The Easiest Way to Play Any Lead Sheet

[@stevenperry7862]

Holy Cow! You are sooo talented in relaying information making it easy to understand. I have been looking all over the place for an online jazz course and your videos are heads above the paid courses I have found. If you ever sell an online course or start making videos on how to play particular piano pieces like you did at the end of this videoI will purchase them in a heartbeat. Thanks

[@leenaseppala8399]

Unbelievable clear and comprehensive introduction for playing lead sheet jazz pieces. Best greetings from retired grandmother from Finland.

[@marcgyver-officiel-]

reaaaaally help full man ! you describe and detail simply ! everyone need to find this video ! merci de France

[@UnoUrong]

Inside the 3 minute mark, you've unlocked a whole world of new possibilities for me. I am not a new musician and certainly not a good piano player (4rth instrument actually but learning and loving it) but I absolutely understand now how to jam, improvise and NOT use my left hand to just play bass notes in octaves. I will now... Thanks to you... play chords with the left hand and explore melodies and simple solo lines with my right hand. A bit of drill practice and I'll be playing in a totally different way... not having to only play chords with my right hand. Oh yes!!! I am so happy!!! I know... simple stuff for seasoned piano players but this is what I truly needed. Cheers!!! and cheers again to you and all on this channel!!! p.s. The bass player is going to get his parts back!!!

[@tonynewell3801]

Great video. As a guitarist, I found this very helpful. Thank you.

[@rainchaser5389]

Thank you for this. Merry Christmas to everyone. Stay well, and happy all. 🙏🏻

[@nickk8416]

This is simple and I knew this but for some reason this really hit home. Thanks very much.

[@piano-sauce]

Sometimes you just need permission to play it simply :)

[@run1492]

A very good explanation, thank you master !

[@richarpadilla1891]

Great as always ! great teacher !

[@piano-sauce]

Thanks dude!

[@karlfleischer6622]

Great stuff

[@grzegorzpiwowski890]

Awesome mate, great staff. Keep going on your way and do not give up, you doing great job🎉

[@piano-sauce]

thanks dude!

[@Snug-the-Joiner]

Priceless revelations - thanks hugely!

[@piano-sauce]

Glad you liked it!

[@panurg7606]

Excellent approach! Thank you so much!

[@piano-sauce]

Thanks dude!

[@judysoedt916]

Thank you.

[@timboz2569]

Excellent or should I say Shexcellent. Liked and subscribed 👍

[@carlosnavarroeguiluz2276]

I was waiting for the moment you published a new video. I became a suscriber with the “How to practice” one. This is one of the best piano chanels out there. Thanks a lot. PS I loved the suscribe song 😂 sounds very 30s jazz

[@carlosnavarroeguiluz2276]

If you can make a video showing the practice strategies in context with a standard it would be great. I mean of the strategies of the how to practice video

[@piano-sauce]

Thanks dude very kind of you! I haven't released anything but I've been busy! Look out for more. The subscribe song is just me singing to Body & Soul, the tune I break down at the end :)

[@dunderjee]

This is great! Is it almost this easy to use your chart to turn a non-jazz flavored song into a jazz version?

[@TheMaartian]

Helpful. Thank you. One thing confuses me. In the C scale, the 7th is B. A flat 7 is Bb or A#. That agrees with your C-7 and C7. But in my mind, a sharp 7 (Cmaj7) would be C (one semitone above the 7th (B)). Please explain. TIA.

[@analoguearchives4578]

It’s best not to look at it as a sharp seventh, just the seventh note in the major scale, then look at the dominant seventh as a flattened seventh. The maj it minor depend upon the third note of the scale.

[@TheMaartian]

@@analoguearchives4578 I agree, B is just the 7th and a sharp 7 is C for the C scale. I'm just trying to find out the OP's reason for calling B a sharp 7.

[@piano-sauce]

I call it that to make it easier for Student's to differentiate the two 7ths. It's a fudge tbh, not sure if I'll continue talking about it that way cos of questions like yours. I find students really struggle with this stuff and whatever I can do to make it easier to not get confused feels worth it to me, and calling it a #7th is one of the ways I do that.

[@TheMaartian]

@@piano-sauce I understand. I doubt that I'm your normal use case. I started piano lessons when I was 8. From 10-12, I studied with the soloist for the St. Louis Philharmonic. 2 hour lessons ever Saturday, the first hour was theory on paper sitting at her kitchen table and the second hour was sitting at her Steinway. I'm 73 now, but I've never forgotten those theory lessons. Hence, my question. One thing she never taught me was how to read a lead sheet, so I found your video really helpful. Carry on!

[@jakeperl5857]

#7th…?

[@piano-sauce]

I like calling it that cos it clearly separates it from the b7th in student's minds. I used to call it a major 7th but then Student's got it confused with the major 7 chord. Guess I could have called it a natural 7th, but b7th and #7th is just a more obvious distinction. I know it's not really correct theory wise, but it makes learning easier, so whatever

[@jakeperl5857]

@@piano-sauce I dunno, sharps, flats and naturals are such a basic concept students learn pretty early on their journey. Your stuff here is sufficiently advanced enough that if they don't have a grip on that by now, they're in real trouble. If calling it what it is, simply the 7th, confuses them, it seems like it might be better to help navigate them through that correctly rather than changing the language to accommodate their ignorance, which only reinforces it and will make things even more confusing in the long run.

[@marioidsouza]

Is it ok to also play the 5th

[@marioidsouza]

My question is why are inversions not played. Is this because this is a beginner’s video or is this purposely done?