Hal Galper's Piano Lesson - Minimizing Emotion

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From a lesson before a clinic before a performance, at the University of Colorado in Boulder, April 2, 2010
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[@paulcarty]

This is the first time I've felt guilty about not paying for watching a free KZbin video.

[@jefffeinstein1]

DITTO.

[@fiddlercrab3]

"We are athletes of the fine muscles, not the big ones." Beautiful!

[@ChristineCleveland]

I'm not much of a musician, but I'm a painter. It's amazing how much of what he says applies to the visual arts as well. He's a great teacher.

[@chrisscott6417]

This is the shit, unadulterated dope. Perhaps the best music lesson on KZbin.

[@inspir.edmusic]

@@therealhotchocolatecompany3962 a lot.

[@ramroid]

Hal Galper has too be one of the best teachers I've ever witnessed. He nails it at such a high level.

[@ChrisCadenhead]

fully agree. I love his conceptual approach

[@acedrumminman]

This is what Buddy Rich taught me in 1977 when I was on the band...athlete's of the finer muscles...the greatest lesson I every heard! Buddy had me practice only with brushes, stressing to me that delicate balance and sensitive touch would take my stick articulation and speed to a new level...it was a revelation.

[@ScottGuitarHippie]

The way he played the C scale hearing where to place the notes with the overtones was mind blowing...

[@vinniereck7536]

Wow, what a lesson. So many things just clicked.......... and I'm a drummer!

[@ericanthony1982]

Vinnie Reck exactly, I play guitar and felt the same way. It all translates no matter the instrument “tool” lol. it’s counter intuitive to what you’re normally taught as in to play with feeling, but so necessary to master.

[@geoffstockton]

What a hell of an instructor. I'm gleaning a lot of insight from this guy. It doesn't hurt that he looks like Scotty from Star Trek when he would guest on Star Trek Next Generation. It only further enriches the experience.

[@juancpgo]

LOL

[@dee.plays.bass4]

Geoff Stockton he looks and sounds more like John Goodman to me

[@BenBen2351]

It's one of the most advanced jazz/piano/music lessons i've seen on youtube... Far beyond scales and patterns tricks...

[@UkuleleAversion]

Hal Galper is one of the best music eduactors I've ever seen.

[@JazzVideoGuy]

Agreed

[@ramroid]

He reminds you of what you've already learned and helps you discard the habit that it became. It's totally blows me away.

[@patriciaferrer6952]

High yielding tips! This video is a must for any musician at any level.

[@AdebayoFayemi]

Has that intimidating yet clearly wanting to help better his students kind of demeanor. Best type of teacher imo

[@FlanaFugue]

Its not negative feelings - its about keeping your feelings under control - like meditating.

[@beanabus77]

I found the half time thing really useful for uptempo playing. I find Galper is one of the most consistently compelling jazz educators out there, and every time I rewatch his videos I notice and learn something new. To those who say he is too strict, the purpose of these exercise is to break through old habits and gain greater freedom, I certainly find that's the effect this approach has had on me so far.

[@theconnman4576]

I had a few Skype lessons with Hal. Life changing.

[@VolkFry]

Great, he explained this concept 20 years ago in Berlin, Germany. It is a great tool to get people to play less stiff, but to swing smooth and elegant. Superb playing!

Jedi stuff

[@leenhornstudios]

Scientific Stuff...

[@clichaj]

This is the greatest instructional video I've ever seen!!!

[@tastytom42]

Welp this is some of the best music info for any musician ive heard in a long time. The hard bop guys are the best musicians ever imo such a conceptual approach to playing.

[@konoharf]

One of the most enlightening life and music lesson I've seen!

[@docsaxman]

Watch and learn....Hal is a deep thinker and a master musician, and he brings what he learned from Cannonball to the music....Great great stuff! 5 Stars! I have NOTHING NEGATIVE to say about anything Mr. Galper has said......

[@xiaolaizhou7225]

what a master class, I am so lucky can hear this, what a master!!

[@handdancin]

jesus christ- like a great writer, crystallizing so many things that had kind of been semi conscious in my head

[@vladikos]

This is great. Hal Galper is excellent teacher! Thanks a lot Jazz video guy!

[@tubinit2007]

Thanks so much, Jazz Video Guy! Hal Galper is an amazing mentor. This stuff is heavy. "This thing doesn't exist. We are the instrument." Luv it.

[@Interface3072]

Incredible teacher - learned more here in 20mins than in most of my university lectures!

[@gmouchta]

I seriously cannot thank you enough for all these videos !

[@olivierdeme3886]

This is unbelievable. What an eye opener... A while world is opening...

[@kasprini]

@JazzVideoGuy Thank you so much for this video! It's a paradigm shift. Precious for all the musicians. All the best from Poland!

[@joseantonioramirez5469]

This was the most important 20 mintues of my bass playing career - THANKS

[@maduroholdings]

This was really good the title made be skeptical but proof is in the sound

[@JazzVideoGuy]

exactly

[@thormusique]

Utterly amazing! I was sitting here watching this, guitar in hand, and just on first hearing, using what Mr Galper was saying as a guide, my playing changed on the spot without any "willful" manipulation. Just goes to show, there's nothing like getting out of your own way. :-)

[@Bro.ŽO]

Amazing teacher, best explanations...

[@HavelP]

I listened to him a little, and he brings in a lot of Zen way of thinking into his teaching. Which is really great, because it works great it all kinds of practice.

[@wenqianrudnick4917]

what a lesson! Thank you for upload.

[@gabyguala]

I love his teachings!!

[@htrizzle]

What a great teacher...more like a coach.

[@desigrrl08]

one of the best vids i've seen on youtube. although i may never be able to apply what i hear here directly to my discipline, i learnt something new about how to listen in a new dimension. also, what Hal demonstrated about keeping time and removing emotion - there's a lesson there for the rest of us about grounding, rootedness - not sure i'd know, but it seems that's where elegance comes from.

[@gomofly]

Wow, i love the way this teacher thinks and talks....

[@freddylebanon]

This makes me want to practice

[@alexcazet2694]

Always come back to this lesson...

[@Composer19691]

Pure. Gold.

[@dr05guitar]

this is so deep, Hal Galper really knows music

[@jamesharperwillis]

when someone says take all the emotion out of playing music Im suspicious BUT wtf this guys is right

[@fredericlinden]

Hal Galper is absolutely right... Only then you get the true measure of what you do in the moment

[@9233267]

Ya, the artist's ego clings to how 'emotive' we all are. People fight you on it until they actually watch the video.

[@HuggumsMcgehee]

I am SO GLAD I watched this video.

[@bassiclogic]

Excellent Teacher!

[@mikedavino2400]

Best advice. Papa John DeFrancesco gave me the exact same advice personally while Joey was there in a jazz club in Scottsdale AZ 15 yrs ago

[@bobgreen1236]

That very first question knocks it out of the park..."Do you think you can swing?"...."Yes"..."Then don't TRY to swing"....Hal is awesome!

[@RobMichael]

This is SO great... thanks for posting this!

[@adoctorslifeforme]

one of the best videos i've ever watched on youtube. Thanks a lot!

[@BuckshotLaFunke1]

Wow. Thank you, Hal.

[@PierreHonorat]

I really love that guy

[@sordoff]

As a huge jazz lover - but a nitwit regarding playing music - i consider this very inspiring and intersting. This is what you tube is made for in my opinion.

[@erwinbauwens6833]

THIS IS GREAT STUFF !!!

[@mallahet]

The sonic rhythm part is amazing.

[@kasprini]

Perfect! "We are the instruments" whatever we play. Musicians! Be sure that this instrument is the best possible quality!

[@jamesharperwillis]

this is incredible

[@orriolbohigas591]

damn...that's an awesome lesson ! thanks for posting !

[@mattdavis9801]

Mind blowing!

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

Incredible.

[@stolenrover]

of course zen, whatever you call it, finally someone EXPLAINS things. things he experienced and understood. great teacher! amazing! such an opposite to all bullshit "teachers" just saying "you gotta swing..." and never saying how. thanks for uploading!

[@neoncornelius]

Very nice. More lessons like this. Great job.

[@guilevitabh]

This is AWESOME

[@zu0832]

Thanks so much for posting!!

[@JazzGuitarScrapbook]

This video is incredible. Revisiting it 9 years after it first changed my perspective reveals further layers of meaning like an onion.

[@fretlessblunder]

I watched this years ago before I’d made a turn toward jazz. My recollection is that I kind of got a vague “Zen” vibe from it. Seeing it again after years of study and playing leaves me in almost speechless awe. THIS is a music lesson!

[@purplebondsaiyan2987]

Amazing Class.

[@Got_Rice]

just blew my mind!!!

[@FelixScottJr]

Sympathetic vibration causes other strings to vibrate that are in the same overtone series. I was in public school band, army band and college band as an alto saxophonist. We used strobe tuners that gave us a visual representation of vibrations. We could hear the beats as well to synchronize the tuning so that all of the pitched instruments had the same intonation.

[@jimprescott4955]

Brilliant

[@javijazztazz]

excelent lesson not only for pianist it's for every instrumentalist

[@goldenmantis]

So good!

[@littleripper312]

Amazing.

[@PaddieFunk]

what you'll bring to your bandstand is your change of perception - that's great advice..

[@PilotExtreme]

Thanks a lot! Very enriching for a piano player

[@filippomusenga6274]

this is great! thank you so much!

[@drumman9021]

Im a drummer, but this is series of videos have been of such insight, Thank you for uploading them, best wishes, From Nicaragua, always swinging.

[@andrewlienhard6758]

This is so good

[@JazzVideoGuy]

@plod Hal has a unique approach and communicates it well.

[@edbettex3998]

amazing ! Thanks

[@boblevey]

Brilliant explantons

[@pholeare]

Thank´s Hal

[@esccreativademusica]

Very Good class!

[@grigoridj]

He says tapping quarternotes on 1,2,3 and 4 makes it feel jerky. Tap halfnotes to 1 and 3 to smooth it out. Then consider two bars with four halfnotes in them (1,3,1,3) as one bar with four quarternones (1,2,3,4). Now you're playing halftime with just the half amount of bars in every song. I hope this makes sence to you. Cheers

[@franciscomoralesmusic]

EXCELLENT!

[@edgarvanasseltmusic]

hal is a genius teacher, i love m! Honest and precise :)

[@JazzVideoGuy]

he's pretty good!

[@edgarvanasseltmusic]

he is, so are you for puttin' all these videos out, thank you!

[@jumbosilverette]

Very interesting. Gonna try to apply some of this to my bass playing. Thanks.

[@wonder6789]

Amazing

[@slaviczech]

video worth 21 minutes of life

[@wadecottingham]

how I hear it is: He encourages students to easily control their playing, and not let various kinds of tension (in the face, mind, etc) RESTRICT their flow. I'm pretty sure he's in favor of the kind of control that lets the music come through, not the type of control where you have to play it his way or else. To say it briefly, he's teaching students how to not trip themselves from being over-excited and out of control.

[@pennypacker7209]

Wow great stuff starting at 13:05

[@pickinstone]

When you listen to Lennie Tristano play, this makes so much sense. Hell, even listening to earlier players like Erroll Garner play piano you can here this musical philosophy. Everything is relaxed, nothing is falsified. Yet everything jumps like crazy. But why can't this piano player remember any Bach etudes. I still remember the Inventions I worked on for guitar when I first started seriously playing.

[@egyptianminor]

Excellent pianist - great tip/approach -w/ me it's the other way around - being Brazilian, Swing 8th notes are the challenge while even 16th in 2/4 came naturally.

[@Piratebreadstick]

This is great advice.

[@JazzVideoGuy]

Truly

[@mrpossibilities]

This... what can I say? I feel a mixture of shame and admiration. Shame because everything he said, I kind of always knew but I've forgotten it. Admiration because he is right on the money. I remember Barry Harris saying the same thing: that he doesn't play any swing eight notes. He just plays straight eight notes. The idea that there is a swing eight note feel is an illusion. The more we try to "dig" into that swing eight note feel, the more we just completely kill any possibility of the music having any sense of swing.

[@lurchamok8137]

no it's no Illusion, jazz drummers always play swung eighth notes on the ride up to a certain tempo than the eighth notes flatten out. And one secret of basie style swing feel f.e. is to play swung 8th notes based on triplets may be up to 110 bpm (quarter note). This guy plays so fast that he reached the point where all flattens out. It's true that in fast bebop the eighth notes are almost straight But immagine to play straight no chaser with straight eight notes tap it and sing along . U get a bossa hehehe

[@UkuleleAversion]

@@lurchamok8137 Good observations but Hal wouldn't disagree with that. He's just saying you need to have control over your time feel and articulations and a lot of players don't straighten out their time feel when the tempo goes up.

[@guidemeChrist]

I think people misrepresent Barry. Obviously the notes are of variably unequal length. He just hates the unhip triplet swing that's not completely legato

[@mrpossibilities]

@@guidemeChrist That's true. I agree

[@hayaomiyazaki4899]

@@guidemeChrist ? Barry is all about the triplets….

[@iiirhd]

awesome thanks!

[@rayoll]

that was great..thanks

[@LaObraDeMarteLODM]

Ok. have you ever seen a teacher so great in what he does that you understand almost everything he is explaining without really knowing the main topic of what he is teaching??? Well in my case Hal Galper is a first for me, I have no background whatsoever in Jazz music because it terrifies the hell out of me, and still I was able to understand everything that he is trying to convey to this student.

[@armandocairo5444]

Great!