"UNFORGETTABLE" What key are we in?? Tricky Love Songs Tutorial

[@johannamit4388]

Thanks so much, this was very helpful, you played the song so beautifully.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@eydiguttason1961]

Goody goody Kent I like you and your tutorial you are a genious

[@KentHewittpiano88]

I appreciate that!

[@matthewbright2454]

Always a pleasure when you upload a new video. Hope you're keeping well Kent

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thank you, I will Same to you.

[@neomayer]

Thanks Kent! Such a fascinating tune. So many standards are delightfully nuanced like this - those old jazz masters were really geniuses. And you unpack them handily!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Great compliment. We are blessed to have jazz masters and composers.

[@jackmeginniss6327]

That is so clever. I watched your left hand and distinctly heard you resolve to F major and then later I saw you resolve to Bb and thought what, where, how? I liked the quotes too. That was more great stuff, Kent. Thanks.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

I think I made a sneaky move in there, not intentional, glad you liked it.

[@jackmeginniss6327]

@@KentHewittpiano88 LOL! Yeah, sometimes those can be the best ones.

[@ywilty]

Thank you Kent for this vid, and for the many other vids you have posted. You are very talented, and sharing those talents with us is much appreciated. Cheers.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for telling me....it keeps me going!

[@warrenwilson7836]

I have really been enjoying your videos and have a hell of a time keeping up with the new material, as I try to accept the challenges your offer. But what strikes me right now is how much time and forethought you put into the production of each of these gems of jazz instruction. I’ve said it many times, but always mean it - thank you for the gifts you offer us.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks, Warren. Your note really helps me and encourages me to keep doing this.

[@kavehkasha5894]

Another great tutorial. You play Jazz like you mean it brother!! Live long and be happy!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Fabulous comment....we are brothers.... and I wish you the same...please subscribe and stay in touch.

[@barco123456]

Never a dull moment! Magic explanation!! We can learn forever. Keep up the teaching Kent!!😎

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks...a pleasure. Don't forget... I learn from doing these tutorials, and I have to practice

[@jwsuicides8095]

Not watched it yet but I'm already loving the title. I'm one of those singers who sings everything in a strange key. There is probably a special place in jazz hell reserved for me. ;)

[@KentHewittpiano88]

That's good...we need the practice. Try my resent exercise on II-Vs around the cycle of keys. Then try singing over it.

[@jwsuicides8095]

@@KentHewittpiano88 Will do. Thanks!

[@sauxphilippe]

Thank you for all those quotes as well ,so i am learning a lot from all those great artists!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

You are so welcome

[@maesingsmaeplays3407]

Love your videos Kent.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Glad to hear it!

[@phyllishesford7236]

OMG. You played that favorite song of mine so beautifully! Those chords sound heavenly & you made it sound so fluid...another K.H. masterpiece....😚😚

[@KentHewittpiano88]

You're still the best, Phyllis. Thanks!

[@flylotusfly520]

great lesson. Thank you!!!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

You're very welcome!

[@davidfroman8281]

Kent this was so well done! Loved your playing and breaking down these iconic parts. Could you do a video on iconic jazz progressions? For example the G7, Am7, Bb dim 7, and G7. I would love to learn more of these hooky progressions.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for the suggestion!

[@gaugeonesteam]

Unforgetabubble, that's what you are, Unforgetabubble, milk chocolate bar, Why is Aero so incredabubble, you'll find Aero incredabubble too. (1980s UK TV Ad for Aero chocolate - Man playing white Baby Grand & singing & girl in Bikini eating the chocolate). Sorry - couldn't resist this. Great tutorial as always. This is all the stuff I've ever wanted to learn about piano in one place.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

You get extra points for humor....and I love that story!

[@brandonlewisguitar]

yeah I couldn't work out what key it was in as it resolves well in both keys. thanks for the explanation.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Glad I could help!

[@renatofernandesbiamacedo5972]

Amazing 🎶🙏🏽

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thank you 🙌

[@arnaldodemaio9485]

❤ Thanks Maestro beautiful as always. In my opinion is also a good ending modulating back to the first bar (kind of open ending) and with this interpretation it could still be thought in F, but in any case are just interpretations and your was as usual amazing

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for the affirmation.....you could say that it's in the first or last key. It could be in the first key if you moculate back to the first key as an ending.

[@1Live2Love3Thrive]

Your style is really cool and rare, a lot of pianists can't play like that anymore.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Rare art....thanks for the acknowledgement!

[@bobblues1158]

You are making me laugh with your true life experiences. I have been through exactly these scenarios!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

If you dig my humor, then you are welcomed into the elite club...the magic circle.

[@ratghost25]

Awesome bebop run at 3:30! Wait for it..........

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for hearing it!!

[@codetech5598]

The original handwritten score by Nelson Riddle for the 1951 Nat King Cole recording shows the key as Bb .

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for telling me...that's some inside information about what key Nat sang it in. We all can learn from the great arrangers.

[@codetech5598]

@@KentHewittpiano88There's a website that has detailed photo's of the 1951 Cole score. It would be interesting however to see the original score by the composer Irving Gordon.

[@unlilove888]

Hi kent do you have a lead sheet for this tune? Thank you so much for your generosity in sharing your knowledge. You helped me grow in a lot of ways as a musician myself.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks, I do have a lead sheet. Write to my email address. kenthewitt@hotmail .com

[@ikasika87662000]

could you make 'Edel Weiss' like this?? please~~

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Good song...thanks!

[@travisc123]

Yep. Never been able to figure out if this song is in F or Bb:)

[@KentHewittpiano88]

I hope I hipped you!

[@trevormckinnon6696]

I had difficulties with the chords in a few areas of this song: that C7 to Gb7b5 at bar 16 solved one of them. Thanks. While looking at this song again though, it occurred to me that half of it (bars 1-8 and 17-24) is like bars 1-8 and 17-24 of Arthur Schwartz's earlier published piece Dancing In The Dark.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

That's interesting information...thanks for sharing!

[@trevormckinnon6696]

@@KentHewittpiano88 I admire Arthur Schwartz's songwriting. I think his By Myself is another great song. The mid-eastern modal D7 / Am7b5 / D7 / Am7b5 section is so modern and unusual by any standards. I think a later chord movement in the piece Em7b5 / A7 / Dm7b5 / G7 etc. inspired the composer of Stella By Starlight. There are also parallels between By Myself and Duke Ellington's Caravan which is another unique composition.

[@brendaboykin3281]

Fantastic Reharm! Loved the ending. BTW, great quotes. Keep on keeping on. 😎 Thank for the breakdown:I now understand the form. Was it like this orig w Nat and then Dinah, or was this something that emerged from the later female/male duo=Natalie and Nat. So the question is:is this the magic of the songwriter or the arranger for Natalie's version? The nice result,whatever the case, Gordon won new recognition w Natalie's hit decades after his orig success w her dad. Late life well-deserved fortune! Nat, Dinah, Natalie...wow. Write the hit, buy the house. Thank you, Maestro.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Nat King Cole sang the original version. He sang it with Natalie as a duet,,,,,I believe that was some studio magic. The arrangers really have the job of making the song famous, in some ways.

[@petejandrell4512]

Kent are your sunglasses Rayban Caballeros?

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Just an old cheap pair...I go through a lot of shades!

[@JonathanBjorkMusic]

So, in the Nat Cole recording, the instrumental bridge begins on Dbmaj7 and ends on Gb. I'm trying to work out a modulation sequence on guitar back to the Fmaj7 at the beginning of the last verse, but I'm struggling to find a sequence I like. I can go Gb to Gm7 to C7, but I'd really like to put a couple of chords between the Gm7 and the C7. Any suggestions?

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks Phil...I'm glad to be in the revered group of "old lounge singers."

[@1Live2Love3Thrive]

Sunglasses inside and at night? You have my subscribe.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Hi cat! Thanks!

[@marilynharris4118]

💕Some gorgeous stuff you've got goin' there, KH!!♩♪♪♫♭♬♯💕(what's with the little slam against singers?) 💕

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks, Marilyn...xox. Singers and musicians need to know what I'm conveying in this video...only through experience would I know how easy it is to screw up the key of this song.

[@tmb472]

So what key is it in?

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Always the key of the last note and last chord!

[@bemi-ton]

this form is quite usual in (traditional) german folk music (trio form)

[@bemi-ton]

Irving's chord progression here is genius, indeed. Thanks for sharing and analysis.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks....he's trying to confuse musicians and he achieved that handedly.

[@newyorkfilharmonik110]

Tell Hermie to come down and hang out. LOL

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Love the comment! He is watching over us...you, I. ADEM and all who watch my videos...there is someone up there that cares!

[@codetech5598]

You could just say "Sing the first note".

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Yes ...you are right! However what if that first note put you in the key of Gb?...are you going to transpose this tricky song in that key easily?