The 3 Levels of Improvising

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Charles Cornell

Charles Cornell

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@CharlesCornellStudios
@CharlesCornellStudios 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for 500k!!! TIMESTAMPS: Level 1 Explanation: 2:32 Level 1 Example: 3:23 Level 2 Explanation: 4:08 Level 2 Example: 4:59 Level 3 Explanation: 5:41 Level 3 Example: 8:54
@sailor6842
@sailor6842 4 жыл бұрын
Charles Cornell love when im having a shitty day and you always upload a video and make my day 100 times better keep making videos and never stop
@jeffcatgreeb7262
@jeffcatgreeb7262 4 жыл бұрын
Well done my g
@susanpevensie2408
@susanpevensie2408 4 жыл бұрын
Congrats!!!
@dgsoundCA
@dgsoundCA 4 жыл бұрын
Congrats Charles, well deserved! Thank you so much for sharing with us your art.🎹🔥
@joshuavanliew8105
@joshuavanliew8105 4 жыл бұрын
this was awesome. really love the part about how we communicate is simular to improvisation in music keep it up
@VOLAIRE
@VOLAIRE 4 жыл бұрын
Congratulations on half a million followers, huge milestone. Can’t wait for that face reveal.
@whalejoey205
@whalejoey205 4 жыл бұрын
@@aldensmith6666 r/wooosh
@hotelinjapan389
@hotelinjapan389 4 жыл бұрын
Alden Smith oh you feel so smart don’t you
@yes-ft9ze
@yes-ft9ze 4 жыл бұрын
@@whalejoey205 r/woooosh
@ninoky6525
@ninoky6525 4 жыл бұрын
@@yes-ft9ze r/wooosh on a wooosh
@yes-ft9ze
@yes-ft9ze 4 жыл бұрын
@@ninoky6525 ikr
@stelllabration
@stelllabration 4 жыл бұрын
His “free improv” really spoke to me. I loved it
@hughpenner1417
@hughpenner1417 4 жыл бұрын
Stella Roy same
@DanielKodiak
@DanielKodiak 4 жыл бұрын
Stella Roy sams
@kenneth1767
@kenneth1767 4 жыл бұрын
Totally love it.
@brentonsmith8921
@brentonsmith8921 2 жыл бұрын
Reminded me of Waltz for Debby a bit
@abrahampena1681
@abrahampena1681 Жыл бұрын
His improvisation spoke to you because he expressed all of his emotions and thoughts through the language of music.
@elephantanious24
@elephantanious24 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for reiterating the fact that improvisation takes skill and isn't easy. People used to ask me to improvise as a beginner and I was like 😳
@CharlesCornellStudios
@CharlesCornellStudios 4 жыл бұрын
It's a weird concept that you have to actually practice improvising. Seems like an oxymoron, but isn't.
@_lucas.antunes_
@_lucas.antunes_ 4 жыл бұрын
My greatest advice to all beginners and people that ask me is: train your ears. Your ears are your most important equipment in music, they help you know the next chords and notes, its tune, things that fit together, improvise and much more. Simply listen to a song, stop doing anything else, and pay attention to how it goes, how it talks, and how can you imitate it or even make it sound better. Do it enough and you'll have ease to improvise. Oh, and one more thing: whether you are listening to or playing a song, always connect with it, just like while training your ears. Feel it and let it speak to you, so that you can speak back to it.
@ItsABOUTflamTIME
@ItsABOUTflamTIME 4 жыл бұрын
That's like asking a beginning Spanish student to tell a story.
@elephantanious24
@elephantanious24 4 жыл бұрын
@@CharlesCornellStudios Thank you so much for responding! I love your videos!!!
@beebee2783
@beebee2783 4 жыл бұрын
That's akin to theater and being told to do some improv. it really isn't easy to just get up and act without some form of a script. You have got to be quick on your feet. It takes practice to unlock that quick wit section of your brain!
@georginatoland
@georginatoland 4 жыл бұрын
I call that last one, “Mister Rogers Watches Snow Fall on the Neighborhood As It Slowly Becomes Rain”
@starrk7158
@starrk7158 4 жыл бұрын
snow becomes rain is an appropriate title.
@jacobname4310
@jacobname4310 4 жыл бұрын
I read this as that the neighborhood was becoming rain and it was like “Mister Rogers Watches Snow Fall on the Neighborhood As the Bomb Goes Off”
@coletteellenc
@coletteellenc 4 жыл бұрын
Absolutely
@jatodd3746
@jatodd3746 4 жыл бұрын
That conjures a beautiful image.
@Seissmo
@Seissmo 4 жыл бұрын
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
@BambooShinobi1
@BambooShinobi1 4 жыл бұрын
Charles: "Just be willing to sound bad" slaps hands on keys 6:36 Me: That was a kind of a juicy chord though
@glaxglax4741
@glaxglax4741 4 жыл бұрын
Trent Paider Adam Neely wants your location
@MrPabgon
@MrPabgon 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah it's level 4 on spice jazz
@llacrymossa
@llacrymossa 4 жыл бұрын
T h a t I s j a z z m a n
@noahg5139
@noahg5139 4 жыл бұрын
Congrats you are now my improv teacher
@sturmifan
@sturmifan 4 жыл бұрын
Jazz!
@lorettabes4553
@lorettabes4553 4 жыл бұрын
I could listen to him play for hours! It's like those 'chill' or 'study' hour long video's.
@daisey6918
@daisey6918 4 жыл бұрын
Loretta Bes i’d love if he made a study video that’s like an hour or so long!
@randomworkings3600
@randomworkings3600 4 жыл бұрын
Daisey Bui listen to Bill Evans’ solo sessions albums or the alone and alone again albums. They’ll have what you like from his playing!
@daisey6918
@daisey6918 4 жыл бұрын
Random Workings thank you so much! these videos help me a lot now with my homework! 😊
@Zb_Calisthenic
@Zb_Calisthenic 4 жыл бұрын
You'd like Bill Evans.
@diotimamusic6771
@diotimamusic6771 4 жыл бұрын
I gotta say, as a jazz player I both love and absolutely hate hearing that.
@andreajames3544
@andreajames3544 4 жыл бұрын
Is there sheet music for this?
@forg6641
@forg6641 4 жыл бұрын
@@grudman7885 is there sheet music for this?
@kennyassgaming2017
@kennyassgaming2017 4 жыл бұрын
Is there sheet music for this?
@rawpotatofella9654
@rawpotatofella9654 4 жыл бұрын
Is there sheet music for this?
@dati9964
@dati9964 4 жыл бұрын
Is there sheet music for this?
@luisakae19
@luisakae19 4 жыл бұрын
but guys the real question is... Is there any sheet music for this?
@CommanderPiglet
@CommanderPiglet 4 жыл бұрын
Level one: no book Level two: real book Level three: forgot real book
@JaxonHaze
@JaxonHaze 4 жыл бұрын
Level 0: Normie Level 1: Jazz head Level 2: Jazz solo Level 3: Free jazz Level 4: Memes
@SatchmoBronson
@SatchmoBronson 4 жыл бұрын
Level 4 has to have T H E L I C C and Dies irae.
@hezekiahdaggett2179
@hezekiahdaggett2179 4 жыл бұрын
Of course
@certifiedpossum8655
@certifiedpossum8655 4 жыл бұрын
Level ???: Lo fi hip hop
@ceedubelu
@ceedubelu 4 жыл бұрын
An Infestor That was determined to be level 7 Jazz.
@mckenziecalhoun316
@mckenziecalhoun316 4 жыл бұрын
@@SatchmoBronson FEFDECEEF#GAF#DE
@sophiasimmons3307
@sophiasimmons3307 4 жыл бұрын
You forgot about cursed level 4: nontraditional instrument use. Bang the side of that keyboard. Scream intermittently.
@free_siobhan
@free_siobhan 4 жыл бұрын
“Scream intermittently” is my new motto
@spitgorge2021
@spitgorge2021 4 жыл бұрын
then theres level 5, make your own instruments to improv on!
@John-zq6pt
@John-zq6pt 4 жыл бұрын
21th century composers be like
@LedoPiano
@LedoPiano Жыл бұрын
That'd be Hermeto Pascoal haha
@GiGA-BOB
@GiGA-BOB 7 ай бұрын
Peter bence intensifies
@balintlauko9905
@balintlauko9905 4 жыл бұрын
For a million subscribers you should release a full album, including maybe a couple of collabs or just simply songs you would like us to listen to. or say thank you a million times in every key
@Theoneandonlyenelie
@Theoneandonlyenelie 4 жыл бұрын
Bálint Laukó meet and greet?
@CharlesCornellStudios
@CharlesCornellStudios 4 жыл бұрын
Are...are you implying I say thank you 12 million times?
@SeanTheDiscoNinja
@SeanTheDiscoNinja 4 жыл бұрын
Clearly in all of the relevant minors too. Can't get off that easy.
@philipbackes8696
@philipbackes8696 4 жыл бұрын
@@SeanTheDiscoNinja and all the modes so 84 million times
@starrk7158
@starrk7158 4 жыл бұрын
@@CharlesCornellStudios example 3 should be called snow becomes rain.
@whatdadogdoin1540
@whatdadogdoin1540 4 жыл бұрын
When you said 'even if you're not subscribed, I still appreciate every one of you', I was expecting the 'if you're not, you should sub right now...' but it never came. I respect you very much Charles. Congrats. Edit: God dammit right when I unpaused the video you said that. But I still respect you.
@kelseykramer1783
@kelseykramer1783 4 жыл бұрын
Its okay cause he stumbled over the word ehe
@fifthdaniel6413
@fifthdaniel6413 4 жыл бұрын
Haha
@yoni6847
@yoni6847 2 жыл бұрын
lmao
@Youngling24
@Youngling24 Жыл бұрын
Bro that’s funny 😂
@dladmsdn1223
@dladmsdn1223 4 жыл бұрын
that level 3 improv was like a beautiful conversation. as soon as charles hit the notes, the notes sung back to him, to which charles then responded--and the cycle continued.
@mrnobody0123
@mrnobody0123 4 жыл бұрын
Jacob Collier: Allow me to introduce myself
@vincentnguyen3068
@vincentnguyen3068 4 жыл бұрын
Me: *Hits random notes on keyboard* Piano: "bruh" Me: "Damn that's rude"
@MaxRamos8
@MaxRamos8 4 жыл бұрын
Sounded like trash for most of level 3, only got good like the last half but it wasn't great
@4lexflp
@4lexflp 4 жыл бұрын
@@MaxRamos8 that was more complex than your brain, but it went over it anyways.
@PreservationEnthusiast
@PreservationEnthusiast 4 жыл бұрын
@@4lexflp I agree with Max. Just random notes a lot of it. Kind of aimless wandering. Most people who have spent a lot of time on an instrument can put something like that together. It's mostly just playing little snippets they know from other music from muscle memory and mishmashing together.
@lunicium
@lunicium 4 жыл бұрын
I could listen to an entire album of that last piece. I didn't want it to end. Truly beautiful stuff, man.
@noidentificationable
@noidentificationable 4 жыл бұрын
Lunicium well there’s plenty of it!
@sicarius9156
@sicarius9156 4 жыл бұрын
Youd probably like H. John Benjamins album Well, i should have... :P i dont mean it like its bad i actually like it
@keman4913
@keman4913 4 жыл бұрын
@@noidentificationable where?
@STEREODVST
@STEREODVST 4 жыл бұрын
Idk improvisation is just literally vibing. You vibe with the chords and melodies. And just. Idk. Vibe with it.
@adhLIGHTS
@adhLIGHTS 4 жыл бұрын
Vibe the vibe a second
@evieatarax
@evieatarax 4 жыл бұрын
When you get down to it, jazz is just musicians straight up vibing
@romistako2938
@romistako2938 4 жыл бұрын
That phrase sounds so neo-soul hahahahah vibin'
@crade9126
@crade9126 4 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@adenmcdooflez
@adenmcdooflez 4 жыл бұрын
Literally could not have been described in any better way lol
@ominouscry6886
@ominouscry6886 4 жыл бұрын
Man, level 3 thoooo, that melody was beautiful and reminded me of rain, especially the beginning
@Liv24_Productions
@Liv24_Productions 4 жыл бұрын
OminousCry at first i read rain as iran
@BobbyBattista
@BobbyBattista 4 жыл бұрын
The holidays are still bouncing around the mind @ 9:19, 10:13 "Here we are as in olden days" :)
@arieanaeberle9794
@arieanaeberle9794 4 жыл бұрын
Happy I wasn't the only one who heard that!
@thescowlingschnauzer
@thescowlingschnauzer 4 жыл бұрын
OF. YORE!
@747lch
@747lch 4 жыл бұрын
Does this conflict with the 7 levels of jazz
@eriknestaas2270
@eriknestaas2270 4 жыл бұрын
Why would it?
@likeabridgeovertroubledwater
@likeabridgeovertroubledwater 4 жыл бұрын
no... I think it is wrong to categorize music, technique anf levels of composition, jazz, improv or whatever since it's a blue ocean and all the "levels" are categorized based on personal opinions. You referred to "7 levels of jazz"; it is simply a biased categorization of different methods and their "spicyness".
@747lch
@747lch 4 жыл бұрын
It’s a joke guys... like jazz circlejerk. I wish I didn’t have to point that out
@justinjager8412
@justinjager8412 4 жыл бұрын
@@likeabridgeovertroubledwater It's a joke
@likeabridgeovertroubledwater
@likeabridgeovertroubledwater 4 жыл бұрын
@@justinjager8412 my bad I thought it was for real
@JamesThatcher
@JamesThatcher 4 жыл бұрын
The best way I can describe this: Level 0: You're buying a used house, someone has done all the work - you're just moving in Level 1: You're buying a kit house, you've got everything you need here to build a house, but you have to make it yourself Level 2: You're buying a house that has the foundation and the framing all done, but you need to put in the drywall, paint, (maybe the roof) before you can move in Level 3: You have a bare spot of land, and you need to build a house. You may see someone else's house and try to duplicate it, but you have no blueprints I think that's the best way I can describe it... I've focused a lot of my musical playing around Level 2 and 3, because frankly I like building things, but I have mad respect for people who can do Level 1 and make it sound like their interpretation aside from the original composer/artist
@xXCursedWorgenXx
@xXCursedWorgenXx 4 жыл бұрын
level 1 would be remixes then? covers that have more than the original?
@destinseese34
@destinseese34 4 жыл бұрын
@@xXCursedWorgenXx level one is more like looking at a Melody written on the page, then changing a couple notes and adding things. I guess a cover would work, but improve isn't usually an entire song, especially in jazz, unless you're talking free jazz or something to that extent.
@jameswang3860
@jameswang3860 4 жыл бұрын
Even madder respect for people who can play at level 0 and make it sound like their own. People who play Beethoven, Chopin like they mean it. Too often classical pianists are machines
@kenneth1767
@kenneth1767 4 жыл бұрын
I like the analogy. I once built a level 3 house in the African bush, using the raw materials from nature: poles, thatch, rocks, slate, timber. It was the most satisfying creative project ever tackled.
@josephlee4704
@josephlee4704 4 жыл бұрын
never heard a youtuber say “thanks you even if you aren’t subscribed” shows the passion he has for this much respect💯
@ckextreme
@ckextreme 4 жыл бұрын
Pianist Charles makes a drummer face when he improves.
@CharlesCornellStudios
@CharlesCornellStudios 4 жыл бұрын
I try to improve a little bit every day
@metodemersic
@metodemersic 4 жыл бұрын
@@CharlesCornellStudios Wow... would you consider a second channel or someting like that with daily improvs... Short but sweet... you know. Like a drug, daily jazz dose :)
@ckextreme
@ckextreme 4 жыл бұрын
@@CharlesCornellStudios Autocorrect!!!
@metodemersic
@metodemersic 4 жыл бұрын
@@ckextreme ok, so you meant improvise... Great, cause for a second there I made a mistake. You know, improving and improvising go hand in hand, but are not the same :) Still Charles, daily improvisations? Any thoughts on that? And thanks
@Dprest-nd4yc
@Dprest-nd4yc 4 жыл бұрын
@@metodemersic make this happen
@lukasleherbauer9668
@lukasleherbauer9668 4 жыл бұрын
10:40 that sounded soo beautiful it was absolutely amazing sand satisfying
@dank980
@dank980 4 жыл бұрын
Yes
@mose918
@mose918 4 жыл бұрын
sounds like snow
@derekpintozzi2498
@derekpintozzi2498 2 жыл бұрын
@@mose918 like vince
@pedert3403
@pedert3403 4 жыл бұрын
As someone who is trying (and slightly struggling) to get back into playing Piano/Keyboard I really appreciate these videos
@QStar3
@QStar3 4 жыл бұрын
Me: Level 3 is absolutely gorgeous Also me: *it sounds like every Ear Training 4 student’s worst transcription nightmare* 🤯
@jezreelsanchez232
@jezreelsanchez232 4 жыл бұрын
QStar3 I’m only in ear training two and I’m terrified 😭
@cinnabard955
@cinnabard955 4 жыл бұрын
Jezreel Sanchez yes ear training two is already mortifying me but ear training four is going to kill me
@frankiemidnight4218
@frankiemidnight4218 4 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoy this kind of stuff! As another jazz pianist, check out Keith Jarrett’s “Facing You” and “The Köhln Concert” albums. He’s on of the greatest jazz pianists of all time, especially for his free his improvisations, like Charles does with his Level 3.
@cassylk22
@cassylk22 4 жыл бұрын
your piano playing is *heaven*
@EdgePitSwing
@EdgePitSwing 4 жыл бұрын
your improv piece really took me somewhere. wonderful stuff. 🙂
@ChristianLeovido
@ChristianLeovido 4 жыл бұрын
You kept me 100% engaged with your free improvisation. I was listening to every single note and I could hear a blend of contemporary classical, impressionism, jazz, modern/minimalism... the way you mix everything together and the transitions between the sections is truly creative.
@minakothememequeen1281
@minakothememequeen1281 4 жыл бұрын
I swear this guy is so talented
@IAmZellixx
@IAmZellixx 4 жыл бұрын
I could tell that there was a couple moments in level 3 that you started thinking about what you’re playing, then towards the end you let go and let it steer you. Honestly I like Yanni’s interpretation of free improv as well(manifested in the “creative mode”), where he explains that the creative mode is like a butterfly that lands in your hand. If you grab it or reach for it, it disappears. You just have to let it land in your hand and go wherever it wants. The same applies to free-styling rap as well.
@yevheniia.yevheniia
@yevheniia.yevheniia 4 жыл бұрын
Thank you, Charles, for your kindness to share your experience and knowledge with us. And congratulations on 500.000 subscribers! We all admire your skills.
@alastairk0159
@alastairk0159 4 жыл бұрын
I was expecting a sketch. I'm still very satisfied. I love seeing you actually show off your talent
@LOCAL_LEE
@LOCAL_LEE 4 жыл бұрын
I thought this would be a skit, but... *I'm not disappointed*
@zinnian3186
@zinnian3186 4 жыл бұрын
As a classical pianist, I found this so helpful. Thank you so much for your insight and congrats on 500,000 subs!
@SpeedTim
@SpeedTim 4 жыл бұрын
I shared your Channel to many friends and they all loved it, so you deserve this. I think that you are a great pianist and would be a nice teacher, and i just love your stuff so big love on you. Kisses from France 🇫🇷❤️
@PianoFromScratch
@PianoFromScratch 4 жыл бұрын
First couple of videos I watched I didn’t notice how much of a solid musician you actually were. The last few I’ve seen I now see, you’ve got something man!
@kam._5969
@kam._5969 4 жыл бұрын
Nobody: Children squeezing limes into their mouth: 6:52
@LaurenceMartinSask
@LaurenceMartinSask 11 ай бұрын
Beautiful level 3, yes, follow your heart because in my view that's all it is about. It is like learning a new language, the heart has things to say so it will dare jump into the deep end of the pool, making mistakes but being true, using what it knows that eventually will bring new vocabulary, and increased level of fluency, fluency being infinite...
@okwa477
@okwa477 4 жыл бұрын
The song Charles uses in level 1 and 2 is called I Love You by Cole Porter for anyone who was wondering
@kidaneJK
@kidaneJK 4 жыл бұрын
The fact that number three is a thing amazes me cuz I thought I was the only person that’s was that’s crazy to go crazy forget about “structure” I really appreciate this please do not stop make videos like this!!!
@daisukekambe6282
@daisukekambe6282 4 жыл бұрын
A free piano tutor 🔥🔥
@kkmonsoon8048
@kkmonsoon8048 4 жыл бұрын
I'm watching this video before a lesson/after transcribing an Esperanza Spalding cover. The motivation is REAL today.
@FloatingWeeds2
@FloatingWeeds2 4 жыл бұрын
Dude I'm loving your longer form explanatory content. You, Neely, and a few others thrown in are helping me become a much better musician!
@benmarshall6663
@benmarshall6663 3 жыл бұрын
wow. I don't know how many KZbin clips I've watched trying to get the the core of what im trying to do as a musician in general, but that's it. What makes a successful impro?? structure? no structure? somewhere in between, depending on the moment? when are we free? when there is spontenaety? connection? discovery of something new? reiteration of predefined patterns? great to hear someone else is on a similar plot! Well done great video! keep the musings coming.
@kazetakie
@kazetakie 4 жыл бұрын
I’m calling it now: Charles is the Bill Nye but for music
@levvi917
@levvi917 4 жыл бұрын
*Vsauce
@SheldonBird
@SheldonBird 4 жыл бұрын
*Adam Neely
@levvi917
@levvi917 4 жыл бұрын
@@SheldonBird Adam neely is the Vsauce of music so I geuss that works
@setmason1510
@setmason1510 3 жыл бұрын
doesnt make any sense... bill nye has a degree in mechanical engineering. He's just a puppet with a script.
@Max-jf5vu
@Max-jf5vu 4 жыл бұрын
I actually recently started doing the 'Level 3' improv (messing about) because I finally feel like I'm at a level where that kind of improv occasionally sounds nice. It's such a freeing thing to do and sometimes I even surprise myself with a few passages of chords that sound great together (even though I generally don't know why that is in terms of music theory). Anyway, thanks for another awesome video and a big congratulations for 500k - you really deserve it!
@eriknestaas2270
@eriknestaas2270 4 жыл бұрын
Wow, really good improvisation at level 3!
@aldorr_music
@aldorr_music 3 жыл бұрын
The third step can be so incredibly humbling. Sometimes it can be so intimate and personal that is hard to share with others. But ultimately it can be the most satisfying one. Beautiful improvisations by the way!
@olakolade6656
@olakolade6656 3 жыл бұрын
I love improvisation and i’ve been doing it all the time at home instead of reading sheet music(i hate reading lol so when i get to class, I kinda sometimes struggle) . You’re right, we learn the chords and stuff. I’m that one kid in class who knows how to improvise because for me it’s fun. But i’m also the last one to read sheet music, because it’s boring. hehe. I love composing ^_^ Somehow my improvisation is way more advanced than my current level of sheet music I play I love letting go. it’s the opposite for my friend who plays piano as well. she is really good at sheet reading and tries or wants to play correctly while improvising, (so she says she hates improvisation) but i’m sure she’ll get better at it sometime soon :) but I gotta practice sheet reading because I need to progress I still have a long way to go and learn with improvisation I guess we’re all different :D
@jacksondavies1451
@jacksondavies1451 2 жыл бұрын
We are so similar. My improv is way more advanced than my sheet music. I also love to learn music by ear because I feel it is just easier to do that way, and it is for some reason ten times easier to memorize.
@amandalim3330
@amandalim3330 4 жыл бұрын
As a pianist and flutist who learned through classical music, jazz to me almost always sounded the same, improvised or not. In recent years, I've come to appreciate the interesting harmonies and chords that come from this style of music, and this channel, and especially this video has helped me to learn more. Thanks Charles, keep doing what you do!
@spyte2
@spyte2 4 жыл бұрын
Can you make a Spotify playlist of just jazz music?!
@zackarykeleher6996
@zackarykeleher6996 4 жыл бұрын
It's so interesting to see how as an improviser your concentration changes. Level 2 compared to 1 there's so much less comping and that's so interesting to me, but it sounds so so natural!
@ronisawyer5371
@ronisawyer5371 4 жыл бұрын
I've been watching your videos for awhile now. I always found the skits hilarious, even if I didn't have a piano. I'm in choir, so I have musical background. I recently got a keyboard for my birthday and I was so excited! I only know how to play "Mary Had a Little Lamb", and I know it's going to be a long journey. Your videos will help to motivate me along the way. So happy to be one of your 500k Subscribers! You deserve them.
@jacobvo3694
@jacobvo3694 4 жыл бұрын
When I began to play piano myself, I always at the level 2 of your improvising definition. Playing that way makes me feel like I'm a real pro player with my keyboard. fantastic all the way.
@sairaiiii1692
@sairaiiii1692 4 жыл бұрын
i have exam tomorrow nah whatever this is much useful than school dah
@notcarrotnose258
@notcarrotnose258 4 жыл бұрын
dang same, good luck man
@piushsarkar1823
@piushsarkar1823 3 жыл бұрын
I'm learning Indian Classical Music and there's a lot of improvisation in it and I love the way that he explained the idea of improvisation. I've never really heard it explained like that. Taking an idea and following where it goes. I think that is going to help me be so much more creative. Thanks man!
@user-ij5nn8oj6j
@user-ij5nn8oj6j 4 жыл бұрын
When you not even have level 0 'cause you can't read sheet music the right way...
@notcarrotnose258
@notcarrotnose258 4 жыл бұрын
rip
@GeneralAeon
@GeneralAeon 4 жыл бұрын
When you -1 because you can't keep in time
@elirainu
@elirainu 4 жыл бұрын
But it's improv...
@Nihlm
@Nihlm 4 жыл бұрын
@@elirainu the levels of improv in the video are based from going from sheet music to free form, not bad improv to good improv
@WoodyGamesUK
@WoodyGamesUK 4 жыл бұрын
Then you can skip directly to level 3.
@Sleptane
@Sleptane 4 жыл бұрын
I’m a uni student going after an arts administration degree with a LOT of music studies mixed in. I’ll take maybe 45 minutes at a time in our music building on the performance grand after-hours, and doing nothing other than your “level 3” description with an audio recorder to reflect on it later and maybe pique some composition ideas when I need something new. Incredibly happy and inspired that it’s a part of your process sometimes too- I look up to this channel so much. Congrats on 500k, every bit was deserved!
@emmaghiu01
@emmaghiu01 4 жыл бұрын
This was a great explanation! I do a lot of improv for my church worship team and it’s really hard to explain to people how I play what I play when I improvise, it just happens😂
@MegaGermanShepherds
@MegaGermanShepherds 4 жыл бұрын
Level 3 seems like when a group of performers don’t have the sheet music or remember the chords. Reminds me of jazz combo last fall when we were memorizing some of the songs and then when we got to Recorda Me, the other two woodwindists (tenor and alto player) did not play the melody with me and left me to do it on my own after my solo (last solo) and I messed up so much on my clarinet. This really helps out! Even I learned a new way this month when we were having normal classes instead of online, there was a way of improvising which is to sing and create a melody line to make it sound so much better. A friend of mine, the tenor sax player who let me do Recorda Me’s melody alone, taught us all this in jazz combo about this.
@eabaggins
@eabaggins 4 жыл бұрын
The improve at one point reminded me of a Radiohead song, Daydreaming
@ethanpiper6221
@ethanpiper6221 4 жыл бұрын
Evren YES
@Ontheroad13
@Ontheroad13 4 жыл бұрын
I used to play piano when I was younger and gave it up to play guitar and punk/metal bands don’t usually need piano players. Your videos along with some others have gotten me wanting to play again. My new workstation should get to my house tomorrow. Can’t wait to play again! Thank you and keep it up! Love the videos.
@LucasStoten1
@LucasStoten1 4 жыл бұрын
There were moments in your Level 3 improv where you took the harmony to the exact place it felt to me like it was yearning to go (and not just in predictable cadences) and other times when it totally diverged from my expectations in the best way. Very nice
@uhmari.
@uhmari. 4 жыл бұрын
Watching him watch his hands move across the keyboard while doing free improv is *beautiful*
@kenneth1767
@kenneth1767 4 жыл бұрын
Yep, it's like watching the muse tell you what's going to happen next in the story you're writing.
@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 4 жыл бұрын
Me: IS there sheet music for- (Charles kicks down my door) Charles: I'm gonna use this keyboard to give you a bad time. Me: Help
@soupgirl1864
@soupgirl1864 4 жыл бұрын
Dadada-da, da-da-da-dadada
@mrpk646
@mrpk646 4 жыл бұрын
Bruh why do I see you everywhere hahaha
@soupgirl1864
@soupgirl1864 4 жыл бұрын
@@mrpk646 he comments on everything. There's quite a few of them. Him, StickMaster500, Justin. Y, look on any popular video and you'll see comments by them. Although Justin. Y seems to have slowed down recently.
@MrOzman999
@MrOzman999 4 жыл бұрын
Dude straight up catfished us all with the premise of displaying 3 examples of musical concepts, actually soars into a free-form piano improv like an absolute lad. 10/10 would subscribe again
@ajrv
@ajrv 4 жыл бұрын
I think you might have forgot to link those guys!
@CharlesCornellStudios
@CharlesCornellStudios 4 жыл бұрын
DAMMIT. I literally always forget. My bad, fixing asap
@jackthecommenter2768
@jackthecommenter2768 4 жыл бұрын
Been with you since the van, ended by watching you grow.. You've come far and im so proud of you.
@Joelkikkoman
@Joelkikkoman 4 жыл бұрын
More. Yes. More topics. Just cover more topics, that’s what I want!
@johnreuelsathyadass6388
@johnreuelsathyadass6388 4 жыл бұрын
The world needs more people like you
@liamhenderson7367
@liamhenderson7367 4 жыл бұрын
1:31 Are we getting a facereveal at 1M subs?
@CharlesCornellStudios
@CharlesCornellStudios 4 жыл бұрын
No
@liamhenderson7367
@liamhenderson7367 4 жыл бұрын
Darn :(
@rubyjulivre1136
@rubyjulivre1136 4 жыл бұрын
@Alexandros Nicolacakis yes we missed the real jimmy
@liamhenderson7367
@liamhenderson7367 4 жыл бұрын
@Alexandros Nicolacakis yes!
@kaitlinwilson3598
@kaitlinwilson3598 4 жыл бұрын
i don’t usually leave comments, but i felt the need too. I’ve been playing piano regularly for about 8 years, and only have begun to really LEARN the instrument. Reading music and memorizing classical pieces is great, but there’s something to be said about truly knowing how to work your way around the phrases, keys and notes. As a level one improviser, this video really gave me the encouragement to start to get better at it, and really feel where a made up song might be going. Thank you so much, and good luck to all you musicians out there
@JoshDoesTravel
@JoshDoesTravel 4 жыл бұрын
Petition for Charles to make a full jazz album
@VincentVallillo
@VincentVallillo 2 ай бұрын
Thank you for restating the fact that improv doesn’t take skill. It takes time and understanding.
@N3therPig
@N3therPig 4 жыл бұрын
8:51 "allow it to pu- *ad break* -sh forward"
@dominikizyk2216
@dominikizyk2216 4 жыл бұрын
kaith jarrett used to play whole concerts just improvising, i strongly recommend to take a look on them because the mastermind standing behind that idea is beyond anything that i know
@kam._5969
@kam._5969 4 жыл бұрын
3:54 i'm going to screenshot this, put it in black and white and tell my kids this was erik satie
@Grazdor
@Grazdor 4 жыл бұрын
The free improv part got me leaning back in my chair, closing my eyes, slowly drifting off and just thinking about space, shapes and colors flying around, merging together and exploding into new shapes and colors. Oddly satisfying.
@HeRo_Snare
@HeRo_Snare 4 жыл бұрын
Level 1&2: Yeah these are pretty nice and fun. Level 3: Ahh I see im going to cry now, I feel nothing but joy WHAT HOW?!
@Longing4theWoods
@Longing4theWoods 11 ай бұрын
Ive been playing for 20 years, 8 seriously and the rest off and on, but this guy has shown me how to use my knowledge of the Piano to improvise and its amazing. I hqve hundreds of songs memorized but have loved improvising so much more. They need to teach this at piano lessons, or maybe i had a bad teacher
@elyssathompson905
@elyssathompson905 4 жыл бұрын
Your level 1 is my level 100.
@lorettabes4553
@lorettabes4553 4 жыл бұрын
And that is okay! Everyone learns and improves on their own pace.
@littlefishbigmountain
@littlefishbigmountain 4 жыл бұрын
I think you misunderstood the concept of “level 1”
@sicarius9156
@sicarius9156 4 жыл бұрын
@@lorettabes4553 Seeing comments like yours makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside, thank you
@77joyride
@77joyride 4 жыл бұрын
This video was super intriguing to me. My journey of learning how to play the piano kind of began with free improv. I could tell I had an ear for it and wrote myself “mini songs” that I could reproduce and then began learning how to play actual songs by ear. That progressed to learning how to read sheet music and so on and so forth. I haven’t really gone back to free improv since that time and this inspired me to try that out again. Thank you!
@ianperich7299
@ianperich7299 4 жыл бұрын
12:04 the licc intensifies
@marcelofaviodesigner
@marcelofaviodesigner 4 жыл бұрын
you really restore my faith in music and people, man.. you are really a good man. THANK YOU.
@something673
@something673 4 жыл бұрын
Who doesn’t play the piano but loves his instruction video : ✋
@lesliemartinez4739
@lesliemartinez4739 4 жыл бұрын
Well the general concepts apply to other instruments. But yeah I love his videos too.
@acedcoffee6934
@acedcoffee6934 4 жыл бұрын
I play the trumpet now a lot more than piano and huuuuh being in a jazz band sucks after the classical music school of 8 years .. so yeah Rip my improvisation
@kimhroberts3925
@kimhroberts3925 3 жыл бұрын
"You're brain wants to stop you from playing nonsense and most of the time that's a good thing." I love the conversation about states of consciousness this statement opens the door for! 🔥🎶
@miguelgallegos5879
@miguelgallegos5879 4 жыл бұрын
“Level zero is playing a song by reading sheet music” Me: doesn’t know how to read sheet music, so I’m in level -1...
@matteogauthier7750
@matteogauthier7750 4 жыл бұрын
That full improve one was gorgeous
@shikaman
@shikaman 4 жыл бұрын
Well then, now you have to release an full piano improve album please, Internet demands it.
@delulu6969
@delulu6969 4 жыл бұрын
Just an FYI, Charles Cornell had already released an album in the middle of last year.
@Lostkin413
@Lostkin413 4 жыл бұрын
I think my favorite part of the video is when you play I love you, because it’s just soooo good, what a master
@prahofficial
@prahofficial 4 жыл бұрын
When level 1 is harder than your sheet music
@redyankeerose
@redyankeerose 4 жыл бұрын
You are the most precious human. Your talent is incomprehensible to me but I love learning what you teach!! I took piano classes for like 10 years but was never even taught chords so anything past level 0 is way over my head. Brava, keep this content coming!
@evelynz1643
@evelynz1643 4 жыл бұрын
"Improvisatory" is indeed a word.
@zmbieblaster66
@zmbieblaster66 4 жыл бұрын
You can visually see at 11:16 where his emotions connect with the music and its just perfect harmony from there on out. Not overly complicated but the feeling is in tune with his hands. Kind of like a train of thought getting up and running. This is why I personally love improv. Great vid!
@brandonrashtian7215
@brandonrashtian7215 4 жыл бұрын
10:50 “ONE DAY MOOOOOOREEEE”
@mikko2112
@mikko2112 8 ай бұрын
This was great! I play the third way...never knew what to call it...other than improv. Everything is fresh every time. I interpret peoples moods etc on to the piano. Have had people wander over to the piano and just sit down. They said they could tell I was doing just that. Amazing!
@leodixon6188
@leodixon6188 4 жыл бұрын
Charles has finally come out of hibernation!!!
@erick4908
@erick4908 4 жыл бұрын
You just explained the process of developing mastery, in an intuitive fashion. Good job.
@ericlepley1742
@ericlepley1742 4 жыл бұрын
9:35 Renai Circulation is that you?!
@alexroseofcl
@alexroseofcl 4 жыл бұрын
That free improv was beautiful. Weaved a whole storyline in there: from darkness to hope to regret to optimism... holy
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