The Quick Way To Learn Jazz Piano Noodling (Blues/Pentatonic Scales)

[@editsbydaan6048]

Been playing classical piano for 15 years now and starting all over again to learn Jazz, literally feels like I am learning a new instrument. Thanks for the clear explanation. Blues+pentatonic scale is just awesome

[@BillHilton]

You’re welcome! The “feels like a different instrument” experience is very common - it’s hard to describe, but to this day I see the keyboard in a different way if I’m improvising compared to if I’m reading from a score. So yes, in a sense you’re learning a new instrument (but with the advantage that you have loads of piano-relevant final motor control and coordination skills that an absolute beginner wouldn’t have).

[@andrewgalloway8012]

"Playing is learning" might be the most important thing I've heard yet. Thank you.

[@anne-mariesmith2007]

Thanks Bill, I will be working on my noodling😊

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

You really are a good teacher, so laid back but still very instructive. Merci beaucoup.

[@jayceejackson3584]

nothing better than the Blues scale especially when used outside of the Blues. I never really thought about the rules of what note not to play next in the scale but it makes all the more sense now. Thanks

[@Nickramsdale]

I've been noodling around with the blues c scale for a while now, so adding the c pentatonic scale should give me a few more options to play around with. Thanks

[@BillHilton]

You're welcome, Nick!

[@Indypendy]

Thank you. You are such a good piano teacher and your videos do so much to motivate me. Like a breath of fresh air. Much appreciated.

[@BillHilton]

You're very welcome!

[@kamhess6779]

Bill, your channel has been very effective at helping me begin my piano career!

[@BillHilton]

Great to hear it - give me a shout if there's ever anything specific I can help with!

[@TrippingTheTube]

Excellent.

[@DanBrill]

Thanks, Bill! I'm making a concerted effort to up my piano game, with an emphasis on blues and jazz. Your lessons are great. It's really becoming clear to me over the last couple of months how blurry the line is between major and minor when playing the blues. A lot of things I learned about keys and chords in classical theory are going out the window.

[@BillHilton]

You're welcome, Dan! Funnily enough, "classical" theory isn't always that classical - you can find tons of tonal ambiguity just like this in classical composers (and not just the twentieth century guys, either: there's tons of mad harmony in Wagner, Brahms and even Schubert...)

[@VivekKalolia]

Thank you for this tutorial! Really helps out self-taught musicians like myself to develop more skills on the keys! 🙌🙏❤

[@BillHilton]

Glad it was helpful Vivek - you're welcome!

[@rockmonkey1231]

Fantastic teaching. Thanks.

[@BillHilton]

You’re really welcome!

[@rockmonkey1231]

@@BillHilton I have been applying the egg shaker thing the last couple of days... already seeing how it works. Really great idea. Enjoy your approach to this stuff, really great differentiation within the videos. Will be sharing these with like minded pals.

[@BillHilton]

@@rockmonkey1231 Thank you! Please do, and don’t hesitate to give me a yell if you run into any problems/have any questions. I get a lot of KZbin comments so I sometimes miss them, so feel free to give me a prod if you don’t get a reply within a few days…!

[@yvonnegriffits2943]

This is great! Really enjoying your lessons and have bought your books and can't wait until I am good enough to start using them too!!

[@BillHilton]

Glad you like them Yvonne, and thanks for buying the books - give me a yell if there’s anything specific I can help with!

[@yvonnegriffits2943]

Thanks so much, that's very kind. @@BillHilton

[@maximofernandez196]

This is so great. I'm having so much fun with the blues scale

[@comerpalon4419]

this is a great and useful lesson. Very well explained. Thank you Bill.

[@BillHilton]

Glad it was helpful Comer!

[@velcroman11]

Thanks Bill, a nice distraction from learning, practicing scales.

[@BillHilton]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@2liter8]

I like the way you say I'm gonna show you how to instead of I'm gonna teach you. And you say you might want to check out one of my books. less pushy and condescending.

[@BillHilton]

Thank you! I do my best to try to get the tone right!

[@carlosyslava3294]

Awesome video

[@BillHilton]

Thank you!

[@EduardoGonzalez-hh7sp]

Thanks Bill, wonderful lesson. I've got your books and currently studying 'How to Really Play the Piano'. Keep up the good work!

[@BillHilton]

Glad you like it, Eduardo, and thanks for buying the books. I'll do my best to keep it up - shout if you have any questions/requests!

[@cripzrus]

Fantastic. Just what I wanted as a beginner. I cannot see the point of my learning all the major scales so I'm going for this in all 12 keys instead. Thanks Bill.

[@BillHilton]

Glad it was helpful! Don't write off those major scales, though: they have a plenty of uses. I still practise mine six days a week...!

[@coloaten6682]

I'm still a relative beginner and honestly, learning all 12 Major scales is something I'm so glad I did. It really is worth it for so many reasons. You won't regret it!

[@cripzrus]

@@coloaten6682 Thanks guys. Im an intermediate guitar player and frustratingly looking for a fast track into keys. Im just not convinced, despite all the good advice, that I should spend precious time learning my doh, ray, mees to make music

[@errolmartin61]

A knowledge of the major scales will make understanding the theory behind passing chords lot easier, even in the key of C.

[@pathaks1]

Excellent way to learn

[@coloaten6682]

Great stuff Bill, thanks! I think I've neglected playing around/noodling on my piano journey. It's so easy to get caught up in learning scales/hand independence/songs/technique etc etc that I've lost some of the joy along the way. Somebody yesterday suggested learning 7-10 famous blues licks, because they're fun and also help with improv (Which I'm struggling to learn) and so when you posted this video today it fitted in well with my "more fun" strategy! :) I think I'll practice this video and a few licks and forget about all the other stuff for a while!

[@BillHilton]

Glad you like it Col - I hope you have fun with it!

[@johnmitchelljr]

Noodling is good. Thank you.

[@BillHilton]

You're welcome John!

[@mulattotvc15]

fantastic lesson, thank you very much. you play so fast ,.. amazing!

[@BillHilton]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mulattotvc15]

ok bill have shared it to the FB oiano group, hope you get a ton of traffic. Oscar worthy IMHO , thanks again?

[@steelkeez7700]

I searched noodling piano 🎹 on KZbin and found a gold mine thank you sir 🫡

[@S24W2]

Nice one Bill, thank you

[@BillHilton]

You're welcome!

[@S24W2]

@@BillHilton Shane here by the way Bill

[@johnmarabeas430]

Great stuff. Thanks! 👍

[@BillHilton]

You're welcome, John!

[@johnmc3862]

You were playing a jazzy blues solo. 😊

[@bernardwilliford6301]

Very nice ,thank you,at least you go slow enough!!! Very understandable

[@harleyretallick1426]

Can you go straight into this stuff or do you have to start at a certain point like sheet music. I want to get a piano but only really want to play blues/jazz and improvise?

[@BillHilton]

You can go straight into this stuff, Harley, no problem at all. But one thing I would say is that if you pursue both tracks - both learning to read sheets and improvise - then they will feed into each other. Different ways of developing physical and mental skill at the keyboard all complement one another, if you want to look at it that way. You can find my beginners' piano course here, if you're looking for a gentle way into reading sheets: kzbin.info/aero/PLpOuhygfD7QnP46wUgQudOySX_z2UOhXs (it's free, and there's no sign-up).

[@harleyretallick1426]

@@BillHilton thanks for the reply ! I will be sure to watch the videos. I’ve learnt a few blues riffs so far to get my fingers used to the different movements now im going to start looking at some “bluesy” chords and hopefully in time ill be able to add them together 😯

[@99timewaster]

4:12 Isn't that an interval?

[@bus_toez7084]

hello, what is the model of your keyboard?

[@SophieKae]

Lmfao! "But because we're dirty jazz players..." I love it!

[@Mat-mt8pk]

Try this backing track in Cm to try to noodle over it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aKbSkIujnpKgmrc&ab_channel=GuitareImprovisation

[@ashrafg4668]

Hello!

[@BillHilton]

Hello Ashraf!

[@oligreening]

First!

[@BillHilton]

Woooo!

[@mulattotvc15]

ok the elephant in the room is fingering hence you might find kid2 video s interesting. fingering is a minefield but he advocates a cross octave jump thumb rather than twist thumb.. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iZa6ZaJum7-qo9k its a radically different style & hence takes some time but the arm/thumb physics is anatomically sufficient & necessary, you can't always wing s trill?

[@coraramsey22]

I thought I was going crazy when no one said anything. The only useful thing I got out of video was finding this comment. You're the real MVP 🙏