My dear friend Brett, you're my hero. This is exactly how clear and concise online lessons should be...there's sooooo many garbage "piano lesson" videos out there, but this video makes me unreasonably happy.
Here's a tip from a cruise ship pianist: if you want to engage people, all that matters is groove and drive. If you want to disengage people, i.e. make them go to bed so you have the evening of, abandon all sense of groove and drive as well as you can. Make it hard for anyone, even a fellow musician, to guess what the tempo is. With a bit of practice you can do this while still objectively sounding good, but those late-late-night guests will all start to saunter off. The bartenders will thank you, and the program director won't be any wiser
Did you mean “off” and not “of”? Not trying to be grammar/spelling police but that single letter “F” completely changes the meaning of your entire comment and makes the reader confused and wonder what you mean.
So true! I worked for Hilton International ents for years and had to play 4 sets a night. Seeing the last guest leave is bar is the best feeling! 🎹Extreme rubato is our friend 😉
I love how simply you break down the theory. Took your notes on how to build major pentatonic scales & transform that into a major blues scale, which I now feel okay about transposing into other keys. Thank you!!
I want to report: I have practised this now for 3 weeks. It works that much fine. I am so grateful for this video. I am a 64 year old beginner. It is so well explained. I actually struggle with improvisation. I am more a sight reader. BUT..... probably you will come up with a video for improvisation explaination. Lots of kisses and regards from Germany!
I'm not gonna lie. Not really "cocktail" sounding, but a nice way to play something....anything!....when your friends or family say the dreaded "play something!"
Great fun ,to start , I recorded the left hand separately and practice soloing over it played back .And you learn the A minor blues scale at the same time !
Hi Brett, Been practicing this for about week now and single hands getting better. Still can't get both to work together. I've been serious with a teacher and lessons for a year and 8 months. Love watching you, Lisa, Jonny and all the positive youtube videos. Thanks for what you do.
Sounds like a nice bouncy groove. The first part put me in mind of Heart and Soul, while the next one made me think of The Alley Cat. Great tunes but not sure what that has to do with 'cocktail' music. Maybe it'd work better in a skating rink? When I think if 'cocktail' I picture a fancy restaurant or lounge with diners (or drinkers) quietly clinking glasses in low conversations while an elegantly dressed dude is making tinkly sounds on a grand piano.
Excellent cant wait to try this! One step I would have added is to first try to play just the base note with that left hand, then play the chord and then to the alternating between the base and the 3 other notes. Thats how I will practice it because im à newbie !
This is a great beginner lesson! Moving the roots down the octave would give it that more authentic stride sound though and make the whole thing sound a lot bigger. This is, of course, a great stepping stone to that!
Excellent video Brett, thanks so much. I’ve practiced the left hand and the right hand separately for several days now and have finally got those down while playing with a metronome. I love the 2 octave pentatonic scale, and it’s great finger practice, but boy, trying to play both hands is daunting. Even playing the single bass notes on the left hand and a few of the first notes of the pentatonic scale is too much for my brain. I need to keep trying. I’m hoping that once LH and RH tasks become really automatic then putting them together will be easier….
Wow, what a video / lesson! I’ve been having so much fun practicing improvisational jazz piano the past couple months, and this will fit right in. Thanks!
The best tutorial EVER!. Thanks a lot for this simple but yet sooo effective tutorial. I wanted to learn this for ages, but couldn't find a proper tutorial without getting it wayyyy to complicated.
Thank you for this video, Brett. I am a very new (2nd week) player, and I look for different practice methods here on TH-cam that will combine practice time with actual playing time all in one lesson. It seems you have done that with this video (for me, anyway) and I will be using this lesson while I practice over the weekend.
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My dear friend Brett, you're my hero. This is exactly how clear and concise online lessons should be...there's sooooo many garbage "piano lesson" videos out there, but this video makes me unreasonably happy.
I agree 💯, @Pianote has the most concise videos on piano lessons.....
I agree
Music sheet to happy birthday piano
Your words about "garbage lesson" are absolute truth. So good I've found this channel!😊
Here's a tip from a cruise ship pianist: if you want to engage people, all that matters is groove and drive. If you want to disengage people, i.e. make them go to bed so you have the evening of, abandon all sense of groove and drive as well as you can. Make it hard for anyone, even a fellow musician, to guess what the tempo is. With a bit of practice you can do this while still objectively sounding good, but those late-late-night guests will all start to saunter off. The bartenders will thank you, and the program director won't be any wiser
Thank you, from a cruise ship bar staff. When the guest aren’t drinking or tipping we wanna go to the crew bar
Did you mean “off” and not “of”? Not trying to be grammar/spelling police but that single letter “F” completely changes the meaning of your entire comment and makes the reader confused and wonder what you mean.
@@ReadABookAndLearn "off", off course, hehe
So true! I worked for Hilton International ents for years and had to play 4 sets a night. Seeing the last guest leave is bar is the best feeling! 🎹Extreme rubato is our friend 😉
@@ReadABookAndLearnThe meaning is obvious to all but a pedant.
I got entertained and I also learned a lot. I'm looking forward to trying this out. Thank you.
That's EXACTLY what we like to hear :)
I'm crying, because I never thought I can sound even close to thms like this! You came and show me. You're hero!
More cocktail, please!!!
Yes! Please!
Good now I can sit at one those fancy restaurants and get myself a tip jar👍
we only ask for 10%!
@@PianoteOfficial I got you!
Yes!! More cocktail piano videos please 😁 I've always wanted to play like this!
My favorite kind of piano to play
Love seeing my friend Brett on the channel! Bring us more!
That sounds like heart and soul with a little jam and I like it.
Love the lesson. ! Chord sequence 1 6 2 5 is one of my favorites. You explained this very well! Thank you. More 👍🏼
I love how simply you break down the theory. Took your notes on how to build major pentatonic scales & transform that into a major blues scale, which I now feel okay about transposing into other keys. Thank you!!
I want to report: I have practised this now for 3 weeks. It works that much fine. I am so grateful for this video. I am a 64 year old beginner. It is so well explained. I actually struggle with improvisation. I am more a sight reader. BUT..... probably you will come up with a video for improvisation explaination. Lots of kisses and regards from Germany!
I'm not gonna lie. Not really "cocktail" sounding, but a nice way to play something....anything!....when your friends or family say the dreaded "play something!"
Nice work Brett! This reminds me of my 3 Exercises to Master Cocktail Piano video. I liked the simplified left hand and Count Basie ending.
Lol
@piano with Jonny Nice to see you here.... 😀
Ah nobody does it better than Jonny tho!
My exact thought. Leaving now.
Throwing a little shade there aren’t you Johnny?
You’re not the only one wearing tight pants in this town.
Thanks for the lesson. I really enjoyed this.
Thanks for watchin!
Great fun ,to start , I recorded the left hand separately and practice soloing over it played back .And you learn the A minor blues scale at the same time !
New teacher 😂😂😂 . keep it up like this . PIANOTE big big ² fan
Wow, I’m on it Brett. What a great piece. I never thought I’d like jazz but you have made it wonderful. Very nice thank you.
Hi Brett, Been practicing this for about week now and single hands getting better. Still can't get both to work together. I've been serious with a teacher and lessons for a year and 8 months. Love watching you, Lisa, Jonny and all the positive youtube videos. Thanks for what you do.
Me, too, on both hands! I can do them separately but together is making me nuts.
Awesome, Tanks man...😁😁😁
Lisa grew a huge beard
Just a little change up now and then :P
Beautiful lesson
thats a GREAT little tune to work with a novice, THANK YOU, it was fun.
Sounds like a nice bouncy groove. The first part put me in mind of Heart and Soul, while the next one made me think of The Alley Cat. Great tunes but not sure what that has to do with 'cocktail' music. Maybe it'd work better in a skating rink? When I think if 'cocktail' I picture a fancy restaurant or lounge with diners (or drinkers) quietly clinking glasses in low conversations while an elegantly dressed dude is making tinkly sounds on a grand piano.
Oh man! Love the free class. Thanks!
i wish you were my teacher at school! i'm 43 now and finally mastering the piano thanks to you!
Wow! Great quick lesson....thanx!
Great Teacher you are!
Nice tutorial you did!😃
This is great! Can you have more videos or tutorials about Cocktail piano please? Especially the slow jazz Ballad variety.
Love the static right hand idea
thank you, learned so much, great teaching
I looked for this lesson for so long!!!
Thanks a lot.
Excellent cant wait to try this! One step I would have added is to first try to play just the base note with that left hand, then play the chord and then to the alternating between the base and the 3 other notes. Thats how I will practice it because im à newbie !
good perspective--- this is just a very shortened version of our complete course at pianote.com
thanks for a simple course
THis is exactly what i need for learning blues style
Great video! Lots of fun.
This is great! More cocktail piano and jazz videos, please! :)
Wow, a new piece to practice, thank I loved it!
really makes me relax
This is the greatest video Pianote ever has released!
Really useful how a practical lesson included so much theory including tempo, absolutely excellent, thanks 🐻
Thank you very much Sir! Really Very Inspiring👍🎼🎹🙏
I've only owned a piano for a month but this is exactly the kind of groove I like. Thanks for this lesson :)
So good to learn like that ! Thx a lot !!!!
Hi hello a blessed day for you the video is amazing but its short i am hungry to learn more keep posting more videos like this thank you very much
Thanks for watching!
This is a great beginner lesson! Moving the roots down the octave would give it that more authentic stride sound though and make the whole thing sound a lot bigger. This is, of course, a great stepping stone to that!
gosh my heart goes wildly joyed when i hear 5:02 :'))))
So love this channel!
Awesome Video! This Really Helped Me!
happy to help!
Brett you are Godlike!
Thank you teacher !!!!
Excellent video Brett, thanks so much. I’ve practiced the left hand and the right hand separately for several days now and have finally got those down while playing with a metronome. I love the 2 octave pentatonic scale, and it’s great finger practice, but boy, trying to play both hands is daunting. Even playing the single bass notes on the left hand and a few of the first notes of the pentatonic scale is too much for my brain. I need to keep trying. I’m hoping that once LH and RH tasks become really automatic then putting them together will be easier….
Excellent thank you very much
Great lesson thanks
Boris Vian would be super happy to see this. :) thank you for the lesson!
Glad you like it!
Wow, what a video / lesson! I’ve been having so much fun practicing improvisational jazz piano the past couple months, and this will fit right in. Thanks!
Very useful, for many styles.
Sir, it's mesmerizing, amazing
Yes, pls more of that kind - mby on pianote as a Pack? Love that bluesy sound :)
There is a complete course on pianote right now :)
@@PianoteOfficial oh, must have somehow missed it, i will check - thanks !
@@Volpix28 I can't find it either - maybe the shop is behind the game.
@@petermcmurray2807 i found it, just type in cocktail on their website and you will find it :)
@@PianoteOfficial cocktail
This is AWESOME! Love it!❤️
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
That was fun! I can do that eventually. Perfect next step.
Smack into my bookmark, thank you sir!!! :)
Thanks for sharing!
Great workshop. Thanks for sharing!
Great material!
Your videos always make me want to run to my piano!!
The best tutorial EVER!. Thanks a lot for this simple but yet sooo effective tutorial. I wanted to learn this for ages, but couldn't find a proper tutorial without getting it wayyyy to complicated.
LOVE THIS!!!!!!!!
Thank you for this lesson. I will try to learn this. Greetings from Argentina 🇦🇷
Great lesson! Thank you!
Cool! I should be able to do this. Thanks!
Wow! Thank you so much for an easy & fun lesson from which I can draw principles!
Very insightful and helpful!
love this...please give us more....thank you...rick
Lovely 🥰
Thank you!
Thank you. Well done.
Heart and Soul!!
Nice. Thank you sir. 👍👍
Nice work. An easy, straightforward explanation. Many thanks Brett, subscribed!
Excellent lesson. Please do few more of these blues tutorial.
Simple and efficient. Nice one. am subscribing to this channel straight.
Ugh this is incredible I can't wait to learn this
Fantastic work!
Awesome lesson, awesome teacher!
thx for your effort. keep going
Yessir!!!! Loved this video
Plugging away at it, thanks very much, it's great
The best video Pianote have ever done 😊
This was amazing! 😮
Great, it helped me so much!
Love it!
Thank you so much such a great teacher!!
Thank you so much for the sheet music. I will add it to my practice routine.
raw, short and incredibly interesting lesson! Well done beardyman :-)
greetings from Roma, Italia, A.
Svaka čast majstore, ovo je bilo sjajno.
Love this one 😍
GREAT ----THANK YOU
Thank you for this , it’s so doable with some practise great thanks
Thank you for this video, Brett. I am a very new (2nd week) player, and I look for different practice methods here on TH-cam that will combine practice time with actual playing time all in one lesson. It seems you have done that with this video (for me, anyway) and I will be using this lesson while I practice over the weekend.