What Is Restrictive Practice and Why Does It Work SO WELL?

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World-class jazz pianist Geoffrey Keezer demonstrates how to practice pentatonics, melody, bebop and blues, all over one timeless form.

[@josiahskeys]

Can we just take the time to appreciate his playing. He got it going on!! 🔥

[@artbradley847]

I can listen to this all day with a glass of scotch in my hand, chilling.

[@robbes7rh]

Yes. This is the approach Mozart and Beethoven would take often when teaching composition to a private student. Take a theme, or melody, like Twinkle Twinkle Little Star (Ah! Vous Dirai-je Maman) and have the student compose a set of variations utilizing different textures and stylistic elements but retaining the original form and melodic outline. Just gotta say I love that piano playing. So clean and musically dynamic. Like George Shearing meets Herbie Hancock meets Russ Freeman.

[@_masterofnone_]

Where can I read more about this (i.e. Mozart and Beethoven’s teaching methods regarding composition)?

[@dksoundsystem1139]

I love how he goes saying: nothing wrong playing blues like the blues. Phew!

[@EricByrdTrio]

I've seen this a jillion times; a jillion times I can't even hear what he's saying because his musicianship is so loud. wow. what an artist

[@JamesRone]

I’m a guitar player/songwriter who has been writing unpopular popular music for decades. I love watching videos like these despite understanding less than 1/4 of them.

[@dimebucker2]

huh.. im in the same category.. and had the same thought.

[@JudyK1]

I understand them, just can't play them.😉

[@danieldemaris2975]

Just goddamn . It’s one thing just to play that but to be so articulate and just pull these tools out. So insightful.

[@davidmiller564]

Had never thought of blues in this regard...what a brilliant way to add structure to practise.

[@MrZedhow]

Out there! So much in this lesson example my head hurts. But terrific stuff. And fantastic just to listen and watch Geoffrey play, a real treat.

[@mauricegavin9758]

Best course I've ever heard

[@BostonRubyEric]

Wow, insane Geoff Keezer is giving a lesson here! A+ pianist!

[@shajane]

Great video. What's really interesting is even at the end when you switched styles every 4 bars and said it might sound "all over the place," I actually loved it...it was lively and engaging to me as a listener. That's the way I like my jazz--and as a student of jazz piano being able to fluently switch up like that is an aspiration of mine. One day!

[@anderscarlsson3387]

These guy´s SWING!!!!. Crazy good!!!!.

[@joeb4349]

All great playing, but for me the magic begins with the pentatonic stuff. Thanks Mr. Keezer.

[@BajeTiger]

Very McCoy Tyner-ish

[@tzodearf2596]

I once heard a guy switch styles on the Wedding March. What you call all-over-the-place made the Blues somewhat interesting again.

[@Guitarraeficaztutorialesytabs]

World class level playing by the two, amazing!

[@brucejeric6701]

Great stuff!!!! Very advanced. You sure swing. Hope to get there or close someday

[@marcoevans2155]

The pentatonics modern approach was the only one of the four styles that sounded very outside of the blues (to me). Great stuff and thx for the transcibing what you were playing!

[@noeljewkes1483]

Much to be learned here Geoffrey! Thank you!!!

[@malcolmzackery3099]

Great advise and great playing also! You can really feel the music! Great job!!

[@xebio6]

Amazing playing and practice concept. Congrats!

[@laurencefish4007]

Incredible lesson, thanks!

[@markusfrey4256]

Great introducing in how to combine anything in style and harmonics. This opens the mind - thank you!

[@angelopeluso1565]

Fantastic ...no more words !!! So much usefull piano jazz lesson thanks a lot Jeffrey

[@nivrox95]

Great inspiring lesson and wonderful playing! I loved it all but playing melodies like that is my thing.its hard to do as well.gotta see this man live someday!

[@mikebryant4146]

Really cool approach to adding some flavour to solos. Thanks Geoffrey!

[@juju5000]

Cool Struttin' is a great example of mixing bebop, blues, and melodic playing.

[@tomsilburn597]

What a great lesson! That’s a really useful approach to bring to my practice - thank you.

[@johnnyblue1101]

Great lesson - and from a Master of the modern piano. Much to practice and absorb here re an intro to the fundamental language of blues and bebop. More like this please.

[@PabloVestory]

Amazing video, thank you so much! and superb playing and teaching. I was already adept to trade fours with myself or similar on practice, but in a very simplistical form, this way of changing consciously over several styles and ideas is very refreshing! It works specially well the 4/3 thing, four styles over the three four groups of the blues, so you have to keep changing and aware.

[@PipEastop]

Wonderful lesson. Thanks!

[@evans34]

This is excellent and really useful... thanks!

[@raybergstrom]

Great lesson. Gonna add this concept to my practice.

[@micahgraves2743]

That was awesome!!

[@paulward1586]

Great stuff from Geoff!

[@MrCrescendo]

Really great lesson.

[@BarschZander]

A pleasure. Thank you so much.

[@tilllanglo5316]

This is one of the most practical jazz education videos on youtube. Thank you so much. 😍

[@bobblues1158]

Excellent!!

[@musiccenterchannel4940]

pure gold..... ty u from italy..... u sound epic man !!!!!!!!!! nice jobbbb

[@louispearson8306]

This is a great lesson thanks

[@minifuzz5]

Brilliant demo of the options and nice to hear you are continuing your voyage of magnificence!PS I first heard you live with Art Blakey30 odd years ago in Aberdeen,Scotland on Art's 70th birthday and it was STUNNING!

[@dieg0o0s]

Great great lesson! Thnks!

[@aike1322]

Great exercise!

[@CrossBonesAlex]

Great lesson - this structures endless possibilities very clearly when practicing - restriction brings freedom and ability to act💯👍

[@anneonym7346]

Excellent !

[@ricardofranciszayas]

He’s such a great musician

[@WilliamsGuitarTube]

Great lesson and impressive impro! you really shred the Keys Geoffrey.. I really loved that modern pentatonic stuff! That was pretty much playing with fourths and superimposing pentatonics to get that nice outside feeling right? (Just a stupid guitarist here😀)

[@noblenotes27]

Super nice. I'll sing with your melodies .

[@MiguelTicona]

Awesome dude!, thanks a lot!

[@mrmusicplz09]

Sensei Geoffrey Keezer everyone!!!

[@jesseimpersonal]

Everything played here sounds fantastic. Will check out the course mentioned here. Subscription to Open Studio is the best thing I've done for my piano learning adventure. Tried a lot of courses, some great things out there, but OS really clicks for me.

[@rik-keymusic160]

He makes it look so easy ... :p

[@davidrosen9711]

Excellent

[@marcelosilveira.guitar]

Amazing video!

[@phanjazm]

Wonderful!!

[@egyptianminor]

Beautiful, I'm a guitar player, but I'm gonna cop those choruses, all have the essence of the Blues despite, the different approaches....'Modern Penta Style' = McCoy Land. Love it, thanks for sharing.

Excelente. Thank you. Greetings from Madrid. 🎹🔥

[@DizzyKrissi]

Very enjoyable playing. It sounded like the melodic approach felt to be the hardest.

[@AlamoCityCello]

Great stuff! Thank you!

[@CAJMusic]

Fantastic!!! 👍👍

[@blakeangelos]

Great tutorial as always.

[@paulakeys]

So good! Is there a PDF available for this?

[@davidsheriff9274]

What about the way Coltrane played on"Chasin the Trane", which category does that fit into?

[@geoffreykeezer4056]

Something like the 4th category but much more advanced. But still using a lot of pure melody and blues. Trane wasn't doing a "restrictive practice"-type exercise on CTT that I can identify, although he may have been working within certain parameters of his own invention. Who knows? It's an incredible tour de force.

[@Voyageurhorsdutemps]

Very good playing ✨

[@brendaboykin3281]

Thank you,mate😎

[@nakdogu]

amazing lesson...!🙏

[@gabrielmirandamartinez8451]

Great great stuff!!

[@lolobuggah2670]

What a monster player!

[@PolatPINAR]

Keezer is a beast

[@mikeconnell698]

Impressive transcription of your piano playing into written form. It looks like a software app. How is that done?

[@dragolov]

Respect!

[@DrSticktrick]

Holy crap this was truly next level... OK... back to the woodshed I guess :D

[@carmenip6924]

this s super great

[@jean-paulbjorlin4070]

I was mesmerized and dancing along to his groove, and then a most rude ad break interrupted. I hate capitalism and I loved his playing! He’s fantastic

[@idnemgk]

Totally amazing playing and a great lesson! Question for Open Studio: is this the video that you intended for "What is Restrictive Practice....?" I recall a different discussion around that concept from you guys - even if this might be one of Geoffrey's approaches to (somewhat) restrictive practice.

[@jenniferv]

wondering the same thing. Enjoyed it though.

[@geoffreykeezer4056]

Although I don't use the term "restrictive practice" in video, it is that in the sense that you are focusing (or restricting) yourself to playing one singular way at a time. Does that make sense?

[@idnemgk]

Geoffrey, yes indeed that makes sense! In any case, this is a truly wonderful lesson. Thank you so much for posting it!

[@noeljewkes1483]

Excellent software transcription…what is it?

[@hinduismwithpremananddasbhagat]

I've played with musicians who when asked to play the blues go right to "blues scales". The outcome has often been, meh. I'll show you a blues by Bill Evans (the pianist) done not with a blues scale that will make you cry. Relying on scales is like a guitarist who plays "in the box". They're tools. Just because you can play a blues scale doesn't mean you are/can play the blues. OF course, what I just wrote is easier said than done. Really playing the blues, like everything else in music, is a learning process.

[@ArgoBeats]

damn, so cool

[@dgpianomusic]

Keezer is krazy

[@warith451]

Nice

[@PaulHirsh]

Those double octave sixteenth notes work really well for the bebop. Funnily the conscious effort to produce something melodic is what works least well, perhaps because you are defining the melodic thang as being not the other three thangs, (and not vanilla either) without giving it some positive quality to aspire to .

[@PabluchoViision]

Interesting how (at least on the first run-through) you grooved on the first and fourth variants, but not as much on the middle two. You can obviously do all four, but it suggested where your musical heart really is. One other comment: you spoke of playing “just pure melody” as one of the variants, but I think a real singing “voice” nearly always must be at the heart core of what we do when we play.

[@cedzimagination]

This is great man! Was I tripping or you've played with your eyes closed 95% of the time!!! If so... I have no words...hahaha!

[@KiraPlaysGuitar]

5:31 Okay, NOW we're talking, DAMN

[@JDNicoll]

Wow.

[@PianoDanny]

This is great. It’s a bit ‘show-off-ey’ but with the pause button, very useful. Piano Pig gives a nice easier to digest piecemeal approach but this give you the finished product. I definitely prefer the former.

[@afrodiameter]

I believe this is aimed at more advanced players, so in that sense it's hardly 'show-off-ey'.

[@PianoDanny]

@@afrodiameter not so sure. I’m a prof career pianist - always looking for new tips. Great pianist etc but just commenting that, for me, there are advanced clips with better teaching style, more slow and analytical (eg Piano Pig). I also teach jazz at college level and know the importance of it. My comment was pretty balanced I thought. Comments can be measured and not always fawning too!

[@geoffreykeezer4056]

This video is a preview of the complete course on openstudiojazz.com which gives you options to slow down the video and a lot more detail/explanation :)

[@JohnnyJazzFreak]

Yeah. Just try that.

[@TaylorJohnHardin]

dude can play

[@ethanshapiro7349]

That bass player is killer

[@user-gl8ug2dk2n]

3:45 6:10

[@christophmunch4796]

Funny thing that people still call things which are 60 years old (like the McCoy pentatonic stuff here, or for example free jazz) "modern"...

[@magohipnosis]

Bebop is modern Contemporary is different

[@christophmunch4796]

@@magohipnosis It's all old music, not contemporary. I am a professional bebop and beyond player myself, but all these styles are traditional, not modern. And most definitely not contemporary. Nothing which is 6 or 7 decades old is contemporary.

[@paulstratforddearsley2516]

@@christophmunch4796 16 seconds in a 'professional' musician spells it out for you kzbin.info/www/bejne/o3WVd6yNZ7CXack

[@Smoothenbolly]

In classical music the same: anything composed after 1900 is considered “modern” 😂

[@thelonestarhiker]

Omg. This argument is the epitome of music nerd and I’m here for it. Reminds me of college.

[@user-jd6sb4sj3z]

3:45 pentatonic

[@mitchelledels9762]

Important learn how to swing first ! +1 +4 ,2+4,.+3

[@oskakumnick]

4:00

[@codymarkley8372]

He stopped one note short of playing the lick at like 6:05 lol

[@lukedavidknowles9946]

8:28 ornette coleman... very melodic... hmmmm... you mean coleman hawkins?

[@geoffreykeezer4056]

Ornette Coleman.

[@MK-qm8xq]

He doesn't listen to Bebop much. That's for sure. Otherwise well played and good advise.

[@rafakrasicki914]

Woow, I'm still trying to find my jaw, it's somewhere on the floor 😮

[@ninolashkhia157]

❤😂❤👍👍👍❤❤❤👍👍

[@Palindrome3945]

*Plays world class blues masterpiece* So, yeah, nothing wrong with that, but