Country Fills - Lesson 1

[@tixilx]

40 Years playing country and today I learned something new 👍 - Thanks for such a great lesson Martin ☘️

[@MartinGureasko]

Thanks. I've been playing for too many decades and I never fail to learn something new. I keep thinking..."How did I miss that?" That's what makes playing the piano so fun for me though.

[@randolphjudy3485]

Great tutorial! Southern rock styles often use a six note scale where the fourth scale note is also used. Lots of fun to incorporate with many of the common country licks. Gives you that Allman Brothers type of piano sound.

[@mrshiney2]

for a guitar player who is trying to make sense of piano, I found this valuable beyond my wildest expectations. I ran with the major pentatonic idea and am amazing my playing buddies

[@MartinGureasko]

Wow, thanks for those kind words! I happen to play the guitar and the bass and the banjo as well as piano so whenever I teach, even though I'm showing "piano licks" I try to explain the "why" of what I'm doing because it does apply to other instruments. In fact, many of my licks are actually guitar licks I adapted for the piano. I was a theory nerd in college, but I focused on actually applying it real world situations. Stay tuned for more videos. Thanks again for watching the video. I'm glad it was helpful.

[@ngulkhanmang8553]

great.. need lesson 2

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

Martin..nice video.

[@PowellRichard72]

Thanks for this..in virus lockdown your guidance is improving my country style playing immensely

[@TonyRush]

This stuff is so classic and good. It never gets old. :)

[@belindajardim3145]

Thx fr these licks fr th ending of a song 🎶🎹😍

[@maxwellescobar3089]

Great lesson 👍..im glad i found your channel

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

I believe the Major pentatonic scale starts with the Christmas song notes.. I-saw -Mom- my- kiss ing - San- ta - Claus. I hear it as the notes C D E G A C.. Scale degrees 1 2 3 5 6 8.

[@grahammcfadden3428]

hi martin any more country songs that song was great

[@codetech5598]

At 1:52 notice that the two "avoid" notes (example: C and F# in the key of G) are a tri-tone apart.

[@MartinGureasko]

Indeed they do form a tritone. That's the "devil's interval." I remember in my theory classes (many centuries ago it seems) that when we were doing part writing we were to avoid writing tritones. Of course nowadays, all the former rules of music theory are up for debate I suppose. But by avoiding the 4th and 7th degrees of a scale, you can improvise freely and never hit a "wrong" note.

[@hunghoangmusic]

your videos are great! keep up your great work

[@tonyledrew3989]

Awesome!!

[@cripzrus]

Love your channel Martin. Thanks. Could you maybe show us sometime Alan Jacksons version of How Great Thou Art?

[@MartinGureasko]

I guess I should give that one a listen. Seems others have asked about it as well.

[@vansullivan236]

Great, thanks!

[@wangmyan1]

so.gracious n generous of u to.share

[@indonesiancommunity3198]

I'm questions... What song intro 0:00 - 0:08 ????? Like it....

[@MartinGureasko]

Hi Desy...that opening is actually from a book called "Stylistic Etudes" by John Novello. You can purchase it on Amazon. It has piano etudes for every style of music and it has proven quite useful to me.

[@MartinGureasko]

Amira, you can find the music I played at the beginning in the book "Stylistic Etudes" by John Novello. You can get a copy on Amazon. There are short piano exercises encompassing all styles of music. It's a great resource to have. I practice out of it daily.

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

That is a very challenging lesson.

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

Martin..I call the small movements economy of motion. it is partially accomplished by playing the melody with Pinky and most right fingers in right hand. some nice sixes in there. I don't think I've noticed the b7 in this before.. but it is a blues song of sorts.

[@lambchop966]

Great !

[@bobbydolan]

the note chart above is written in quarter notes. However it would have to be in 16th notes to play it as fast as he plays it with the band. NO?

[@MartinGureasko]

I’m not sure what you mean because the lick itself is notated in 16th notes when you scroll to the bottom of the page. If you are referring to the stemless notes above that, they are to simply show the notes, not to indicate rhythmic value. Here's the transcript for you to download: nakedkeyboardist.files.wordpress.com/2014/03/country-licks-lesson-1.pdf

[@bobbydolan]

@@MartinGureasko Thanks for getting back to me. I noticed the 16th note chart after i wrote my comment. I am no where near the right speed but I'm plugging away at it. Thanks so much for a great video.

[@Misango_bon]

You great man!

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

Martin where are your other lick vids.. I've done stuff like this but yours is better..

[@seanmccabe8937]

Hi Martin, where can I find your other lessons. The one with the Merle haggard song is great! Thanks.

[@carolebrelo7234]

That was awesome!! Is there any way you could show it in the key of C? I don't play in G. If not, that's alright. That was super!

[@MartinGureasko]

I’ve added that to my task list. Are you on my email list? I ask, because I always notify my email list first of any new KZbin videos. You can go to thepianopro.com and add yourself there if you wish. If not, no problem. Just check back with my KZbin channel occasionally.

[@simonwale6993]

Great lesson 👏 trying to learn the country style 😀

[@jimgresham5529]

You should show your fingers doing this also.

[@jcharos7672]

I can't here you man.

[@Fbcde]

Yeah, sorry about that. The vocal track was too soft. You can get the transcript at wp.me/p3rOiY-9z. All future videos should be of much better sound quality.