you can't play the piano THIS fast

[@TimothyGondola]

Sign up for my jazz course! gondolamusic.com/jazz This is my transcription of Oscar Peterson's blazing over his "Boogie Blues Etude"! From the legendary 1974 Trio performance at Ronnie Scott's Club. Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen on bass and Barney Kessel on guitar. Today's sheet music trivia (first to answer correctly gets PDF): name the "course/map/level" which shows up in this transcription video.

[@TimothyGondola]

It's not Whomp's Fortess but another Super Mario 64 course, good guess though!

[@SexualReferenceRodny]

Super Mario 64 Bob-Omb Battlefield

[@thenewninja4726]

Rainbow Ride!

[@chokoala8637]

@@thenewninja4726 noooo wanted to say it, you are right

[@TimothyGondola]

@@thenewninja4726 Rainbow Ride it is :) message me @ gondolamusic.co/contact

[@dave-log]

5:56 Here we goooo !

[@UkuleleAversion]

I wish my LH was big enough to reliably do walking 10ths like that. Such a joyous sound.

[@nezkeys79]

Don't we all Thankfully if you have money there's a workaround...custom built pianos with slightly smaller keys. I'm not talking toy keys I'm talking slightly smaller which enables people to reach 10ths in the same way they could reach a 9th. For some reason they have not been mass produced in stores which is sad (probably because they think they won't sell) I'm trying to add links to resources about this but they keep getting deleted for some reason

[@jacobhauge7282]

@@nezkeys79 Dont we all! Thankfully if you have money there's a workaround... surgery! :P

[@nezkeys79]

@@jacobhauge7282 nah If I had the money I'd just buy the custom piano

[@illusion5739]

Which timestamp?

[@nezkeys79]

​@@illusion5739starting around 0:34

[@Arielclef]

Man... Oscar Peterson uploads are always a godsend .Great job as always Timothy!

[@nickpollockpiano]

Wow how does this not have more views

[@ianmoore5502]

You are one of my favorite youtubers. Thank you for everything you do.

[@TimothyGondola]

Thanks Ian, I appreciate it!

[@TinyMaths]

Those left hand tenths are to die for. In his autobiography, A Jazz Odyssey, Oscar talks about how he spent 'countless' hours practing those left hand patterns. Thing is, he was already an accomplished pianist before starting that persuit. That endeavor was triggered when, at one particular gig, after Peterson went on a departure and decided to play a few tunes solo, Ray Brown made a comment to him about his playing, suggesting that his solo chops needed work if it was going to come off as competent. We're seeing the results here. ~ course: Jazz Piano Improvisation Map/Level - my main instrument was the Sega Megadrive so- I don't know! 🤣

[@cademosley4886]

I remember him talking about when Carnegie Hall first asked him to give a solo concert, still in his early days like 1949, he asked if his drummer and bassist could join in since he was so used to the trio format and he didn't know if he could do a solo set, and they compromised by only having Ray Brown playing behind him on bass. So evidently he'd been sensitive about it. But man did he work that out like you're saying. His solo work ended up pretty incredible and later on his left hand could keep right up with his right. It's inspiring that he kept growing as an artist even after he became famous. Gives some hope to mere mortals like us.

[@TinyMaths]

@@cademosley4886 That's interesting. Never knew that side of the story; things definitely make sense with that bit of added information. And yeah, I used to fall into the trap of trying to transcribe and then play technically difficult stuff of the giants, not considering that, that music represented a time when they were were well into their careers, sometimes with a few decades under their belts of post success honing of their already great chops... I learned lessons quickly 😬

[@seansrcrazy]

Just curious, is something left hand 10ths something most people can’t do? I have a lot of friends with small hands so I just thought that my friends are just smaller

[@TinyMaths]

@@seansrcrazy I assume it mainly depends on hand size, and also the size of the actual tenth because they vary in size. For example, C with a minor third raised an octave isn't too bad (if you're able to reach further than an octave); same with E and B, but those with a major third raised an octave are apparently sketchy for a lot of people and out of reach for many. Eb, Bb, Db, and Ab seem to be the most out of reach ones (notice that for those tenths the outermost finger's going to be on black keys, but the thumb will be on white keys and I think that's what makes those major tenths difficult). But over the years I have heard quite a few people say they can't reach a tenth at all. And the crazy thing is, there are players out there with a big stretch that can add notes inbetween the outer, like Oscar himself. The mind boggles 😧

[@nezkeys79]

He's also said on camera he can reach an 11th comfortably 😮

[@kkh445]

Timothy! Thanks a lot for your job! And, of course, thanks a lot to OP)) He's gone, but his music here

[@nickvledder]

Decades later OP leaves us still speechless. 😀

[@davidfryer9359]

Do you think life will ever be that good again. Such happy times.🎉😂

[@nailsamitov8576]

Very very great job!!-best thanks for your creativity!!

[@UkuleleAversion]

I love that chorus he plays right after Barney’s solo.

[@vova47]

Exhibitionism in jazz is something I absolutely abhor.

[@sardonicgoat]

This is one of my favorite displays of virtuosic musical talent. I will never be as good at anything as Oscar Peterson was at playing the piano.

[@KiraPlaysGuitar]

Barney Kessel, right? And NHÖP?

[@srigato]

Where is it in your catalogue this beautiful transcription of Oscar Peterson? I will buy only that Thanks

[@micheleh3851]

I can't even listen that fast!

[@Foodgeek]

I so wish I could have seen Oscar Peterson live

[@eduardosposito8052]

😊

[@xpndblhero5170]

If this is what your GF/BF or SOs lock screen looks like this then you shouldn't be w/ them..... LoL

[@femiadebayo2819]

Piano destroyed❤

[@sccrash420]

This is amazing. He's just about playing DEATH METAL on a piano!!!! Such speed and precision. He might be from space. WOW

[@grantcurry4839]

Interesting you should say that. Have you ever considered what extraterrestrial musicians might be like? Some other planets might have musicians. Others might not.

[@juwonnnnn]

5:55

[@BenitoAndito]

You can't write perfect jazz transcriptions THIS fast Unless you're Timmy G of course

[@TotalDESSSS]

👀👀👀👀

[@carlosantoniolazaronipiani7305]

Nossa senhora hein. Oscar Peterson não é brincadeira

[@c.f.3503]

First

[@harneulbit]

Oscar peterson...... what the.. no way....... what.... the.....