Thank you for the amazing material; this is the best on the subject; new subscriber

Excellent.. thank you 😊

Mistakes help with learning as well....though. Like as a songwriter mistakes are very valuable in finding unique sounds and new directions.

A brilliant breakthrough, sir. Thanks so much. Wish you well.

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It was explained to me that ear training would be the first method to understand these chords. It would be impossible to remember all these structures without knowing how they sound.

In short never make mistakes and always play perfectly. Amazing. Why has no one thought of that before?

Synthesia teaches you this way.

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Muscle memory is important for playing pieces to a faster tempo since some of the fingerings can be tricky so we need to repeat the finger sequences a few times to lock in the memory. Muscle memory is not reliable if we don't practice a piece regularly. The more we know about a piece, the easier we can get back to it even after a long pause.

This is a great video, Thanks for that! I have a question about practicing chord progressions: I noticed that you always use your thumb and pinky finger for the root and the fifth in the left hand. In the right hand, you alternate between using either the thumb/pinky or thumb/ring finger. Which fingering should I train? Should I always leave the pinky in my right hand free so that I can use it for the melody? Do you have a recommendation for the correct fingering for this exercise? Thank you!

Thanks, now I'm once again afraid of making mistakes [since they will "set me back"], and as a result my brain uses it as an excuse to not sit down and try to learn. Cheers mate!

Says the obvious and then when it comes to the most important: "that I will teach in my course". 🙄

OMG quit saying muscle memory.....Muscles dont have brain cells. I hate this stupid term. SO overused.

It's actually not exactly true, because when you catch and rework your mistakes you make a muscle memory of replaying that part, so you should aim at not doing any mistakes at all and don't gamble, you can even stop for a second before playong a note but you shouldn't create a habit of replaying notes that you can't get right)

buddy, Ive been watching A LOT of videos on jazz piano, and this one, I can tell you my bro, it's making my mind expanse in a exponential way, THANK YOU for this invaluable information, I feel really thankfull piano sauce🙏 .

clicked because i used to own that jumper got it from next about 16 years ago lol

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Very informative. Makes sense. 🙏🏽

I think it is not that clear cut. As long as you end with the correct method and only repeat the correct way going forward, the mistakes will go away. But my piano sauce is this, only practice with effort enough to get bored. Then recognize that you need more challenge and try playing the next bar of music. If you take this approach, two things will happen. One you will never be frustrated that things are not happening fast enough. Two you will allow the physics of muscle memory to develop and thereby never question why you take so long to learn something new. People struggle I think because they set unrealistic expectation. Note, body builders must exercise to tear down the muscles to be rebuild them the following week with rest and nutrition. Physics take time.

I've got a darn good grasp of doing it as slowly as humanly possible, or the species of your choice...

The title is extremely misleading, there is no mention of actual music theory of playing scales and diatonic chords etc, in other words this is youtube click-bait.

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Thanks a lot. Please make more videos about jazz piano , bebop and improvise

Nice video! A lot of what was said here should be obvious. But sometimes it's easy to overlook the obvious. I'll definitely try stopping before I make a mistake and experimenting with practicing at a slower speed, cheers 👍

He mentions that middle c is the chord floor. What does he mean by that?

Wow!! The left hand in jazz piano has been a bit of a mystery to me, finally a video that gives a thorough and understandable introduction! Also knowing the techniques are coming from bud powell, Monk etc. gives it a lot more credibility than someone just Throwing voicings at you, great work!! You are well deserved of my first yt comment in ten years haha

It's interesting how this is pretty much the opposite of how you should operate when jamming with others, experimenting with original ideas, or performing. Like, "stop before you make a mistake" is one of the worst things I could ever tell someone going on stage, but interestingly, the logic checks out for practicing specific things.

But dont you need to make mistakes to learn

Wow that smart way to learn anything

Amazing video. Helps a lot.

ok very nice tips, do you make new videos?

Good video. I hate to sound picky but there’s no such thing as “muscle” memory. It’s actually MOTOR memory. It’s about creating neural pathways.

Really awesome video , how did you make it ? Which software for the graphs and animation affect ?

"Fast and easy" methods making everyone sounding exactly the same. If you want to be a real musician, with own thoughts, and musical stories to tell, just take your time, make up your own style, play whatever is coming from your heart and soul. Forget about patterns and cliches.

I have been really focusing on looking at WHY I've made a mistake. If I messup a scale passage i go back in and make the mistake a again, and look out for things like "is it on the crossover, is it a specific finger, is my elbow is too tight, finger too weak?" and I experiment with possible causes until I find the true fundamental issue and can make some exercises to fix it! Ill work on the underlying issue then I go back to the passage and try again. Its been a great way to fixing a lot of my technique errors!

No gambling?? 🥺

Everytime i feel like i plateu. I sleep. Wake up the next day. And play for 2-5 mins of the piece and it suddenly clicked! Everytime i feel down that im not making progress. A good night sleep would always make an epic comeback! Its almost seems like magic

The PDF progression of cadences is the circle of fourth, not the circle of fifth. Just for the sake of accuracy. Otherwise a nice lesson

Explains why after sleeping i was actually able to play way better but i couldnt seem to find out why

Nice system.

Just do what I do, master scales and cords before learning any songs until you have everything confidently memorized to the point that you can play the all major/minor scales, heck, do every scale that exists, scale the chords too, practice a few hours a day (30mins minimum), then the first song you learn will be a piece of cake since you will be incredibly familiar with the piano on a granular single note level.

this is probably the best video i’ve ever seen on youtube i wish i could like twice

The brain didn't know how fast something was done. It only knows if you were right or wrong. Speed is gained through correct practice, no matter how slow it seems to begin with.

The one rule. PLAY SLOWLY!! If you think you are playing slowly but still making mistakes, PLAY SLOWER. Keep playing it more and more slowly until you can play it without making a mistake.

What is that cool looking keyboard

One of the most useful habit to learn and make continuous progress is just sleep well. Sleep enough, going to bed and waking up nearly the same time every day. And practice every day as you said in this very useful video. "Stupid psychological trick that stupidly works" - that's brilliant.

Thanks for explaining this point of view. It's clearly better than playing extremely fast for no reason. I still make mistakes to make sure that I can easily figure out a way to continue playing in the event that I make a mistake during a performance, I can keep playing. IM SORRY LOL I can also practice for 2 hours per day so 5 minutes is absolutely trash lol.

There's a fantastic book called Mapping Cloud Nine by Steven Kotler that beautifully unpacks the Goldilocks zone you speak of. Great video.

You’re making a very big and wrong assumption that if you play something wrong then you build muscle memory for it which is wrong. We’re learning based on feedback not on action. If we don’t like the outcome of something we don’t learn it