Ha Ha! "I only do the easy things." You sure make it look easy, Mr. Hewitt! That is what I love about your style of instruction here on youtube. Thank you a million for all these great videos. You make techniques that sound complex understandable-even for a beginner like me!
+Citizen110 Citizen, that's great to hear. When I say that, I mean you have to practice, practice, practice, then the more difficult things get easier. So then you can stay in your comfort zone and make it sound easy. Thanks!
Thank you, Chuck. That's a great comment to help encourage me to keep doing this type of teaching. I think that teaching music is an art, just as much as playing. Best wishes!
Kent, this is great - have been skating round arpeggios for decades ("how do they do,it?), avoiding them actually(!), but now you've given me (and a lot of others, I trow) the way to go. Thanks so much. You're certainly putting me on the road to better playing. Also that you're basing your work on the artistry of the Real Maetros - G.Gershwin, J.Kern, C.Porter, ''Swonderful!!
Nice video! I'm all about taking the seemingly complicated things and making them simple. I will be definitely adding this to the daily workout regimen
Thanks again Mr. Hewitt, you’re videos always help me to learn something. I’ve started to play jazz for some months now and I have the dream of making a trio. I still gotta learn to read music so I can do my own explorations; I know a little and in the end it’s so hard as it is intimidating. I’ll be watching if there’s a new video! I wish I got to hangout, chat and learn a thing or two from you. You’re friend, Socks.
Hi Socks, I'm sure I would enjoy hanging out w/ you. I always recommend a private teacher first. A couple good adult piano courses for learning reading are Brimhall's and Alfred's Adult Piano Books. Thanks for the comment!
Nice exercises! I used to practice difficult arpeggios by adding in one note at a time, and prefer to avoid using the pinky because it can make you accentuate those notes without wanting to. My piano teacher had a great trick to counter that: first, purposely accent every odd note, then play it again and accent every even note. Then every third note... then try to avoid accenting any.
Now I know how to do those runs thanks to this video! I like the duplicating technique. It sounds very complicated when you listen to the tune, but it's actually quite simple. I want to do that at the end of a song. I really enjoyed this video. It's very helpful. Thank you very much!
Yes this was so helpful! I think you are a great teather and you are a big part of my music life. i remember like 2 year ago i looking at your videos and now i se how much better i play and you help me so much! Dont know how i can thank you? But now also i want to learn moore how to practice the blues. You Have any recomendations? Thank you K.H!!
Man your stuff is amazing. Always wanted to play jazz and you have very instructive stuff! It may seem nothing to you but it's a special ability you have there!
+Steve Bhowanee Many thanks for the comment. What island are you living on?....always of interest to me because I lived on Masons Island for many years. Please subscribe!
I certainly got terrific tips from this video regarding the arpeggios...I wish my fingers would be more accurate ... I see where they should go but physically find it difficult hitting the correct keys for smoothness.. Maybe if i slow it down!! Thanks Kent.......
Yes, Phyllis, you want to play the arpeggios very slowly and emphatically to start...and gradually speed up over time. Try for smoothness and accuracy at each speed level.
That is a nice sounding piano. Kent when I was young.. about four decades back.I took my first piano lesson.I studied the Robert Whitford books. years later I found some books my mother had studied...same books.. Anyways, the first song I learned was a 3/4 time song called Nearer my God to thee. I learned Arpeggios .They are really a great way to learn the notes of diminished chords , dominant Etc. After the song was played my teacher had me learn three Arpeggios. The song was in C. I played a D dimished from root D F Ab B..just stacked minor thirds. ..then a G7 from D. .D F G B..then a C6 EG A C.. Sometimes I do it now. I usually play it in various ways. I was taught the hand over hand later. As time went by I Incorporated the Arpeggios into my playing but I Use them as filler when I'm doing a boogie and I swing them . From you I learned the dominant diminished and that isoccasionally used.. Just stopping by. Found some really good resources. I'll send you the links at the hot mail Address. One thing I realized just recently..When I want a 13th I just Go down a a whole tone for the b7 then drop a half step. Of course it's a six in the extensions. We all know the C key very well. Most of us know the a is the six. But take a let like A .. 3 #s. I know it instantly. I don't count up to si.. I think A G Gb Enharmonic F# to be correct alternately.. I do a fifth I think A E F#..Of course as you that you ultimately know them all. Sorry I haven't been in touch, but I have been concentrating on becoming a good sight reader.. I've been doing videos on the sessions. I now recognize notes immediately in both cleffs. I've been seeing one pattern after another. I've been using your sheets a lot for personal study.. The skill of site reading has helped me out mr .tremendously. I've learned lot from your videos ..I will occasionally mention your site. in fact in passing..The best..
PianStyle ...can you come to my house so I can study with you?. You're just the person I need in my life right now to give me that boost to "kick it up a notch"!
Kent Hewitt Kent..Working on my biggest problem which has been reading music..A lot of people have that problem.I started making videos of practice sessions with music reading apps. At the same time I did about 10 Ear training videos based on functional ear training . I hit random notes in c and identify the notes at about 98 percent accuracy. I didn't know one note from another...Yesterday morning I was using a note reading app and I accidentally answered a few without seeing the sheet music. I realized my ear augmenting my note reading . I did not look and got a hundred percent several times. I will have a video with this phenomenon up soon. I find doing music instructional videos forces me to become more accurate. Back to the note reading. i was extremely poor on the base clef. Most people that are having problems have that problem.. So a year ago I downloaded Michel Kravchucks 354 two hand excercises for site reading. I highly recommend it. I wrote in the margin and dated my progress.. recently went through 30 with no problem.. Here is what I learned. By ditching saings Every good and All cows eat .. I became a much better reader. I only use gbdfa and Ace g or a c e g. I say it fast and slow on my videos.. I put away anything that want relavent. This decluttered and focused my studies. Many pieces were below my leval. I purposely did that to focus on. Note reading and timing. One of the books was Alfred's book for Older beginners. Also I was in a Spanish club..I was doing well , but gradually realized I was too devided and temporarily dropped that. Anyways, most of the people.(like me,) are decoding music and reading by musical syllables. Of course we are are human and have hard time facing facts.. So being an analytical person I realized that every thing boiled down to the notes. As I said..I concentrated on the base clef. I continued on trebble but mostly on the base clef. I noticed the symmetry of the clefs and the overall symetry. The base. clef is symetric about the d note and is surrounded y D's two out in ledger line area. Like wise the Trebble clef uses b for this. Gift.. I noticed that middle C is surrounded by a C top and bottom twines out. I also noticed that some apps have the stem pointing to an octave space or line. Eg. a middle C note stem points down or up;depending on the. clef. This reinforces accuracy. All apps don't do that.. Also when an app uses whole notes..we are out of luck. This is also not in all music. But I found Rondo alah Turka by Mozart is in one version..Initially I concentrated on the five spaces and no ledger lines. The two spaces and ledger lines now four. Also if I see a A note.. there is a fmaj seven arround. ( face.) if I have a G tthere is a G Maj 7 gbdfa.. conveniently the base clef lines asscending. ..I will be sending you some links. I also found a few guitar sites with extremely talented a knowledgeable guitar players. One is on fly me to the moon. 🌒. Also I have found a few backing tracks sites that allow you to use their material. It's usually band in the. Ox generated. . I one day would like to pursue a a two year music degree. Ia am keeping busy woodworking and fixing things arround the house. I have a acre property . which I cut with apush mower. I find it enjoyable. After doing manual labor,: I am more focused and alert. I am going to rewatch this video. I would have loved to have you as professor. Btw I pull out my calculus books out every once in while, I find the ancient knowledge built on guys like Pythagerous , Newton and Lebenitz. mentally stimulating. Pythagerous was responsible for the octave and I think, the major scale. and didn't just deal in triangles. The best..
Thanks for all your helpful lessons 🙏 Question: What about not looking at the keyboard ? I find that staring at my hands sometimes inhibits my creative flow when improvising and I tend to fall into visual patterns... but I find it difficult to to hit right notes if I don’t look ! Do you have any exercise/drills for not looking ? (How do blind players like Art Tatum or Ray Charles do it ?)
It's a good suggestion and often when I play a concert I don't look at the keyboard, but it takes years of practice. It's a good subject for a future video, thanks!
Thanks Kent, best tutorial I've seen on arpeggios. (However, didn't much like the "Hollywood style" Night and Day. Guess it's not your favourite either?)
using third fifth and major 7 nice phrasing. sine the left hand or base player or band is playing eflat your d is giving the color to the arpeggio... I love major sevens they are a major no pun intended part of jazz. they have a feel that is irreplaceable
you sent that lick to me and it an excellent play list....I am having about 10 to 15 pages printed out... I understand somewhat of the theory. my weakness is reading music..that is being solved...I do not use every good..anymore or good boys. .. or face and all cats ...it became apparent one day that I had to know it a glance.. reading ahead is easier... I will practice these religiously...I will share with others
Thanks Kent i love your playing style your very professional me i only play at home for my own enjoyment.Am i right in saying you are from New York,its a place id love to visit sometime.
+Paul Allen Thanks Paul, I appreciate all your comments. I'll give that some thought. When I watch old movies usually on TCM often there is a piano being played in a nightclub or as background so I try to figure out what they're doing. In the film "The Uninvited" Ray Milland plays Stella By Starlight and its so interesting comparing the Hollywood version to the jazz version.
+Steve Bhowanee Thanks for the comments and invite. It looks like you're between Australia and Africa. That's pretty far away, but it looks very beautiful. How's the climate there? Are there any jazz clubs?
Hi again Kent, the climate is good. Actually it's summer and many tourists enjoy this time of year for their holidays. Most hotels are already booked. We have good jazz musicians that perform in pubs. We don't have a Jazz Club but we do have a Jazz Festival once a year. I will look out for a link and let you listen to two of our Jazz Greats that passed away. You'll be very appreciated by the Jazz musicians if come around here.
Kent ..Have you ever say down and just did one popular jazz song after another.Just a verse and chorus.they don't have to be master pieces. I know there are many songs I don't know and others may be edified by that also. I think it would be popular.
Kent, I'm finding it hard to adjust the hand position as it goes up the keyboard. Obviously this is quite an evident problem as soon as the angle of your hand to your arm becomes more acute as your hand moves up the keyboard. Now, short of moving my entire body to accommodate the sharper hand angle, how should I practice the RPGs (my nickname for arpeggios because done right, a good arpeggio will explode on the keyboard and shower the listener with fragments of astonishment) while taking this into account? At the moment I can only do these three-note RPGs at an excruciatingly slow 100 on the metronome. And STILL make mistakes. Will I EVER get better?
I only play arpeggios if I feel like showing off or playing homage to the Master...Liberace. Your body has to be relaxed and loose so that you can move (or sway) into position to execute the arpeggios with the greatest of flamboyance.
+Travis Thanks for asking! In that particular one the held melody note is G and so for continuity I started the arpeggio on the lower G and ended on G, 4 octaves above. It works pretty smoothly. I could write it out but it's such a personal thing it's better if you find your own way that works best for you through the process of practice. These are just tips, it's not that clear cut in pop/jazz as it is in classical.
+Antonello Grasso It's a trade off. With the larger screen it's harder to see the details. The upper octave is just repeating what you are seeing but an octave higher. I will keep in mind to do another arpeggio video with larger screen. Thanks!
+ster100 I'll have to go back and watch it again. That may have been one that I didn't have time to finish. and I'm sorry about that! There's still time.
Try this link: www.amazon.com/Scales-Chords-Arpeggios-Lessons-Elements-ebook/dp/B00HGB70WM/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1528405082&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=piano+book+of+arpeggios&psc=1
+tom pedersen Hello Tom, You may have received an invitation to check out my piano tutorials because you commented on another persons piano tutorial. If you are not interested, please ignore the invitation. thanks, Kent
Why don't people incorporate augmented appregios? I see alot of these tutorials where they seem to portray that diminished structures are more important.Are they just not as relevant or not used as much?
The augmented chord isn't used as much. You'll see that if you read through sheet music or fake books. It's a less commonly used chord than the others. It might occur once or twice in a song. It's also more common in blues particularly at the dominant candence (just before 1st chord of a section). You should still practice them, however.
Kent Hewitt Is there any way you could do a tutorial on the songs from the movie Groundhog day. Where Bill Murray plays on stage? I would really appreciate it.
Glad I found your site. Keeps me inspired and playing every dsy
Great to hear!
dear Kent --- you have convinced me to declare 2018 the year of the arpeggio! thx for adding this "burden " to my practice time!
doubling the arpeggio chord sounds really nice...didn't know about that one, thanks for putting up this video.
+Angeli Alvares Your welcome. It's actually a subject that could be talked about for an hour; so this was just a sample. Thanks for the comment.!
Superb lesson, as always! Thank you Kent.
Glad you enjoyed it
Another instant favorite! I've always seen my arpeggios as a weak spot in my playing. Thanks again!
+Felipe Jaramillo Thanks so much. Check here for the arpeggios category:ruclips.net/channel/UCdmjw5sm9Kn83TB_rA_QBCwplaylists
Ha Ha! "I only do the easy things." You sure make it look easy, Mr. Hewitt! That is what I love about your style of instruction here on youtube. Thank you a million for all these great videos. You make techniques that sound complex understandable-even for a beginner like me!
+Citizen110 Citizen, that's great to hear. When I say that, I mean you have to practice, practice, practice, then the more difficult things get easier. So then you can stay in your comfort zone and make it sound easy. Thanks!
Very nice 👍 sir
Thanks and welcome
Great video Kent!
You make it easy to understand and provide a great example for which to strive!
Thanks!
Thank you, Chuck. That's a great comment to help encourage me to keep doing this type of teaching. I think that teaching music is an art, just as much as playing. Best wishes!
Much appreciated. Finally I understand how to get that exotic jazz arpeggios by starting on the 3rd and adding the preferred extension. Ty KH
That's how I do it, so that's how I recommend it, and I'm glad it works for you.
3:13 "...you should use the Force..." XD
Outstanding tutorial, as always! Thank you, Maestro Hewitt!
Great lesson, Kent. I'm learning so much from videos and book. Thanks!
Thanks for telling me, Tom, it means a lot!
Kent, this is great - have been skating round arpeggios for decades ("how do they do,it?), avoiding them actually(!), but now you've given me (and a lot of others, I trow) the way to go. Thanks so much. You're certainly putting me on the road to better playing. Also that you're basing your work on the artistry of the Real Maetros - G.Gershwin, J.Kern, C.Porter, ''Swonderful!!
+Dreadnaught Great comment! I really appreciate it. Please keep listening and give a thumbs up to the tutorials you like.
Awesome lesson, thanks Mr. Kent!!
Nice video! I'm all about taking the seemingly complicated things and making them simple. I will be definitely adding this to the daily workout regimen
Fantastic lesson with the arpeggios - especially the fingering placements..
Phyllis...are you my best fan yet!?
Absolutely I'm your best fan -- you got that right!!
Thank you. Never realized how easy arpeggios can be to play.
Thanks for removing the mystery of these wonderful sounds and also demonstrating inspiring practise ideas. Top man😀
+piano daja Thanks so much for the nice comment! It's gratifying to hear that my videos are a help Please give it a thumbs up and keep listening.
Thanks again Mr. Hewitt, you’re videos always help me to learn something. I’ve started to play jazz for some months now and I have the dream of making a trio. I still gotta learn to read music so I can do my own explorations; I know a little and in the end it’s so hard as it is intimidating. I’ll be watching if there’s a new video! I wish I got to hangout, chat and learn a thing or two from you.
You’re friend, Socks.
Hi Socks, I'm sure I would enjoy hanging out w/ you. I always recommend a private teacher first. A couple good adult piano courses for learning reading are Brimhall's and Alfred's Adult Piano Books. Thanks for the comment!
Thanks for the reply. I’ll check into that. Have a good one!
Nice exercises! I used to practice difficult arpeggios by adding in one note at a time, and prefer to avoid using the pinky because it can make you accentuate those notes without wanting to. My piano teacher had a great trick to counter that: first, purposely accent every odd note, then play it again and accent every even note. Then every third note... then try to avoid accenting any.
Nice tip...thanks!
can't practice now --too early in morning-- wife trying to sleep -- but watching and learning from a "master" mentor -- thx so much!!
Now I know how to do those runs thanks to this video! I like the duplicating technique. It sounds very complicated when you listen to the tune, but it's actually quite simple. I want to do that at the end of a song. I really enjoyed this video. It's very helpful. Thank you very much!
Thanks. i love watching how the pros do it.
+spanishflew I appreciate the comment.....keep watching!
j'ai mon auriculaire gauche qui est comme votre auriculaire droit et cela me motive de voir ce que vous en faites. Merci.
Starting on the 3rd. Of course!!! Thanks. Hi to the horses.
Right...I'll pass on your kind word to the horse, James.
Great tutorial. Now I go and practice.
That's what the bass player in NYC said to me when I first sat in on a jam session: "Boy, go home and practice!!".
Yes this was so helpful! I think you are a great teather and you are a big part of my music life. i remember like 2 year ago i looking at your videos and now i se how much better i play and you help me so much! Dont know how i can thank you? But now also i want to learn moore how to practice the blues. You Have any recomendations? Thank you K.H!!
I have a lot of videos on the blues and also in my book. Check out my blues playlist here:
ruclips.net/p/PLFuMibnl_h5b3WPFJPBl5O0JQtUgruEMT
Thank you!!
great tricks please keep shearing you knowledge.
I love talk and learn music.
Thanks for sending a comment!
Man your stuff is amazing.
Always wanted to play jazz and you have very instructive stuff!
It may seem nothing to you but it's a special ability you have there!
+christopher ndoroma I'm glad to hear that you can relate to my piano tutorials. Please subscribe and keep watching!
Already have :D
You should try playing the piano part of blue in green by miles davis. Bill evans was on the keys. Amazing stuff!!!
+christopher ndoroma I love that song but have not transcribed it. Do you want the Bill Evans interpretation or my own interpretation?
Ahh your own interpretation would be amazing. Like the way you explain things!! :D
Kent, great lesson for me you're a good teacher easy to follow...thanks!
+Sam Stray Thanks! I appreciate the support. Please give a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel.
+Sam Stray I'm glad you enjoyed it...thanks for the comment! Please subscribe and give a thumbs up.
Buen concepto , y ayuda mucho a la técnica interpretativa
+johnf Many thanks for the comment!
thank you very much .
Thank you!
This piano has a melliforous sound and of course the experienced pianist is responsible.
Kent thank you a lot for these excellent videos. Sorry for late reply, I had connection problems here on my Island.
+Steve Bhowanee Many thanks for the comment. What island are you living on?....always of interest to me because I lived on Masons Island for many years. Please subscribe!
Thank you, nice tutorial.
Thanks for the comment!
I certainly got terrific tips from this video regarding the arpeggios...I wish my fingers would be more accurate ...
I see where they should go but physically find it difficult hitting the correct keys for smoothness.. Maybe if i slow it down!!
Thanks Kent.......
Yes, Phyllis, you want to play the arpeggios very slowly and emphatically to start...and gradually speed up over time. Try for smoothness and accuracy at each speed level.
Wonderful lesson ! Kent gives away all the secrets =^.^=
That is a nice sounding piano. Kent when I was young.. about four decades back.I took my first piano lesson.I studied the Robert Whitford books. years later I found some books my mother had studied...same books.. Anyways, the first song I learned was a 3/4 time song called Nearer my God to thee. I learned Arpeggios .They are really a great way to learn the notes of diminished chords , dominant Etc. After the song was played my teacher had me learn three Arpeggios. The song was in C. I played a D dimished from root D F Ab B..just stacked minor thirds. ..then a G7 from D. .D F G
B..then a C6 EG A C.. Sometimes I do it now. I usually play it in various ways. I was taught the hand over hand later. As time went by I Incorporated the Arpeggios into my playing but I
Use them as filler when I'm doing a boogie and I swing them . From you I learned the dominant diminished and that isoccasionally
used.. Just stopping by. Found some really good resources. I'll send you the links at the hot mail
Address. One thing I realized just recently..When I want a 13th I just Go down a a whole tone for the b7 then drop a half step. Of course it's a six in the extensions. We all know the C key very well. Most of us know the a is the six. But take a let like A .. 3 #s. I know it instantly. I don't count up to si.. I think A G Gb Enharmonic F# to be correct alternately.. I do a fifth I think A E F#..Of course as you that you ultimately know them all. Sorry I haven't been in touch, but I have been concentrating on becoming a good sight reader.. I've been doing videos on the sessions. I now recognize notes immediately in both cleffs. I've been seeing one pattern after another. I've been using your sheets a lot for personal study.. The skill of site reading has helped me out mr .tremendously. I've learned lot from your videos ..I will occasionally mention your site. in fact in passing..The best..
PianStyle ...can you come to my house so I can study with you?. You're just the person I need in my life right now to give me that boost to "kick it up a notch"!
Kent Hewitt Kent..Working on my biggest problem which has been reading music..A lot of people have that problem.I started making videos of practice sessions with music reading apps.
At the same time I did about 10
Ear training videos based on functional ear training . I hit random notes in c and identify the
notes at about 98 percent accuracy. I didn't know one note from another...Yesterday morning I was using a note reading app and I accidentally answered a few without seeing the sheet music. I realized my ear augmenting my note reading . I did not look and got a hundred percent several times. I will have a video with this phenomenon up soon. I find doing music instructional videos forces me to become more accurate. Back to the note reading. i was extremely poor on the base clef. Most people that are having problems have that problem.. So a year ago I downloaded Michel Kravchucks 354 two hand excercises for site reading. I highly recommend it. I wrote in the margin and dated
my progress.. recently went through 30 with no problem.. Here is what I learned. By ditching saings Every good and All cows eat .. I became a much better reader. I only use gbdfa and Ace g or a c e g. I say it fast and slow on my videos.. I put away anything that want relavent. This decluttered and focused my studies. Many pieces were below my leval. I purposely did that to focus on. Note reading and timing. One of the books was Alfred's book for Older beginners. Also I was in a Spanish club..I was doing well , but gradually realized I was too devided and temporarily dropped that. Anyways, most of the people.(like me,) are
decoding music and reading by musical syllables. Of course we are are human and have hard time facing facts.. So being an analytical person I realized that every thing boiled down to the notes. As I said..I concentrated on the base clef. I continued on trebble but mostly on the base clef. I noticed the symmetry of the clefs and the overall symetry.
The base. clef is symetric about the d note and is surrounded y D's two out in ledger line area. Like wise the Trebble clef uses b for this. Gift..
I noticed that middle C is surrounded by a C top and bottom twines out.
I also noticed that some apps have the stem pointing to an octave space or line. Eg. a middle C note stem points down or up;depending on the. clef. This reinforces accuracy. All apps don't do that.. Also when an app uses whole notes..we are out of luck. This is also not in all music. But I found Rondo alah Turka by Mozart is in one version..Initially I concentrated on the five spaces and no ledger lines. The two spaces and ledger lines now four. Also if I see a A note.. there is a fmaj seven arround. ( face.) if I have a G tthere is a G Maj 7 gbdfa.. conveniently the base clef lines asscending. ..I will be sending you some links. I also found a few guitar sites with extremely talented a knowledgeable guitar players. One is on fly me to the moon. 🌒. Also I have found a few backing tracks sites that allow you to use their material. It's usually band in the. Ox generated. . I one day would like to pursue a a two year music degree. Ia am keeping busy woodworking and fixing things arround the house. I have a acre property . which I cut with apush mower. I find it enjoyable. After doing manual labor,: I am more focused and alert. I am going to rewatch this video. I would have loved to have you as professor.
Btw I pull out my calculus books out every once in while, I find the ancient knowledge built on guys like Pythagerous , Newton and Lebenitz. mentally stimulating. Pythagerous was responsible for the octave and I think, the major scale. and didn't just deal in triangles. The best..
wow some great tips thanks
Thanks! I glad you like my tips.
Thanks for all your helpful lessons 🙏 Question: What about not looking at the keyboard ? I find that staring at my hands sometimes inhibits my creative flow when improvising and I tend to fall into visual patterns... but I find it difficult to to hit right notes if I don’t look ! Do you have any exercise/drills for not looking ? (How do blind players like Art Tatum or Ray Charles do it ?)
It's a good suggestion and often when I play a concert I don't look at the keyboard, but it takes years of practice. It's a good subject for a future video, thanks!
I'mThe VeRy good practice lesson ive loved it
Thank you!
Thank you!
Thanks Kent, best tutorial I've seen on arpeggios. (However, didn't much like the "Hollywood style" Night and Day. Guess it's not your favourite either?)
It's just Hollywood style. Write to me what style you like and I'll direct you to those videos. Thanks!
using third fifth and major 7 nice phrasing. sine the left hand or base player or band is playing eflat your d is giving the color to the arpeggio... I love major sevens they are a major no pun intended part of jazz. they have a feel that is irreplaceable
Absolutely right.... and with the added 9th it is a beautifully sounding chord. I'm glad you got something out of the video...thanks!
you sent that lick to me and it an excellent play list....I am having about 10 to 15 pages printed out... I understand somewhat of the theory. my weakness is reading music..that is being solved...I do not use every good..anymore or good boys. .. or face and all cats ...it became apparent one day that I had to know it a glance.. reading ahead is easier... I will practice these religiously...I will share with others
Kent i hope you will add more Hollywood style piano or even some Songs played by Chico Marx.
+Paul Allen Thanks for the suggestion Paul, I'll keep that in mind.
Thanks Kent i love your playing style your very professional me i only play at home for my own enjoyment.Am i right in saying you are from New York,its a place id love to visit sometime.
+Paul Allen Thanks Paul, I appreciate all your comments. I'll give that some thought. When I watch old movies usually on TCM often there is a piano being played in a nightclub or as background so I try to figure out what they're doing. In the film "The Uninvited" Ray Milland plays Stella By Starlight and its so interesting comparing the Hollywood version to the jazz version.
I always loved hearing As Time Goes By in the Bogey Movie.I will keep watching your Channel to see your latest videos.
Thanks Kent
Very handy, bud!!!
+Claiton tesch As always, Claiton, you are the best! Thanks!!
:)
Thank you for your reply Mr Kent. Mine is called Mauritius, it's in the Indian Ocean. Check it on Google you might want to come and visit.
+Steve Bhowanee Thanks for the comments and invite. It looks like you're between Australia and Africa. That's pretty far away, but it looks very beautiful. How's the climate there? Are there any jazz clubs?
Hi again Kent, the climate is good. Actually it's summer and many tourists enjoy this time of year for their holidays. Most hotels are already booked. We have good jazz musicians that perform in pubs. We don't have a Jazz Club but we do have a Jazz Festival once a year. I will look out for a link and let you listen to two of our Jazz Greats that passed away. You'll be very appreciated by the Jazz musicians if come around here.
Kent ..Have you ever say down and just did one popular jazz song after another.Just a verse and chorus.they don't have to be master pieces. I know there are many songs I don't know and others may be edified by that also. I think it would be popular.
I do that on my solo gigs (what few I have these days).
Kent Hewitt Like I said keep it simple just comp and just a little hint of the melody..I'll take care of the guitar and bass..lol.Im just kidding.
Kent, I'm finding it hard to adjust the hand position as it goes up the keyboard. Obviously this is quite an evident problem as soon as the angle of your hand to your arm becomes more acute as your hand moves up the keyboard.
Now, short of moving my entire body to accommodate the sharper hand angle, how should I practice the RPGs (my nickname for arpeggios because done right, a good arpeggio will explode on the keyboard and shower the listener with fragments of astonishment) while taking this into account?
At the moment I can only do these three-note RPGs at an excruciatingly slow 100 on the metronome. And STILL make mistakes. Will I EVER get better?
I only play arpeggios if I feel like showing off or playing homage to the Master...Liberace. Your body has to be relaxed and loose so that you can move (or sway) into position to execute the arpeggios with the greatest of flamboyance.
thaks, for yr video, but if you can play slowly in yr tutos plz
Go to this video to learn how to slow down the video:
ruclips.net/video/Ad9jDd2Dwtc/видео.html
at 0:37 the held note is G in the chord e flat. Is the melody end in G so you start on G arpergio?
+Travis Thanks for asking! In that particular one the held melody note is G and so for continuity I started the arpeggio on the lower G and ended on G, 4 octaves above. It works pretty smoothly. I could write it out but it's such a personal thing it's better if you find your own way that works best for you through the process of practice. These are just tips, it's not that clear cut in pop/jazz as it is in classical.
Please more large view camera! Thanks!
+Antonello Grasso It's a trade off. With the larger screen it's harder to see the details. The upper octave is just repeating what you are seeing but an octave higher. I will keep in mind to do another arpeggio video with larger screen. Thanks!
You say in this video that its on sheetmusic.Where is it?
+ster100 I'll have to go back and watch it again. That may have been one that I didn't have time to finish. and I'm sorry about that! There's still time.
is there a book of arpeggios like M7?
Try this link: www.amazon.com/Scales-Chords-Arpeggios-Lessons-Elements-ebook/dp/B00HGB70WM/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?ie=UTF8&qid=1528405082&sr=8-1-spons&keywords=piano+book+of+arpeggios&psc=1
Mr Kent please check this on RUclips: 'Maiden Voyage A Tribute To Jocelyn Pitchen and Earnest Wiehe'.
+Steve Bhowanee Thanks! Love that song and the guitarist is amazing!
CHEESESKRICE at 6:43
You're hilarious!
Thanks!, this one is better:ruclips.net/video/aiWskMfYrlc/видео.html
hi. you have written a letter to me. are you trying to learn me something? or what?
Best, Tom
+tom pedersen Hello Tom, You may have received an invitation to check out my piano tutorials because you commented on another persons piano tutorial. If you are not interested, please ignore the invitation. thanks, Kent
Why don't people incorporate augmented appregios? I see alot of these tutorials where they seem to portray that diminished structures are more important.Are they just not as relevant or not used as much?
The augmented chord isn't used as much. You'll see that if you read through sheet music or fake books. It's a less commonly used chord than the others. It might occur once or twice in a song. It's also more common in blues particularly at the dominant candence (just before 1st chord of a section). You should still practice them, however.
Kent Hewitt Is there any way you could do a tutorial on the songs from the movie Groundhog day. Where Bill Murray plays on stage? I would really appreciate it.