You came up with very nice patterns at 13:00-14:00, I enjoyed practicing them. I feel that a simple way to add interest is to play such patterns occasionally every 3 beats, although Meade Lux Lewis sticks to playing every 4 beats constantly.
@JeremySiskind Жыл бұрын
Ooh, interesting thought! I'm going to have to try that. Thanks, Alexandros!
@WoodyGamesUK2 жыл бұрын
You're doing really well, I learned a lot again in this video. It's interesting to see how you have to focus really hard (as you say you're not a boogie woogie player). One thing I've noticed that is consistent from boogie boogie players (who are extremely proficient in the style) is how they stomp their feet, and move their body and head, in a way that feels natural when you see it, but if you try you realise that it's a bit like acting or dancing, it may feel very awkward if you've never done it.
@JeremySiskind2 жыл бұрын
Thanks, man! Boogie boogie is so difficult and the really great boogie players are total technical freaks. I'm just scratching the surface.
@brendaboykin32812 жыл бұрын
Thanx, Jeremy🔥🔥🔥
@JeremySiskind2 жыл бұрын
Thanxxxx to you, Brenda! 😉
@CharlesAustin2 жыл бұрын
‘S all good ..good ..,Good !!
@JeremySiskind2 жыл бұрын
Thank you, thank you, thank you! 😊
@ivannagy89112 жыл бұрын
Special thanks for this lesson! And please, ask your classic technique expert about the third one which you mentioned. Oscar is playing this in Sheik of Araby in Bb. This really makes your left hand tired if you want to keep tempo in more than two periods. I assume big hands help a lot but that is not the only thing. There are many tricks. I’d enjoy the answer.
@JeremySiskind2 жыл бұрын
Ah - very interesting and good to know. Thank you! I'm putting out a video with Nancy Reese today where she helps me with this boogie woogie pattern. Stay tuned!
@ivannagy89112 жыл бұрын
@@JeremySiskind Great! I am sitting in the front row :)
@JeremySiskind2 жыл бұрын
@@ivannagy8911 awesome! It’s up now!
@Mr_B_Piano2 жыл бұрын
Hi Jeremy. I’ve enjoyed many of your lessons, you have a very nice sense of delivery. I’d like to recommend to you Ray Bryant playing “Take the A Train” as a brilliant example of boogie woogie under a song form. He finds the elusive sweet spot that you rightly recognized is hard to find. Please let me know if you enjoy it? Thanks for your excellent work.
@alexandros_haralabidis Жыл бұрын
Nice! Also check a nice boogie-like pattern by Ray Briant on C.C Rider kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqG9oXewn8SloJY
@mudbone77062 жыл бұрын
The young Oscar Peterson played boogie patterns on swing era tunes like I Got Rhythm, Flying Home and My Blue Heaven. Pete Johnson and Albert Ammons used boogie left hand on Swanee River.
@JeremySiskind2 жыл бұрын
Ooh, interesting. Great to know! As I've been studying boogie-woogie and stride, I've been thinking that Oscar Peterson is one of the few pianists who really inhabits both traditions almost equally.
@mudbone77062 жыл бұрын
@@JeremySiskind Yes, Dick Hyman is another who can play both styles at a very high level.
@mudbone77062 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed the video! FYI, Meade Lux Lewis was from Chicago.
@JeremySiskind2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for clarifying that! There's something so New Orleans-y about the way he swings to me, but that just shows my ignorance! I appreciate it!
@mudbone77062 жыл бұрын
@@JeremySiskind Jimmy Yancey, the inspiration (source?) of the Yancey Special, actually did have a bit of "spanish tinge" in his playing so maybe that's why it's evocative of New Orleans to you. He was from Chicago too though.
@TheLazyClips2 жыл бұрын
I love this!
@JeremySiskind2 жыл бұрын
Nice! Thanks, man!
@p1anosteve2 жыл бұрын
Great interesting demonstration. I know very little about boogie woogie but notice when watching most people play in C F or Bb because the flat third is a black note in these keys and you can slide of with the third finger of the left hand. There seems to be some common patterns but what you play with the right hand ( which you do extremely well) is actually more of a challenge. I think swung is more in the blues tradition, straight is like rock and roll. I don't usually put links into comments but the coolest boogie woogie example I've heard is from Bram Wijnands and he combines it with stride kzbin.info/www/bejne/bYi8h4ajpdiBgbs
@JeremySiskind2 жыл бұрын
I think you're right on with all this! It's so interesting - I find that even in straight boogie woogie, there's something of "swing" to it, even if the eighth notes aren't technically "swung." It's so hard to describe!
@alexandros_haralabidis Жыл бұрын
Another great lesson, with useful advice and inspiration for practice, thanks Jeremy! Check another great pattern by Ray Briant in slow tempo (you need to reach 10ths with 5th/6th/7th in between): kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZqG9oXewn8SloJY This is more like slow blues but the repeated pattern is boogie-like.
@JeremySiskind Жыл бұрын
Nice - Ray Bryant is the real deal. Thanks for this, Alexandros!
@macpaul2 жыл бұрын
This is for sure the best european Boogie Woogie player. In the mid 70s he kicked off a real boogie euphoria over here. Have a listen. What i‘ve learned from him is the strong emphasis of beat two and four in the left hand. If you look at him playing you can see how he throws the notes into the keyboard. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rn-UY3l6Ystmlac
@JeremySiskind2 жыл бұрын
Great! I’ll study up! I’m no great boogie woogie player, but I’m trying to get better