Best Left Hand Comping Exercises & Rhythms [Jazz Piano Tutorial]

These are some of my best rhythmic exercises for developing the skill of left hand comping. If you want a strong, independent left hand to accompany your right hand while you solo and play melodies, this jazz piano tutorial is for you! We'll go through how to use these exercises to master left hand comping over a ii v I, and then you'll be able to apply them to other chord progressions.
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[@praisethelord20]

WOW! This is how the jazz musicians do this! The basics found right here!

[@NoahKellman]

Hey Terrance, glad you found them man!

[@arkeys74]

As a musician/pianist and a piano teacher, I find your videos very useful. It is sometimes hard for my young students to understand the amount of down-to-earth basic work that has to be done to become free and playful on the instrument. You explain all this very well, and very useful to direct some of my students to your channel so they can hear someone else than me saying it 😃

[@evelynyturralde4113]

I really appreciate how simply and gradually you introduce us beginners to learn how to practice at first just with our left hand, while snapping with the right. This is just what I needed! Excellent and very clear. Thanks!

[@stevehenry9826]

Excellent lesson Noah! Thank you!

[@NoahKellman]

Thanks glad you liked it!

[@SeanTheDiscoNinja]

Every new vid you seem to pull out a new level of chops. That improv in the intro was 🔥🔥🔥

[@NoahKellman]

Thanks, Sean !!

[@divyeshpatel6959]

Best lesson I haven't ever seen with metronome.. Very Informative..

[@NoahKellman]

Thanks, Divyesh. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Akutam_]

Straight to the point This is gold

[@debeshbhattarai]

The wholesome one...loved it. I think it is one of the best treasure in Jazz. Stay blessed.

[@CHYPCAR]

Very useful lesson Noah - thanks. There’s a dearth of YT tuition on left hand jazz rhythms, so this is really welcome. Subscribed!

[@SeanRainey]

Excellent LH comping tutorial… thanks!!

[@blueeyedsoulman]

That's quite an effective SNAP you have there.

[@nigelrogers8690]

Awesome content 👏🏾👏🏾 Thanks for sharing 🙏🏾

[@haroonnaz4091]

Thank you my brother for making easier to this major problem. Love you stay blessed 🎉❤

[@music4grove]

Very helpful thank you

[@emmanuelelendemombo3108]

thanks for this exercise so beautiful.

[@NoahKellman]

You're welcome!

[@marcokielholz2474]

Well done 👍!

[@perrotjeanmichel5883]

Thank you, Noah

[@olivierbrionne9302]

Thanks Noah it’s a very interesting exercise for me

[@andrestorresabogado]

Super!! Thanks for your explanation.

[@NoahKellman]

You’re welcome, Andres!

[@RamaAviananda]

hey highkey a great video man thanks

[@antoniotraverso6462]

Well done

[@williamhedley2222]

Very good

[@ursulaansbach2244]

Great

[@restorationconcrete]

Excellent

[@NoahKellman]

Thanks, Brian!

Good job

[@NoahKellman]

Thanks!!

[@DansonPiano]

could you do a video over the kinda chords you used for the hemiola rythms please

[@SparklesNJazz]

i’ve played piano my whole life and comping still scares me. this video was so not scary. i feel like i can do this THANK YOU

[@NoahKellman]

Hey Britt, really glad to hear that :) you can definitely do this!!

[@davidkelly1220]

Nice

[@fifthdaniel6413]

thanks Noah! what notes or scale did you use for improv with the RH

[@blueeyedsoulman]

What chords were you playing for the intro? Great sound!

[@harry-nicholson]

YESSS lets gooooooooooo!!

[@NoahKellman]

Let me know if you try any of these out, Harry!

[@harry-nicholson]

@@NoahKellman been trying all of them out over the last hour! i've recently been learning a shedload of ii-V-I licks so this vid has been helpful for incorporating the left hand in with them, but it's a real process! love it though

[@ganglezz]

Whats the tune/record at 0:33?

[@feldnuss]

What's the scale you are using for improvising?

[@NoahKellman]

I'm using a variety- ionian, dorian, altered, and maybe 1-2 others!

[@Ayo.Ajisafe]

1:50 Whole notes clap in right hand 3579 voicing for all exercises 2 and 4. 2:20 And of 1 2:40 And of 2 And of 3 And of 4 4:40 use Cmajor scale up and down. Using the above rhythms. 5:40 Hemiolas and more advanced rhythms.

[@klaytonvonkluge4905]

I would tell my friends about your channel, if I had any

[@NoahKellman]

Klayton Von Kluge Im sorry to hear you don’t have friends- but sometimes music feels like a great friend by itself

[@klaytonvonkluge4905]

@@NoahKellman very true.. music gets me by in times of trouble!

[@paulogrillo8836]

What do you mean with "whole notes"?

[@georgehiggins1320]

A whole note is a duration lasting a bar of four/four. You would hold out the note for four beats. 1-2-3-4.

[@bishnuthapa6226]

Hey ,I love your channel man. I had just one doubt- WHAT CHORD PROFRESSION IS PLAYED WHEN THE SOLOIST IS SOLOING. Please Noah I have been looking all over for this answer please

[@NoahKellman]

Hey Bishnu, what do you mean when the soloist is soloing? Generally speaking, the same chords as under the melody are played during the solo.

[@ianmohlie]

new to jazz here.... what does "comp" mean?

[@OneRequiem123]

whats a hemiola?

[@NoahKellman]

From google: "a musical figure in which, typically, two groups of three beats are replaced by three groups of two beats, giving the effect of a shift between triple and duple meter."

[@ursulaansbach2244]

Always wanted to learn independence. Can k ot the brain bit this helps.

[@WillForFree]

mad hufflepuff vibes my guy

[@NoahKellman]

Hahaha I am no doubt a Hufflepuff 🤷‍♂️

[@robertmackey1480]

Why do you call an E minor 7th a C major ninth?

[@ahsouke527]

its a rootless voicing