has inspired me to take what I’ve learned from it and sit down and make another go at it. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video!
This is excellent information. Adam, you should market this to the worship keyboard community. I’m a classical piano player and have spent hundreds of dollars trying to learn what you’ve just explained here to help me interpret chord charts on a Sunday morning. Thank you! This is a game changer for me.
I'm a classical pianist too, and have struggled for years to gain the 'freedom' to play like this. This one lesson alone is just so ridiculously simple, and yet...nobody teaches us this stuff when we come up through the exam system. Adam, you really are a wonder!
I am trying the advice from this video these days and while it is not even close to being fluent yet I think it works rather nicely so far. Thanks a lot!
I've been a player all my life and I find I can take something from your videos each time I watch you...I find myself saying now why didn't I think of that....thank you....
Wow, that "claw" technique is incredible. It really adds so much depth to the sound. I'm going really slow right now, but that's okay. If anything, it lets me appreciate the impromptu slash chords I'm making, and how the different base notes can complement the harmony I'm making. I still naturally default to the same two or three rhythms every time, but I guess I can't expect this one video to change everything all at once! Thanks so much. Really enjoyed it.
That was Amazing! Thank you thank you! Joined a new band recently and this is exactly what I needed to spruce up my playing alternatives. Reminds me of the epiphany when I learned about the CAGED system for guitar.
I just wanted to take a moment to express how much I appreciate your amazing videos. Your lessons have been so helpful and inspiring, and I feel like I've learned so much from you. I'm incredibly grateful for the valuable content you provide. Thank you so much for sharing your passion and expertise ;-)
I'm so glad to hear that - there will always be free piano content available on the channel - lots more videos on the way! So pleased to hear you're enjoying them and finding them useful!
Fabulous stuff Adam and breaking it down into progressive steps like you have is so helpful. Taking up the piano again after decades this freedom to "just play" is exactly what I aspire to so a huge thanks for both the inspiration and the process!
Wow thank you so much for this very helpful tutorial! I always wonder how some people can just improvise a piece of music so fast and easily - so i was hoping to find some 'formulas' online and I found you (after checking out a couples of videos which are not really directing me on how to actually improvise LOL)! Your video is really easy to understand and the steps are easy to follow, I have downloaded your free PDF and am going to try out soon :) Thank you again for breaking down the steps in a very logical way and fyi, I am your subscriber now :) 😁
You make it blissfully simple AND you get to the point. Love it! Oh, and your beat box is pretty good!! 😂 You explained this in a way that i can try it without having to follow the video on the slowest speed to figure out what you did!
Thanks for the very well-produced video. I can tell you put a lot of craft into it with the good sound and lighting. Everything was very clear, so your work paid off. As a false beginner, I could barely keep up, however. It would be great to have that lick you played notated. I had to stop and rewind that bit dozens of times and I had a hard time matching what you were playing. Of course, you'll probably reply that I should just do what sounds nice to me, and that's true, but it would be good to have something to follow when starting. Also, the way you fingered the inversions was very tricky. Any chance you could add fingering to future pdfs? Just a thought. Thanks again for all your work. I'll keep at it.
Amazing, thank you so much Adam! So exciting to have found your channel! I have been looking for this sort of content to improve my compositions for ages and specifically my left hand accompaniment as they all tend to be pretty much the same which doesn't help with the diversity of my music! I look forward to studying and implementing your techniques!🙂
I think the first two chords will always stack together to create the hexatonic scale he talked of. Like the first chord is 1,3,5 and the second is 2,4,6 in the scale.
I've just found your channel and so glad that I did! Please keep it coming; I'm learning this one, 2 on chords and the one on scales with the 1,4 and 5 chords at the moment. That one and the hexatonic scale with the 1 major and 2 minor chords are real game changers (have been using the pentatonic scale, but I hadn't heard of the hexatonic). About new videos: One on major pop/rock/ballad rhythms (using a couple of chord progressions) would be good...
The secret to improvising new material is to practice doing just that. Instead of practicing scales, or practicing sheet music, or playing someone else's song, just start playing. Use an electronic keyboard and headphones, because self-consciousness it what stops people. So... headphones, and go for it, and when you play something terrible, bo worries. As for where to start... anywhere. Play a note. Or if there are preset drum patterns on the keyboard, or a metronome, you can try use that... but TBH, before you're comfortable enough with where all the notes and chords are, sometimes you'll have to be patient about bad timing, in order to find the notes you want... and a metronome or drum machine can prevent you from trying new notes and chords, because you'll have to play it safe, in that respect, to keep up with the rhythm. So, if you record yourself at that point, it won't sound as good as you thought when it was happening - 🤣that's normal. Once you learn where all the notes are, then it's fun to play along with automatic drums. Because rhythm IS very important, so even though you want to have patience towards the beginning, that's like training wheels. That's what you do. If you want to learn classical, then practice playing clasical music from sheet music. If you want to be in a cover band, practice playing cover songs by ear and from lead sheets, and transcribe solos. If you want to improvise sonngs and tunes into existence, then practice doing that, from the start. Learn intervals and scales and chords and how they go together (and use the available resources online and books) in the context of creating your own material. I'd recommend headphones and a saintly tolerance for messing up, like, don't even pause when you play garbled gibberish. You're always learning. If you're feeling physical pain while playing, then you should adjust your mechanics, maybe on your own, or maybe with personalized help. It's helpful to learn a foundation of how music works, but these tutorials seem to focus on a pedagogical foundation from a bygone era. But I haven't written a pamphlet or produced that video, so I can't complain. This video is good for what it is, but for example, I don't usually start by picking a key, and then writing a chord progression and bass notes, and then arranging that, and then improvising a solo over that form... IOW, what he describes in this video is "normal songwriting", and it's a great video for that. Improvising a piece from scratch, on an instrument, is a little different from this video, though. The far end of the spectrum is, you pick a starting point, and then get out of your own way, as best as you can, and then be ooen to whatever comes out. That's why the headphones are so important🤣. Then, in between pure improvisation and purely premeditated riffs, there's a spectrum of tendencies you develop, and boundaries you can put on free improvisation in order to raise the potential floor, so to speak, and facilitate group improvisations (some predetermined structure can be helpful there). Oh, that's a book! Oh well. TL;DR - Play whatever floats your boat, and have a good time doing it.
So basically you only play the one and the two chord for the melody? Or just any chord that uses the note you want to play (using the melody note on top always)? Would appreciate a short response 😊
3:35 "So this is where the fun really starts" Meanwhile me watching all the fun stuff i gotta practice before i get to step 2 😂 scales, scales without 7th, chords. Thanks for all the info!!
Lovely lesson. Why did you specifically pick the F major and G minor chords though ? Why not play other diatonic chords, or do those two work especially well for some reason ?
Hi Adam! Did I understand you correctly that the little finger of the right hand always leads the melody? So the note furthest up is the best one to identify for the melody? Thanks for that great content!! 🙂
Hi this is Amin I lost my wife four months ago, quiet fancy the song, "She's gone by Steel Heart" would like to learn it, it reminds me of her, can you help? thanks Amin
Just found your channel…brilliant help!! Have downloaded the info but it doesn’t describe the ‘slide’ you mention in stage 8. Have slowed down the video and still can’t get what you mean about sliding from the black key to the white. I can’t see your handwork clearly enough to relate what I have done before to what you are doing. Sorry to be a pain!
Hi Pamela - Ah I see what you mean! Essentially any time you have a white note in a chord (either at the top or in the middle) with a black note directly to the left (a semitone down) - you can slide. I either do it with the same finger, or sometimes use a finger on each note. Does that help?
@@thekeyscoach thanks Adam…still not sure but will give it a go. Just found the demonstration so fast. You know what it’s like, if you know what to do it’s fine but if you don’t know what’s happening a little slower would help. Anyway excited to have found your videos. Thanks very much.
@@thekeyscoachYes I had the same difficulty too trying to figure out how you did the slide even though you explained in words, wishing at 5.01 when you said “for example here” that you would have the camera on your fingers rather than on your face… Sorry I didn’t mean to “complain” when you were amazing sharing all those ideas. Thanks heaps.
Hi Ant - yes it does. It can use other chords as well to get different sounds - but essentially it’s chords I and ii. This is often how gospel choirs harmonise - they often miss out the leading note (the seventh). It’s a way of harmonising melodies in ‘block’ and making the melody sound thicker. Hope this helps!
Hi! The seventh is the one note that doesn't fit into C or Dm - it means that all the parts can move by step within the hexatonic scale - and there aren't any clashing notes. If we also take out the leading note, there aren't any tritones in the scale (previously in the key of C, there would have been a tritone between the F and the B). Hope that helps!
You absolutely can think of it like it - I sometimes find it easier to use syllables as they're much easier to sing and hear in your head. They're also a little bit more percussive than numbers, so it really helps lock in with the groove.
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as a busy college student who no longer has time to sit down and learn difficult classical pieces, i always wanted to learn how to improvise so i could just sit down and play whenever and whatever. great video! its been helping me a lot.
Awesome! Thanks Nick!
I am so glad I found your channel. I've been playing for years - classically-trained and I have really struggled to improvise and be able to play from chord charts, and or by ear. This is quite common for all pianists and keyboard players who have learnt to play the traditional way. It really has been nigh-on impossible for me to play without sheet music.
Although I think it will take a huge amount of practice, I know that I will be able to use your PDF to eventually achieve this long-awaited goal which has evaded me for so long. I have been quite envious of people who can just sit down and play what comes to them. Even more so when I think I spent hours, days, weeks, months and years learning to read music and still be so confined to what others have produced.
I have been to so many channels on here but you really do put things across well. Love your teaching style. I think this is my new best Piano Channel. Can't wait to see it grow and grow and being part of this community.
Thank you.
Thanks so much for your message Scarlette! I'm so glad you're enjoying your the videos and finding them useful!
Lots more coming your way over the next few weeks and months! Keep me posted on how you're finding them, and let me know if there is anything in particular that would help!
This literally is what was going on for my piano like a month ago. It’ll come along… good practicing!
Playing the keys is different to playing the piano. Keys players have all these little tricks they can throw down, whereas a classically trained pianist is operating on pure music theory and every single note has to be perfect. My friend is a classical pianist and I'm just a self taught improv player playing modern styles. This is usually how our conversations go "that's not how it goes, why did you put that in there?", "because it sounds good" "but that's not how the piece goes, and you've missed out parts of the left hand" "ok, well how about I just make it more bluesy?" "For Christ sake, it's Chopin". It's usually at this point, he's ready to leave lol. A few weeks later he will have calmed down, so I'll call him "hey you want to come round for a piss about on my grand?" "only if you promise not to play any classical music whatsoever". "deal, but you have to play bumblebee".
My new favorite piano channel. I'm excited to get in on the ground floor of this community.
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I would always struggle from watching over piano teachers explain but your teaching really did the trick for me and I thank you for taking your time and putting effort into making these videos🙏🏾🙏🏾
You're very welcome!
The more I watch you, the more I have figured you to be quite the incredible teacher. Thank you so much. All your videos are wonderful.
Thank you so much Bill! That’s made my day!
Sooo nice thank you❤
I can sight read music pretty well, but I have always struggled to play without music or to improvise. My music theory is limited to the basic major and minor scales and chords, and rusty as best. This video was delightful and so easy to follow. It has inspired me to take what I’ve learned from it and sit down and make another go at it. Thank you so much for taking the time to make this video!
That's awesome! So pleased to hear that! Lots more on the channel to help you out!
Thanks!
Thank you!! 🙏
This is excellent information. Adam, you should market this to the worship keyboard community. I’m a classical piano player and have spent hundreds of dollars trying to learn what you’ve just explained here to help me interpret chord charts on a Sunday morning. Thank you! This is a game changer for me.
Ah I'm so glad Gillian! That's really interesting - thanks so much!
I'm a classical pianist too, and have struggled for years to gain the 'freedom' to play like this. This one lesson alone is just so ridiculously simple, and yet...nobody teaches us this stuff when we come up through the exam system. Adam, you really are a wonder!
You are an AMAZING teacher, Sir! This is great👍
Thank you! 😃
The best video I’ve found on improvisation!
Thank you! 🎉
I really enjoyed this lesson thank you Adam, would love to see more on improvisation. You're videos are really helping a 50+ yr old learn the piano.
Awesome, thank you!
🎹🎹🎹EXCELLENT LESSON Adam!!! Thanks so much🥰🎉🎉🎉
I am trying the advice from this video these days and while it is not even close to being fluent yet I think it works rather nicely so far. Thanks a lot!
Brilliant lessons, yes definitely worth a coffee or two
Wow. These are the types of lessons I've been wanting all my life. Wish we could more of that as a structured course
Thanks so much Simon! It’s on the way… 🚀
*I’ll be working on this and F major is one of my fav keys!* 🎹
Awesome!
I've been a player all my life and I find I can take something from your videos each time I watch you...I find myself saying now why didn't I think of that....thank you....
Agree! I love learning and growing all the time!
Wow, that "claw" technique is incredible. It really adds so much depth to the sound. I'm going really slow right now, but that's okay. If anything, it lets me appreciate the impromptu slash chords I'm making, and how the different base notes can complement the harmony I'm making. I still naturally default to the same two or three rhythms every time, but I guess I can't expect this one video to change everything all at once! Thanks so much. Really enjoyed it.
Thanks! Glad you found it helpful!
Just amazing I think that will take me a bit of time to get to grip with, but Brilliant Thanks
Outstanding!
As a beginner, this helps so much in understanding improvisation!!
I’m so pleased! Thanks!
That was Amazing! Thank you thank you! Joined a new band recently and this is exactly what I needed to spruce up my playing alternatives. Reminds me of the epiphany when I learned about the CAGED system for guitar.
I’m so pleased Doug! Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Thanks for the great content! 👍
You're welcome Ryan! Lots more on the way!
I just wanted to take a moment to express how much I appreciate your amazing videos. Your lessons have been so helpful and inspiring, and I feel like I've learned so much from you. I'm incredibly grateful for the valuable content you provide. Thank you so much for sharing your passion and expertise ;-)
I'm so glad to hear that - there will always be free piano content available on the channel - lots more videos on the way! So pleased to hear you're enjoying them and finding them useful!
Brilliant has real Gospel feel😊
Thanks! Yeah definitely!
Fabulous stuff Adam and breaking it down into progressive steps like you have is so helpful. Taking up the piano again after decades this freedom to "just play" is exactly what I aspire to so a huge thanks for both the inspiration and the process!
Thanks Stephen! 🙌
This is a really fantastic quality piano lesson. Really enjoyed this. Thank you
Glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely Amazing! thank you so much.
Glad you enjoyed Alan!
Another outstanding lesson! Thank you VERY much! Quality tips and tricks, materials and overall presentation! I appreciate your passion to share!!
My pleasure!
Excellent lesson! Thanks for showing that!
My pleasure!
Wow, that is amazing sounds incredible Key Coach.
Thank you Adam, you Are a great teacher! You inspire me!
My pleasure!
Wow thank you so much for this very helpful tutorial! I always wonder how some people can just improvise a piece of music so fast and easily - so i was hoping to find some 'formulas' online and I found you (after checking out a couples of videos which are not really directing me on how to actually improvise LOL)! Your video is really easy to understand and the steps are easy to follow, I have downloaded your free PDF and am going to try out soon :) Thank you again for breaking down the steps in a very logical way and fyi, I am your subscriber now :) 😁
Awesome! Thanks for the sub!
Thanks for your content Adam. This is the piano channel I’ve been looking for. The best I’ve found on TH-cam…cheers!
Thanks so much Edward! So glad you're enjoying the videos!
Amazing lesson! Jammed back with so much useful..practical information!
Glad you liked it! Thanks!
Great work & simple in all steps keep going
You make it blissfully simple AND you get to the point. Love it! Oh, and your beat box is pretty good!! 😂 You explained this in a way that i can try it without having to follow the video on the slowest speed to figure out what you did!
I appreciate that! Thanks so much Dona! Glad you enjoyed the video!
Great lesson. Thanks
Glad you liked it!
Man iv looked for years for a simple explanation of how to play like this. Finally! Thanks dude 😁
Glad you liked it!
I approve the beatbox!!! Thank you for this amazing class!!! I just discovered your channel today. Great content. Keep it up!!!
Awesome! Thank you!
Loved this, thank you!
You're so welcome!
Just subscribed and looking forward to future lessons. This lesson is terrific...so well explained. 🙂
Thanks Chris! So glad you found it useful!
Merci
Wonderful! I just subscribed when I heard dat slide!
Awesome! Thank you!
Best video on the internet
Wow thanks! 🙏
Amazing music instructional video! Wow filled with gold nuggets. Thanks Adam!!!
Glad it was helpful!
Love it!
How does this man only have 1k subscribers what
He just started but it looks like he put a lot of forethought into how he wanted the videos to look. They already look very polished!
He just started his channel a month ago & already got over 3k subscribers.
He is awesome! ❣️
He gained 5k subs in 1 month lol😂
I am so happy I found The Keys Coach! 🎉
He deserves more
Very helpful thanks
Glad it helped! Thanks Steven!
Really love your tutorial, Will always come back
Thanks so much 😊
Great stuff Adam! Really enjoying all of these.
Thanks so much Ben!
Thanks for the very well-produced video. I can tell you put a lot of craft into it with the good sound and lighting. Everything was very clear, so your work paid off. As a false beginner, I could barely keep up, however. It would be great to have that lick you played notated. I had to stop and rewind that bit dozens of times and I had a hard time matching what you were playing. Of course, you'll probably reply that I should just do what sounds nice to me, and that's true, but it would be good to have something to follow when starting. Also, the way you fingered the inversions was very tricky. Any chance you could add fingering to future pdfs? Just a thought. Thanks again for all your work. I'll keep at it.
Glad you enjoyed the video! Will keep that in mind! Lots more videos coming your way over the next few months. Thanks for all the support!
Such a great tutorial!
Thanks so much!
Excellent tutorial. Thanks!
Thanks Ian!
Awesome, liked and subsribed
Thanks Jamie!
Excellent tutorial Adam thank you 😊
My pleasure! Glad you liked it!
good stuff
Very nice and effective piano methods,simple yet powerful.....
Many thanks!
great tutorial!
Thank you! Cheers!
Amazing, thank you so much Adam! So exciting to have found your channel! I have been looking for this sort of content to improve my compositions for ages and specifically my left hand accompaniment as they all tend to be pretty much the same which doesn't help with the diversity of my music! I look forward to studying and implementing your techniques!🙂
Glad it was helpful! Great to have you on board!
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You’re welcome!
Great Lesson man. This is a great video. Thanks for your time. God Bless ❤️
Glad it was helpful!
How does one know to use g minor as well? Would it be every second minor of any key you choose? Thanks!
Just great so good
Thanks so much Peter!
Thanks for the lesson. Could you do a video on different type of improvisation principaly blues I am trying to learn🙏🏽
Great suggestion!
I weit lang time to learn i am so happy Feind your canale!🎹🫶🫶🫶😎🙋♂️🙋♂️🙋♂️❤🌸👌🙏
Glad I found your channel in YT, love your content in IG👍
Thanks so much Carlos!
In step 7, how did you come to choose F and Gm to use for the claw technique? Do you always use notes 1 & 2 from the chosen scale?
I think the first two chords will always stack together to create the hexatonic scale he talked of. Like the first chord is 1,3,5 and the second is 2,4,6 in the scale.
My new guru❤
Glad you enjoyed the video!
Amazing 😻 sounds beautiful and helpful
Thank you!! 😊
What a great sound - subscribing!
Thanks!
👍 Great! You say it, the simple things are sometimes the best. Clear explanation 😀🎹!
Thanks! 😃
Could you take us through a song that looks simple, but show how you would enrich it?
Great idea! 💡
I've just found your channel and so glad that I did! Please keep it coming; I'm learning this one, 2 on chords and the one on scales with the 1,4 and 5 chords at the moment. That one and the hexatonic scale with the 1 major and 2 minor chords are real game changers (have been using the pentatonic scale, but I hadn't heard of the hexatonic).
About new videos: One on major pop/rock/ballad rhythms (using a couple of chord progressions) would be good...
Great idea! So many videos to make! 😂
I have tried to download pdf files, but nothing happens. I have used different browsers. Your channel is one of the best I have found.
Hi - shoot me an email - adam@thekeyscoach.com and I'll get that sorted out for you!
Amazing! It looks so easy, but... 😅
🙌 You can do it!
Awesome video
The secret to improvising new material is to practice doing just that. Instead of practicing scales, or practicing sheet music, or playing someone else's song, just start playing. Use an electronic keyboard and headphones, because self-consciousness it what stops people. So... headphones, and go for it, and when you play something terrible, bo worries. As for where to start... anywhere. Play a note. Or if there are preset drum patterns on the keyboard, or a metronome, you can try use that... but TBH, before you're comfortable enough with where all the notes and chords are, sometimes you'll have to be patient about bad timing, in order to find the notes you want... and a metronome or drum machine can prevent you from trying new notes and chords, because you'll have to play it safe, in that respect, to keep up with the rhythm. So, if you record yourself at that point, it won't sound as good as you thought when it was happening - 🤣that's normal. Once you learn where all the notes are, then it's fun to play along with automatic drums. Because rhythm IS very important, so even though you want to have patience towards the beginning, that's like training wheels.
That's what you do. If you want to learn classical, then practice playing clasical music from sheet music. If you want to be in a cover band, practice playing cover songs by ear and from lead sheets, and transcribe solos. If you want to improvise sonngs and tunes into existence, then practice doing that, from the start. Learn intervals and scales and chords and how they go together (and use the available resources online and books) in the context of creating your own material. I'd recommend headphones and a saintly tolerance for messing up, like, don't even pause when you play garbled gibberish. You're always learning. If you're feeling physical pain while playing, then you should adjust your mechanics, maybe on your own, or maybe with personalized help. It's helpful to learn a foundation of how music works, but these tutorials seem to focus on a pedagogical foundation from a bygone era. But I haven't written a pamphlet or produced that video, so I can't complain. This video is good for what it is, but for example, I don't usually start by picking a key, and then writing a chord progression and bass notes, and then arranging that, and then improvising a solo over that form... IOW, what he describes in this video is "normal songwriting", and it's a great video for that. Improvising a piece from scratch, on an instrument, is a little different from this video, though. The far end of the spectrum is, you pick a starting point, and then get out of your own way, as best as you can, and then be ooen to whatever comes out. That's why the headphones are so important🤣. Then, in between pure improvisation and purely premeditated riffs, there's a spectrum of tendencies you develop, and boundaries you can put on free improvisation in order to raise the potential floor, so to speak, and facilitate group improvisations (some predetermined structure can be helpful there). Oh, that's a book! Oh well. TL;DR - Play whatever floats your boat, and have a good time doing it.
🙏🙏🙏Thanks for taking the time to explain all that!!!🥰
Amazing thank you
No problem 😊
Thx great tuto
Pleasure!
good job man
Thanks Michael!
So basically you only play the one and the two chord for the melody? Or just any chord that uses the note you want to play (using the melody note on top always)?
Would appreciate a short response 😊
3:35 "So this is where the fun really starts"
Meanwhile me watching all the fun stuff i gotta practice before i get to step 2 😂 scales, scales without 7th, chords.
Thanks for all the info!!
I fell in love with this video and now I am pregnant with a piano.
And I bought a portable one because he's so addictive😂 hafta keep up
😭🙏
Lovely lesson. Why did you specifically pick the F major and G minor chords though ? Why not play other diatonic chords, or do those two work especially well for some reason ?
Hi Adam! Did I understand you correctly that the little finger of the right hand always leads the melody? So the note furthest up is the best one to identify for the melody? Thanks for that great content!! 🙂
Yep that’s it! Glad you’re enjoying the videos!
Fucking awesome m8. Thx a million ❤
Hi this is Amin I lost my wife four months ago, quiet fancy the song, "She's gone by Steel Heart" would like to learn it, it reminds me of her, can you help? thanks Amin
Just found your channel…brilliant help!! Have downloaded the info but it doesn’t describe the ‘slide’ you mention in stage 8. Have slowed down the video and still can’t get what you mean about sliding from the black key to the white. I can’t see your handwork clearly enough to relate what I have done before to what you are doing. Sorry to be a pain!
Hi Pamela - Ah I see what you mean! Essentially any time you have a white note in a chord (either at the top or in the middle) with a black note directly to the left (a semitone down) - you can slide. I either do it with the same finger, or sometimes use a finger on each note. Does that help?
@@thekeyscoach thanks Adam…still not sure but will give it a go. Just found the demonstration so fast. You know what it’s like, if you know what to do it’s fine but if you don’t know what’s happening a little slower would help. Anyway excited to have found your videos. Thanks very much.
Will definitely bear this in mind! Thanks Pamela!
@@thekeyscoachYes I had the same difficulty too trying to figure out how you did the slide even though you explained in words, wishing at 5.01 when you said “for example here” that you would have the camera on your fingers rather than on your face… Sorry I didn’t mean to “complain” when you were amazing sharing all those ideas. Thanks heaps.
Never was good at clicking fingers, now they're arthritic, I need to tap my knee lol
Does the harmonization method always use the I and ii chords? I can't find any more information on this technique
Hi Ant - yes it does. It can use other chords as well to get different sounds - but essentially it’s chords I and ii.
This is often how gospel choirs harmonise - they often miss out the leading note (the seventh). It’s a way of harmonising melodies in ‘block’ and making the melody sound thicker.
Hope this helps!
Why do you remove the 7th from the scale?
Hi! The seventh is the one note that doesn't fit into C or Dm - it means that all the parts can move by step within the hexatonic scale - and there aren't any clashing notes. If we also take out the leading note, there aren't any tritones in the scale (previously in the key of C, there would have been a tritone between the F and the B). Hope that helps!
Man i thought this would help but i already know most of this
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Excellent lesson, but at the end it all sounds a bit bland. When do chord progressions get in the mix?
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Instead of takataka (that gets me lost), can I say - 1 and 2 and ?
Or it is not applied in here ?
You absolutely can think of it like it - I sometimes find it easier to use syllables as they're much easier to sing and hear in your head. They're also a little bit more percussive than numbers, so it really helps lock in with the groove.