Jordan Rudess - Lesson 2

[@COLINKEY50]

As one of many Jordan fans i find his lessons for the keyboard a real pleasure to understand and learn. he is one of the true greats alongside Emerson,Wakeman,Banks etc long may he produce great material.

[@MsTuan21]

Colin Martin i

[@321gogogogo]

Agree

[@rogerdshrubber6557]

I’ve been playing keys forever. I love the tricks you point out. Never a dull moment

[@garysrooter1221]

I've been playing for 15 years but was self taught and it still feels like rocket science ;)

[@yosefelianimusicchannel1070]

@Muse Axe Backing Tracks that funny man :)

[@douglashart5059]

Thank you for taking the time to share this knowledge! I wished I would have had somebody to teach me this when I first started to understand music theory better.

[@TheFuturetive]

thank you for the lessons there simplicity is beautiful in just two lessons you have really helped me find musicality in my practice,

[@Zakariah1971]

Can I please have a glass of wine with this cheesy piano.

[@yosefelianimusicchannel1070]

Yarden Rudess the Hakim of piano.. Blessing from the Holy land

[@rahim4411]

Thumbs up to this video! Though I know how to play piano you can always learn more. I am a self taught pianist, and I produce music, the most funniest thing I heard from a pianist who was trained classically with sheet music she told me she wish she was me in playing keys. I asked her how so, she said because she can't make up music she has to have sheet music in front of her whereas I can hear tunes in my head and play them out. No wonder she use to sit and watch me make up a whole track, she said that is amazing how I do all the drums, percussion etc. That's deep I thought it was the other way around, but I guess not. Thanks for the video.

[@nicholastessier8504]

Can expand this out way further- C maj -> A min -> F maj -> D min -> Bb Maj -> G min -> Eb maj -> etc. to reach all the way back to C. Recall how from Maj to Min it's down a m3? Down a M3 from Min to Maj. Also, the "next finger down" works extendedly, too, so say 5 (top finger, pinky, so fingers 5 3 and 1 are used) goes up a tone first (e.g. note G to A, T for Tone, S for semi-tone) then the cycle actually works like 5T 3S 1T 5S 3T 1S etc. so it's a pattern of length 6 and if you do it 4 times the 24th placement will lead you back to the beginning: 5T 3S 1T 5S 3T 1S 5T 3S 1T 5S 3T 1S 5T 3S 1T 5S 3T 1S 5T 3S 1T 5S 3T 1S with 1S bring from B to C

[@propermint1]

I tried your cycle 5T 3S 1T. But, i might be missing the point why is this useful?

[@nicholastessier8504]

@@propermint1 If you notice, 12 notes x 2 tonalities (major/minor) = 24 chords, this cycle of mine takes this practice and extends it to all the chords, rather than just C-Am-F-Dm as demonstrated in the video. This also distills the point made in the video that the tone and semi-tone alternate, so to pick up steam with this exercise, saying "whole-half-whole-half..." or "T, S, T, S..." goes a long way as you cycle through 5 3 1 (which is a pattern of length 6). If you're able to quickly cycle through the 24 chords in 1 go smoothly, great! You've achieved the purpose of the cycle. Does that make sense?

[@propermint1]

@@nicholastessier8504 makes perfect sense thanks dude - it clicked :)

[@nicholastessier8504]

@@propermint1 happy to help my guy :)

[@propermint1]

@@nicholastessier8504 I've returned, how do you practice the left hand for your cycle? Obviously you can't just keep going down or you run out of notes, do you have a method? perhaps once you cycle Cmaj-Am-F-Dm; do you move up register to Bb and then start cycle again? If so what fingering?

[@JPSaintGermain]

Pure gold for beginners like me!

[@geoffgrigg]

Wow. You are a great teacher. Thank you.

[@decktv7258]

Sir Jordan can you teach us to how you create your piano shred?

[@WARDISWARD]

Could someone explain why the f major comes into play , just because it sounds good ? I understand the cmaj - amin relationship and the f major and d minor ( realtive minors )

[@mrportalman321]

They're next to each other on the circle of fifths upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/Circle_of_fifths_deluxe_4.svg/400px-Circle_of_fifths_deluxe_4.svg.png Normally everyone goes round clockwise, but Jordan is going around anti-clockwise, so instead of being perfect 5ths, it goes round in major 4ths instead (C -> F, and so on)

[@jolteon43]

It's because it goes along well with the Cmaj and Amin. It also belongs to the C major scale. You could even add Eminor and Gmajor to the exercise because they also belong in the Cmajor scale. Coincidentally (not really) these 2 chords also share that minor major relationship. That means that the notes of the Gmajor and E minor scale are the same. (a, b, c, d, e, f# and g)

[@leascaart]

The hair is inverted?

[@johnnieviggins9341]

you are great.thats all i need to say.

[@mariatymoshenkomusic6027]

thanks, very nice lesson !

[@RajuAhmed-jk7ub]

Excellent

[@dkprochannel5860]

sorry about the question ( i am a new piano student ): why the inversions? to fit the fingers better or also the sound will be different with the same 3 notes?

[@yosefelianimusicchannel1070]

Yes!

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci beaucoup for this.

[@ilhamfiles]

the question is, how to syncronize the left hand and right hand? does everybody know where i can learn that?

[@rolandothomas9521]

+Ilham Nurhamzah practice scales, arpeggios, and chords with both hands at the same time, both coordinated and contrary motion. Practice your weaker hand more, that worked for me, i was surprised after a month or so i could play a sheet music that needed both hands synchronized.

[@cartermiller7937]

+Ilham Nurhamzah Try learning "Skyfall" by Adele. That song REALLY helped me learn hand independence.

[@ItchyTastyRecords]

super helpful! :)

[@lamarkinnaird7321]

Damn.

[@Arperture]

Now you can play Coldplay's Fix You or Jeff Buckley's Hallelujah

[@CenterMaster]

I expected one last C major at the ending but nope xD

[@Zakariah1971]

The only numbers we care about is sales. Please post sales of all rudess albums. Thought so. Fail. Back to Juilliard with this hack.

[@GrupoExterminadorOficial]

Well, Jordan has 18 solo albums which means he is successful. An average album may cost 10-20k dollars but it depends on how much production is used, most of Rudess's albums are only piano, but if we take into account those that use a band, synthesizers and so on, it would perhaps reach 50k. The guy published a new album this year, so it seems people buy them. He has collaborated on songs with at least 40 artists/bands (not including DT nor LTE) He has collaborated with whole orchestras (for example the Venezuelan Orchestra in the Explorations album) He has over 10+ applications on his software company Wizdom Music He has KORG and Roland as sponsors He has a LOT of keyboards, synths and pianos on his house (if you have seen his videos you can see them) most of them professionals, that's a lot of money. He also plays on conservatories, music events and music centers. I don't know, but I guess he sells.