How to Groove on Piano Tutorial Lesson - The GrooveWindow Theme

[@groovewindow]

Man, you guys are a bit overwhelming with your positive comments 😍 - Thank you for all the kind words! I've updated the description with time indexes, so you can skip around. Sheet music is also available on my site for both the main theme (piano) and the outtro (more of a 'score').

[@andreasbreuss853]

3 years ago - uff just found your fan work

[@journeywithdavidh]

Welcome back! We’ve been missing you!

[@groovewindow]

Thank you so much, David!

[@kaspartambur]

Seriously happy to see you active here again!

[@georgethomasn1504]

Happy to see you Sir...you are the best groove teacher...

[@jaymotito]

Thank God you are back. We missed you man. Great tutorial.

[@jtcarpenter6357]

You have no idea how glad we are that you’re back

[@paolomarnini1516]

We’ve missed you over here in Italy Jonathan and, even worse, i couldnt find some of your old videos anylonger on your site. I was depressed, feeling much better now!

[@justinabbott6177]

IM SO EXCITED YOU ARE BACK! YOU ARE THE BEST FUNK PIANO TEACHER ON THE INTERNET! THANK YOU!!!

[@sancho316]

It's always exiting to see a new video from you on my feed

[@nickhsu2812]

Thank you for your sharing!!! Please update more!!! Your music is awesome!

[@ignacioaguillon4829]

He aprendido mucho con tus vídeos, te agradezco. A pesar de no saber Inglés me imagino más o menos lo que dices y eres muy divertido... Saludos desde Chile. Gracias, gracias, gracias

[@beberdos]

The professor returned !!

[@francoisgrassard]

Thank you to be back and for this wonderful tutorial !

[@joakimbjermeland4562]

Great to see you back man!

[@PianoNotion]

Thanks Jonathon!

[@MrDolphincb]

❤ Jonathan , the groove hero❤ that should be known by all funky keyboarders❤! My son rehearses your grooves. Papa, he is the groove machine. I’m also a little in music and think the same. My son is also talented drummer…. However Jonathan, thank you for your input.! sorry for my English(German potato tries to write in English) please give us more of your brain, musicality, groove. 😊

[@antonmakhatilov8008]

EE)) Glad to see new videos from you!!)

[@KasmuelMcOure]

Karibu sana! We'd really missed you.

[@kevintyj]

Woah does this mean regular videos from now on?!?!?

[@juantraine2869]

So nice to see that you're back! Fantastic tutorial as always

[@keithrobbo1000]

If we ever needed a bit of excitement put back in our lives !! Fantastic as ever 👏🏻

[@nigelworwood8530]

I am not a musician or instrumentalist - but I did learn I was a dorky! Great teaching.

[@williambaumert7726]

YOU'RE BACK!!!!!!!! This is great!!! Love to hear your music again!

[@kouadioangebasile8530]

We miss you Groovewindow!

[@groovewindow]

Thank you ❤ Definitely working on stuff! Will be here once its ready!

[@kouadioangebasile8530]

@@groovewindow A great Stuff coming soon

[@seaspeck]

I used to watch and study your videos several years ago and now it's like meeting a friend again. I think your teachings are valuable from both a technical and human perspective.

[@PianoTetyana]

Cool to see you again, dear Jonathan! I will learn it - so motivating the way you are talking about it!! 😉😊👍👍

[@Kalays1337]

I'll never have enough Jonathon's music in my life. Keep teaching !

[@DJazium]

What a great lesson, perfect mix of good opinions and rational choices for voicings with a cool rhythm to boot

[@Iknowthetruth6305]

I'm an old school DJ and I must say I love that shirt. Djing hand scratching the vinyl. Awesome!!!

[@jasonharrison2434]

HE'S BACK

[@justinparker428]

I knew you were on them keys, but didn't know how well you teach. Double winning! Hope you are having a blast - looks like it

[@jakubwysocki1375]

Woooooow you re baaack!!!! Awesome ❤️

[@larsuk9578]

Great video as always, thanks. Would be good to also understand what is going on harmonically.

[@oscarlaredo5035]

We miss you man!

[@krichkaewkatakasiri4594]

great sound/amazing to see tutorials in this level of details on your great stuffs !! one of the best I'd come across on youtube :)

[@funkystrunk9228]

Great tutorial man! You are the reason I picked up the piano again. Thanks so much man, I love these type of grooves🤗

[@PianistFishermanGuy]

Jonathan is back!!!

[@JoeLinux2000]

Incredibly detailed instruction. You take nothing for granted.

[@mr_Kenya_ss]

Really nice explain) go on, friend! We always waiting your content! You the best ❤️🤜🏻🤛🏻

[@alexthompson6529]

Ayyee glad you're back, love this little tune. Thank you for taking the time to break it all down and share it! I've had a lot of fun with your other arrangements - so looking forward to digging into this one. Thanks for doing what you do!

[@pascipasci]

Love your tutorials Jonathan. This is the best groove channel on youtube. By far! So nice to see you back! Thank you man! Keep it going!

[@taddy666]

This is brilliant! Thanks so much. Very tasteful funk.

[@UC-Music]

YOU'RE BAAAACK!!! And awesome!

[@chandlertucker7843]

Great vid as always groovemeister

[@kenslyder]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I will go trough all your videos and practice

[@cotopincheira5645]

Thanks so much, Jonathon Welcome back!

[@CoyTheobalt]

Hey Jonathon. Just started learning keys at 38 after a lifetime of singing and DJ'ing and an Audio engineering degree. My Mom is a concert pianist and could have taught me at anytime, but wasn't until your videos that I really got excited about it. Please post some new videos when you can. Also, my pops has a band over in Ronan MT. (The late bloomers) they'd love to play with you if you ever get out that way.

[@TheKarmageddon]

I love this style of a lesson you do, so much to learn here, from groove to great linear structures and more complex harmony. Great to be back again, thanks, for breaking this stuff down. Greetings from Bavaria (Germany)! :)

[@basilliman]

It’s awesome to have you back and teaching again.

[@Tracktus]

Hey Man,I am totally grateful for your work and generosity.You have the talent.the technique and true groove‼️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻‼️

[@nelgau]

Thank you! :)

[@The_vataman]

Thank you! Fantastic lessons!

[@tow.JanWinnicki]

Hello Jonathan. Serious question - are you planning to release an album anytime soon? I love listening to the funky, complex music that you write and produce and there seems to be a dearth of such material. I would gladly pay to be a member for a campaign to fund such an endeavor. Please consider it. You have plenty of material I think to put into an album.

[@danwood582]

Soooo glad you're back! Best music videos on KZbin by a country mile.

[@sonicacoustics9176]

This is an awesome tutorial!

[@emmanuelgilbert]

Cant wait for your remake of the original funk groove in C video. That was absolutely epic!

[@drakeheisterkamp]

Come back!! We miss you!

[@ZvikaDror]

Great lesson! I must get a longer MINI keyboard to play with your tutorials! No can do on a Piano / standard size keys... I played the chord you played at 3:03 (D-G#-C#-E) with THE SAME HAND POSTURE on a MINI 32-keys keyboard, which has an octave shorter by almost 3cm (13.5cm) from a Piano octave :)

[@jackh4636]

He's back! ♥️ Thank you so much for the lesson - I'm going to give it a go now!

[@ajb7527]

Sick ! Keep them coming!!!!

[@RhyfelwrMorgannwg]

I’ve learnt the groove in D and the one in F, they are two of my favourite pieces to play. I’d love it so much if you could do a tutorial on the old groove in G from years ago. Thanks so much for enriching my playing and therefore, my life!

[@tp63us]

Wow! Just found you. Love this!

[@zebedeezimminy]

Excellent tutorial for me, will definitely be trying this out today. Thanks so much

[@thezestychunk5575]

Best channel on KZbin, that’s no lie. Absolutely love the content!

[@ProvenGroove]

Thanks for all you provide on this channel! Very cool and funky stuff -enjoyed the 35% non-dorky swing on this one 🙂

[@TomOBrienJr]

Awesome, man.

[@andreasbreuss853]

what a great job man

[@Weewokk]

This is an awesome video, and so glad you're back!! P.S. I would love for you to release some more beats like the outtro theme - it has a bit of a P-funk feel, and sounds so good combined with the chord progression from your theme. I would pay good money for it! You are such a diverse musician :)

[@taddy666]

Reminds me a bit of Max Middleton's clavinet figure at the beginning of Play with Me on Jeff Beck's jazz fusion album Wired. Same kind of inside-out twisty feel if that makes any sense at all... Gonna take me about an hour to learn the fingerings but 2 lifetimes to get the feel!

[@umviajado7691]

eu amo o teu canal é o melhor e muito obrigado por tudo 👏🏻👏🏻☺️☺️ parabéns

[@adriancarrascosa9018]

could be nice if you do a video sharing your "spotify list" with funky songs! Amazing as always!!

[@Owenlightowler]

Thanks for your content

[@Owenlightowler]

FYI:I love the straight version.

[@danyjacopmusic1658]

Thanks you share ❤🎹

[@MrYboxuitg]

Thanks!!

[@Ben_Dover1934]

Thanks man

[@Guckuslongus]

So glad to have you back. May I aks a short question?Which active monitors can you recommend? I'm setting up a studio right now and only want to play piano over it.I have Ivory II for my Mac and Focusrite as my interface so far. I'd be happy if you could give me some advice

[@altemarpaulino9533]

Goood😁✌🏽🇧🇷

[@gobigparts]

What happened? Last vidoe from October? Love your playing.

[@chrisanthony9991]

Really love your playing! Although most of your stuff are beyond my piano skills but you inspired me to play funk. Do you have your own music/band besides with e9 allstars and youtube? I would really love to give it a listen. Thank you so much for the tutorials!

[@prodbyaye8751]

Pls make a video on how to write grooves

[@DrSticktrick]

Really awesome as always! As someone who has never used any synths... is there one that you would recommend to get started? Would you rather use a real synth with built in sounds or use software with a midi keyboard controller?

[@emersongeorge4560]

Maybe I'm mistaken, but I thought an F9 chord (or any X9 chord) by definition and in practice is to include the dom.7th . To obtain the voicing you have here, without an Eb, the symbol would be Fadd9/A. Otherwise, someone not reading the exact grand-staff, perhaps a guitarist, might include the dom.7th, Eb, and really alter the intent. Which, buy the way, is tremendously appealing and ultra hip. (Do people still say "hip" anymore? I dunno.)

[@groovewindow]

yep - absolutely! I even knew it but was arguing with my software to get the right symbol.... and just gave up :facepalm: -- I may head back and take another crack at it because that F9 definitely indicates the dom 7th which is not the right thing here. I still say "hip" :)

[@alaindubois1505]

I came by accident, and found this is what I'm looking for. Is funk-jazz-groove a good description? I've neurological problems, and haven't 'practiced' playing keyboards - and never in this 'style'. But I wish to compose - or finish ideas from orchestral, swing, ethnic, latin etc. I 'stumble' on note combinations with no idea of how 'chord progressions' are 'supposed to go'. I was 'tutored' long ago about the bass note not being necessarily in the same chord, and more recently see about 9th, 11th, 13th etc. as well as leaving out notes when four or five note chords are indicated. Without being able to play proficiently, I record some things at half speed. I'm amazed that today, Cubase even plays wave files at half speed. I'm not keen on the 'note correction' that keeps notes within a chord, or the advertised KZbin stuff that provides folk with 'chord progressions'. However, I suppose there are well-practised progressions and endings that become 'instinct' or learnt. The 'problem' may be with quantisation - though there is a capture percentage that can be used. The 35% swing though - isn't uniform is it? The 'feel' would change within a bar, with some notes having more 'swing' than others? SO, perhaps that means learning to play better - so that it sounds 'human', rather than by a machine. I've just added some 'Bach' to an 'Arabic tango', and this was what I needed to go back and modify the rhythm and add the light/off-beat chromatic notes, or is that 'passing notes'? I must used the pitch bend too, and those 'ornamentations'. Thanks.

[@Carlogabrielli]

Hi Jonathon! How are you?first, thanks for your amazing tutorial I'm studying in the last years!I 'm really satisfied and proud to play groove n 5 an others, I' m trying Impromptu c jam blues now. One thing:I mastered " how to play a funk groove(c) but now I funded the tutorial removed, and I have to look again at some points. Can you tell me please how to find them? Thanks friend!! CARLO

[@reinierweerts6923]

Hey Jonathan, how are you doing? Just practiced Boss Level once again and it's still great! What are you up to?

[@pianosfilipem]

Hello, I am having difficulties loading mp3s for Bombstep. Could you please check it?

[@groovewindow]

Yes! I just fixed it. Sorry about that -- I broke it in a recent updated. Restored now!

[@pianosfilipem]

@@groovewindow Thank you very much

[@TomVanSchoor]

I was looking for tutorials on funky piano BUT when you have a bass guitar playing along. All lessons I find are with the piano playing the bass line, which would obviously clash... Any tips? Do I just play the rootless voicings? Ok got to the second part of the video and that does give me some pointers ;)

[@franklesko2485]

Informative videos! I would bet any money that you have an M Div, or maybe are a preacher's kid.

[@pit1791]

@groovewindow why aren't you making videos anymore

[@Tommy_keyys]

Why am I just finding this channel

[@anthonyschrayer7752]

when will you be making more videos??

[@andreasbreuss853]

wOw

[@brijmohannig9474]

Can you please tell which piano/keyboard did you use in the "Off the cuff groove 03" video? kzbin.info/www/bejne/mWTLinSOlNZqiaM In this one.... please tell.

[@MATT-lm2po]

What does that triangle mean next to that C/D chord

[@groovewindow]

That's the symbol for "major" almost always used as in this case a major seventh chord. Right hand would be c e g b.

[@MATT-lm2po]

ahh that makes sense, thanks

[@JonzieBoy]