Soloing On "SO WHAT"

[@jfpary7336]

Jazz doesn't need a lot of notes but the good ones. Your playing is so simple and clear . Whaooo!!!!!!

[@12guitario12]

Straight up

[@BMarPiano]

You are the consummate musician and pedagogue rolled into one; you know how to explain it and make it accessible, Aimee. And you care about making it accessible so that many people can do it. That is so appreciated! Another outstanding tutorial. 👏👏👏

[@liriosanz]

Aimee estuve mirando la app de MelodEar ya la compre esta genial . Si no te moleta y tengas tiempo , me podes decir como pongo 2 acordes o 4 por compás ??? Le pregunté a David pero no entendí porque a él le cuesta hablar en español . Te agradezco mucho si podes , sino igualmente tengo mucho para trabajar con MelodEar . Saludos

[@groovymidnight]

I play guitar, not piano, but my teacher and I just did almost the exact same thing and it's truly the most valuable lesson I've ever had. Going deep into one of the best songs/solos of all time is an incredibly efficient way to learn jazz. You break it down masterfully Aimee, SUCH a great video!

[@insidejazzguitar8112]

Your approach to teaching is so beyond everything else I see on KZbin. Immensely inspiring.

[@tyrmorris8155]

I step away from your videos for a while & then return & you've dropped something like this that makes me appreciate you even more. My teacher doesn't explain much, preferring to assign me a task & let me discover things on my own. But I could use some quiet, concise, spot-on analysis like yours from time to time to further my growth. This video pointed out some 'Whys' that I never considered before in my 'What' of transcribing the solo, and has given me new solo ideas of my own. But I'm still gonna borrow some of those tasty licks of yours like a MASTER thief! You are the bees knees, THANK YOU for all you do.

[@irenethielen760]

Just discovered Aimee today, and so happy I did. Aimee you are a true teacher, breaking down to bite size the complicated workings of jazz piano, making it accessible to us. I can’t wait to get back to my piano. Thank you so much.

[@ibji]

There are about half a dozen KZbin videos from the European tour Miles Davis and the band promoting kind of blue. There's So What, live in Paris, live in Stockholm, live in Zurich. live in Amsterdam, etc. All the solos are different. Nobody repeats their solos, no one is playing the solos from the original recording. I love the solo, and I transcribed it for guitar, and its fun to play, but in reality, it was a one time gem.

[@Gedomar]

Thank you very mutch from France ,your video is very useful for me i look your lesson every day !!!

[@jazzchromaticdulcimer4223]

We had to transcribe and play Miles’ solo from So What freshman year of UNT School of Jazz. Your 15 year-old student transcribed it better than I did when I was in college! How lucky she is to have such a huge head start with such an amazing teacher!

[@josephshaules]

Fabulous video! Just beginning to work on So What when I came across this. Found myself running around on the Dorian scale, but not sounding interesting at all. Watched you solo - sounded so good - then break down the key elements - then watching your solo at the end and everything made so much sense. Amazing to have a KZbin video transform how I hear a piece of music, and point me in the direction I need to go. Thanks so much.

[@fernandoherranz4095]

Just brilliant! I am impressed by you both. To use Miles' work to teach your student and encourage her to go for it was a great teaching and learning opportunity. Wow.

[@rtrowbridgedixon]

Listening to you talk, with Lucy playing that iconic solo, was for some reason a very emotional moment for me. Like many, I know every note of that solo by heart. The combination of the two of you made me a little weepy. So sweet. There. I said it.

[@DomMinasi]

This excellent Aimee..recommending my students to watch..thank you

[@celtickendall]

So, I'm a piano player (can't claim "pianist" anymore) who's mostly focused on [semi-]traditional folk dance music of the British Isles (mostly the Celtic nations) and North America. I haven't really played jazz or classical piano since college, despite what people say about my chord choices. :) That being said, I absolutely adore your videos, because they really help me identify things that (a) I already do but can't explain or teach; (b) I used to know and should remember to do more often; or (c) I never got my head around in the first place. Your ability and willingness to cleanly break down a topic, and to then calmly, clearly articulate it is much appreciated! Yours is the first KZbin channel that has compelled me to subscribe. Thanks for your work!

[@johndobson1899]

"Less is more !" that's what I keep telling my students hence motifs and space. This is a great video for learning to improvise and lets face it that's a rare thing.

[@NomeDeArte]

Thank you for another marvelous lesson, to you Aimee and to Lucy and her amazing solo too! Best regards from Argentina

[@smoke09able]

Great lesson Aimee! I also enjoyed your improvisation especially with the backing track.

[@emmywillow6599]

As a beginner improviser this is SUCH an awesome idea to help me start talking more with my solos.

[@alibiath35]

I recommended this video to a friend of mine. It's so awesome. Until now I found it difficult to play an interesting solo over one chord. Listening and transcribing solos and after that listening to my own ideas and realizing them: That's my lovely homework for the next time. Thank you for your sensitive teaching.

[@radeum1010]

What is also a killer with Miles Solo, is to listen to it through headphones and marvel at how he plays with the notes too.. His timing, dynamics and how how he can squeeze a note in a way that I had never appreciated before until I listened to his playing properly. A piano of course can not go near the interpretation of this solo once you do just listen to get the full range of emotion that tragically can be missed as It highlights his genius.

[@ryanhughes88629]

This was fantastic. Loved your solo and your analysis of his solo. great stuff. I'll look into all your other videos now. I'm sold. :D

[@blainelilly2971]

Great video, Aimee. Your analysis of Miles's solo is fantastic, and very helpful.

[@punados867]

Miles Davis subtle riffs is what makes him great, and this video and your improv highlights that about him. Great informative video!

[@marklang7486]

This is golddust Aimee. Thank you! I'm a sax player and currently working on transcribing the horn solos on this track. Great advice here about pulling those nuggets out and absorbing them.

[@lejazz6938]

Dear Aimee, absolutely great analysing!!! Thank you SO MUCH!!

[@charliemattina5656]

You play and teach great. I was looking for some jazz tips . Copying you , opened a whole new avenue for me. thanks for helping us folks out.

[@zackguitar07]

Thank you for another brilliant lesson, Aimee! I've played "So What" and "All Blues" for many years, but sometimes just seeing and hearing someone else explain it in detail is all I need to get some inspiration.

[@peterdalby8019]

And, the way you laid back from the beat, particularly on the second chorus anticipating the 4th 8. Brilliant 😉

[@jeromeking6001]

Mrs. Nolte, you sound superb!

[@shabangywangy3681]

so glad i stumbled upon your channel

[@judithfreitag5059]

I love your videos and your music soooo much. Thank you soo much for presenting all this for free! I feel very grateful. 💕💕💕💕

[@bluemoon6579]

Awesome left hand as well. Wow! So subtle so skilled and right on

[@Liunmayer]

Great video, you tought me a lot with just this one video because im learning to improvise now and i will go to a jazz music school after graduation :)

[@johncuscaden2021]

Fantastic!! Please do more!

[@guitarpoetone1]

I've been looking for backing tracks Jazz, Fusion, Blues, ProG Ect.. so I heard u speaking of The IReal backing tracks I'm a musician guitarist also beginning to play piano thanks for yer videos love yer channel I just found you glad I did 🎉❤

[@dhaerque]

great lesson that continues to help aspiring jazz musicians like me, thank you

[@luiselguera7056]

Your solo here is fantastic!

[@benknowles3760]

a great lesson Aimee, and very much fun listening to you play

[@jimkangas4176]

Nice job - great playing by Lucy and yourself! I was reminded that Wes Montgomery would use a motif during a chorus and then play a different one to end it which became the "next" motif - repeat for .... Coleman Hawkins did this too - dozens of choruses and they were all different. As a listener, I just love that.

[@teddyboyat3109]

Nice video, thanks! I love Miles and this album especially, Coltrane's solo is my favorite

[@rachelsmename]

This really answered some questions I've had for awhile. That is, when you're transcribing a solo, what do you look for , what do you learn and how can you use a transcribed solo. Excellent video! Thank you Aimee!

[@pboxelement]

I really appreciate your videos and musical gifts. I hope to learn more. Thank you

[@TheDesertRat31]

Ah yes, the venerable So What. Kind of Blue is my desert island album. Amiee, your solo at the begining is so cool and tasty. A really great example of the power of simple, thematic playing and development.

[@gtberg]

My last teacher made me learn the solo on So What also, but you took it to the next level here and explained how it can help your solos. That's something my last teacher didn't do. Thank you Aimee! I will have to go back to this solo and look at it with fresh eyes.

[@jeromeking6001]

That's some hard work, Lucy sounds so wonderful! Keep it up young lady.

[@stm.natural_selection]

I forget where I heard this but "if you make a mistake repeat it three times and it's not a mistake anymore". Although I don't think this applies to Miles this does help me with my improv because when you repeat a certain phrase or motif it sounds pleasant to the ear 2nd - 3rd time and gives you an anchor to work with and come back to.

[@liriosanz]

Buenísimo !!!! Gracias por los consejos !!!

[@porshascreens1273]

Being a trumpet player and listening/playing this tune and others on this iconic record for years, this really hit home. So much melody from so much simplicity.

[@Ollipr]

Thank you so much! This helped me so much with my improvising altogether.

[@jogo2000]

Thanks! Learning this for my guitar lessons currently and this helped a lot.

[@bensteverman7562]

Wonderful!! I'd love to see the same video with the emphasis on what you are doing with your left hand! I can copy the right hand but have no idea what you are doing with he left - which really makes it swing. Thank you Aimee!!

[@midnitesongs]

you make things super easy to understand - thank you so much Aimee

[@davidhyatt7550]

Great teaching!

[@DojoOfCool]

Horn player will take a one or two bar pattern/motif and turn it into an entire days practice. They learn it then transpose to all keys, then start slightly modify it, invert it, reverse it. Then start playing with the rhythm and shift it back and forth changing what notes are on strong beat vs weak beat. Then finish up with taking the same pattern and playing it against different chords. Skills learned from spending a day working on one motif transfers to live playing be it a motif or enhancing a melody.

[@dfaria1000]

This is an awesome lesson.... thanks.

[@jadestoneproductions5110]

Brilliant Amiee - playing this as one in Queens plat jubilee set in our London street - a number of excellent pointers for me -- why is space hard to do in a solo with the simple motif's - which sound so great as you explain and play so weel - but when you are in the moment the space seems to grow and you fill it

[@snardash_1197]

Great video Amy. Thaks. Ive been having problems with my improvisation dealing with frustation and trying to get as much as possible into a solo. So this is really helpful, thanks a lot.

[@johnd.4536]

The feel of this is just right. Thanks

[@fusion-music]

Your lesson with Lucy, on slowly developing the motif, reminds me of Indian classical music on the Sitar. Miles was the master, but never competed with his understudies. He really let his music breathe - unlike my efforts in the 70s. By the way, I enjoyed your video on Nebula "when God told Barry Manilow to stop!

[@sidneyzetra7709]

Thanks Aimee. I just got this album and it's blowing my mind.

[@sbingham1979]

An excellent and really interesting lesson.

[@mikebrookfield]

👍 top advise.. great lesson

[@Goyote]

"Listening is the way you grow fastest". ♥️

[@dvaughnpershing6553]

Thank you Aimee for another analyzed solo. How great to pick apart ideas and then try to use them elsewhere.

[@eViolinity]

So great! Even for violinists. Thanks.

[@Audiorial]

i love these and your playing too, it's so motivating

[@SilasHaslam]

Fantastic video as always !!!

[@daviddieffenderfer]

Great lesson and great playing, thank you!

[@digitalfootprint741]

Great tutorial. I try not to use the phrase” steal solo lines” but instead try to instill into a beginning jazz student that he purpose of ear transcriptions is to study the soling techniques then emulate accordingly in order to develop the student’s signature style.

[@albertbrighten2819]

Aimee, this is all that I ever wanted to do on the piano, improvise over chords or bass line. Unfortunately I have never found a teacher who is willing to divert from an established curriculum or say that I can't just jump in at this level without doing...blah blah first (classical, Alfred's Method Books, ABRSM etc.)

[@Italon12]

great video thank you

[@Kobiriv]

Thanks Aimee for another great tutorial!

[@karlmccreight5071]

Beautiful playing.

[@octavioperez1101]

Thanks Aimee I just got the app and It's very helpful playing with a virtual band at home

[@videosdemua]

Beautiful solo!

[@Zazoo74]

Thank you so much it's so inspiring ! 🙏

[@spivz1020]

Fantastic lesson Aimee!

[@bingispaceman]

Thanks Aimee for the great video, I am learning this as my "song a week" this week, and I found this video extremely helpful in learning the transcription and analysis process. It's a painful process, I never considered myself to have a great "ear", I hope it gets easier... I found this amazing version with Miles, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Cannonball Adderly, Paul Chambers and Billy Cobb on youtube form the KInd of Blue album ..have been listening to it on repeat. This is so mind blowing. Everybody in this recording is an absolute genius.

[@RalphBrooker-gn9iv]

Lovely solo. Yours. Well done Lucy too. I transpose a lot of early Lee Konitz/Warne Marsh/Lennie Tristano ‘lines’ over standard changes. Sound-Lee (Too Marvellous) begins with a Lee solo, the motifs are quite incredible and the accenting breaks up AABA format. But I think that’s my favourite thing to do at a piano. With new apps this becomes easier (Amazing Slow Downer I used for ‘Wow’ a piece with a tricky 16th note section).

[@alecsciandra705]

This is a fantastic video

[@Darksouls184]

Got dayum does this soloing swing. Great video!

[@joseenriquelunamendoza425]

Hi Aimie the other day l heard a beautiful vocal versión of a young girl basically interpreting Miles' solo. There l noticed Miles played his original motif up a 3rd on every incoming chorus. I love your Intel.

[@jeffparker9791]

Amazing solo!!!

[@peterdalby8019]

Great solo Aimee!

[@arthurgraham3356]

There is just so much great stuff in this video I stopped halfway through, I didn’t want to overload. I’ll work on it for a few days and then come back for some more. I’m a guitarist.

[@edzielinski]

2nd time watching. First time I glossed over those first 2 mins. Challenge - watch the video, then go do that first thing that Amy talks about, and then watch again - see if you get a different take on it.

[@azguitar]

Miles is certainly one of the best jazz motif players ever.

[@xythantiopps]

There's a lot of noodling and not enough motivic development in jazz solos. I know I'm certainly guilty of it.

[@alexcoe4346]

Thank you so much for this video it was so helpful!!!

[@jamesr141]

This was so informative!

[@SRHMusic012]

This is wonderful, Aimee. I can't figure how to give more than one like, though...!

[@AshleyAlvares]

Beautiful lesson!

[@jerryengland6177]

Fantastic job Aimee! I would love to take lessons from you!

[@tjsmith3741]

Nice analysis, this helps me play with the bassline...:)

[@coolseattledude]

Aimee thank you for another fab lesson, I have been sucking eggs on So What forever lol, now thanks to you I have some new ideas and approaches that I can't wait to try out. : )

[@anthonyjrtummino3819]

Your left hand timing is impeccable

[@FrankAliasno1]

Hi Aimee, Super master class on So what and Miles. His solo is a wonderful opportunity to discuss Dorian mode and even mixing blues and dorian . May I suggest that you comment Coltrane's solo on Blue Trane the same way ? Coltrane's ability to use melodic minor is really one of a kind, and your explanations will be more than welcome. Thanks in advance. Francis

[@allaneverett1470]

i must say that for that brand of piano, it sure has a sweet tone

[@Artec619]

I took some good concepts from this video. Thanks, it was useful and it felt like time well spent.

[@jaivarsa]

Miles' solo in "So What" is so great that at first I did not think it was a solo, I thought it was the head.

[@arevolutionarywaytolearn]

excellent!