You would be a great math teacher as well - it’s all about making patterns visible and you do it very well. Thanks for another enlightening lesson, maestro!
THANK YOU SO MUCH. Now I know why my blues improvisation sounds so out of place.(I play too many random licks) You explained this beautifully. This’ll change the way I listen to music forever. THANK YOU CHRISTIAN hope to see more on this topic 👏🏾😄
Thanks so much for this. You've just re-awoken my classical music training to be of service to my jazz and blues life. So well explained - you're a great teacher. The spelling is 'motif' in English btw
In a way, yes. In classical there are hyrarchies of motives. Peter and the Wolf is a good example I thought about using here. Cause its a good way to visualize the whole thing. There every participant has his own motive which communicate with each other..
Why are jazz musicians obsessed with improvisation? Most people want to hear an actual song with a melody, like "Moon River", 'Unforgettable", "Fly me to the Moon", etc.
Why call somebody obsessed, just because their taste differs from yours? You like this, and other like that. Imagine a world in which everybody would have the same taste in food, color, music. clothes. etc. If you ask me, pretty terrible. ;-)
Not just jazz (blues, funk) musicians. Huge chunks of Arabic and Indian classical traditions deeply include improvisation (using motifs) as did the European traditions back in the C16/17.
Speaking for myself, playing the piano is the ultimate in self-expression. So to play a song in my own way, or perhaps (hopefully!) a unique melody or rhythm is well - fun!! You are correct in that some audiences just want the familiar. But not all! (Don't tell anyone - I am not a jazz enthusiast.)
Christian plays a few notes and I 'hear' what's coming next, then he plays something quite different, which is interesting. But that's what sparks imagination. Fortunately I don't have to impress or please an audience. Thanks Christian.
Being able to improvise is important because if you learn to play nice sounding piano chord progressions, intros, outros, turnarounds, voicings, etc, then playing any particular song will be much easier.
You would be a great math teacher as well - it’s all about making patterns visible and you do it very well. Thanks for another enlightening lesson, maestro!
love motivic improv! Thanks!
A stunning and helpful tutorial to develop creativity. Thanks a bunch!
Another great lesson that provides very useful insigths. thanks!
Gràcies!!
yeye go on - it must go on
THANK YOU SO MUCH. Now I know why my blues improvisation sounds so out of place.(I play too many random licks) You explained this beautifully. This’ll change the way I listen to music forever. THANK YOU CHRISTIAN
hope to see more on this topic 👏🏾😄
Thanks so much for this. You've just re-awoken my classical music training to be of service to my jazz and blues life. So well explained - you're a great teacher. The spelling is 'motif' in English btw
Great video at a very good time for my learning to improvise. Thanks Christian!
God given talent that you of course dont have. I love your sense of humour. Thanks for the vid.
super , merci
petit bonjour de provence en france
Superb teaching as usual , thanks again.Bach did some good jazz chords in his first prelude ; lots of 2-5-1 progressions etc
…that’s why Jaques Loussier made some nice Jazz from it. ;-)
Great lesson! Thanks Christian!
I get it. Like leitmotif. Peter and the Wolf. Peter and the fox.
In a way, yes. In classical there are hyrarchies of motives. Peter and the Wolf is a good example I thought about using here. Cause its a
good way to visualize the whole thing. There every participant has his own motive which communicate with each other..
good
Why are jazz musicians obsessed with improvisation? Most people want to hear an actual song with a melody, like "Moon River", 'Unforgettable", "Fly me to the Moon", etc.
Why call somebody obsessed, just because their taste differs from yours? You like this, and other like that. Imagine a world in which everybody would have the same taste in food, color, music. clothes. etc. If you ask me, pretty terrible. ;-)
Not just jazz (blues, funk) musicians. Huge chunks of Arabic and Indian classical traditions deeply include improvisation (using motifs) as did the European traditions back in the C16/17.
Speaking for myself, playing the piano is the ultimate in self-expression. So to play a song in my own way, or perhaps (hopefully!) a unique melody or rhythm is well - fun!! You are correct in that some audiences just want the familiar. But not all! (Don't tell anyone - I am not a jazz enthusiast.)
Christian plays a few notes and I 'hear' what's coming next, then he plays something quite different, which is interesting. But that's what sparks imagination. Fortunately I don't have to impress or please an audience. Thanks Christian.
Being able to improvise is important because if you learn to play nice sounding piano chord progressions, intros, outros, turnarounds, voicings, etc, then playing any particular song will be much easier.