Play Ableton Push Like a Piano (Two Hand Technique)

Play Ableton Push like a piano with two hands. Breakdown of one of the most useful two handed techniques to expressively play Push in chromatic mode, just like a piano.
In this video, I show how to spell out chords with your left hand while playing melodies with you right hand. Includes a piano overlay with chord and interval names to help translate what you see and hear on Push.
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This class will teach you about note names, scales, intervals, chords and chord progressions through the lens of Ableton Push. Includes 20 videos and 5 PDF slides with overlays of note names, scales, scale degrees, sharps and flats and roman numerals.
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[@Gome.o]

Just watched the video all the way through, the other thing I wanted to add: You're like... the one channel that actually shows how to interact with the push as if it were an actual instrument. It's pretty rare to be able to find content like this. TL;DR - You're an absolute gem and I look forward to seeing your channel reach 100k subscribers.

[@jxmieblake]

Thank you! I really appreciate your support. Going to keep these videos coming :)

[@Gome.o]

@@jxmieblake Ha no pressure, don't want you burning out feeling obligated to upload videos for us mere peasants. But we sure do appreciate the value you bring because no one else is doing what you're doing and dare I say - even capable of what you're doing! Regardless, looking forward to seeing more content from you. Interested to see how you tackle bass and sub-bass, hoping that's on your list of things to teach. See a lot of tutorials on how to sound design but virtually none on treating bass as it's own instrument.

Thank god you are back Jamie!!

[@jxmieblake]

Glad to be back!

[@JhazzyMusic]

He's back!!!! I still checked here yesterday hoping to see new post.. Glad when I saw the notification

[@jxmieblake]

Thanks for watching! And for checking for uploads. Going to start doing at least one a week

[@petercaras8378]

Stoked to have ya back! Really dig these lessons.

[@jxmieblake]

Thank you! Appreciate your support 🙏🏻

[@accident7]

Keep these videos coming! Id love to see you outline all kinds of different instruments and sounds to help 'expand' the vocab use on push2!

[@nossmoht]

Today is now officially a good day. Thanks for returning Jamie! Your Making A Beat From Scratch video is still a favorite I rewatch from time to time. So more workflow videos are high up on my list!

[@jxmieblake]

Right on, thank you! Will definitely have some workflow videos in store :)

[@spesh85]

Great work! Welcome back Jamie, really enjoy the clear lay out of your videos. Thanks RMS

[@jxmieblake]

Thank you for watching!

[@onesuavestudio]

Dope push content. I would love more pleeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaase

[@jxmieblake]

Look for another one next week!

[@musicmediaproductions]

This is so amazing ! Thank you

[@Gome.o]

My guy! It's been a long while since we've seen you posted a video! Stayed subscribed to you on the off-chance you decided to resurrect this channel. With the release of Live 11 and upgrades to Push 2, hoping this is the first of many in a series of videos from you! Keep up the creative work and stay gnarly homie

[@jxmieblake]

I appreciate you sticking around! Excited to share more videos with you.

[@sliceofnaes7635]

I’m right here, learning with you man! Just bought the push last night and even though I had no idea what I was doing it was fun as hell to play around with.

[@HugeDrumbot]

I got a launchpad pro and you inspired me to approach it as a legit instrument, to learn scales and chords on it etc. I really enjoy what you're putting out there. I'm hoping to see more!

[@jxmieblake]

That’s awesome! Glad to hear it :) I’ll be uploading at least once a week

[@TavishMusicOfficial]

Been waiting for more content from you man! Looking forward to more Push performance videos and tutorials from ya! Keep em coming as often as you can! Cheers!

[@jxmieblake]

Thank you! I have a lot of video ideas and am excited to share them with you :)

[@remyvegamedia]

Daaaaang. This is so helpful. I play piano/keys and have been, for over a year, trying to develop my chord vocab on the Push 2. The 10th is a great sound and not very accessible with my small hands on real piano haha. Great stuff.

[@fredcarvalho692]

I am a big fan from Brazil... I'm learning the push 2 art! It's incredible !!

[@RockstahRolln]

Wow! I absolutely LOVED how you demonstrated how to play on Push 2! I've struggled with that a lot, now I can try and emulate what you did here. Many Thanks!! I have subbed!

[@jxmieblake]

Thank you! I appreciate the support 🙏🏻

[@JamesRussller]

Please keep these videos coming!

[@SHLDMusic]

Great video on the Push! I'm a guitarist and I've started using Launchpads a few months ago and I don't want to touch a piano anymore :) Push or Launchpads are really a credible and underestimated alternative for musicians!

[@jxmieblake]

Guitarists I’ve worked with love the fourths string layout of Push/Launchpad/Linnstrument. Like you said, they’re really underestimated :)

[@Shelto220]

Thank you so much

[@jxmieblake]

You’re welcome!

[@markmendozamusic]

Yessir! Been waiting for ya to upload!

[@jxmieblake]

More to come! Thanks for waiting 🙏🏻

[@markmendozamusic]

@@jxmieblake curious, what piano VST do you use? It sounds so clean!

[@jxmieblake]

This one is Soft Piano from Spitfire LABS. It’s free!

[@user-cq9lw8oe1l]

なんて素晴らしい動画なんだ thanks!!

[@jodagold5481]

Thank you :)

[@mikevenus4117]

Thank you for sharing. I use a Akai Force and Launchpad pro mk3 in this style. I find it to make my music more realistic then playing chords with one pad or drawing out the midi(I use all these ways to play my chords). Thanks again 🧔🏽🙏🏽

[@mrcraig8186]

Where'd you go man? I love your stuff I'd love to see chromatic mode practice exercises. I know you do a bunch of that already, but I mean more for muscle memory sort of thing. Hope you're good!

[@kanoneno]

Thats amazing dude! I insist, you should make a course on this. Thanks for your approach into Push 2

[@jxmieblake]

I’m developing a course right now 😊 won’t be ready for a couple months but I’m working on it

[@vnys]

I agree, I’m a (fretless) bass player myself - I’d sign up in an instant for a course on how to play the push like an instrument. That’s why I bought mine, can’t stand the piano layout most midi devices have.

[@kanoneno]

@@jxmieblake Keep us updated. I'll be one of the happy students

[@lecosmique]

Nice vid and good to see you posting again. I'd be interested in Push technique for those of us that are not piano players. I understand where 3rds 5ths 7ths are, but knowing where to play when I get far from the root gets challenging. I.E. How to come up with right hand notes, for those less versed on the piano. Just saying since you asked. :-) Cheers

[@jxmieblake]

Right on, that's great feedback. Thank you!

[@RoofElmao]

man just upload you playing ableton push with some chill lofi drums or something and thanks for the video 🙏🙏🙏

[@jxmieblake]

That’s a good idea. Might have to try that out

[@jdbell38]

Really like the style of your videos, well done! I'm curious what software you're using to display chords in Realtime?

[@AaronsCGI_Australia]

Thanks. What is the notation software you are using please?

[@eyeslowjody9702]

Hey mann u going deeeep And that’s intense how u play push 2 !! I also use push 2 and I have a question Is the Display of Push 2 really showing the piano 🎹 or did I cut that into video ? I would really need that too 😄 Anyway thank you a lot for sharing this bc im struggling still a lil but with push 2 for how to play chords etc but from now on you will helping me a lot !!! Thx

[@beatsbytroglodytetheneande3794]

Great videos man! I have a question. I notice the sleek piano screen. How do I get the piano roll on the screen of the Push 2? I recently came up on a Yamaha ModX8 and this technique seems like a good one to kinda self teach myself how to play piano better. Thanks for the great content 👊🏼💪🏼💪🏼

[@FilipPecic]

Nice!!!How do you set up pads sesitivity on push to feel good for playing?

[@diabl2master]

Nice video. I like how you presented the chords on the side. That's great chord recognition software. Others have asked but how do you get the piano on screen on the push?

[@bankgotbeats3359]

did you figure this out? im still trying i know i did it before a long time ago but cant do it again

[@syntheshwara]

Hey nice one man!!! Can you please tell me your push 2 sensitivity settings?

[@siarzuk88]

I would like to see how you create the full song in acoustic and non-beat song style.

[@jxmieblake]

I’m up for that and am curious if this channel’s audience would be receptive :)

[@SmokeM2D6]

Can't wait to see what kinda wizardy though have for our eyeballs

[@jxmieblake]

The only kind I know 🪄

[@JamesRussller]

Can you do a video (if you've figured this out yourself) on how to THINK about playing it?

[@vinylarchaeologist]

James, you‘ve changed. And you have an American accent now, too. (Still making great music, though ❤)

[@krislee7983]

how do you get to that screen on the push 2?

[@jalenmckinney5430]

Did the music theory course for chromatic mode come out yet?

[@auroranamex5886]

But guys can we have some custom chromatic layouts? Lets say I want rows of the grid to have the same intervals between them that guitar strings have. Do I have to buy 3rd generation launchpad or I can still get away with my push 2?

[@DespairQuietlyPlease]

Hi what piano vst were u using

[@siarzuk88]

Can you please share the name of the Piano instrument you used for the video?

[@postemusic2750]

What VST piano are you using?

[@notGatorDreams]

Couldn't you do all that in scale mode and then dial in your scale? What do you like about using chromatic mode vs locking stuff in a scale?

[@jxmieblake]

In this particular example all the notes are diatonic, so chromatic mode isn’t necessary. It’s still best to learn in chromatic mode though, as it’s not limited to diatonic notes (just like piano/guitar/bass/etc). I show this in my other videos and will be posting a new video soon about this topic :)

[@DanielTubul]

Just watched the video. How do you put the keyboard view in the screen ?

[@jxmieblake]

It’s overlaid in premiere pro :)

[@DanielTubul]

@@jxmieblake oh wow thats alot of work :P

[@DanielTubul]

@@jxmieblake could be really cool if there is a way to make a max for live plugin like that - maybe via usermode

[@feratgoogle]

More jazzy would be to play 7chords and then only 3&7, maybe root but ommit 5. Thats what guitars and pianos do in accompanying (comping) in combo's.

[@SpiralFlip]

Do you reckon it's better to just learn the piano before even considering getting a push

[@jxmieblake]

For some people, piano shapes make more sense. For others, guitar/bass shapes make more sense. If guitar shapes make more sense and you want the flexibility of applying those shapes to virtual instruments/synths/etc, then this is made for you :)

[@SpiralFlip]

@@jxmieblake Thanks for the reponse!

[@diabl2master]

You really need to improve that latency! 😋

[@GetNice23]

My. Guy. Gang

[@jxmieblake]

Yo!! My guy 🙏🏻

[@bboygavin]

My Jesus! Thought you No longer existed

[@jxmieblake]

I still exist! I think...

[@bboygavin]

@@jxmieblake hahah bro, I’ve had a group of tabs with you playing push for 1 year now, same tabs just using your shit to practice when I can, glad your back, still remember when you did your last video before starting school

[@jxmieblake]

That’s awesome. Thank you for sticking around!

[@bboygavin]

@@jxmieblake how could I not, no one does it like you, maybe JNTHN Stein is the only other one, but apart from that you guys content is rare, and thank you for sticking with push and dedicating your time to showing us how it’s done, You could have easily moved on especially with other instruments, but it’s clear push has a special place. Thanks again man

[@olafsigursons]

You skipped the part where your explain the layout of the notes of the Push LOL!

[@voyagersa22]

Why not just use a piano ? 🤔