4 Jazz Piano Tips I Wish I Knew Earlier

[@rebanelson607]

"Music is movement" is something i've managed to miss for too long. Excellent video!

[@Sherri_Lynn]

Many thanks for your insights, Shan!! I'm just beginning my musical 'keyboard' journey & play by ear. Feeling the Movements & Rhythms; I'm getting rooted with 'source' progressions🎶🌞

[@JL1308]

I don’t play the piano but as a singer songwriter I really enjoy listening to your chords, your teaching and playing 🎹❤️

[@bobbachelor5930]

You play "Polka Dots and Moon Beams" beautifully . I feel it !

[@JD-xo3xz]

These are great tips, thank you; Always enjoy your insights... I have begun my musical journey three times so far, mostly walking away after my learning time is taken mostly by first scales practice, then followed by some Hanon practice, then theory. After an hour or so, I find myself again bored with no enjoyment or clear goal in sight, and walking away for months. I have also signed up for various online piano lessons spending a sizeable amount in member fees with little accomplishment. Sometimes I wonder if I should just sit back and enjoy the music of others.

[@mikelistman5263]

Your tips are actually helpful even for me, a humble self-taught garage pianist who accompanies pop music. Thanks!

[@oshada]

this is a good video and KZbin should certainly show it to a lot of other people!

[@greggakkerman]

I loved the drop two you did for the "horizontal" example. Something I can work on.

[@saywhat445]

100%. Thank you

[@AjuloFemi]

Impressive!

[@VincentDBlair]

Great video

[@tzahim441]

Thanks Shan!

[@ytwatcher8288]

thanks!

[@alcibiademinel]

Hi Shan, Hope you're well! I should say, though, that rootless voicings have opened up my playing. Since the left hand has all the "cool" notes, it leads to better improvisation lines in the right hand. Maybe there's a time for that, once we're comfortable with basic shell voicings?

[@user-bv9id3tb6s]

The real issue with many jazz musicians is that they don’t have a deep understanding of tonal harmony, the kind that stretches from Vivaldi to Chopin. They believe that freedom in jazz means ignoring the rules, rather than mastering them freely with awareness and attention to detail. They often play incoherent chords, sometimes with four parts, sometimes five, sometimes six, sometimes seven, as if logic were optional. And then there are even those who still consider Gregorian modes useful for composing/improvising today, forgetting that modern tonality - and even modernist polytonality - is based on just two modes: major and minor (the others have fallen out of use for obvious reasons). Knowing the rules doesn’t limit creativity; in fact, only those who master them can truly play with them in a mindful and sophisticated way. All other misunderstandings jazz musicians face stem from this (there’s no point in denying it)…

[@mariapalacios2195]

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[@bluetv6386]

To sum up: voice leading.