How I finally broke free to improvise jazz piano.

[@PianoWithJonny]

00:00​ - Intro 01:03​ - C Lydian Scale 02:00​ - Hidden Chords 03:59​ - Step 1: Block Inversions 05:56​ - Step 2: Practice Patterns 06:34​ - Up Patterns 08:14​ - Play with backing track 08:47​ - Try other up patterns 09:23​ - Down Patterns 10:47​ - Play with backing track 11:07​ - Try other down patterns 12:03​ - Step 3: Connect Patterns 14:20​ - Play with backing track 15:34​ - Conclusion

[@stanleyfoli7656]

You are the best teacher Johnny

[@samanthadegregorio6675]

Awesome!! I learned my Dorian scales yesterday, today I’ll try Lydian!

[@demorneezechiel4505]

Congratulations!

[@cameronpeterson1175]

Yes Jonny. That DOES sound amazing.

[@thesaturnian4934]

Just WOW! Jonny is the best! Edited to add: I had to go try this out right away on my keyboard. Oh my goodness! For the first time I could see a practical application of all the practice I've put in over the last 12 months on chords, rootless chords and modes and scales etc. And suddenly this was pretty easy stuff to play and it sounded amazing! That's just the basic exercises Jonny was sharing here. I'm definitely going to work on this! Thanks so much Jonny! I see myself signing up over on PWJ in the very near future! :)

[@carolinebarley]

Right?!? I feel the same! It's taken a lot of time of watching his process (like 2 years?!!) And now I don't feel competent but sometimes I'm able to just slide my fingers around and feel something cool happening.

[@sabinehohler4101]

Absolutely great - I just got a little stuck with my 251 progression impro exercises. This is what I will work on from now. Thank you so much, you made my day. Its such a difficult time right now. Hope you are doing well and please continue your great work as both excellent musician and teacher 🙏👏

[@carolinebarley]

Yes it's so easy for me to get stuck too! I literally copy paste his sheet music on a word document and print it out. Then I'm stuck playing his "song". I like to learn a lot from him then get those left hand chords and try to just feel the right hand. It's taken a year or two 🤦‍♀️ but every once in a while I'm able to cut loose and just FEEL it. It's amazing.

[@glennrosemeyer1222]

This guy is the man. I joined a year ago and cannot believe this guy. He is amazing! Nothing in the English language can describe his talent and knowledge. A true Jedi piano Master! Thank you Master Johnny!!! Padawon Glenneye

[@rogerioesposito2170]

Very useful again, master. I am finishing the bible of blues riffs and will look for this improv using lydian scale at PWJ. Thanks.

[@makiiu]

you are such an excellent teacher!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

Found this helpful. One thing, that has helped me..is to sing the eighth notes. One and two and three and four and..On short pieces it helps to hear the notes also. This really has helped me as ear player on guitar and 🎹.

[@salromerosiii2583]

Another great video by Mr. Jonny! Thank you sir!

[@octavio-blues-sound3022]

Simply wonderful & practical...!!! Thanx again Johnny...!!!

[@veroniquekveton9979]

The best teacher ever!

[@iibuprofene860]

Could we apply the same concept to the other modes? are you going to make a similar videos for them? thanks, this was a brilliant video :)

[@kanye8260]

hey! your vids are the ONLY piano exercise vids i can actually watch but do you have any videos where you focus on left hand improv techniques?

[@robertocosta2181]

Bravo

[@bobrobertson9547]

What a great insightful lesson. Thanks fir sharing.

[@boureaudenis4482]

Simply excellent ! My piano playing might sound more jazzy by now.Thks Maestro !

[@jangel7859]

You are the best jonny hi from q Venezuelan in china

[@philrademacher]

Woah thanks, thats exactly what i needed !

[@donaldedmonds365]

With all due respect to Jonny, the pioneer in jazz piano education was John Mehegan. His books, written in the1960' s are as valid today as they were then

[@jeffjohnson7381]

Thanks for your wonderful style of lessons…would really like to see some exercises for blues rhythms and coordination drills for left hand comping patterns to go along with the right handed licks👍🎹

[@PianoWithJonny]

Great suggestion!

[@squarefmusic]

This is a great technique, thanks PWJ I will apply this technique in my daily routine for sure, hopefully this will free my mind (that is the ultimate goal) Thank you 👏

[@FlorianCordier]

Amazing tips for me!! Thanks a looooot

[@DJazium]

This is amazing! Such a simple idea

[@MindsEyeVisualGuitarMethods]

This was excellent and hit the nail on the head. I play guitar...and have been most recently trying to add interest to my playing with chord tones. It was through practicing these that I stumbled on triad pairs. I know they sound great on their own and now I can see how I can incorporate them into my lines a little more thanks

[@PianoWithJonny]

Rock on!

[@NooBAtanimation]

Very useful thanks jonny

[@kurzweilpc490]

Thanks from Ukraine ♥♥

[@gabrielf.2940]

Uno de los mejores videos que he visto, trataste un tema muy recurrente de los estudiantes de jazz. Muchas gracias!!

[@rullirosandi3281]

Great lesson

[@musiccenterchannel4940]

ty u dad :)

[@persiaxfanbase6883]

Didnt you have another video about "how to not sound like a scale"? What was the name of that video?

[@PianoWithJonny]

It might be this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmTKiHmNh6h2eZY

[@strideman1680]

What I love about Jonny's lessons is that they're useful to both beginning AND advanced players.

[@jbm2074]

true to that

[@carolinebarley]

Right?! I grew up playing classical and hymns and just discovered jazz with this guy. The cool thing is jonny gives us some left hand chords so I can just go nuts on the right hand. At first all I could do from jonny is read the sheet music and memorize. Now I'm able to see what he's doing and improv off it. But the more natural I feel the less "theory" I see. So weird. Like when it "makes sense" has become when there is no sense and I just feel what is neat in the moment without understanding it. So cool and I feel like I'm breaking free in someway! !

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

Agree..

[@Jazzmaster58]

As an advanced player you will find this kind of teaching worst than it really is. I bet that this guy never had a Jazz piano teacher in is live.

[@mateilascan7981]

What things i should mainly focus on while playing jazz?

[@pianotubeleonbricht9635]

Could you teach motivic development?

[@rik-keymusic160]

Why do hannon exercises if you have something like this you can use in your music!

[@Jazzmaster58]

I loathe people posing as "Jazz" teachers. You couldn't teach a cow to eat grass. The first thing you ask is, if you're feeling stuck playing the same thing over and over and straight ahead you give the perfect method to get permanently stuck playing the same shit. This is not the way to learn how to improvise, but is the perfect way to "learn" a couple of useless licks out of context.

[@anamerican5499]

WOW!! Johnny, 1,000,000 THANK YOUS !!!!!!! You just "took my playing to a whole new level" ( 0:45) THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!

[@NiftyNikkor]

He blasts his competition right out of the water

[@chankla6789]

Dear Jonny, Your lessons are amazing. I like the way you are explaining music and one can see, you want us really to unterstand and get better. I think music is the best language of the world and you are surely one of the best teachers in it. Keep it up. You are great 👍🏻

[@ecmathjazz]

Awesome

[@peterbodofsnik9429]

Nice 👍. Thx you !

[@12Keys]

This is amazing! It inspires me to upload more improvisations on my channel. Thanks a lot!

[@paf5472]

Incredible lesson.... thank you soooo much Jonny

[@musiccenterchannel4940]

love u man....

[@UC-Music]

Wow. This is SO SO SO smart. Awesomeness!

[@achipinthesugar]

This is cool! How can I apply this when there’s not just one chord going on?

[@brendaboykin3281]

BREAKTHROUGH!!! Thanx, Maestro. 🌹🌹🔥🔥🌹🌹

[@alexthompson6529]

Awesome idea! Love it, question though... You played a C and D as your pairs over the C (the I chord), would you change those pairs if your chord progression moved to the IV chord for example?! All best, thank you for sharing!

[@duongduong2414]

thanks sir for offering us these free and useful knowledge.

[@mathiaskayombo2220]

Well presented especially for a beginner like me. Thanks!

[@Oluwatobihamed]

Thank you Jonny you make piano look so easy

[@brendaboykin3281]

Thanx, Maestro 🌹🌹🌹

[@davidgroth26]

Jonny remains awesome!

[@tyweed736]

Great video! But Lydian is a mode, not a scale. If you play the C major scale but start on F, then you have Lydian, which is why it’s a mode: It comes from a different note of a scale.

[@Crunkboy415]

It's the same as learning intervals or arpeggios which horn players do.

[@DonVal86]

Lotta talented piano teachers on KZbin, but nobody puts it together quite like Jonny. 🫡