RHYTHMIC JAZZ EXERCISES - Coordinate Left & Right Hand

We make a very useful rhythmic exercise for jazz improvisation. The exercise functions as a kind of ever going “motor”. The motor is based on some very simple ideas: we invent a piano "finger sequence" and we use a pentatonic "hand grip" and we make rhythm and phrases into a thrilling musical counterpoint!!!
Our exercise is fundamental in many ways, if we want to be free to express ourselves when improvising Music. In particular the exercise will make us strong when combining rhythm and phrases in a free manner.
Later on in the lesson we add the left hand chords to the exercise. The chords also make a thrilling counterpoint to the rhythm!!! With the "motor" exercise we automatically learn to put in the left hand chords on all the different sub beats just by following the patterns of the right hand phrases.
Then we make different tonal flavors by moving our pentatonic hand grip to different positions on the keys.
By the end of the lesson I inspire you to create and exercise your own favorite phrases and to add these to the “motor” - the opportunities to form your own Music are endless...
In these two lessons we use the "pentatonic hand grip" to improvise Jazz along with a backing track:
• 10 STEPS TO IMPROVISE ...
• 8 STEPS to IMPROVISE J...
In this other lesson we talk more about how to use the "pentatonic row” to play all the Church Modes (Major Modes) and we make a lot of right hand exercises with the pentatonic "hand grip": • How to IMPROVISE JAZZ ...
In this lesson we use only a 3 finger "hand grip" to improvise and to play all the Church Modes (Major Modes): • Simple PIANO EXERCISES...
This is the Music Video that I refer to in the start of the lesson above: • A Modern Impulsive Jaz...
Playlist containing all Music with Oliver Prehn: • MUSIC from OLIVER PREHN
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I always struggled with rythm coordination, this is the holy grail !! Love you Mr. Prehn

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Empressive! It's an enjoyable way to train my fingers. Thank you sir!!!

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hello, thank you sooooooooo much for your lessons. even at 40Bpm, the left hand not beating the first beat of the bar is very triky !!!! Fabulous exercice that brings us further. Thank you, Oliver.

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C’est vraiment une excellente manière d’apprentissage et de compréhension des utilisations de la gamme pentatonique. Bravo

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Love the 5 over 4 polymeric phrasing great exercise on rythem very nice

[@kraig800i]

The longer I'm listening to this the more I'm convinced I've heard this melody in an education video from highschool. Something about the circulatory system or about transit infrastructure. Well thought lesson and pleasant to listen to whilst practicing :)

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Best Lesson for Musicians who want to improvise MODAL!

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