Thank you for putting this together! I can imagine that this took quit of bit of effort. But it was so so very helpful for me. I've never been interested in Jazz at all but this actually has me excited to try these books!
Your comment is one of the reasons I take the time and effort to craft these educational videos. I want to introduce quality piano learning materials in a variety of genres! I am happy to hear you'll be trying out these jazz books. Thanks for watching.
This information is so helpful. Thank you so much. Gershwin’s song “I’ll Build A Stairway to Paradise” is a song in the movie An American in Paris. The movie can be seen on Turner Classic Movies.
Thanks for such a great overview of these books. I have seen some of them on Amazon before and you really made them come to life. Glad I found your channel.
You are clear Dr. One question. What tips do you suggest for fingerings? I try to look at hymns which don't suggest any fingerings and I am always at a loss. Thank you in anticipation.
Thanks so much for this great review! I was just wondering, how does it work with searching the songs from the Alfred Music website? Do I key in the name from that particular song? Because i tried to search under Martha Miers and that was not found under the search bar. Would that be a free version or i have to pay if i wanted to get a particular song from the first book shown in this video? Thanks
Very useful. I bought all 5 of the Alfred (Martga Mier) books as I quite enjoyed the pieces in the All-in-one books. The other books look interesting too. Also they are all in the piano marvel app which helps with the initial stages of learning. You still should buy the books Now trying to find the time to practice is a different story.
Your swing is not very good. There's a reason that all of the Jazz masters use little to no rubato when they swing. It's too complicated of a topic for a RUclips comments section(that would have some math, history, and musicology), but to sum it up, I don't feel your swing. And I don't listen to music with a "stickler" mentality, trying to find mistakes. Your general explanation of Jazz as a style was very surface level compared to your descriptions of classical music. Although you are a great teacher for classical piano and piano technique, based on your playing here, I don't think you should be giving instruction in the Jazz domain.
I feel the comment excessively critical. Obviously this review serves as an intro to Jazz from a classical point of view, instead of trying to teach Jazz at a deep level. Unfortunately, there are not many good learning materials of Jazz music for beginners. That's why this video is so very helpful to a classically trained student like me. I enjoy listening to the samples and think they are very good. I applaud the effort!
@The Key of Life, let's hear your swing and not "very surface level" description. You sound so correct, but I learned nothing from your comment, not very Jazzy for sure.
As a beginner, rather than a jazz snob (looking at you Key of Life - rude), I found this very helpful. Your instruction is very helpful for my Jazz domain.
There is no wrong note in Jazz, hence there is no wrong rubato. It's a matte of taste. This is an age-old debate where musical interpretation is quite subjective. I listened through all the pieces, most of the interpretation in this review is quite tasteful. Georgia on my mind is my favorite. I do not even know how you could play that piece without rubato.
Thank you for putting this together! I can imagine that this took quit of bit of effort. But it was so so very helpful for me. I've never been interested in Jazz at all but this actually has me excited to try these books!
Your comment is one of the reasons I take the time and effort to craft these educational videos. I want to introduce quality piano learning materials in a variety of genres! I am happy to hear you'll be trying out these jazz books. Thanks for watching.
That was with out a doubt the best review of piano books I have ever watched. Thank you for your very thoughtful and in depth review.
Thank you very much for your kind words! I enjoy creating these book reviews to help out the piano learning community.
Excellent review with beautiful demos! I have Martha Mier book, agree it's the best, so much fun.
Best book review on RUclips - especially on jazz, informative, professional and engaging. Way to go!
Thanks for your kind words!
You clearly need more recognition, your channel is very insightful.
This information is so helpful. Thank you so much.
Gershwin’s song “I’ll Build A Stairway to Paradise” is a song in the movie An American in Paris. The movie can be seen on Turner Classic Movies.
Thanks for such a great overview of these books. I have seen some of them on Amazon before and you really made them come to life. Glad I found your channel.
This channel deserves 1 million subscribers. Thank you for your videos!
very nice review thanks !!
could you please make a similar video for pop songs? these two videos were really helpful thanks!
These videos take tremendous amount of time and effort. Yes, we are preparing for a pop repertoire book review. Stay tuned! - PTP team.
You are clear Dr. One question. What tips do you suggest for fingerings? I try to look at hymns which don't suggest any fingerings and I am always at a loss. Thank you in anticipation.
Nice much needed..
Do you have more demo’s of the last book? It is so helpful to learn the pieces!
Thanks so much for this great review! I was just wondering, how does it work with searching the songs from the Alfred Music website? Do I key in the name from that particular song? Because i tried to search under Martha Miers and that was not found under the search bar. Would that be a free version or i have to pay if i wanted to get a particular song from the first book shown in this video? Thanks
The Steinway library was an amazing offering pieces to grow on for intermediate players was pure gold
So sad they are not in print or pdf
Very useful. I bought all 5 of the Alfred (Martga Mier) books as I quite enjoyed the pieces in the All-in-one books.
The other books look interesting too.
Also they are all in the piano marvel app which helps with the initial stages of learning. You still should buy the books
Now trying to find the time to practice is a different story.
Wow, even these simple Jazz demo pieces sound so tantalizing and smooth, very well played! I am sold, time to buy Jazz books and try them out.
What about book recommendations on the best Halloween music?
Does playing note for note like this actually teach you improvisation and help you later to play from lead sheets?
😅😅 great teacher always
I know pop is sometimes underated as a serious art form
But can you do a series on pop ? Lots of great studies but not methods
I haven't done a pop series, yet, but might in the future. I've done a video on a pop piece, "Hallelujah." Thanks for the comment!
Just a suggestion, if you can add another 🎤 so you have one for yourself and the other for the instrument.
Jazz piano 😅😅 please
😅😅
Your swing is not very good. There's a reason that all of the Jazz masters use little to no rubato when they swing. It's too complicated of a topic for a RUclips comments section(that would have some math, history, and musicology), but to sum it up, I don't feel your swing. And I don't listen to music with a "stickler" mentality, trying to find mistakes. Your general explanation of Jazz as a style was very surface level compared to your descriptions of classical music. Although you are a great teacher for classical piano and piano technique, based on your playing here, I don't think you should be giving instruction in the Jazz domain.
I feel the comment excessively critical. Obviously this review serves as an intro to Jazz from a classical point of view, instead of trying to teach Jazz at a deep level. Unfortunately, there are not many good learning materials of Jazz music for beginners. That's why this video is so very helpful to a classically trained student like me. I enjoy listening to the samples and think they are very good. I applaud the effort!
@The Key of Life, let's hear your swing and not "very surface level" description. You sound so correct, but I learned nothing from your comment, not very Jazzy for sure.
As a beginner, rather than a jazz snob (looking at you Key of Life - rude), I found this very helpful. Your instruction is very helpful for my Jazz domain.
@@Javaslinger7730 Would you call someone a language snob if they said a teacher's pronunciation was bad?
There is no wrong note in Jazz, hence there is no wrong rubato. It's a matte of taste. This is an age-old debate where musical interpretation is quite subjective. I listened through all the pieces, most of the interpretation in this review is quite tasteful. Georgia on my mind is my favorite. I do not even know how you could play that piece without rubato.