Interview With Concert Pianist, Scott Holden

[@SallyGreenaway]

All of this! Especially the two different postures/techniques for jazz vs classical. I absolutely find this in my case! I also loved the bit about 'what key' - haha, I ask that ALL THE TIME! Thanks for a great upload.

[@dhboada]

I ca't tell what is more awesome: a) FINALLY a video that bridges the two titans of piano languages: jazz and classical. (I teach piano to 5th graders at a private school, keyboards at a university, and also have some private students, and I can't tell you how many times I have tried to transmit my kids the profound love and respect I have for these two worlds. No matter what song they ask me to teach them, I always make them work on a classical piece and a jazz standard first, so that they are able to improvise, and also acquire a good technique from the start.) b) Watching your enthusiasm as you get into "student" mode; you surely ask the best questions! The best learning channel, as always! Happy new year, dear Aimee!

[@garrybrown7372]

I love this relaxed friendly dialogue that reveals very pertinent, experiential practical knowledge. More of this sort of thing for me at least. There’s a lot to be learned from the Classical approach, as there’s several lifetimes of compounded information, which includes and conveys very complex emotional states. G

[@alanhirayama4592]

Always interesting and educational to hear musicians from different genres approach the same instrument, Looking forward to part 2!

[@Jolie_sailor]

Great stuff. Thank you both.

[@johnberkley6942]

AWWW! Part two!

[@karenrouth2056]

Loved this Aimee & Scott!

[@domagojguscic3467]

He sounds so much better with his “jazz” technique! There’s a warm, almost old school quality to his sound and it feels like the piano is actually singing! He should incorporate more of that into his “classical” technique, I’d love to hear some Bach like that.

[@theemeraldruby]

Domagoj Guscic I agree, but unfortunately for our shared sentiment the trend in classical music at the moment is to play as historically accurate as possible( which is how he played the back!)

[@theemeraldruby]

Bach*

[@The1stMrJohn]

The Emerald Ruby Haha, don't you just hate spell checkers sometimes! :●) my dog had a very bach.

[@mazzolajewelleryandgallery2100]

I loved the way Scott brought out so much of Bach's personality in that short piece he played.

[@yummyjackalmeat]

Hey that's my University! I played my senior recital right there in that concert hall.

[@michelebernabei]

Thanks a lot for this, very very serious. you are amazing!

[@lakegirlroxy9852]

I Loved this interview, lots of great questions and answers that I will store in my memory bank! Posture and what you are thinking about while playing was so good for me to be aware of! I was having major issues practicing a song that Aimee Taught me today that I can normally play really good, I did not understand what my problem was until the part in this video where Scott says, “overthinking” I am sure that is what was going on in my practice session with myself today. Scotts playing and posture is superb!!! Thanks for another GREAT informative video, I greatly appreciate everything I learn from Aimee on Skype and in her Videos.

[@smoke09able]

Happy New Year Aimee. Nice interview. Looking forward to the duet.

[@drjazz7278]

Happy new year to you and your family Aimee. Love what you do

[@alexanderdelacruz9249]

Oh my! He’s got such big hands 🙌🏻

[@PertNearFedUp-bj1tx]

Great fun. Thank you🍃🌹🍃Aimee♡~~ ~~Scott♡ Fantastic💕playing. Wonderful tips.

[@MagicJonesMusic]

Awesome! It worked! Beautiful music...

[@samdooley5577]

Tell me more about the Rachmaninoff diet.

[@dactylntrochee]

This was nice; can't wait to hear the next part. Nice interviewee and, of course, fine interviewer. Tension - I get it in two places. My neck, which is understandable. It's usually when I'm tired, but with a little stretch I'm fine. Alas!, a few specific songs make me curl my toes (I play the guitar, no pedals.) If I relax them while I'm playing, I can usually get a whole different mood going, but as often as not, I don't even notice they're tense until the song is over. I think I have to mind my breathing better. (I always think that reed & brass players must REALLY know what it means to play from the core.) Anyol'how, don't wait too long to post the rest of this one.

[@AimeeNolte]

Within the week 😊

[@agento86]

I enjoyed this series. Thank you for sharing these posts. Scott seems like someone that you could talk to for hours about music. His low key passion and predisposition for Bach makes me smile. It's interesting that you mention at 20:50 about not "being involved" in the classical realm. Was this at a time you were studying music? This is the complete opposite of my experience of studying music and jazz in college. I mostly play guitar these days, however, I did play classical piano from the age of 9-15. In college, before we (students) got into to contemporary composition and jazz theory studies, we spent a significant part of the curriculum building our foundations of musical theory based off classical music. Bach - Harmonic Structure Liszt/Schubert/Chopin - Lyrical melodic lines Debussy/Ravel - Extended chordal Harmony Also, thanks to Scott for the motivation and inspiration. I've been playing jazz Christmas and standards for the last couple months. Time to sink my teeth into to something with more sustenance. I've played some of the Bach Partita 3 BWV 827 in the past - never touched Partita 6, currently downloading the music from IMSLP. :) -Cheers Happy New Year!

[@EllevanMusic]

This is so cool!!

[@christopherbuilder5354]

Great interview by the way!!🙏🙏🙏

[@musicavivala2939]

Very interesting and enjoyable vid!

[@peterfenter8800]

Awesome interview! I think often times for people learning to play the piano tension comes when trying to play something to fast to soon, at least this was the case for me. It's fairly easy to play relaxed slowly, but playing quickly and also very relaxed is difficult, and takes a lot of practice, and muscle finesse to build proper relaxed technique.

[@alansenzaki4148]

Body posture..its a funny thing in jazz as scott mentioned. I remember seeing bill evans in the sixties at shelley's manne hole in hollywood. When i walked into the club (i had never seen him live before) he was so slouched over you could barely see the top of his head above the piano! I guess he felt comfortable playing that way. Needless to say it did'nt affect the beauty of his playing!..great video and wonderful friend aimee!...p.s. I think clare fisher also attended the university of michigan like scott.

[@mikedavino2400]

I think Charles Schultz had Bill Evans in mind when he created the Linus Peanuts character

[@JulioLeonFandinho]

@@mikedavino2400 Glenn Gould?

[@mikedavino2400]

@@JulioLeonFandinho I like Glenn Gould. I used to listen to his Bach harpsichord and organ in the 1970's.

[@mikedavino2400]

Mr Rogers played great jazz piano also lol

[@realraven2000]

I love that Bach. hah! 17:20 this is useful - thinking about tonality while playing classical is good tip.

[@christopherbuilder5354]

The sixth partita is absolutely on my desert island 🏝 list of pieces I need to have with me.

[@The1stMrJohn]

Great video and super interesting ☆Happy New Year☆

[@PastTime777]

Classically trained pianists are monsters in the jazz world. Their finger speed is so fast, yet they make it look so easy. The only challenge left is to involve the feet playing organ bass lines on a Hammond, or a stack of synths like Chick Corea did, but then he went back to playing acoustic piano. Playing a Hammond XK5 with pedals or a stack of synths would be the modern day version of doing a bunch of things at the same time, but it's a lot of equipment to bring to a gig.

[@LuisJimenez-nd2pl]

Part 2!!

[@kasscho]

If I've missed a performance by you while you're in Utah, I'm going to be really mad. Didn't see anything on your GIGS tab. Great interview!

[@AimeeNolte]

No...nothing. Just family time...and a forthcoming interview with KBYU!

[@sonniquickpianoimprov]

Tremendous pianist

[@connshawnery6489]

He has a touch and feel that almost updates the sound of classical music. 'Bach to the future' if you will...

[@gb5858]

Very interesting.... it I did find he had quite a heavy touch

[@eternalrainbow-cj3iu]

Hi Aimé, I do also Highly recommend Pianist Tony Winston, he does follow your lessons and is teaching the 5 Box voicings, this is a realy nice inside and it gives opportunity for me recently to evovle more clearly because of the practical and ambigu aspect of it! Couldn't you make one interview with him also??/ He his mentioning your teachings and try also to adapt,(he is medest but a great player ande he practiced like way a lot) and also he studied at Berkley with a Fine teacher He mentioned the name but I forgot i am gonig to check this name....

[@ndykman_pdx]

When the jazz and classical worlds collie, I can't help but think of Keith Jarrett, who managed to make some serious contributions to not just jazz piano, but classical as well. Most people go to Gould for Bach (certainly can't fault anybody for that, mind you), but I really prefer Jarret's versions of the Well Tempered Clavier.

[@KingJorman]

I wonder if the crouching or slouching is a way of listening, a way of being close and intimate, a way of relating to the piano for things to achieve certain points of pulse or rhythm or resonance...something more relevant for improvisatory music like jazz.

[@armin0815]

Please make sure that he‘ll link to this in his small, but growing channel, too!

[@88keyes]

A late night one. Kool.

[@JBrm]

Nice interview, but kinda hard to understand because of the room reverb. If I may suggest a plugin to fix this issue before uploading the video: the SPL De-Verb Plus, served me very well in similar situations!

[@BMarPiano]

Nice interview! I’ve heard the American Piano Quartet - when I was teaching at a liberal arts university in Idaho they performed there. Great quartet! Del Parkinson, piano professor at Boise State University was in it . Is that the professor he was referring to?

[@BMarPiano]

Also, he seems a lovely man who is very modest about his gifts. He actually plays jazz very well - what a beautiful arrangement he played! Great jazz coaching work with him in the next video, and he was very accepting of your suggestions - love the give and take of these two videos. Another great tutorial, Aimee! ❤️

[@ffggddss]

Wow! Thanks for showing us this! I love hearing discussions like this, esp. with pianos in play (pun intended!). Fred PS: Will you be adding a link in the description here, to part 2, when it gets put up? Woop! I see it now in the list of next/related/recommended vids, over to the right... kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXK3hZWMprN8g5I

[@crazypianistshe]

The sound (maybe because of microphone) is not 100% clear

[@Johnwilkinsonofficial]

the part where you spoke of thinking about other things while you are playing is hilarious. it is such a strange fact of the mind and i find it incredibly unnerving facing that miserable self-consciousness.

[@John-lw7bz]

14:57 Sounds like you should try meditation. Working out the brain! Lovely video

[@hezekiahdaggett2179]

Go utes