LEARN TO PLAY JAZZ PIANO No 2: Now's the Time, F Blues, and Shell Voicings

These lessons are for anyone who already plays the piano but doesn't know how to start learning jazz or is afraid of improvising.
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This is Lesson 2, which builds on the ideas and skills taught in Lesson 1:
• LEARN TO PLAY JAZZ PIA...
This lesson covers the F blues, elaborating a simple blues progression into a more "jazz" blues style, using shell voicings, and a melodic resource for improvising.
RECORDINGS TO LISTEN TO:
Charlie Parker, Now's the Time 1:
• Charlie Parker - Now's...
Charlie Parker, Now's the Time 2:
• Now's The Time (Origin...
Miles Davis (w/Red Garland, piano), Straight, No Chaser:
• Miles Davis - Straight...
Barry Harris, Morning Coffee:
• Morning Coffee - Barry...
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1:49 Bag's Groove in F
3:36 F blues scale
4:25 Jazz blues progression in F
7:09 Shell Voicings
9:13 Advanced progression with shell voicings
12:00 Now's the Time melody
13:24 D blues scale
16:16 improvising with the scale
17:25 sample improv
19:34 A-natural versus A-flat
23:16 Straight, no Chaser
23:38 Final thoughts

[@kizu5451]

this channel is a hidden gem please dont ever stop making these videos

[@roberthodson]

Thanks so much! I'm definitely planning to continue... really, I'm just getting started.

[@knucklesprayer]

Awesome video, I play guitar but love all your ideas here.

[@roberthodson]

Thanks so much. Yes, these ideas can be really useful for guitar.

[@karaoke6861]

Thank you but no, listen to Dave Grusin The Firm

[@roberthodson]

Thanks for the comment! I don't really understand the comparison, though... The Firm is a composed piece of music with zero improvisation; I'm teaching people to improvise.

[@karaoke6861]

@@roberthodson It's in the way you build the sound kzbin.info/www/bejne/Zn60aYWuiM6AorM

[@karaoke6861]

@@roberthodson It's is the way you build the sound, listen to Ray's Blues by Dave Grusin from The Firm

[@roberthodson]

@@karaoke6861 Also a very nice recording, but it's not the style I'm teaching; I'm teaching an approach to jazz blues that is based more on Bud Powell and Barry Harris than Ray Charles - different style, sound, textures, rhythmic approach, aesthetics. You obviously prefer the Ray Charles style -- good for you, buddy. I'd rather listen to Ray Charles directly, though, over Grusin's polished, composed, studio approach.

[@karaoke6861]

@@roberthodson Your style is a kind of jazzify western piano bar, don't forget to teach how to play with feeling