How To Play BeBop 🐝🎹│Jazz Piano Lesson │ Jazz Licks (Donna Lee)

[@MrDreFunk]

Thank sooooooo much. This changed my life. I play by ear and learned Donna Lee 15 years ago, but never knew what exercises to do for increasing my vocabulary as far as bop. In the first 5 minutes of this tutorial you’ve changed my life as now I know the first 3 exercises I’ve needed for 15 years…. Bless you Sir!

[@ayumimori1986]

Woow i believe you :)) cheers

[@toneyam3643]

No one has ever made as much sense of the bebop style as you. Thanks and God bless u...

[@thepoormanspassportguide-pt9no]

Why am I just seeing ths excellent jazz video in 2024? You are an upper structure teazer. I caught that! Enjoyable video. I think I will just leave your entire playlist on so I dont miss so much!

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Thank you for that. I'm happy you found the tutorial helpful 🎹😃

[@franklima1698]

it is a joy for me and I know that for anyone to find such an excellent teacher, thank you for the human contribution he makes and as a musician is magnificent, I wish him a very long life and in health doing what he loves the most.

[@toneyam3643]

I have said you are a great teacher but now I can say you are a great jazz pianist!

[@AidenSkates]

This video totally helped me get out of my plateau!!! Love the exercises!!

[@QobelD]

This is my favorite bebop tutorial I've found yet. So much thanks. You're a true gem.

[@plouf1969]

Very useful - nobody ever explained that clearly what bebop is about

[@johnbresnik]

I learned that exercise at 5:00 from Sam Saxe in Hollywood in 1954 - that's a good one.

[@davidgerber9317]

It's getting to the point where there are a lot of good jazz piano piano tutorials on KZbin, but DAMN! This is as good as it gets IMHO. You are inspirational in your knowledge, skill, and willingness to share. Big, big thanks.

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

A big thanks to you too who takes the time to write an awesome comment:)

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

Can't always play a full size piano. I have a 72 key Casioa CTK 4200. Which emulates the feel of piano quite well.Also it seems to have the same distances on the keys. Exercises like this , can be done on a small key board...by college music students etc on a small keyboard. Love your channel. Thank you for the free resources. I am in the process of using various music editors to help me and others read music better. I recently copied a lick and it sounded very blah. Wasn't surprised. I do it much better on the piano. I know it's possible to emulate the sound but it would have be done with a combination stacato and emphasis arrows. rest etc. Have you any idea on how swing eighths and triplets can be duplicated on a digital interface.?

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

I didn't used to know about the bell. I rang it so now I get all the videos. Also Untill about six months ago. I did not know about the arrow to the right which opens up the description link and further allows you to provide free material etc. Some important comments. This is an excellent way to learn to read music. The pros instantly get a feel for it. There are so many places that teach how to read music.. but the best way is to remember the notes and what octaves there in Eg. C4 is C in the middle of the piano and the middle of the Trebble and Base cleff. Your sheet music is cCollege course in itself. For those that having trouble with the base cleff. Without looking at the chord.. try to figure out the notes of the cleff.. My copy shows a D and F .. this is a root base and minor third in the major scale of D..But don't try to understand all that if your new. Just look at the top chord Dm7..That tells you that you have a D in the base.. that's a key touchtone note.. The D is located top and bottom 1 1/2 spaces top and bottom from the bottom cleff. Now look at the G7.. The way jazz musicians see a G7 or G dominant chord is the 1 and b7..in every key. So a G7 is rep quite often by G and F. Notice the flat 7 or minor 7 is a whole tone down from the root. You can know the flat seven in an instant. For G scale it's F f, for D it's C , For C it Bb, ect. You learn about rest , triplets ect. This piece is a gem, a gold mine.. I literally have hundreds of pices of different genres and maybe a hundred books..some were bought used..I plan to keep this is my clip board. I also have made a watch now section called bebop so I can refer this video often .There is much more to say about this.. I'm texting this.. spellcheck has corrected many correct things.. hope I caught all it's errors.

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

Certain songs just lend themselves to Bebop..eg Donna Lee..Autumn Leaves.. working on these..great quality video .I give it hundred ****.

[@tylerboulware6510]

I saw how you did that Ab/C major 10th at 2:55 by pressing the B silently before the chord. That's genius! Definitely going to practice that.

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Yes, Tyler. My fingers sometimes press down more notes than what you can hear. This is due to my stretching technique. No way I could reach the 10th from Ab to C without this technique.

[@Kingstonlomusic]

God, this is absolutely gold!

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Thanks! Glad you liked it. Bop!

[@55davinci]

KingstonPiano

[@claricemouraopontes7291]

Great as always 👏👏👏

[@mauriziocastellazzo6647]

Now J.S.Bach would have played so. Bravissimo Thanks.

[@lauriewinestock4195]

GREAT ! thank you. I am a jazz vocalist, but finding this very helpful for understanding the basic bebop format to scat on.

[@TimothyStapay]

Excellent lesson! Very Cool style! 👍❤️

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

Snippets is the way I play. Also as a guitarist from age 12 ( my dad started me out on one string), playing melodies; I love to do songs like all of me and autumn. leaves. The base line follow the tune pretty strongly on autumn leaves. Anyways , snippets not running endless scales, a little chromatic here, a little harmonic minor.. just enough. Then over time the dexterity grows and maybe some want to play scale wise. I personally like snippets and only once in a while play whole scales.

[@Georgie_B_]

Incredible teaching and musicianship. Thanks for an amazing lesson!

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

🐝You're welcome!

[@rvscan2006]

I'm not a young man and I really want to learn to play Jazz. I have now started the cusus. The first exercises are tough, but I notice that I am making progress. I tried a lot through KZbin tutorials but it is never a complete education. Now I have found it, I am now certain that I will eventually learn it ... playing jazz tanks

[@downeastreach3672]

Excellent. Thanks!

[@toneyam3643]

It doesn't matter how great you are it's always good to learn other Concepts and ways of practice and development

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Agree!

[@georgedawy4989]

Very amazing lesson ..thaks alot ❤️❤️❤️

[@meruniverse5571]

WOW..!!! This is a Master Class...! Congratulations... thank you...!!!

[@top3singermorales636]

Thankyou..you're great....it is a privlege

[@dannyvegasman]

This is absolutely wonderful stuff. You're awesome.

[@loocheenah]

You're so great, and awesome is the editing of the video, and the video itself!

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Thanks! Takes some time to edit, but it's fun!

[@jonathanmrtz2589]

The best jazz master on youtube thank you for amazing way to play and teach

[@vicstat]

Nice but i cannot do 10th unless i use my feet.

[@singjazzy6697]

but your nose may be closer!

[@ayumimori1986]

😅🎉

[@jorgemontes6496]

Great Master,Thanks for this, and anothers performances, I learning with you, Thanks again,maestro ud es una persona completa como ser humano, gran pianista, creador e incluso improvisador en el piano... Y comparte ud lo que sabe... Congratulations god bless you, from México city

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Thank you, Jorge!

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

Si, comparte usted lo que sabe. Gracias Maestro.

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

muy bueno..De acuerdo.. I agree ..totalmente...

[@jorgemontes6496]

Simplemente maravilloso ¡¡ WONDERFUL... sire, Thanks for this, performance, you're a great Master jazz piano, tenga ud por seguro que hoy he aprendido mucho... Congratulations from México city...

[@mandal24680]

Verdensklasse!! 😮

[@HeiQueen]

what a good N strange left hand!

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

It shows. I'm playing around with a free app called Maestro today.i it's a sheet music editor ..I've done Bouree in E minor on it. it is hard to swing on it though. Working on beautiful brown eyes as a beginning tutorial for timing and getting familiar with the bass cleff. I had never seen it, but as d is symmetrical about the third line in the base cleff; so is b about the third line b in the Trebble. As D is the gift in base so is b in the Trebble. Like your channel. Thanks for the comment.

[@jazz_hagyeom]

4:50 nice lick

[@wdilks]

Excellent vid. Great chops! Keep it up!

[@fortstandre]

Thanks, finally helpful tips

[@srigato]

Very very good!! Fine bebop lines

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Thank you 🐝🎹😃

[@TimothyStapay]

Awesome video instruction!

[@peter200910yt]

F'ing brilliant. This is teaching.

[@beintelegant]

Simply one of the best videos on KZbin. All that.

[@alessandrosantana3161]

Woh! What a nice to see this lesson! I.ll try every day; I know b bop is not so dificout as it is painted by someone here. Thank you for poust and share us this wanderful thing. 🇧🇷

[@MrRichie680]

You are such amazing jazz pianist Sir 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@sir.raphimrevelator8644]

thank you for this!

[@hugobite]

Love this lesson.

[@ChicoChagasmusica]

Best channel!

[@danielmartinjoly4307]

You're one of the best out there. Like your play, your lessons. Really clear and you never make me feel wasting my time in your tutorials.

[@JulianLambert]

Another great video - thanks!

[@linuxdudhp8]

This is what I've always looked for. To clearly know what bebop chromatic runs are. New subscriber. Looking forward to more

[@lindawilson6061]

This is a really wonderful video, helped me understand concepts that I could never understand on my own.

[@gnacapnordmartinique2239]

Nice and pedagogical méthod. Tanks very much !!

[@jabesgalaad8788]

Exelente explicación... saludos desde Bolivia

[@KleephKeys]

Wowww You make everything sound and look so easy, I think that's the best way of learning jazz... My Regards!!!

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Thanks for your message. It wasn’t always that easy. Requires dedication, but very fun once you make it!

[@KleephKeys]

Man you're just amazing and understand the struggles for an individual to learn jazz@@Gjermund-Sivertsen

[@chukiatsrisakul8559]

Wow I wait for this content, thank you so much

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

You're welcome! Be good, be bop!

[@Solomon.Y_Music]

Excellent 👍 God bless 🙏 teach us upload more 🙌 tq

[@dguedry01]

Spectacular! Great chops, great brain! Thanks for sharing!

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Thanks, Donnie. You're welcome

[@faridb.3468]

Thank you very much !

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

You are welcome!

[@CEPRATE]

Uma preciosidade, obrigado por criar esse produto. Muito bom. From Brazil.

[@nicolaiacovetti8962]

nice stuff, thank you!

[@kevinalexanderramostabora7878]

thanks so much music lover.

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Thank you!

[@johncummins2123]

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[@Elsandria]

This is so helpful even for guitar players. Thanks for sharing.

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Thanks for your feedback. You're welcome!

[@pespicorp9362]

guitar tuning between the high g and b strings are such a pain- preventing very nice linear bebop lines line how piano's are played. if guitars are tuned in perfect 4ths then chords are a pain to play 😮

[@carlosalbertohernandezjime9878]

Thanks very much

[@arthurcwlau9307]

Great teaching!! I am learning bits by bits of bebop, lounge music, voicings, etc, but when it comes to play a complete song for a singer, I mean improvising an intro, then comping for the singer, improvsie a bebop line as an interlude, comping again then ending .... I don't know how to apply. And I don't know if I switch to omitting the bass when a bass player is there when I am mostly practising 1-7 or 1-10 right now.

[@Solcius123123]

Excellent as always !

[@Solcius123123]

that solo....

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Thank you!

[@Spanuse]

It was freakin helpful to me. Superthanks.

[@richard9480]

Fabulous lesson. Thank you.

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Thank you!

[@sumithramachandran6870]

Very nice. Trilogy Bass sounds great 😜😜

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Thanks... Trilian it is 🎹😃

[@MiguelTicona]

you are the best

[@OscarLaredopianist]

Very interesting class, easy to understand. Thank you very much, I'm going to work on.

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Thanks. Good luck!

[@garymeroff3297]

great stuff thanks !

[@ivanmarkovic7220]

Thank you🎉

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

You’re welcome 😊

[@rik-keymusic160]

This is crazy!! man you play awesome!!

[@abdelazizallouche9836]

That was great. Thank you so much for your generosity . Do you have some video lessons to sell about all that jazz knowledge and language?

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

You're welcome Abdelaziz! No single lessons at the moment. Have you tried the jazz piano course? (See popjazzonline.com if you're interested)

[@thetuncaydeniz]

I am watching this vidoe'S last part at 1.25 and 1.50 fast :) sounds still great

Thank you Gjermund!

[@musanhlapo9598]

Wow cool vid

[@seanleeduncan]

Cool !

[@robviolin1]

great lesson. thanks

[@yaroslavfomenko2803]

Very nice!

[@nivcohen5371]

thank you so much!

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

You're welcome, Niv.

[@lewiscaroll636]

very good muy bueno thanks

[@mikereali6215]

Great stuff my friend!!!

[@yeseniamelendez6595]

Eres Profesor Profesional Estudio Piano

[@dan27music]

Brilliant, thanks.

[@livingpiano]

If you played like this in India ( where I'm typing this from ) , they 'll worship you with flowers in a temple built for you !!!! Bravo, super playing , How can I be your student??

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Thanks, Harsha! A temple sounds great. Meditate and eat tikka masala all day long :) I've got more and more students in my jazz piano step-by-step course now. Check it out on my website if that's something you could be interested in. And, if you enjoy Lounge Jazz Piano: We'll have another course coming out February/March.

[@basedbattledroid3507]

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[@livingpiano]

Certainly, but I want to learn bebop in a step by step way....very few players in India who can flawlessly play like this .

[@klavierfruhlingswochen4825]

Bravo Gjermund!!!

[@KitCotter]

Yeah, my hands can't do 10th's either... I love Gjermund's teaching style, tho'

[@music7774life]

awesome teaching...can you do a lesson first on how to use the all the different jazz scales over all the different 2-5-1 progressions. and second how to play and fingering all the scales over all the different chords...thank you...

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Hi Derrick! Thanks for your comment. I'm going to put your requests on my list of possible videos for the future

[@pectenmaximus231]

Amazing video, love the exercises

[@pikapuff123]

Watching his left hand play tenths with a one and four is causing me physical pain.

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Thanks for your comment, Michael. Can't reach the tenth with my pinky, so I figured that if I play with my 4th finger in stead, I can reach them on good days - such as the day of this recording :)

[@pikapuff123]

I don't think most, even many of the best, pianists can reach a tenth comfortably. Thats why you roll them and fake it 'til you make it ;)

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

PopJazzOnline.com - Piano Courses Online I had been working on Fur Elize and the jumps there actually allowed me to get a respectable 10th. Also children by their speed and techniques do a pretty fair job imitating a true tenth.

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

I had never tried it but the fourth finger is longer and could eventually reach a 10th..

[@Hexspa]

I think Oscar Peterson said he's got an 11th but he may have been talking about Tatum.

[@alexanderpiano6406]

the correct translation for play is not JUGAR it is TOCAR, saludos Estimado, good lesson

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Thanks for clarification. I’ll tell my translator to update.

[@tanukijessica]

This is great, but i can't get over your left hand ring finger range, i thought i had a decent range but i can't do major 9ths with thumb and ring finger.

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Thanks for your comment. I’m using the ringfinger as I can’t reach the 10th with my pinky. If I could, I would rather use the pinky + thumb. However: many of my students thinks they can never be able to reach the 10th, but with som practice, many of them makes it anyway. 👌🎹

[@danielche2349]

Great vid! Curious, what happened to your left pinkie?

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Thanks. I explained it in a recent video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ipfHf6uYfdGSapI&t

[@taychinnn]

Thanks for the lesson but I don't know why I can't get that free exercise.

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Hello there. We've put the exercises on our website. Just follow the link in the description. You need a password to log in, but the exercises are free.

[@TheMukeys]

That was a bee...bop

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

🐝

[@denisbatalha7622]

Muito bom.... bebop... top escala kkkkk

[@GerryMoningkey]

that's an amazing tune .. 😃 can anyone explain that changes at 8:52 ? would suit latin jazz very well

[@QuiteHotBros]

9 chords: 1. Ebmaj7 (L: Bb, Eb R: Bb, D, Eb, G) 2. A diminished 7 (L: A R: Eb, Gb, A) 3. Bbm7 (L: Ab, Db, F R: Bb, Db) 4. A7 (L: G, C# R: A) 5. F#maj9 (L: F#, Bb, C#, F R: Ab, Bb, C#) 6. D7#5 (L: F#, Bb, C R: C, D) 7. Fm11 (L: F, Bb, Eb R: Ab, C, Eb) 8. Emaj7#11 (L: E, Bb, Eb R: Ab) 9. F11 (L: F, Bb R: Eb, G

[@d.c.8828]

Wow!

[@hendrajordan9362]

awesome teaching...

[@Gjermund-Sivertsen]

Thanks :)

[@markbra]

Hard Bop!