How to Become a Well Rounded Jazz Pianist (in 42 minutes)

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This video lays out the path for a lifetime of study from beginner to expert. It is an overview of the process (from my own personal experience) to help keep you on the right track if you want to function on a world-class level as a jazz pianist.
This video may take you years to get through. Please be patient, and ask any questions you have. If you would like a customized video lesson explaining a specific piece of any of these concepts, please check out my video request page here: weeklypiano.com
This video is an overview of the following:
Technicality:
- Scales (fingering, hand placement)
- Beringer
- trompeter exercise
- over-under
- Bach (gigue, minuet, prelude in A-)
Theory:
- Major and all the modes (to diminished)
- Triads
- Extensions
- 2/5/1s
- tritone
- comping and voice leading (drop 2)
- patterns (sheet)
Circle of Fifths
Melody
- learn tunes (attached list)
Rhythm
- big band
- bossa nova
Harmony
- transcribing
Be able to do the following on a bunch of jazz standards:
- Play melody
- comp with both hands
- play melody and comp and the same time
- play bass pattern and comp
- play melody and comp
(use girl from Ipanema example)
Transcribe:
- Oscar Peterson (bebop) (anything)
- Comping and melody
- Vocabulary
- Time feel / swing
- Melodic conversation (question/answer)
- McCoy Tyner (modal) (passion dance)
- Comping and melody
- Vocabulary
- Harmonic development
- - playing outside
- Contour (question/answer)
- Herbie Hancock (Modern) (actual proof)
- Comping
- Colors
- - playing outside
- Superimposition
Speed = practice slow and speed it up when you master it
Listen to the entire recordings of:
- Bud Powell
- Charlie Parker
- Herbie Hancock
- McCoy Tyner
Dabble in:
- Stan Getz
- Oscar Peterson
- Cannonball Adderly
- John Coltrane
Find a mentor. I’m very lucky to have Herbie Hancock as my mentor but it didn’t happen accidentally.
Play with people
I can make videos describing any of these in depth. It would take a lifetime to really teach all of it. So ask any questions you want.
Links to download:
Bebop licks:
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Beringer exercises:
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McCoy Tyner Vocabulary:
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Tunes to learn:
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NEW AS OF DECEMBER 18, 2017: One of my Patreon supporters made this cool spreadsheet that makes it easier to track your practice given my guidelines from the video. I've uploaded it here. Thanks Robel F! Practice Itinerary Spreadsheet (compliments of Robel F):
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NEW AS OF DEC 30, 2017: One of my students, Andres C, came up with this awesome spreadsheet that outlines my explanation of the modes and how to approach them from two different angles.
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Thanks Andres!!!
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[@dervishcapkiner6679]

coming from someone who has spent years studying drumming videos and then years studying piano videos when i decided to become a pianist instead......this video is literally one of the most useful on youtube if not..THE most useful video I have ever seen on youtube...It takes years to even find out out what the useful things to spend your time on, are .So when someone collates everything into 40 minutes then its literally saving years of research...thank you sooo much, genuinely thank you

[@weeklypiano]

Dervish Capkiner Damn! Thank you!! This comment means so much to me...I'm really glad I can create something this useful for you guys. Please hit me with more questions - lets keep this going!

[@dervishcapkiner6679]

weeklypiano Dude, I've just written out all the 2-5-1's and I know that's enough for weeks of study - thanks so much! The melodic transitioning comping stuff (osc.peterson) is brilliant as well-that's going to be really useful! Are there things to do-melodic movements- from minor or dominant chords please? The herbie Hancock exercise is awesome - my scales are so (meh ) speed wise and I really think this is going to help!. Thanks again - so much really. I already subscibed to your channel a year or so ago but after the summer I would love to get a half hour lesson if you do them please? cheers - you're really a kind man.

[@weeklypiano]

Dervish Capkiner Thanks man! I'm glad you're getting so much out of this. There are some really cool movements from minor chords to dominant chords - that's definitely good subject matter for a lesson. I'll do my best to get to it, but there's a long cue of general questions like that so if you want to jump to the front of the line you can get a customized lesson from this page weeklypiano.wordpress.com/2014/11/13/your-own-customized-lesson/ Thanks again man and I'm glad you're getting so much from the vid!!

[@johnray6906]

Dervish Capkiner Interesting. I wonder how man other drummers made the switch to piano? I too took that path after playing drums became simply imprudent.

[@dervishcapkiner6679]

John Ray At what age did you begin? I tried at 22 and 25 lasting a couple weeks but wouldnt let myself stop when i tried at 29(im 33 now) and finally stuck with it. At first I felt like I had wasted my time as I had spent years working on technique and vocabulary on the drumkit but now I just look at myself as a musician as I am teaching myself to sing too. A lot of good practice is away from the instrument i think in practicing visualising things and see/hearing ahead of what's happening. How are you finding the switch anyway? - I found the first two years pretty soul-destroying :(

[@peterharrison5833]

Learn (in this order): Scales. 4 octaves up and down. all majors all minors all modals. Relate these to the relative major scale. practice them in this order: B Locrian E phrygian A aeolian D dorian G mixolydian C Major F Lydian. These are ALL the same pitches--C major. You're just starting and stopping on a different note. For those of you who grew up studying classical music, some of this may be new. That's ok. Play these in all twelve key centers. Then play the following seventh chords 4 octaves up and down. B half -diminished arp. E minor seventh. A minor seventh. D minor seventh. G dominant seventh. C major seventh and major 6th. F major seventh and major 6th. Play these in all twelve keys. Then pair each scale with each chord arpeggio. All twelve keys. Diminished scales (whole-half and half-whole). Whole tone scale. Chromatic scale. All twelve keys. Dim seventh arpeggios. All twelve keys. Lydian seventh scale. In C: C-D-E-F#-G-A-Bb-C. Up and down 4 octaves. Then all twelve keys. The chord that goes with this is the C13th chord. This includes the 9th, #11th., and 13th. (D, F#, and A)/ An easy way to learn this scale is that it is the same as the G melodic minor scale, ascending form only, but played from C to C. Altered Scale. In C: C-Db-Eb-E-Gb-Ab-Bb-C. 4 octaves. Then in all twelve keys. This scale goes with the C7Alt. chord, also known as the C7 "fully altered" chord. The notes are C-E-Bb-Db-Eb-Gb-Ab. A typical voicing would be C-E-Gb-Bb-Eb-Ab-Db. The easy way to learn this scale is to play the notes of the Db melodic minor scale, ascending form only, but from C to C. The half-whole form of the diminished scale can be used with the dominant thirteenth with a flat ninth and sharp ninth. The notes would be C-E-G-Bb-Db-Eb-F#-A. A common voicing would be C-Bb-Db-E-A. The whole-half scale would be used typically with a b III chord as a passing chord going to a II chord. In C, it would be Em7 (E phrygian) Eb dim7 (Eb dim, whole-half) Dm7 (d dorian), commonly followed by V7-I (G7-C major). Learn to comp with both hands together, and the left hand alone, and the right alone. Learn to play both voicings with roots, and without. For example, a Cmajor ninth chord would be C-E-G-B-D with the root, and E-G-B-D without. Play the voicings in the "business" part of the piano. Lowest note one octave below middle C to the highest note one octave above. Learn to walk a bass line. If there are four beats to a chord, you have four beats to get there. Lay down the root of the chord, then use scale tones, and arpeggio tones to get to the next root. Be as melodic as possible. At first you'll be sounding very diatonic. After some time start experimenting with chromatics. C-E-G-E-F (C chord to and F chord) would be a basic example. So would C-D-E-G-F. Eventually, you'll be playing C-D-D#-E-F, and the like. When the chords are two to the bar, use leading tones. C-E-F-A-Bb (C to F to Bb), for example. Or C-Gb-F-B-Bb. Learn I Got Rhythm, the blues, and Cherokee in all 12 keys. Why? Well, these three songs have almost 90% of the common chord progressions you'll find in most jazz from 1920 to 1959. And if you get them all down in all twelve keys, you'll have seen and played almost all the progressions you'll need. The blues? Learn the blues scale. In C: C-Eb-F-Gb-G--Bb-C. Four octaves, up and down. In all twelve keys. There are many blues progressions, but the following is the most basic, with one chord per bar: C7 C7 C7 C7 F7 F7 C7 C7 G7 G7 C7 C7 Now, you can articulate each arpeggio and each scale, or....you can play the WHOLE thing using just the C blues scale. The are also many, many more complex versions of the blues. Check out some the Aebersold materials. Learn to play II-V-I in all twelve major and all twelve minor keys. You'll find that learning to play Cherokee really helps this. Learn to articulate the following: The "and" of four. On beat four. The and of three. On bear three. The and of two. On beat two. The and of one. On beat one. The exercise is to play a whole chorus of a tune, just punching the chords on the particular eighth note you're working on. Set the metronome on half speed and play the chords so that the metronome sounds on beats two and four. Start it mm=50, so that the real tempo is actually mm=100. Learn to hear those clicks as 2 and 4--it will help with your sense of swing. Do two choruses of just "and of four." Then two of just "four", and so on, until you're doing the last two choruses articulating beat one. (The easiest to feel.) Gradually increase the speed of the metronome. This might take several weeks. months, or even years. Don't give up--this is REALLY good for your playing. When you finally arrive at mm=150, the real tempo will be 300, so your sense of time and swing will have been very well developed. Lastly, here's an advanced exercise. After you can play all the above scales, arpeggios, and exercises fairly well, do this: Play any one of the following approaches to any chord tone (the “goal” tone), followed by a chord arpeggio, from any chord, any quality, either descending or ascending: one half-step above one half-step below one above followed by 1 below one below followed by 1 above two half-steps above two half-steps below two above followed by 1 below one above followed by 2 below two below followed by 1 above one below followed by 2 above two above followed by 2 below two below followed by 2 above As an example, using the seventh approach on a C13 chord with A as the goal tone, it would go like this: B-Bb-G#-A-F#-D-Bb in all eighth notes sustaining on the lower Bb in the melody. This is one of many, many combinations you can do. The "outside" tones give you a little something out of the key and open up more possibilities for using all twelve tones for melodic variety. The arpeggio establishes the chord center in the ear, and possibly even the key center. Although many of us on this blog are pianists, this approach is really good for single-note playing instruments because they don't have the ability to have a left hand that supplies their own harmonic context. Now....if you practice these 12 approaches leading up to all chord tones on all chords up to 13th chords in all 12 major and minor keys you have roughly 95% of the melodic material choices in most jazz from the 20s to the early 60s. I did the math on this a number of years ago. The total number of possibilities is over 56,000. Which means you gotta get practicing. If you check out and analyze Parker's stuff or things from the forties and fifties, this is where they were going. Of course, by the time you get to the sixties you had Free Jazz, but that's another whole can of worms and is kind of beyond the scope of this discussion. And also you can point to people like Wayne Shorter as one of many who had a beautiful way of breaking melodic/harmonic rules but it all made musical sense. But he could play inside if and when he needed to. The quote from my post above is a paraphrase. I read it years ago on an album sleeve as, "I learned I Got Rhythm, the blues, and Cherokee in all twelve keys and then I knew I was ready." The person who said that? Charlie Parker.

[@TheJobieadobe]

Oh is that all? Easy peasy! Lol

[@Alpha-Andromeda]

Your list shows why so few people can play Jazz piano truly well. Thanks for the reality check. 😲 thanks for the post 👍🏻

[@abdulalshibly3930]

Sweet almighty thanks man thats a lot of very useful info

[@mattemery6528]

I think the hard truth is we live in an age of instant gratification and an “I want now!” mentality. The reality is that mastery of any instrument is achievable by a great majority of people but only a very few posses the kind of perseverance to accomplish that. I would call that “talent”, the dogged determination to get there!

[@peterharrison5833]

Matt---you're right. For most of us, it's 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.

[@dragonfliejones]

I requested this video and it was up literally 12 hours later. I would recommend contacting him for more videos if you agree that "mine" turned out to be the best jazz how to video on youtube!!

[@dragonfliejones]

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[@weeklypiano]

Daniel Johnson Thanks Daniel, you are awesome. I really appreciate you giving me the opportunity to get this started.

[@christophermichael5764]

+weeklypiano YOU BOTH ARE GREAT

[@michaelmagnus3590]

"I hope youre not up as late as I am" its 5 am havent slept, dont plan on sleeping until i can be a jazz piano solo magician

[@hezixiao]

Complete modes for anyone that might need it: Ionian (1): major scale Dorian (2): natural minor scale #6 Phrygian (3): natural minor scale b2 Lydia (4): major scale #4 Mixolydian (5): major scale b7 Aeolian (6): natural minor scale Locrian (7): natural minor scale b2 b5

[@AdamOuissellat]

If you arrange them in terms of 5ths they are easier to remember and understand Lydian (#4) Ionian Mixolydian (b7) Dorian (b3 b7) Aeolian (b3 b6 b7) Phrygian (b2 b3 b6 b7) Locrian (b2 b3 b5 b6 b7) Lydian is the lightest and Locrian is the darkest. Take the Cmaj Scale. CDEFGAB If you play it from F to F its Lydian. C Ionian G Mixolydian D Dorian A Aeolian E Phrygian B Locrian Notice that moving in 5ths (F, C, G etc.) gives you the order of the modes.

[@jonathanwingmusic]

Hi, I just wanted to let you know that I've been trying to wrap my head around modes and this was the clearest/simplest/easiest to understand approach so far, just thinking in 5ths. Thanks for the simple explanation!

[@AdamOuissellat]

jonathanwing Thanks, glad that helped. Now all you have to do is learn all of them! lol

[@SamChaneyProductions]

I Don't Particularly Like Modes A Lot

[@nadinemiller2538]

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[@skrubz9282]

Old video ✅ Functional ✅ Actually comprises a lot of techniques ✅ I search for video formats like these because they are better than small bits of video that goes on and on for 10 minutes for a single exercise. Thanks

[@nikkypriotis4582]

This inspires me and discourages me at the same time lol

[@kwamealievergreen4257]

This video inspired me to practice seriously. I played for about 2 years, but I wasn't progressing because I was just memorizing chords. This made me finally buckle down and get better at scales, and the way I learn and approach music has drastically changed. I have a sort of dexterity in my fingers. Thank you.

[@weeklypiano]

thank you, that means the world to me.

[@kwamealievergreen4257]

@@weeklypiano No, thank YOU man. Because now I'm playing more advanced chords and arrangements, playing much faster and now moving on to improvisation, all from just getting fluid in every key to help me move around the keyboard. All from doing scales and exercises you suggested. I really can't express my gratitude.

[@brago95]

I'm only 12 minutes in and this is the best jazz piano lesson on the internet. I'm going to college for music next fall and I want to get some piano under my belt. This is amazing. Thank you so much!

[@RanBlakePiano]

ojboy297 you may want to check out y book. Primacy maybe at later date nothing much about keyboard keep listening to great records. Monk Mingus,Chris Connor ,Mahalia

[@juelzsan1128]

BEST PIANO VIDEO ON THE INTERNET

[@Ev-eq8zn]

Jazz guitarist here.. this is the best intro to learning this stuff I've seen, and only 42 mins. Thanks!

[@marcsoucie4010]

C scale with flat B is mixolidian mode, not Lydian ( lydian would be with sharp F). The scale you called mixolidian is actually dorian. Anyway I still enjoyed the video. There's some really helpful tips in it. Thanks for your work.

[@ChrisBandyJazz]

*Mixolydian, not "mixolidian"

[@novanna]

I've been playing classical piano for 20 years and it's my dream to be able to play jazz piano freely. Thank you so much for uploading this video! great tips to get me started!

[@wayneglasco4842]

Your a monster on the piano I've been watching your videos for a while now I admire the fact that as good and knowledgable as you are u still remain humble thnx 4 sharing your talent and posting these videos they have helped me a lot personally I recently found a mentor he's a gr8 jazz pianist I'm learning an getting better still not at ur level yet hopefully one day I'll get there

[@lexidav]

I've had serious arguments with my friends about whether Classical music or Jazz music is better for the piano (I've always been a Chopin girl), and I thought that my friends who preferred Jazz were just "unenlightened." But, wow. Consider me officially "unenlightened." Thank you for uploading this post.

[@sifugurusensei]

Funny, I've been obsessed with Chopin. I started piano late and didn't have a teacher for a long time, but when I finally could afford one, I tried to get someone who specializes in Jazz, but then I became more interested in Chopin, and now I'm asking my Jazz piano teacher more about Chopin pieces. She's versatile enough that she's cool in teaching me. Jazz theory still confuses the hell outta me. It's too much for my ADD brain

[@Hou126]

I followed your channel for a whilte. But this time, the appreciation from me is beyond the description by words. It is so much detail, step by step, friendly language, and you uploaded so many supportive material..etc. etc and for free as well . You are brilliant!

[@weeklypiano]

Hou126 :)!!!!!

[@remon563]

wow man.. this is indeed the best general piano video I have ever seen on youtube (and I have seen many). Thanks!

[@andrewcjeffrey]

One of the best posts on KZbin.

[@tempgig]

I don't I need to look at another video for a few years while I a studying this one! Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent so graciously!

[@weeklypiano]

Harvey Perry thanks harvey!

[@ciousli]

great overview lesson! and those transcriptions are a goldmine :) you also by accident showed that the mode names not matter much when actually using them, as they are a just a "marginal" alteration of a scale, which during play is derived from the current chord type (minor moods translate to dorian or phrygian, major goes lydian or myxolydian, diminished goes locrian #9 etc.), so don't hurt your head with mode names, just try to understand the possible scale alterations for a given chord type. i see the problem with teaching modes, that the students may take it as "meh, even more scales i need to learn from scratch" which is a huge misunderstanding. learn all modes for C first, then apply it to the other keys. you will see how easy it is in fact. as an addition i would have added emphasis to common chord progressions and turnarounds. learing those few progressions makes playing standards much more fun, and also gives you freedom during free improv. you had private lessons with herbie?

[@SwiftSean11]

A lot of this is over my head as a drummer teaching myself piano with various books, etc... however, it's apparent that this video does so much to point one in the proper direction, & you can see how he is tying concepts together in terms of chords, scales, & "jazz theory". With so much content out there, any student can get lost in a sea of materials to work with, so a video like this is a treasure. It makes me think of these two John Valerio books I have with jazz etudes & exercises that probably covers much of the same territory. This is so inspiring.

[@michebre]

I am a beginner here but have some theory. You are very brave to have put this video together. Thanks so much

[@bsdguy]

For a bassist that is trying to get gig ready on the keys, this has been very informative.

[@MusiqExpress]

Thank you soon much!!! No one has ever broken it down like this. God Bless You!

[@jamesenalen1222]

my jaw is dropping and you're casually saying "master that" :p thanks for sharing this. it is very helpful.

[@2HellWUtube]

Best piano practice video I’ve come across.

[@tetayrises8715]

You have a heart of gold. Your life will always be blessed.

[@jazzyjamie11]

I seriously cannot thank you enough for this video... I am probably going to take the next ten years working through it, but this is one of the most valuable videos I've ever seen on youtube. :)

[@arisaris3484]

You did a masterful job of explaining the entirety of the musical system in a relatively short period of time.

[@weeklypiano]

Thank you for all the amazing questions. I wish I had time to answer all of them. Oscar Wetche, your question is a great basis for another lesson about "Using jazz vocabulary in a musical manner", which can involve both calculated motivic development and intuitive processes. If you'd like a full customized lesson on that topic, I'm sure the rest of the youtube community would love you for getting it. weeklypiano.wordpress.com/2014/11/13/your-own-customized-lesson/

[@edwardkopec6547]

+weeklypiano Can you send me the "Sheet(s)" you sleep with that shows the 251 licks + fingerings ? ( and McCoy Tyner licks ? ) [e-mail]

[@weeklypiano]

+Edward Kopec the bebop vocal is here: weeklypiano.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/bebop-cliches-and-patterns-1.jpg weeklypiano.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/bebop-cliches-and-patterns-2.jpg I don't have fingerings but if you want you could order a custom video for fingerings and learning techniques of specific licks at www.weeklypiano.com

[@beckyreyes2359]

excuse me can u teach me how to do the song from progressive piano (kid's edition)FYI the song is the galway piper ? pls

[@axeltello231]

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[@KamauMayhem]

a nice trick i use to remember modes for a given root note, an example in C. one must first know the church mode scale order with corresponding root notes, C-ionian, D-dorian, E-phrygian etc... (all white notes), however, you will notice that for every scale tone up (i.e. major second from C to D) the trick is simply to take the natural key of the same interval in the reverse direction. i.e. C-dorian is played as a Bb scale starting on C (Bb is a major second down from C) C-phrygian is an Ab scale starting on C (Ab is the same interval down from C as E is up from C) etc... Eventually the modes just go for a static key as an inverted major scale downwards, C-ionian (C scale) C-dorian (Bb scale) C-phrygian (Ab scale) C-lydian (G scale) C-mixolydian (F scale) C-aeolian (Eb scale) C-locrian (Db scale). idk, it helped me

[@kreativtverksted]

Just amazing! What a talented and super nice guy. Don't forget that you bring joy to thousands of people out there. Keep groovin' mister! Looking forward for more Jazz/Jazz-funk videos. Instant sub from me.

[@dougnickerson]

Ok , I took one lbebop pattern from your PDF and - finally - forced myself to play it in all keys :-) for 30 minutes .. i ended identifying which keys are ' harder' which are easier. Very helpful , Thanks very much - maybe this lick come out at the jam session on Sundays sometime.

[@FrankyBzd]

I can not thank you enough for this video. Have to tell you. I've been playing piano and singing my whole life but I live in a small city and, somehow, I lost my self on the way.. Anyway, there are no mentors around here that i could admire and I was about to quit but then i bumped on this video, started practicing, realized that it is all in my "hands" and soul.. and things just started to happen. :) I still have a lot to practice but you helped me find my way again.. I enjoy plying piano again so THANK YOU and keep up the good work. Sorry for my english ;) Salutes from Croatia

[@strideman1680]

Thanks for a comprehensive overview from which all levels of players can benefit.

[@salastuto139]

you were sent from a piano god in a different world

[@paxwallacejazz]

I am so happy to accept that I'm not well rounded but really original 🤷‍♂️ it seems harmonically advanced and melodic .

[@NicolaiCzempin]

I'm glad the video didn't go over the magic 10 minute limit.

[@lisanloves]

This is awesome. I like how you wrote it out in the description box as well. This is useful for pianists at any level, whether a classically trained pianist like me aiming to improve my jazz skills or a total beginner wanted to know the journey ahead.

[@KarieAnneMitchell]

This is amazing. I studied Piano throughout College, earning a Minor in Music, practicing 7 hours a day in the Practice Room. (I know Hanon well! :) and have been a Piano Instructor. Classically trained, I always had a bit of trouble with the Jazz, though I love it. You have done an excellent job of instructing and providing wonderful resources. I applaud your beautiful generosity and your open spirit to share. You are wonderful. Thank you for spreading this through the world. Blessings on you! PS.....I too would love 'the sheet'! :) How do I get it?

[@andreashoppe1969]

This is the kind of video I needed soo badly. Cuz I'm seeing a wall I can't seem to overcome. but videos such as these help a lot

[@julianbermudez3424]

I never could afford lessons but I'm self taught nevertheless and I have to say that this video is all I've ever been looking for. You really are a good person for sharing your knowledge so generously. Thank you.

[@dantcacenco1]

This is GOLD.

[@frame6759]

+DaNiMaL5 no, dis is jazz

[@delanodouglas6141]

His name was Oscar Beringer. He was an English piano composer who wrote a book entitled, "Daily Technical Studies".

[@diparaditz]

This is pure gold.

[@davidhillewig]

Hello! i am a guitar player from belgium and your videos are awesome for my musical knowledge AND guitar playing! ;-) Thank you so much ! Much appreciated Will be studying this material for sure!!

[@brianrobert3036]

Hi this video is awesome you have in few minutes really explain and show the truth what one needs to know in Jazz and to master the Art really well. I am so blessed to be to see and listen to your teaching and the method is true as sweet. please give more links which i can be able to see more of you. so many videos on you-tube don.t really teach well. Keep the good work brother hope to see you see in real life. God bless you abundantly

[@roathripper]

thanks for making this video. I'm just coming back to piano after 20 years and this roadmap is very helpful, thanks.

[@estook]

All your videos are incredibly informative and valuable. No nonsense. I am so glad that you have taken the time to go through your process.

[@MrBass4art]

some of the exercises are in the Hanon and Czerny piano exercises book in the classical relm

[@DerekReevesMusic]

Fantastic Video! I am a violinist/violist, but I learned a tremendous amount watching your video. Thanks!

[@Solcius123123]

Can't wait to study thank you ! By the way, for the modes, the first he did was Mixolydian (not lydian), then Dorian (not mixolydian)

[@xianghui7657]

This video is gold.

[@UriteAruSunlight]

Wow I'm so impressed now I understand exactly how its all set up to move forward. It truly is a labor of love to get to a place called I'm there and even in that the education continues. You a very much appreciated believe that. My eyes see and my ears understand and now my mind knows. Chak...

[@cottoncandy113]

Wow, thank you thank you thank you. For the past couple of years I've wanted to get into jazz. I haven't really known where to begin, learning things here or there. But this just lays it out for me. Thank you so much for all the information you've shared. I can't really describe how helpful it is!

[@hemingwaysbeards]

best piano video i've seen

[@lancesukhu2869]

Man, you need more views. You did an amazing tutorial here. It might not mean much, but thank you so much.

[@vilokaaa]

Thanks for the information, a wealth of information here! Funny when you kept checking if it was still recording I was thinking 'oh damn, i hope it's still recording' lol

[@pianogigger]

I'm a pretty advanced piano player but it always mesmerizes me watching how another piano player positions their hands for scales and chords. Mine has to be fairly unique because i have small hands so it really throws me off even though i'm seeing what notes are being hit and hearing them....the way piano's players hands look when they do a scale compared to me doing the same thing sometimes doesn't seem possible, really bizarre, or just doesn't look right even though it's coming out correct lol.

[@JulietRobin]

Thank you very much for posting this valuable information.

[@weeklypiano]

you're welcome!

[@lukasdiduch5972]

Thank you for this amazing video. It's on of the most useful and comprehensive instructions around, full of material to practice for a long time, with the distinction that is has direction most of us are missing.

[@SamChaneyProductions]

This is amazing! I really want you to go into the McCoy Tyner outside scales technique more in another video because I've always been amazed by his incredibly fast and dissonant but somehow sensible key changes, like in Dearly Beloved from Sun Ship. It's incredibly disorienting sounding but not at all messy. There's some very clear logic to but I've just never really been able to put my finger on what that is or how exactly it works.

[@amynixonkeys]

thank you so much for this video. Let the shedding begin! I will consider additional services! much gratitude....

[@weeklypiano]

:) thank u!

[@j00nful]

wow! what a great idea it is to write in the description all the passages you go through in the video, and i must congratulate you for your ability to synthesize years of piano lessons in a so easy pattern (you mentioned Bach, i love him too!)..i must also confess that it has been a bit disheartening to see the way you play (you are fantastic, i'm talking about my skills)!! i've studied classical piano for 5 years, till i was 17, and then i began to play by improvisation, learning more and more, but slowly, how to move freely on my instrument.. now (22) I'm trying to learn the basis of jazz, because i like it so much, but sometimes i feel veeeery stupid!! the theory is not problem at all, the actual obstacle is the practice and the listening!! thank you soooooo much for this useful help!! hope you are fine

[@yaksongs]

Fab vid - that exercise at 3:45 is a killer - I long suspected that my left hand was rubbish - now I know for sure lol

[@dougnickerson]

I had a friend / mentor who called the excersises given to you by Mr. Trompeter , the 'Rachmaninov' excercises , so that's a possibility )

[@samscott54]

thanks for doing this

[@budharpey]

After some years of playing piano (had jazz piano lessons some years ago, but since than learned mainly without a teacher) i was stuck for quite some time now somewhere in the middle of all of this without seeing the way how to become a functional jazz musician or "well rounded jazz pianist". This video gave me so much new inspiration to finally start and seriously work to go on! Great idea to put "all" of it in one video to let intermediate pianists see the rest of the way. Also it is a great video which whould show beginners (maybe even before they decide to start...) what a mean beast the piano actually is and what it will take to be able to tame it... So one should better think twice before choosing to start to learn jazz piano seriously... ;) Thank you so much for your instructional videos!!!

[@weeklypiano]

+J. Charles thank you!!!!! This means so much.

[@kristinketelslegers]

LOVVV the way you explain it! I'll use it studying my instrument (bandoneon). ...And you're funny (and good-looking)!

[@ArneWidding]

"I can't keep doing this or the video will be longer than 10 minutes..." 40 minutes later... :D

[@hammondoverkeyz]

Dude you are a beast!!!! And I'm only up to the 8 minute mark!!!!

[@user-sq4ff4zp9b]

Great job, men!👍🔥 Thank you so much for the video! 😊

[@SuperJaymanning]

extremely helpful thanks

[@roydelvalle5193]

Amazing and very generous video. Thank you for sharing this. It's a lifetime worth of tips.

[@hallvardjrgensen2452]

This video is GREAT. Thanks a lot.

[@luoyisishimisi470]

Thank you for this video. I really like the thumb exercise. It looks like fun. I can't wait to incorporate it into my practice.

[@reidcohen3751]

This is outstanding. Thanks so much for the pointers!

[@ammiammi1974]

Wonderful lesson. Greatly appreciated. Love your friendly manner. Thanks a lot.

[@DarrylDomani]

Great lesson. As long as you asked for a correction, your first scale, flatted 7 is "mixolydian", not "lydian". Flat 3 flat 7 is dorian. But what you say is just fabulous.....a BIG THANKS!!!!

[@Dudedonttouchmyhair]

Man, you're a boss! Just echoing whats already been said in the comments.. But this video is the shit! Thankyou Thankyou Thankyou!

[@massimomarianimusic]

@weeklypiano this is defnitely THE best video out there. You've motivated a lot to keep on going and practice more and more, thanks so much brother, impressed by how humble you are and by how good you are too, keep on the good work!

[@jakestewartmusic]

Thank you so much for this. This excellent tutorial will give me some direction in my practice. I find that my strengths in music theory are far more developed than my feel and vocabulary. Would love to see more on specific things you've learned from Herbie. Vocabulary, theory, practice tips, and even more philosophical items. Also interested in hearing your thoughts on developing skills in playing bebop, ballads, and using blues phrasing over bop and standard changes. I feel like your insights on any of these topics would be well appreciated and highly useful to someone like me.

[@christophertracy5188]

+weeklypiano - I think I just found my new piano teacher ;-D Thank you for producing this, I literally stumbled upon it (it had started playing in the background and I wasn't even aware, sound was off, hah!) I am glad that I watched it, I will certainly be re-watching it and checking out your other videos, and maybe do a customized lesson! This is exactly what I was looking for -- ideas and thoughts on practicing, jazz vocabulary, etc. It always amazes me how much more quickly we learn by watching other musicians play versus trying to work it out on your own. Please keep up your great work, it is inspiring to watch you play, thank you again for making this available!

[@jessiereeves5544]

Thank you so much! You're a great teacher and player, it's very kind of you for doing this for us!

[@8ballpaul]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Awesome! I love doing improv's in the movie theme genre, but I want to get familiar with jazz/r&b too. This will help me a lot. Thx! You've got yourself a sub ;)

[@StrollerGames]

Best jazz video on youtube. Thank you alot, really, thaaanks.

[@lactuca3461]

Im so glad I found this video. Super helpful, thank you!

[@lucyfresina8073]

This is really helping me to understand jazz concepts! Thank you!

[@monkiemike]

The exercise your teacher taught you and which you couldn't remember the name of is probably the Tausig exercise. You can find some vids here on KZbin demonstrating it.Great video

[@willie2639]

Sir, Thank You so much sharing your depth of knowledge with humanity with this most incredible video--it is truly one of the best I have ever seen. It was 2:00 in the morning when I stumbled across your video; it is simply awe-inspiring. Sir, I wish you all the best, and may your path be one of peace, love and prosperity!

[@janwillemtulp7922]

Excellent overview!!

[@mightygangstamcoc4699]

Hey man, thank you for the effort! Appreciate it alot, it brought me to a new direction. It's a life changing video, and I swear I will practice hard this time. You gave me inspirations!

[@ivegotaname5400]

All major music is minor music upside down. This guy is smart.

[@yoavxyoav]

Thank you for this video.

[@harrypoderskis2608]

I choose you as my mentor!

[@josuegialis8146]

your warm ups sound much better than the best things I know how to play on the piano. Lol :(

[@iankinnaman2085]

That's the point! Don't practice things you know how to do, practice things you can't do at all. At some point he probably couldn't play Jim's exercise at all, so he made it part of his warm up and now he has the technical facility to play it. If you like any of his exercises then just make them part of your routine - even if you can only play the first note. Just keep at it and soon you'll have the ability to play things you couldn't even imagine.

[@dougnickerson]

That's so true . It's so easy to keep repeating your best pieces. Because when you try something new, it "sounds bad,' I've recently been trying to force myself to ' play through' that initial frustration. Which must have been there when I started to learn the music that I *do know . :-)

[@KalpaHettiarachchi]

Great video.Thank you so much

[@edwardmitra3857]

Hi bro! Here's the cycle of modes (brightest to darkest, 3 major, 3 minor and the locrian), start with lydian , ionian, myxolydian , dorian, aeolian, phrygian, locrian, then do all again ingo key lower:-) great video:-D i learned a lot:-D

[@antoine270965]

magnifique synthèse ,bravo!

[@akhilkrishnan3454]

Thanks!!! Hope you upload more videos.