“Autumn Leaves” Piano Tutorial

“Autumn Leaves” Piano Tutorial
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In this video, Scott The Piano Guy Houston and his guest Bradley Sowash show you how to play “Autumn Leaves” on piano. First they focus on playing the jazz standard as a slow ballad then later in the song they show you how to jazz it up quite a bit. Bradley will even show you some identifiable chord changes used in “Autumn Leaves.”
In this video Bradley also does a great job of explaining how the circle of fifths and kicks are utilized in this song.
This song is fun to play because there is a great opportunity to fill up some great musical space with some “noodling” with your right hand. Bradley shows you how to stick to the notes in the scale to noodle around during the break in the melody.
Bradley will explain the need to wear three hats to play this song well-Chord Guy, Fill Guy and Melody Guy.
Scott Houston is the host of The Piano Guy television series on PBS and has taught hundreds of thousands of folks like yourself, how to have some fun on their piano or keyboard. He wants to help you too! Bradley Sowash has been a guest on the show on numerous occasions.
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“Autumn Leaves” Piano Tutorial

[@andrewwright6893]

What an amazing pianist. Absolutely superb playing. Cheers

[@MarxerBoardStyle]

His impro is astonishing. respect

[@pds002]

Just beautiful and delivered with humility and giving. Thank you so much.

[@DrZepper]

his final rendition at the end is probably one of the best I've heard

[@dinosaursandi]

Those lessons are GOLD.

[@davidfryer9359]

I must thank you because that was brilliant. I learned I know nothing. But give me two weeks with this one Lesson and I will learn to know something. Thank you both. Tk knoe somethi g

[@midoship]

Insane! He threw in some Bach into his solo...

[@Zb_Calisthenic]

What a pleasure it must be to play like that.

[@guitargod6997]

Bradley's playing is excellent in this video. I'm amazed at the 'trash talk' that some indulge in when commenting on others' performance. If you feel competent enough to comment negatively, perhaps you will offer your own performance.

[@cjauberty]

Great video. I loved it. Thanks.

[@etniko]

I freaking LOVE this scaling down 4:24

[@user-ot1dv6ri4f]

This is actually really helpful

[@gnihciew]

REALLY SUPER......LOVE THIS VID. very clear and easy to understand. Great showmanship too...!!

[@pwncat]

I love watching your show when it comes on PBS. I think you and the guests you bring on to the show are so amazing! I wish I could play piano as good as y'all!

[@yudipitre5720]

Simply beautiful 😍 love this piece. Trying to learn it as a beginner.

[@MarcoZorziPiano]

Very good video, useful and clear!!

[@StrangerSpionas]

Extremely impressive playing and a very helpful video.

[@wizardhyeong]

I really enjoyed the video and the interviewer was great at helping me understand.

[@dominiquebenihoud339]

playing with love great thing to learn ,thank you.

[@skymind4738]

I love the shooting set, really natural, really spontaneous

[@lyndonfenty6483]

This is one of the best ways of doing new songs have been looking for this exact thing for a long time will keep on watching it has helped my playing tremendously.

[@TookMe20min2findThis]

wow! That's a great solo!

[@claitontesch]

I love this tune

[@lelaki88]

steve job?

[@StefanLechnerMusic]

Really fantastic video! Thanks for this!

[@philpinocha]

what an awesome song!

[@brianpetersen3429]

Beautiful... and helpful!

[@pianoinaflash]

Glad it helped!

[@MsPareidolia]

His Left hand chord comping is unreal- he hardly moves his hands! Sweet inversions!

[@javalamaxi1]

Good to know.

[@ralphm422]

Bravo !!! Always watching new videos to learn and listen to great advice awesome !!!! Thnxs

[@olds1978]

Wowwww awsome played....

[@alessandrosantana3161]

It's great! I'm so glad to find a video like this. Thank you for the poust. 🇧🇷

[@LastOfSixMusic]

Excellent...!

[@eivindbech2728]

Thanks for uploading this

[@Alextkirk]

Thank you guys!

[@hsmusic1]

F A N T A S T I C !!!!! 5 STAR !!

[@Solcius123123]

Delightful.

[@reckonimokie123]

excellent!

[@zakiahart3919]

Aww I like the piano guy: )

[@dnvigerjr]

I think the walking bass left hand sounded good. Yes his timing is a bit square and could have more swing, but that is something you are born with. He has obviously worked hard at becoming a good player. It would be tough getting Bill Evans on since he tragically has passed.

[@jazzlover9]

His time is all over the shop!!

[@baalteshuva]

great video very helpful thanx

[@ThuyKobe]

Gotta love that baroque improv, anyone know any video that provide more info on how to turn a tune into baroque style ?

[@HMayoralModestti]

Invention no. 13 in A minor. One of my favorites!

[@mareaumusic]

keyword of this lesson: noodle

[@cowabungacartoonnetworkcar9494]

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[@joselmed]

awesome tutorial! i am learning how to play this piece now, and this really helps. I really liked the explanation about walking the bass

[@pianoinaflash]

Glad it helped ... Have fun!

[@sarwaadji]

just wonderful, saya suka luar biasa

[@mingyili1426]

Nice!!!!

[@keenan1972]

great vid mate !

[@kwakuappiah5691]

I love this video

[@flcn92]

I think Vince Guaraldi's slow, moody version of this song from his Essential Standards album will always be my favorite.

[@06Veena]

I liked it.

[@getemnate1]

I don't understand the criticism, what makes this rendition bad? Sounds great to me!

[@michaelohalloran322]

Wow, wow, wow. Thanks Scott ... Scary thing is somehow you almost made it make sense to me....

[@slacker697]

10:55 if autumn leaves and well tempered klavier had a love child

[@GennaroRuffolo]

very good

[@andersmac1]

Great stuff. For a classic bit of Bach 'jazz' using exactly the same chord progression, check out the gavotte from his third lute suite BWV 995.

[@infamousgeese2143]

Great player and great video!!

[@pianoinaflash]

Thx!

[@baileaf08]

thanks for this video :-)

[@chefmcnugget]

this vid is amazing though. i wish i could play like this guy :)

[@Joey-pd1qc]

Simply wow, amazing lessons !

[@user-zu8bx7hq8k]

Precious teaching, thanks for sharing.

[@electricplugproductions2640]

I just realized the chord progression is exactly the same as Passacaglia by Handel! So hey, maybe jazz does take some hints from baroque music.

[@cyanmonky]

thats pretty funny actually

[@baoutch]

Seeing Johnny Depp teaching piano to Steve Jobs is always a blast. Thanks.

[@nicolasegre4071]

Great solo! Just for the record : "Autumns Leaves" ("Feuilles d'automne") ares lyrics written by Jacques Prévert, a great 20th French poet.

[@josesilva7202]

i love that piano lick,tararara!tiritiritiriri!tarararaa!tiritiritiri!tararaaaaaaaa!!!XD

[@lbmusictchr]

At 3:58 "Hey Brad, do it kinda slowly." Brad lets rip! LOL Whoa!

[@hemantofkanpur]

Bradley,you were awesome...you should start your own channel and start giving paid/free lessons..I would love to learn this song from you ..especially the noodling part!!!pls do a 2 hour lesson on this piece :D

[@bundooboas4641]

Thank you so much I am doing it acceptably. Hands don't work so well,I'm 80!

[@jennywears9845]

You are not!

[@MarkSomosoMusic]

his the best

[@Jazz4Lifetime]

Interesting basic hints. Perfectly performed by Eugen Cicero (also see his version of "Sunny", strongly recommended!) - Although a lot to learn if you're not Eugen Cicero! - I really like the "Secrets".

[@admentlore]

Does he have a baroque version of this song we can watch or listen to? It was nice.

[@LeavesLullaby]

The melody gives you some kind of basis. It is the melody which wil be recognized. That's the main tune. Almost all of time the player will begin and end with the melody, players will add some notes and change the rythm but the main melody will almost always be recognized. The part in between the beginning and ending can be full improvisation... The melody gives the player and listner something to hold on too.

[@startreker8591]

i missed a big chance to put my brain into it..so I just settle for admiration and or sing my way in an easy way..or not..am a fan of PBS and the PianoGuy(KQED) and friends since its inception(:

[@popstoastymonkey]

Scott, could you PLEASE re-post the segment from episode 907 where Bradley Sowash walks through Heart and Soul!!!!

[@king1874]

gread!

[@Superphilipp]

"I think it might have some french roots. I read on a leadsheet somewhere, where it said 'les foilles morts'." That's some impressive research, guys.

[@robderon]

Superphilipp being the most powerful state of the world has its counterparts..

[@gtberg]

He sounds like one of the Nordstrom piano players.

[@danthecomposer]

I'd like to add my support to your response.

[@thekeymasta]

Wow...I didn't discover any secrets from any pros with this video...

[@adrianrivas3542]

Me gustaría explicaras el arreglo de Roger Williams. Please

[@nesschallis1909]

Truly great to hear this guy play - but what a shame that this solo was not broken down and explained in much more detail. This would have at least given us mere mortals who walk this earth a better chance of understanding on how this was constructed and so therefore achieved.

[@pianoinaflash]

+Ness Challis Point well taken... We always battle the ticking clock of getting in as much as we can in our 30 minute episodes of the TV series. It's not like a lot of my "just for KZbin or my blog" vids where I have no time constraints. In the Piano Guy PBS series (which this came from) we obviously had a hard wall we came up against in every episode.

[@gianlucapaul]

+Ness Challis I'm guilty of not doing enough of this myself, but the best way to learn is to transcribe it. There are programs out there that help you slow recordings down at pitch to help out in fast passages. Maybe I should be transcribing right now. Well played my own sense of hypocrisy. Well played.

[@joshlester4659]

I wish that someone would break down the Roger Williams version for me.

[@popoqwer]

What was the name of the Bach lick @ 10.40 ?

[@macdaddyblack101]

13:50 for the solo :)

[@dnvigerjr]

For every player ther is a slightly different voice and style. Give credit where credit is due. You can't please everybody. This is for the general public!

[@GianMusic94]

Orlando Bloom and Steve Jobs!?

[@steveheald9504]

am I assuming when the piano "rings/sustains' he has the sustain pedal on? and then off constantly??

[@pianoinaflash]

+Steve Heald That's correct!

[@calebwilson7086]

What scales can i use to solo over this??

[@pianoinaflash]

Assuming you are playing it in the key Bradley is playing it in this video, you can pretty safely play from a Gmin scale through almost the whole tune. Those notes are G-A-Bb-C-D-Eb-F-G. Have fun!

[@BuckshotLaFunke1]

pianoguytv, is your grand piano a Bösendorfer?

[@thesolstephens]

i love you

[@lionorlamb]

MORE ACTION, PLEASE...

[@SobeKaraoke]

Steve Jobs is the man

[@mmenaker]

Great video! I kept waiting to hear a reference or some credit given to Oscar Peterson.....

[@mikakrstic]

Are you a professor of jazz piano, have a masters in bebop, wrote books or gig and record with top jazz musicians in the world such as peter erskine, john clayton etc? do you know what means plying wrong G-7 never written by the author over D7? Just curious since I do : )

[@magic8jorden]

14:45

[@jazzstandardman]

This sounded decent to me. Think about it. When is the last time you've seen a truly talented, reputable teacher or performer get on KZbin and post criticisms of other musicians? None that I know of. The next person who wants to complain about this little lesson, here's a challenge. Please direct us to your website or videos of your performances and tutorials.

[@iskomt]

The bald guy looks like Steve Jobs without glasses (0_0)

[@nosliwed]

An excellent tutorial although less conversation and more hands on action preferred

[@haibigboy]

0:20 STEVE JOBS?

[@gaspardglaus1989]

French title : Les feuilles mortes