How Ravel Can Make You a Solo Jazz Piano Master

[@NoahKellman]

What are some of your favorite classical piano pieces and composers? Will be doing more videos like these and would love to hear your influences and favorites!

[@Jack-fs2im]

Erik Saties soooo haunting and been told they are triad pairs.mmmm

[@nkmc2011]

Erik Satie - not for technique but for my ear, and using and transposing (ack) his stuff in ballads. Le Fils Des Etoiles -Preludes

[@allinthemind2006]

Ravel’s Daphne is mi corazon

[@NoahKellman]

@@allinthemind2006 I feel exactly the same way. One of the most unbelievable pieces I’ve ever heard. Have you heard introduction and allegro? That is probably also in my top three pieces of all time

[@allinthemind2006]

@@NoahKellman I haven’t listened to allegro all the way through yet. Will check it out tonight. Ravel’s music is sometimes really hard for me emotionally. Seriously, when I listen, I sometimes sob uncontrollably. It hits right on a nerve like its opening chakras. I cant even describe how it effects me. Pure Magic!

[@DrStabkill]

One of my fav progressions I stole from ravel was from the opening to oiseaux triste (sad birds) where he starts the piece with two Mm7 chords a major 3rd apart. Absolute🔥

[@NoahKellman]

That piece is totally mind-blowing (although then again it feels like all Ravel's pieces are).

[@Poeme340]

Magical piece!👍

[@edbuller4435]

pretty much my fav piece of music!

[@HernanGnesutta]

Thank you Noah!!! Excellent!!! And very cool intervention in Glasper channel 🤣🤣🤣

[@febilogi]

OH. MY. GOD. Thank you so much for sharing this 😭

[@NoahKellman]

Sure thing, Febi!

[@nikopiirainen51]

I love Ravel's solo piano stuff great to see a video like this

[@NoahKellman]

I'm such a huge fan as well. Hope you like the video!

[@mattwinn5667]

@@NoahKellman Le Tombeau!

[@Scriabin_fan]

Debussy, Ravel, Ligeti and Bach are my all time favorite composers. I think some of Ligeti's textures can be applicable to jazz and of course pretty much every aspect of Debussy's music can be used in jazz. Bach can also be used for bebop lines. Thanks for this video!

[@NoahKellman]

Hey Elijah, you are welcome! Thank you I appreciate this comment. Definitely, Debussy there’s another great example of a composer who has often very textural. Will definitely be exploring some of his work more. Clearly Bach has had a lot of influence on Brad Mehldau. Really interesting to hear how he uses Bach-like techniques.

[@NoahKellman]

Have you heard After Bach?

[@Scriabin_fan]

@@NoahKellman no I haven't! It's by Brad Mehldau?

[@astoneham7392]

Heheh debussy

[@timbruer7318]

@@NoahKellman there's probably not that many jazz pianists that haven't been influenced by Bach, think of Bud Powell, Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett, Chick Corea, Fred Hersch, Kenny Werner, Dan Tepfer...the list goes on...

[@BobbyL5757]

I saw Wayne Shorter and Herbie doing a duo a long time ago. It sounded like Ravel comping for Wayne in a jazz context so there you have it. Everyone stole from Ravel. Bill Evans, you name it. Ravel wrote a lot of what became the jazz language.

[@olliemartinelli4034]

Unpopular opinion: Ravel is more interesting than Debussy

[@bobbachelor5930]

Excellent ! But Noah, you were playing "No Greater Love" not "Another You".

[@NoahKellman]

Ohh whoops I did say Another You 🤦‍♂️ too many jam sessions 😅 thanks for pointing that out!

[@allinthemind2006]

Bro you’re covering my absolute favorite composer

[@NoahKellman]

woo what are some of your favorite pieces by him?

[@raphaels2103]

@@NoahKellman Daphnis and Chloe

[@tedturner03]

Buddy - you are just a Monster. What a consummate musician in every way. Wishing you the best. Amazing

[@NoahKellman]

Thank you so much man! Hope all is well

[@claudiakramer4516]

I've been doing this and learned various modal voicings less than a few months. I have a book where I store these techniques and put it where the sheet music is supposed to go. I have techniques separated in 5 groups by register and voice function. For instance, I borrowed a Monk voicing to be used on root chord voicing. Then I use a completely different technique for upper triads, usually a drop 2 arpeggio. I have many techniques to compose with because I document a dozen a week.

[@msh1348]

Share please

[@claudiakramer4516]

@@msh1348 would you like a video on this?

[@DiAlexisPimentel]

@@claudiakramer4516 yes please

[@bryanharder2881]

@@claudiakramer4516 Yes, more detail please!

[@claudiakramer4516]

@@bryanharder2881 how fast would you like to learn to play modal jazz in one key?

[@Jack-fs2im]

ooh forget Bill Evans was influenced by Erik Satie

[@codywebber8199]

No I won't forget! You can't make me!

[@Jack-fs2im]

@@codywebber8199 Don,t want to

[@ethancooper4154]

Noah when I’m looking away: “Ravel is considered one of the most famous impressionist composers…” Me: “actually he and Debussy rejec…” Noah on screen: “Both he and Debussy rejected the term Impressionism”

[@ethancooper4154]

Noah if you’re reading this I’m sorry I haven’t opened your DM I’m too busy to absorb the word of god rn

[@NoahKellman]

Hahahah 😅

[@magnetomatt2188]

I’m gonna be practicing this for the next month lol. These textures are gorgeous and seem so fun to pull off. Amazing video :)

[@NoahKellman]

Thanks appreciate that! Let me know how the practice goes.

[@willschneider4616]

Oh, this is cool. I was just telling one of my students about how Gil Evans' love of French modernists informed his arranging for the Thornhill Orchestra and he ended up being an influence on Miles Davis, Gerry Mulligan, Lee Konitz, John Lewis, and Max Roach, ane ended up being instrumental in the development of the harmonic languages of cool jazz and modal jazz (as well as later bebop). Debussy and Ravel have been ingredients in jazz for some 70 years now. Plus, Ravel could just compose like nobody's business. He had the same incredible ideas about harmony and texture as Debussy, but his more traditionalist view of form might actually make him an even better jazz instructor.

[@NoahKellman]

Hey Will, really interesting insights. I always love looking back on history to figure out different ways in which genres are connected. Love learning this stuff. From your perspective what ways would you say his view was more traditionalist than Debussy? Think people here would enjoy that conversation!

[@willschneider4616]

​@@NoahKellman Great question! Even from an early age, Ravel showed a keen interest in the works of the Classical era, in particular the works of Mozart. Because the style galant of the Classical era is something baked into all of (well, almost all of) Mozart's works, this can be seen from the inception of Ravel's works. This was further reinforced by Ravel's instruction under André Gedalge at conservatory (Gedalge was arguably a neo-Classicist who taught counterpoint and fugue and himself composed ballet suites, symphonies, and concerti most of which were a fusion between Classical and Romantic languages of harmony and form). Debussy, on the other hand, wrote early on (in the early 1880s)to Eugene Vasnier that instead of a rigid mold he understood his music to be subordinated primarily to human feelings. Ravel would later say, in 1922, that he followed Debussy in the efficiency of material but was ad odds in respect to form. To get more specific, Ravel was a big fan of dance forms. His works like Menuet and Pavane used traditional forms. He also was a fan of every composer's favorite form: ternary. Miroirs was ternary despite its seeming improvisatory/impressionistic nature. Debussy, on the other hand, composed largely through-composed forms. I'm working through his Ballade right now and while there is a structure, while there is development and exploration of the monothematic material, there's no formal structure; it's ABCDEF. Still, both have volumes to teach any student of music, including jazz. Their understanding and exploration of form, harmony, melody, rhythm, meter, form, and more are extensive and deeply rewarding.

[@danwaldis4553]

This is a great video! Lots of creative ideas (of course, as the old saying goes, 'if you're going to steal, steal from the best'). And Ravel's brilliance has certainly reached far and wide! By the way, one small thing: The tune you were playing at 14:07 is called "There Is No Greater Love." It's a great tune, and thought you would want to know. Thanks again!

[@iFINNIX]

Bark, sir lotion! Bark! Lol😂

[@BMarPiano]

“Ondine” (in Preludes, Book 2) by Debussy and “Poisons D’ors” by Debussy (2nd movement of his “Images II”)

[@1212zeek1212]

Robert De Niro's great great great great great......... grandfather chillin in the thumbnail.

[@davidolahmusic]

Stravinskij, Bartók, Schoenberg, Debussy, Bach.

[@olivermanley24]

That intro was beautiful. Ravel is my favourite composer for sure.

[@NoahKellman]

Thanks, Oli. You hear Introduction and Allegro? Feel like it tends to be less known, but might be in my top 3 pieces of all time.

[@olivermanley24]

@@NoahKellman I actually hadn't heard it before but just listened and its texturally brilliant, there's so much to learn from his music.

[@NoahKellman]

@@olivermanley24 Agreed. So beautiful and masterful.

[@NoahKellman]

@@olivermanley24 Glad you enjoyed it!

[@HarmoniqMusiq]

Hey Noah. Hope you're good there. Start to share midi files of your recordings for KZbin lessons. That will be great to learn smth from midi in slow-tempo. God bless! You're Amazing.

[@downpatmusic]

The best thing a jazz pianist can do to improve is learn to play classical music. The best thing a classical pianist can do to improve, is learn to play jazz. Nice topic here. Look at the classical composer Scriabin for some great harmonies that cross over.

[@SolarMumuns]

Love this pragmatic approach to learning from Ravel's gorgeous music. Thank you

[@NoahKellman]

You’re welcome, Patrick 🙏

[@davekenney1874]

How about Ravels Gaspard de la Nuit? The opening to the first movement Ondine gives my right a cramp just listening to it.

[@WhistlebirdInfinity]

Speaking my language! These are great ideas and I will be busy all day messing with this. I think Chick Corea is the first pianist that made me pay attention to crossing over with hands on the keyboard and it has some rhythmic potentials that keep pace more with what guitar can do (which I also play) I know that Chick was definitely inspired by flamenco guitar stuff. Thank you for this wonderful lesson!

[@NoahKellman]

You're welcome, Timothy! Yeah, I've always thought about those interesting two-hand techniques Chick does. Really unique approach to adding textures in jazz.

[@humblemai2211]

Simple jazz bebop improvisation... Please...thanks

[@chromofonic]

Excellent stealing! Can you steal from Chopin and Brahms too please?

[@abath07]

Other: Harmonic Techniques "Time Remembered" by Bill Evans. He used only two types of chords: minor 7th (9, 11) and Major 7th (Lydian) chords. He moved them about in surprising ways (3rds, 2nds, and some familiar 4th movements).

[@NoahKellman]

Awesome, will give that another listen.

[@nekow1785]

Man you’ve become my favorite piano teacher on here, and I inspire to play like you! Inspiring stuff!

[@garybennett2946]

Hi Noah. Very beautiful... I have discontinued my studies on "Jazz Secrets". I felt that my interests were not being met. I am now studying with a teacher who teaches the Barry Harris system, which focuses more specifically on jazz standards. I thank you for your contributions to my musical life.

[@NoahKellman]

Hey Gary, thanks for letting me know! You're very welcome. The Barry Harris system is great! My system works great on Jazz Standards (I think!), however, in the course it is explained through a more modern progression so I understand why trying something else might be more beneficial and fulfilling for you. Keep up the great work and keep me updated on your progress!

[@JuNoKun1]

Free savoir-vivre lesson for you Gary: This should have been a private message.

[@maduroholdings]

Barry's system is completely different difficult but rewarding none theless Perhaps you really just needed a good teacher everyone cannot self teach or learn from books sometimes the information overload is too much.

[@charlie69230]

Great video Noah! This is a very original video, thank you for your research! ps: I also find it really cool that you show that you're still practicing things and that there are things that you still need to perfect ! 😊

[@bobblues1158]

Good. I play sax and flute. The hip stuff is on the piano.

[@lukemilyo3376]

I think Cameron graves must have been influenced a lot by ravel! Great vid

[@MiguelTicona]

man, this is a great video

[@isoEH]

Why go to Ravel when I can visit here. Took the idea to guitar and now my left hand is feeling the new stretches. Has some potential for exploring harmonies. Thanks for doing the thinking for me.

[@NoahKellman]

Sure thing, Erv. Very curious to hear how this stuff translates to Guitar. Keep up the great work!

[@juliehunter8621]

This is so timely. I was just thinking the other day that since i started digging into the technical bits (all lol) of the 3rd movement of Ravel's Sonatine, my improv has really picked up

[@NoahKellman]

That's great, Julie! Yes, practicing classical can be so beneficial.

[@CharlesAustin]

Ravel’s J’ Deu .. great idea ..

[@RavenYan]

My fav ravel piece

[@thekeyoflifepiano]

Good artists imitate, great artists steal - Me (2022)

[@NoahKellman]

Hahaha 💯

[@NathanAMeyers]

What overlay is that!? When u release the pedal it changes on the left so perfectly with the notation. Give link?

[@NoahKellman]

Hey Nathan, link is in the vid description actually!

[@candrabalimirage]

Best Regards from Bali :)

[@abath07]

Let's remember that half-diminished chords and minor 6 chords are inversions of the same sound... the earlier jazz eras considered this too. C9 and C9/E and E-7b5 have the same sound too. When I play E-7b5 (A7) I play down the C7 scale from Bb to C#, as Barry Harris taught me to do (from the C7 Eb7 Gb7 A7 interchangeable diminished scale family). I know a lot of C7 shapes and vocabulary, far more than Locrian or 5th mode of the harmonic minor with its awkward augmented melodic second.

[@jameslewisii5403]

Very nice. Bill Evans.

[@mpiper4781]

Like crate digging and then chopping & flipping the sample.

[@oberek]

I hear Ravel, i love Ravel, i love this. Thank you

[@NoahKellman]

You're welcome!

[@benbernanke7701]

Subbed, no hesitation.

[@presto309]

AWESOME!Sounds like Final Fantasy

[@NoahKellman]

👏👏 Love the final fantasy scores

[@108Ziggy]

There's no greater love yes=

[@mattmustapick4062]

Did someone say Lyle Mays?

[@timbruer7318]

This is an excellent video, not only the concept of applying classical textures to jazz, but also in the logical ways you suggest applying them. I've often thought that when people talk about studying classical piano for "technique", they always tend to imply that it's for dexterity and control, but they miss the fact that there's an incredible amount of musical information in the pieces i.e. all of the main building blocks of music - harmony, melody, rhythm and texture as well, that can and have been mined by jazz and contemporary musicians for a very long time. Well done

[@NoahKellman]

Thanks, Tim! My thoughts exactly. Cheers.

[@timbruer7318]

@@NoahKellman my pleasure. You're probably really busy, but if you're interested, I did an interview with Dan Tepfer where we discuss some of this stuff, particularly with respect to Bach - kzbin.info/www/bejne/g6LHc5qoqLWZaNU

[@NoahKellman]

@@timbruer7318 So cool! Awesome to hear Dan improvising in this style. Thanks for sharing, Tim.

[@timbruer7318]

@@NoahKellman again, my pleasure. If you watch it, please let me know what you think :)

[@matt-spaiser]

Thank you for this amazing tutorial. I'm a huge fan of Lyle Mays, and I am convinced that this is pretty much what he used to do. Many of his chord voicings sound like they came straight from Ravel's piano music. Other techniques too. Lyle often said that he listened mainly to classic music and not jazz (though he certainly listened to jazz and other music earlier in life), and listed composers like Ravel, Stravinsky, Bartok, Brahms, Bach and Berg. The Ravel sound, however, comes out so much in his piano playing. I think I can hear Berg in some of his solo piano improvisations. I'm fascinated by these languages used in a jazz improvisation context.

[@drcool56]

Ravel is my favorite composer. Le Tombeau de Couperin is worth listening for jazz fans if you have not come across it already!

[@wowomndau6152]

This is super 👌🏽

[@manfredovitor19]

Awesome. This intro. Reminds me Zelda songs in many parts.

[@NoahKellman]

Love that! You talking older games or Breath of the Wild, or both?

[@azure808]

Dang, I think this might be my favorite video of yours yet! So awesome

[@SeanTheDiscoNinja]

I was thinking exactly the same. This video is insane.

[@NoahKellman]

Thanks so much!!

[@SoundFreqsOnline]

R a v e l. Gorgeous

[@jazzraps]

Went to school for classical music and Ravel is by far my favorite composer besides Sibelius. Absolutely fantastic video, brother. Saved and liked. Are you able to tell me the software you use for your piano chord display?

[@fillmore999]

15:15 I think you meant to say There is No Greater Love

[@NoahKellman]

I most definitely did 🤦‍♂😅

[@NarendraU23]

What you're doing might not be far from what classical composers are doing, because much of them are also improvisers. Great video :)

[@humblemai2211]

Love you much

[@theotries]

Adapted his chord bangers from une barque sur l'océan into my playing style and it makes me feel just right. Thanks for the inspiration, keep up the great content!

[@NoahKellman]

What a great piece! For sure, thanks for the comment

[@mariomarinho6480]

What inspirative vídeo. Thanks for your generosity. I gain ocupacional for a century

[@NoahKellman]

You’re welcome!

[@janscott602]

I love this guy. All my life I’ve been stumped when it comes to improvisation because I had no ideas. This guy is giving me lots of ideas.

[@lucasdearaujo9419]

Traz um dia o estilo do Eldar Djangirov! Parabéns pelo ótimo trabalho🙏🏻👏🏻🔥

[@jonathandeutsch3991]

woof!

[@Riffs_and_lifts]

Wow this is amazing. Thank you so much for this lesson 🙏

[@thecheetocello]

I was looking for a video like this Thank You So So So So So much!

[@amaldpdamald8874]

E Dorian

[@OM-md6ki]

13:29 I never saw someone go from the normal 4 to sharp 4 like that. That opened my brain up

[@garygratz9361]

I love Ravel and as a fellow teacher and piano player have found a number of your strategies very valuable. You are great player and teacher .

[@johnhawkinshawkins1284]

Brilliantly wonderful....MIDI please.....! How else can I learn this?

[@NoahKellman]

Hey John, thanks so much! I am actually working on a textures Course and the Waitlist link is in the description so I will be working on resources for that course

[@agu__gonzalez]

Beautiful video, thx

[@amusicment4829]

Very cool, thank you

[@CaseyConnor]

Hi Noah -- video idea: I have looked in vain for tutorials about soloing over I-VI-II-V (note: not I-vi-ii-V, for which there are 80,000 tutorials). Maybe this would be a little simple for your viewers, but others of us would appreciate some new ideas. :-) I play a lot of prohibition-era jazz and find my way through these changes OK, but I'm not always impressed with what I'm doing (which is more or less just modulating or half-modulating with each change). Thanks for considering it!

[@NoahKellman]

Hey Casey, thanks for your idea! I've just added it to my list. I agree it'd be fun to go through some new ideas over I VI II Vs. Will see what I can come up with!

[@CaseyConnor]

@@NoahKellman Awesome. If you end up making something i will watch the heck out of it. :-)

[@NoahKellman]

@@CaseyConnor by the way just to clarify are you thinking of those others as dominant chords? VI II V I mean

[@CaseyConnor]

@@NoahKellman Yeah in my world the dominant 7 is usually assumed on those. "Bye Bye Blues" might be a simple instructive tune for your viewers? There's also the classic move of I bVII VI, e.g. F Eb7 D7, e.g. in many versions of Bye Bye Blackbird... As well as a million ways that dim7 chords show up in the middle all the time... As with the I VI II V, i can just kind of modulate from key to key as these come up, do some arpeggios, etc, but it seems like it could be better. :-)

[@allinthemind2006]

What piano patch are you using? is it a vst?

[@NoahKellman]

Pretty sure this was Pianoteq, prob the Steinway D

[@allinthemind2006]

Thanks dude

[@Maddie01022]

Super like this video ~ ravel is incredible

[@willaufricht]

Great content. You've earned a new subscriber. Apart from the amazing musical content, I love your glasses. What brand?

[@NoahKellman]

Thanks I appreciate that! Ha ha honestly I have no idea it’s been a while since I got them. I’ll see if I can figure it out 😅

[@martingravel1157]

The piece you talked about is an excerpt from « Miroirs, III. Une barque sur l’océan » Awesome vid btw!

[@NoahKellman]

Ah yes thank you!! Should have looked it up but I was mid-video and decided to just roll with it. Gorgeous piece.

[@zurielauguiste]

Noah love the new direction 🎉 check out some of the gospel players like Alain Merville.. you won’t be disappointed!

[@NoahKellman]

Thanks Matt just did… ridiculously great player wow. Thanks for the tip 🙏

[@zurielauguiste]

@@NoahKellman sure man keep going the content is very helpful

[@NoahKellman]

@@zurielauguiste I will thanks Matt

[@YingTou1]

Love your honesty: "steal" and such. Greets from a fellow pianist whose top three is Debussy-Ravel-Garner.

[@NoahKellman]

That is a great choice for top three. Could definitely live happily with those three on my desert island list!

[@user-rd3jw7pv7i]

Found this video from an ad. I was blown away by how magical this sounds. I'm fairly new to classical/jazz piece and only recently started looking deeply into them. I feel like you just introduced me to a whole new colour. Thank you for this, I'm in absolute awe :D

[@NoahKellman]

You’re welcome, really glad you enjoyed it and thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment!

[@theredstash]

about a min into the video ... voice in my head screamin "get me to a piano!" really cool stuff

[@NoahKellman]

Thanks, Patrick! I love when that voice starts up :p

[@ilikeplayingffftonecluster851]

Wow this was a pleasant surprise to say the least. I’ve seen a few other jazz piano related channels mention Ravel and similar composers, but only in passing. It’s great to have an in depth video on a classical composer like this from such an informative channel, really shows how similar classical music and jazz are harmonically especially once you get into the 20th century. Some others I recommend checking out if you haven’t already are Scriabin and Messiaen, or Bartok and Ginastera for something more visceral. With Scriabin I’m specifically referring to the 5th piano sonata Op.53 onwards. Fun fact, the progression in the central climax of Ravel’s Ondine is almost identical to the Coltraine changes over a decade before the latter was even born.

[@NoahKellman]

Wow interesting. I'll definitely take a listen to the pieces you mentioned above, and for sure, I've listened to a lot of Scriabin (only a bit of Messiaen but that's next on my list). Thanks for the suggestions looking forward to doing more listening and research!

[@SeanTheDiscoNinja]

Man, this video is incredible. I can tell that your playing is improving drastically with this series too (it was already fantastic, but you seem to have gone next level!). I’ve been following your stuff for a long time and I’m always super inspired!

[@NoahKellman]

Thanks Sean really appreciate that man!

[@RobES335]

Hi Noah Knocked it out if the park again. Very timely video for me as I have been deep diving with the m7b5 chord over different roots. Which of course brings the dominant 9th chord and the minor 6th chord to the table which featured strongly in your intro. Have you ever noticed if you start with a dominant 9th chord and keep the bass but move the rest of the chord (the m7b5 component) up in minor thirds you then get the Phrygian dominant chord and then up a minor third again for the altered dominant chord? The last transposition seems unusable to me. Love your work

[@NoahKellman]

Hey Rob, yes this is such a great point about the chord relationships. Wish I had thought of bringing this up in the video!

[@atsukodelrieu1118]

Merci beaucoup

[@Meli91972]

My God ❤️, you have caught the Ravel vibe, it reminded me of his piece Miroirs. You're so great Noah!

[@NoahKellman]

Thanks so much Mélanie! Miroirs is incredible. Hope you got some good info from the video!

[@goodguitguy]

Beautiful! I’ve got some stuff to work on. Very inspiring. Thanks, Noah

[@NoahKellman]

You're welcome, Brock! Long time no see hope you're doing great!

[@robl9523]

Ditto the Nahre Sol shout-out!

[@NoahKellman]

💯💯

[@antoinebrochot]

Une mine d'or ! Merci !

[@hansdampf7766]

Really great stuff, Noah! Thank you very much for your inspiring tutorials!

[@NoahKellman]

Hey, you're welcome, Hans! Thanks for the comment.

[@christophemagnan-bosse6313]

Man that There Is No Greater Love was exquisite.

[@NoahKellman]

Thank you, Christophe, much appreciated 🙏

[@RetroCreepy]

yooooooo thanks for uploading a full lesson on this, a very practically applicable way to pull inspiration from any source of music

[@NoahKellman]

Hey, you are welcome Michael!

[@markbra]

That was not, There will Never be another..... That was: There is no Greater Love 😅🤣

[@NoahKellman]

Yup 100% 🤦‍♂️😂

[@markbra]

@@NoahKellman I am one of those always right people, pardon me.

[@NoahKellman]

@@markbra hahah well I appreciate the free video editing let me know if you catch anymore mistakes! Always like to correct them in the comments 🙏

[@bobzuck3733]

This is as good as attending a brilliant concert. Meteoric. You are on another plane entirely.

[@NoahKellman]

Thank you, Bob. Means a lot to hear that.

[@amaldpdamald8874]

C Lydian dominant

[@seipollo]

I have to say. There's a lot of informational content in KZbin, but for music, this is TOP content. This is Graduate information. Thank you so much for your work, this is INCREDIBLE.

[@NoahKellman]

Hey Benjamín, thank you for saying that. Really appreciate it! And so glad that you are finding the content helpful. Thank you for commenting.

[@seipollo]

@@NoahKellman I'll share this with other students. You are amazing. Have a good weekend!

[@oscarlaredo5035]

Hi Noah! Did you know that I did my master degree in music education and it's name is Impressionism and XX Century in Jazz Piano: A Supplemental Manual. Basically I did the same as you did in this video but I transpose the passages and bring suggestions for creating chords, textures, jazz lines, and upper structures. I included Ravel, Debussy, Alberto Ginastera, Paul Hindemith, and Stravinsky. Some of the textures you used in this video I used too. Thank you for the video.

[@NoahKellman]

Hey Oscar, wow, that sounds really interesting! I’ve never listened to Ginastera I don’t believe, but I really enjoy Hindemith’s compositions. I will explore some of Ginastera’s work. Thanks for commenting it’s fun to find others that think alike! Cheers and I’m glad you enjoyed it.

[@oscarlaredo5035]

@@NoahKellman listen to Sonata #1 4th movement by Alberto Ginastera. Thank you for answering my comments and thank you for all your videos.

[@Jack-fs2im]

wonderful and enlightening.thanx you PS I think Erik Satie is a bit jazz like and uses pentatonic scales.great tip

[@NoahKellman]

Hey Jack absolutely. I remember being very amazed hearing some of his later work. Not only did it sound like jazz, but it almost sounded like it could be classified as “modern jazz” (of course it wasn’t improvised.) That said I would guess that he might have been able to improvise as many great classical composers were able to. Will have to do some research!

[@towardstheflame]

@@NoahKellman was it maybe his nocturnes you heard? I've always thought they sound like "modern" jazz. The 4th one is particularly nice imo - really worth checking out. Amazing video btw!