Oscar Peterson: 13 little jazz exercises (WITH SCORE)

I've just read in the comments section that many people think that a MIDI is actually playing on the recording, so I'd like to clarify this situation. I played every note on this recording with my own two hands. The recording is entirely my own, the tempos are entirely my own. I used an electric piano as an instrument, connected to the computer, and used the Sibelius Sound Set. I hope this is an acceptable explanation, so in the future I don't want to see any comments questioning whether I am actually playing the piano on the recording. Thank you.

[@Weewokk]

@Jazz Gal You've seen videos of Oscar Peterson playing boogie right...?

[@lisandrodaniel2068]

Beatiful performance, thanks for the sheets :)

[@kyloooooo]

I question it just to prick your arrogance. Hope you see this comment

[@LeoBanifaci]

Играешь очень быстро.

[@GaudiumEssendi]

@jazzgal5631 The playing is technically very good, but some of the exercises are played so fast that the notes can't be properly swung, so it doesn't sound very jazzy.

[@james.housego]

0:00 no 1 0:33 no 2 1:18 no 3 2:08 no 4 2:51 no 5 3:41 no 6 4:11 no 7 4:37 no 8 5:02 no 9 5:19 no 10 5:53 no 11 6:14 no 12 6:38 no 13

[@yope1651]

Thank you. This should be pinned

[@tH4ttUs]

right!

[@strongcatto7174]

why not yes

[@DNYLNY]

Great performance and wonderful technique. I feel like all the ppl in the comments complaining about too much speed and technique don’t realize that this video is from a jazz exercise book by Oscar Peterson. It’s literally meant to improve one’s speed and talent through practice. Oscar played very fast.

[@jmc2179]

So what? Its hard to learn and enjoy at this tempo.

[@tonycardinal413]

Awesome. What is the name of the exercise book please?

[@dariocugia1938]

Oscar Peterson Jazz excercises, Minuets etudes & pieces Hal Leonard editions@@tonycardinal413

[@J1283-s1k]

For sure my favourite rendition of No. 2. So much attack combined with character and fun.

[@PiotrBarcz]

Nice playing! I'm actually not surprised people think the first one would be a midi file since you played it so ridiculously evenly it actually sounded almost too precise! That's a tell tale sign of a good pianist though, deadly precision ;) Nice playing!

[@katemajor4954]

I am impressed I am inspired by your technique and more importantly your musicality.

[@rodterrell304]

Tremendous, always wondered how these were suppose to sound. They sound like Jazz

[@ronansleep]

For those of us finding the performance speed too Tatum-like, there is a setting for playback speed in the settings menu.

[@Eldorias]

Awesome ! Even the choice of tempos is Oscar-Petersonish ^^ great job !

[@lukashein]

Beautifully played.

[@kingdavidabaya9716]

I think no 12 is the hardest. But I love no 2, if one can score 5 out of these correctly you will become a beast in this age.

[@julietkim3304]

Wow 🤩 such great performing ❤️❤️

[@Artem_Shipov]

N3 and N7 played at musical school like 30 years ago. And still remember the intros😂

[@bachblues2]

Debussy and Haydin would've loved it were they alive.

[@vitaminfian]

Excellent

[@rovalla456]

13 is my favorite

[@eg4305]

Perfect!!! I really like 2, 3 and 10!

[@kingdavidabaya9716]

Thanks man

[@mikelorenz4861]

Please send me the PDF scores. Great playing!

[@theforbiddenfruit2300]

WOW THANK GOD I LOOKED AT THE COMMENTS BECAUSE I WAS CONVINCED THIS WAS MIDI! JUST WOW😮

[@lisandrodaniel2068]

CONSTRUCTIVE DISCUSSION! I read a comment below that said that the music disappears in the performance when it focuses too much on technicalities. What do you think? there are artists who, without knowing anything about technique, do wonderful things and others who, with the progress of their technique, achieved the same result. In which cases can music be overshadowed by technique? Over-technique can limit the artist depending on where you start. What do you think? :)

[@lisandrodaniel2068]

I will copy this discussion in another piano videos. Its really interesting for me beacuse i started piano 2 years ago and I have experienced those cases of lack of creativity due to over-techniques

[@DNYLNY]

I would agree with you generally speaking. But this video is Oscar Petersons exercises book. So technique is really the goal here.

[@arturoreyna9365]

Me podrías enviar un PDF de las partituras por favor.??

[@bachblues2]

exercise 1 is just Bach''s wohltempertiers Klavier a la Oscar.

[@sohamprasad6696]

Isn't this a little too fast?

[@Weewokk]

I think this is the perfect tempo for most of them, in that it sounds just like Oscar Peterson (e.g. no. 2 sounds great at this tempo, but it's obviously tough at this speed)

[@DNYLNY]

They’re exercises

[@lookingforsomething123]

Great!

[@RaptorT1V]

How do you make those savory endings? those cool chords

[@macintochien]

Supersonic tempos, why not ! But jazz is essentially ternary music (african roots), and here I only heard binary pulses.

[@musical_lolu4811]

Bla bla bla

[@sakuracloud__]

just a note to self i like 3 5 8 13

[@rodterrell304]

Clearly a professional Player here.

[@waawaaweewaa2045]

Lol clearly midi

[@sexypianonotes6212]

They ain't got no swing though

[@AntonStruzik]

I think musescore is the name of the player

[@breadstuff]

the “midi”-comment guys obviously don’t know what phrasing means...

[@waawaaweewaa2045]

@@breadstuff Don't try to use musical jargon if you don't know what you're talking about.

[@vickiwaits9847]

Oscar peterso

[@themattez6024]

i think some of those are played too fast of what they should be in a recording, i understand technique development but i would have recorded and published them in a more useful speed and musical speed. Just my opinion, great job.

[@hernaneliseire427]

Hi! Somebody have the pdf or know where can i get it?

[@zackguthrie6740]

I found most of them on MuseScore

[@nelsongonzalez8339]

Bro me puede pasar el libro en pdf?

[@yuriaraujo5417]

@@angellim3929 send to me please

[@ericoliver1603]

oh so thats how its supposed to sound

[@qwertyschneider]

No 6 it's completely Beethoven's style

[@anthonykomives2811]

I haven’t heard these 🤔

[@yoshimitsu1977]

Great job man! Any chance you could be able to share the sheet n PDF format? (Or maybe I can but it somewhere.) edit: I found and bought the book!

[@elkolodj1]

hi, name of the book please? is it in amazon?

[@angellim3929]

@@elkolodj1 Hi, I don't know if it is too late, but I can send them to your email in pdf format if you still need them, let me know :)

[@pastorolivergoiano]

Can you send me, please?

[@josephk7946]

search on the web for the pdf. It's out there

[@wuwupiano]

@@angellim3929 don't suppose you could send me a copy?

[@alastaircusick9743]

any one got these oscar pdf

[@Davidguitarsoul]

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[@tH4ttUs]

mh very classical exercises with oscar peterson?

[@Samuel_S.M_30]

Pdf?

[@jaykudjo]

Where can we get the scores

[@rarianaw]

@@angellim3929 hi, could you send me the pdf?

[@filiprim62]

Very fast?

[@Bdang87]

Jazz x Classical

[@Bjorlin1]

Great! Did you make these yourself?

[@hwen-lyariasgrijalba7570]

Me refiero al n1

[@MarioPolverigiani]

Definición de "innecesariamente rápido" ? respuesta= ver este video

[@mihajlopanic1643]

puno ritmickih gresaka

[@beimardante2577]

Very fast

[@JpHaslin-tv6yg]

In French please ?

[@hwen-lyariasgrijalba7570]

Yo toque eso, pero no a esa velocidad

[@Djtow]

So fast...

[@adlib8096]

Little....

[@ethnicsounds5780]

Is this supposed to be swung or what?

[@Rombizio]

Little......

[@YYY-x8e]

j

[@artura9031]

Wrong notes in first exercise!

[@Kamilkaze-ng2zg]

to fast much to fast

[@none5020]

This guy doesn't follow half of the music at parts, it's kind of ridiculous.

[@alexpianoplayer15]

Too fast, (therefore) lack of musical feeling

[@Bdang87]

Playing something fast doesn’t necessarily mean it takes away feeling but I do agree with you

[@giusgius9299]

But why you played this way? to show us how good you are? maybe you’re faster than Oscar Peterson but you’re not Oscar Peterson.

How do you mean, this way?

[@giusgius9299]

Fast. Quick. Speedy.

@@giusgius9299 Honestly. Was that the only thing you could think of? That I play something fast to prove that I'm better than Peterson? No. I play this way because it's close to me. If you don't like it, I accept it. But if we don't agree on something, is your first thought that I'm just trying to show that I'm better than someone else? If you offer constructive criticism, I'm open to it, but I'm not open to cynical judgement.

[@giusgius9299]

It was an opinion. But I take note of your comment. One thing is true: played so fast this music is not jazz but it seems to come from an organetto.