+Miro Baks haha I was teaching Clavinet technique on youtube , and all I had was a synth ... some guys smarted off that I dint have a real clav d6 hahahaha- it was just a simple lesson......omg
Agreed. It's a potato/potato situation (imagine I said that two different ways). I'm a rank amateur but I know enough to recognize that it can be a sus2 or an add9. Calling a "Transformed 1st" doesn't diminish the value of this video. It's gonna help me for sure.
So the short version: Play a sus2 in the right hand, and play octaves or fifths in the left. As long as you're in the same key, it will sound good. Just so everyone knows, that transformed chord is actually a sus2 chord.
I just want you to know that I’ve been playing piano for 7 years now and I watched this 3 years ago and it has completely changed the way that I improvise and I’ve gotten so much better, all because this was a HUGE foundational moment for me! Thank you so much
I'm actually a classical pianist that relies on note reading most of time. But I really want to touch base for improvisation for my church. Your videos provide a great explanation!
same here. I haven't jammed or improvised so all what i can do is play pieces by myself. My friends and my dad's friends are jamming and I wanna be able to join in.
I just started playing about 6 months ago after being a drummer for 12 years and this was one of the most well taught, insightful and pleasing tutorials I have ever watched. You're an incredibly gifted musician with an even better ability to teach. Thank you for taking time to show us the tricks you've learned. Also, It's truly incredible to see how ignorant people are to the fact that you are using a hypothetical situation. Yes, we all know John Lennon died. It's a sad fact that remains 35 years later. That's not what this video is about, people. Grow up. Keep doing what you're doing, Nik. It's great.
+Jared Butler It's the Internet, Jared. Just as it exploded a world of knowledge for everyone to access, it has also magnified and broadcast stupidity. And thanks, nik. Giving up piano lessons in high school, I realize, is one of my life's biggest regrets. But not too late to learn now =)
It is never too late to get back in the saddle. A year from now, you'll think,"where would I have been if I started a year ago?". Let me know if you need any guidance or the like : ]
Years later. 2019. I have been a piano student all my life but never understood music theory and how to play what music is. This video has helped me and all of the other thing you have done. You have sparked my interest and kept the flame going inside me. I also found if you take the 7 and the 4 cord and play a riff going down the piano using a few inversions it has a weird but satisfying sound. Thank you for emplimenting your knowledge to the music community. I greatly appreciate your time and effort in 2019.
This is what it is about. Playing creatively, freely and with enjoyment. Glad to help on your journey and thank you for such a kind and thoughtful comment
I hate all the technical theory B.S. being bantered around in this comment section, obviously by a bunch of know-it-alls that didn't learn a thing from this video. Okay, it's a suspended chord but the actual name makes no difference in relation to the lesson he's teaching. Improvisation is a "feel" and visual-pattern sort of thing. He says to "Play a major chord and replace the 3rd with the 2nd" and no matter who you are or what training you may have, it is easy to understand and easy to do. Using the same chord with the right hand and improvising on that basic chord by simply changing the bass note is not common knowledge for most piano players. In that regard, the overall lesson here is much broader than what he can fully explain. You can perform this technique with just about any chord but this lesson is much better because he uses a chord that creates tension and tension always sounds great in improvisation and as filler in accompaniments. This little trick is a staple of the Bruce Hornsby style and many others as well. It includes a decent (yet basic) understanding of the theory that anyone can immediately grasp and shows a lot of real-time examples how to easily invert the chord and sound like a million bucks almost immediately. I'm sending all my students to this link to check it out. Good video. Really good!
+Joseph Pingel Some of the best musicians in the world who come up with the most beautiful progressions, harmony and melodies you've ever heard know absolutely no theory what so ever.
+Milan Maru, perhaps but I think you might be hard pressed to name five, or if you can do that, convince me that those no-theory musicians are actually telling the truth about what they really know. I believe that Irving Berlin was a natural tunesmith without much need for theoretical knowledge. However, Paul McCartney (who is often cited as not being a theory-wise musician) definitely understands what he's doing. IMO no one can learn to play piano as well as McCartney without understanding music from a higher level. My experience reading, hearing and playing a tremendous amount of music reflects that the best progressions, modulations and melodies are created by composers that are seasoned pros that unmistakably understand the theoretical art form better than kick-around hacks. You might be interested in this blog post (hope this is okay ImprovPianoTips) keyeduppiano.com/simplicity-versus-anti-music/
+Joseph Pingel I always found music theory to be pointless. I know what I want to hear and have no problem finding the right notes with nothing but my ears, no amount of theory will change what sounds good to me.
+DontYaTalkSIlly Maybe not what "sounds" good perhaps but understanding theory in many ways puts a good argument in your head exactly WHY it sounds good. People not formally trained sometimes believe a myth that learning theory will stunt they're already natural abilities but in my experience that's not true. I'm mostly a self-taught, play-by-ear musician that learned quickly that as my play-by-ear skills improved, likewise my ability to read music, memorize it and understand it better improved as well. Music theory is a simple mathematical science that gives order to an infinite universe of musical options. When you understand the science, everything makes a lot more sense.
I know , at 63 , I will never be able to play the piano they way you play, so wonderful , so sweet , coz I never got a chance to play a piano let alone learn .But believe me I understand most of what you've said and demonstrated in this video .My aim is to play the piano the way wish to hear myself before I step into the grave .You inspire me a lot !!
Hi Asit! I'm sounding didactic but wish you wouldn't say that so to speak. I feel that if one is so moved as you by piano music that you can make great sounds with this amazing instrument because of your sensitivity and ear and what I feel could be an innate talent too. Maybe you're not playing major classical works etc but the piano and its sounds are therapeutic. I really like acoustic pianos more than digital. If you have room where you live maybe first get a small piano, then maybe after a year get a grand piano. Sometimes, I've heard, some people have given their grand pianos away because they are so hard to move and cost a lot to move. I'm 63 and might part with my few material things and hit the road and be a globe trotting darma bum, yet if I were not to do that maybe I'd make an "aircrete" dome off the grid. I'd then have my acoustic piano moved from where I store it with relatives. It's a very nice small "spinnet" and weighs 298 pounds and can and have hired weight lifters to move it as really all they would carry is 149lbs each. Maybe at first you should get a spinnet. Carpe Diem!
carpe diem man! i'm 17 and i enjoyed reading these texts from two 63 year olds. i have many dreams and it's always nice to see an older person who still have nice things ahead! If i were you i would travel the globe, but thats just because im too eager now, at 17 you know! if you really love playing that piano, if you will actually play it, and if you love your city and country and neighborhood, then why not do the other thing? id say, if you havent been travelling much the last few years, go for the adventure man! its never too late to learn or see things!!
Hi Erik! Nice to think what I wrote was enjoyable and special to as you're only 17. That's great you have insight! I wish more did! You have a kind of sensitivity to what you are exposed to and translate that into positives for your own life and that's profound! Thanks too for your advice. I don't have a lot of material things to part with and maybe next spring I'll leave. I'm thinking of buying maybe an old boat cheap and float a few weeks down the Amazon River and stop to buy food in villages on the way, but have enough room for provisions. I think I could buy a boat in Peru maybe for a low cost and just resell it or give it to a needy person. I'll miss piano, but that's the way it is. Maybe in Santiago or Buenos Aires go online and get a on way ticket somewhere cheap, or if I could get on some boat somehow. I know once I'm in Indonesia I want to go on one of those old traditional sailing rigs the natives use and maybe go island to island for a while. I have to go cheap on only $683 a month Social Security. Imagine, vaccinations I'll need can cost $1,000! That can effect my time of departure. We live on a beautiful planet with beautiful people and thanks for your good words and wishes, and for you too! Carpe Diem!
I agree very much! This is such a beautiful planet and one is a fool if one does not understand that. Go for it man! It looks like you have most of it figured out, so why not! There is no other reason for living but to see and experience what you are able to see and experience! Man, people take this life for granted, without trying to experience the world, even though that's what they deep down want! My goals in life are to become a frogman, a marinebiologist and to travel the world many many times.
hI! That's great you are going to seek a niche in the greater design of "modern" life and have a profession. I went to university many years and kept changing my major and ended up working 101 jobs all my life at minimum wage or lower and ruined my back. I think you have many adventures ahead with such a profession. One of my goals was to be an oceanographer. My nephew took a highly rated scuba diving course down in the Keys of Florida and got certification and also with underwater photography. He got a job in Maui in Hawaii working for a scuba diving tourist business there but didn't like their poor safety precautions and quit. He stayed and worked as a security guard and scuba dived, but then returned to US to finish his degree. He then went into Dept of Fisheries or specialized in fish somehow and was assigned for several months to observe fish in a mountain river in Idaho. He was with I think US Fisheries also in Wyoming for several months too. Now he is an "observer" aboard a big floating fish factory in the Bearing Sea off Alaska (at times in high seas it's a dangerous job and had a few close calls with waves washing over the ship deck) and next assignment is off west coast of Europe I think and with US Fisheries. He's had more adventure and paid for it than most do in a lifetime, and all within only 2 yrs after graduating! I didn't focus and sounds like you are, so doing the right thing! I'll only have $683 a month to travel on too. I might decide to live in a place if I like it. I love the sea and also "flight" watching various sea birds in flight, and ships, and sea life in general and will probably stay at times at various sea ports. You have a great plan and staying focused is the key. The sooner you know your major the sooner you get out, although I liked higher education better than high school, yet even in college it can be daunting at times and feeling confined, yet happiness comes from within and one can be happy anywhere, any age. Carpe Diem!
Who would ever give this guy a thumbs down? You guys are crazy! Thank you improvPianoTips! I'm a novice but even if I didn't play a note, I would appreciate someone that is only trying to help someone else out! Thank again!
Losers who are incompetent and can’t force themselves to really try and blame this great tutorial for the failure while the eating bigmacs and laying on the couch (sorry I got a little carried away there lol)
Of course this is a great video and this pianist is also talented as a teacher I haven’t seen any negative comments but whoever is making stupid comments must be ignored they are just haters, sad useless beings who don’t know what to do with their life apart from criticizing others it’s the downside of technology they’re everywhere on the web They even hate themselves
I just subscribed. You're not just unbelievably talented but you know how to enter the mind of a student and pour your knowledge into it. Thanks so much! I'm definitely buying most if not all of your products.
you're a savant and a saint for teaching others. i tinker, and have all my life, but never learned to read. played in a country band at a bar (mostly 3 chord progression with a bridge) i only memorize songs and improv if they would change. i'm in tears wishing i wouldn't have wasted my god given talent. i'm going to try, with a crappy keyboard i paid 50 bucks for at a yard sale, but i don't think i got it anymore like this..it IS intimidating, but i'm handicapped now, and been going depressed for 3 years. it's good to see people wanted to pass on their gift, . like an angel, my friend. peace and God bless you!
+Snabulax Having to explain that suddenly makes me feel very old. This guy is clearly very competent but when he said ' I think John Lennon...right?' Feel so old.....
YOU HAve no idea how excited I am to try this!!! I'm self-taught and I've been improvising similarly but it feels so incomplete and hole-y. But this!! This fills everything, *tears of joy* my playing will finally sound fuller, THANKS!!!!
Awesome! I'm a worship leader and I have been playing piano for fifty years and that's some good info that I will be able to use. I always knew it as a sustain chord and have been using it with our realizing the other possibilities you have shown me here. Thanks
The transformed chord is what I actually did back 30 years ago teaching myself to play piano by ear. Thank you for this lesson that explains what I've done for years! As a pastor's kid I had to use this! Keep this coming! Love it!
thank you for repeating the lesson slower even after you go through it at your speed, and repeating it enough times it sinks in! great tempo of teaching for me, thank you!
This was the most valuable piano lesson on RUclips that I’ve found so far. I’m subscribed and wanted to say thank you for how well you demonstrated and explained this. Now I can focus more on developing the ability to more quickly recognize progressions by ear as I play by ear. This definitely gives me the sense of quicker ears without needing to hear the progression before knowing how to play along with it. Thank you so much.
I'm not sure about any negative comments in this comment section but I can't imagine why there would be any at all. This kind teacher is doing nothing but trying to help people enjoy learning more. I find it very refreshing. I struggled with this very same issue when I was learning, and there was no one to share gems like this. Needless to say, it was frustrating at times. So GOD bless you Sir for sharing your gift with those that want it. And those that don't, don't matter. Shake the dust from your feet and keep inspiring future musicians to be the best they can be. I liked and subscribed. Nice work brotha!!
Thank You very much!!! I'm learning a lot with you... I play piano at church and I just wanted to say from the bottom of my heart: THANK YOU!!! GOD BLESS YOU!!
I played a little bit of piano for quite some time about ten years ago. I want to go back to it. Today I ran into one of your videos by accident and got stuck in your playlists, I have been watching you for few hours, you are giving lots of good knowledges that would be helpful to anyone who wants to improve. I will be spending some good time here. God bless you for what you are doing. Thank you.
Yes, I am getting a piano/keyboard for Christmas! Watching this for the second time, I am able to follow the specific finger progression. This is, I believe ( from several years of piano lessons way back) a much nicer way to keep practicing scales -after practicing your scales of course!- while staying truly connected to the exercise, because of the melodic, and creative, elements added to it. Bravo, you a a brilliant educator!
Very cool way to explain using "transformed" chords. I've never heard it described that way. You might want to say it is also called the ninth of the key or chord. I am trying to learn to improvise and this really helped me.
hay I always wondered how they did that fancy stuff on the piano and you just explaned it all to us in one easy lession thanks bro. Will try that on my keyboard at home.
wow. this is super helpful for me. i just learned about inversions and stuff in lessons but was struggling to apply it. this helped a lot to show me what can be done. thanks so much i really really appreciate it
I'm really happy you're here! If you decide to watch more of my videos here on RUclips, you will find that playing songs you LOVE and making them sound FULL is totally doable. It all starts with rhythm and patterns. Happy playing! *Drop a comment of what you'd me to cover in my next video...* Also, check the description for access to "The Basics" for free on my website OR click here: www.improvpianotips.com/course?courseid=the-basics
ImprovPianoTips I like your video, thank you for helping me improving :) Honestly, it's not easy to find a "not complicated" improvisation tutorial video for piano on youtube. Keep doing your work please. God bless you
You're welcome :)! I'm happy I can make things simple to understand - that is always my goal. Take the theory, condense it into patterns and teach away!!!! Thanks for the comment.
Been playing ever since I was 4 years old, stopped at 17, had to sell my stuff due to financial problems and I think I'm a bit rusty. I'm currently 22 and would love to pick it back up. This inspired me. Thank you so much! 😊✨
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I love the way you teach--your voice, pace and insights. I did just subscribe and I'm really looking forward to your future videos. Please continue with your good work and thank you sooo much! I appreciate your learning tips and it fits perfectly with my level.
Simply amazing. I could for sure learn a lot from you!!! I have been playing for a very long time. I stoped playing about 11 years ago because had a lot of things happen. I broke my leg, rehabed it for 4 years. I recently started playing again. I am a disabled man from birth. I have something called Arthrgrypoisis. Started playing at the age of 5 years old to get my hand and legs going. SO it's been a ride lol Thank you for this vid. I am for sure going to check out your site!
Reminds me of the camouflage technique, for example playing I/V - IV/V. Love the playing. Beautiful and interesting. I actually dig the cheesy drum beat.
Thnx for sharing your gift with us! I always appreciate learning new things! I unfortunately had to leave my piano I played EVERYDAY a few years ago when I lost my home and now I only have a keyboard that's just a bit cheezy so I really haven't been that enthusiastic about playing it until tonight. After watching your short video It's inspired me to get back to what I love! I didn't realize how much I've missed it and the joy it brought my soul. As well, It was my special time alone to just worship the Lord in my own expressive way. So thanks, I subscribed to your channel and am looking forward to revamping my playing skills, and Lord willing, a regular piano will come my way soon.
For me, right now, at this point in my piano career, this is really great stuff. I need to take things to another level. Your teaching style and insight are in alignment with my learning style... I'm considering learning more from you. Thanks!! I susbscribed so I won't lose track of you in the sea of piano videos on RUclips.
thank you for the inspiration. I've never played piano, but I got one for my Daughters. After this video I decided to play myself (I'm 37 :) ) Weather it's transformed Cmajor ora Csus2. I like it. Take care !! :):)
Maybe it's because of you I'm going back on my feet I used to be a good pianist but I left music cuz I couldn't get any good or find any help but it's seems you'll be the reason I will get back
i have just started playing like 2 months ago now and still learning. Your Video help me to remind better all the scale and faster. Thnx you and blessend.
I loved the vid, some good pointers there...but one question why not call the suspended chords by their correct name, instead of making up a new word for them? I feel like it would benefit beginner and intermediate students in their studies to know what a sus2 chord is, instead of thinking about it as that one "transformed" chord they learned from a youtube video.
As a beginner piano player, I disagree. I actually like to think of lots of kinds of chords, scales, and techmiques by different names that I hear or make up. It makes them much easier to learn in my opinion. I don't know if this will be bad for me in the long run, but as a beginner, I'm not too concerned about that
This atheist thanks you for teaching others. Mad respect for your skills dude. Keep it up! Lifelong drummer here. Just started learning piano a few months ago and having a blast!
Greetings Nick...I spoke with you years ago.I´m originally from San Pedro then moved to Murrieta which blends with Temecula. And, I believe you and I both graduated from Long Beach State University. Anyway, I enjoyed this video on improvisation. That´s just what I needed...improvising chill out background music in between songs...I will practice and build upon what you taught....keep up the good work! - Fabian Gomez
I remember i watched this video for the first time nearly 3 years ago and initially thought that to improvise, you needed a good ear, for you can hit good sounding notes. Then when you started saying the chords, scale degrees, and other shit i didnt understand and was like, "well, this is gonna take a while..." So I started to learn about the theory and felt un motivated when I heard the extended chord names and inversions and scale names like mixolydian and phrygian. But I stilled learned what was necessary in a couple months and now... i can improvise and can finally understand this video 100%. So yeah, this video is a reason why I know my stuff about music. Its wierd that it started here nearly 3 years ago and the video got recommended...
+panzerdriver Correct. If he used proper chord name and then proceeded to make out all of its keys, people would have learnt it and at the same time learned what a suspended chord is. Right now new users think there is something called a "transformed" chord. Im not sure that is appropriate for beginner piano players.
+MrAiredales Its a Csus2. C D G where middle note E is suspended and instead the 2nd note of scale is added, thats a D. That makes it a Csus2 chord. If he used F instead of D, it would be a sus4 chord instead.
+MrAiredales if u add an F its a Csus4 chord. "sus" is short for "suspended" which means the 3rd of a chord is replaced w/either the 2nd or the 4th. when u replace it w/a 2nd its called a sus2 chord (ie root-3rd-5th becomes root-2nd-5th). when u replace it w/a 4th its called a sus4 chord (ie root-3rd-5th becomes root-4th-5th). so this is actually a Csus2.
you know my brotha, the greatest of teachers are not the ones who know the most about what ever subject, but the ones who can deliver it in a way and make it intriguing enough that the student retains the information, I only had 1 in all my years, well tutorials online are much like that in a sense to where, out of all the options on a particular field of interest there are on youtube, one has to sorta SIFT through the many videos till he finds one that resonates with him or herself, that being said theres allways a coupled good ones amongst the piles of trash, YOU my friend are one of the good ones, you have a gift for teaching, so great video, im add like a son of a gun, so it takes a great teacher for this hands on learner to grasp a video on a perticular concept. is it jjust piano or do you carry that gift with you and apply it elsewhere in your life, if not, think about it cuz that's a power, the power to get through to a person such as myself, not an easy task. YOURs and like 4 other vids on piano and music theory has changed the game up for me like crazy, I play by heart and head, but now its coming together faster and faster cuz im starting to understand it more and more and its becoming easier or more soulful or flavorful sol to speak, ill shut up now. NICE vid.
WOW! What an incredible comment to read. Thank you for taking time to encourage me brother! I do this for a living now full time as of 3 years ago (I had a Civil Engineering Career for 4 years before RUclips and selling online courses)... What is your end goal with piano? :)
This is the same as the 'horned' chord that I've been watching Jack do over on the Andertons channel. Beautiful! One thing that almost every piano tutorial on RUclips seems to be missing is how you are doing all the movement in your right hand. I can play the chords, I can make cool chords, sure, but filling it out and embellishing it, it just seems like there are no vids or any explanation on how to do that. Is that just something you have to be musically inclined to do? I'd love to see a vid on this. Thanks!
I’ve been struggling with the same thing. Have you found any videos on it? I’m hoping it’s just a matter of practicing to obtain the speed you see in these pianists, because that’s all it really is. I can play up and down through a scale just like they do, but I am not as fast or efficient with the rhythmic patterns they use. We essentially need strum patterns for piano. Lol
Exactly what I Was looking for , thanks man! Obviously subbed. I’ve done grade 4 classical piano and am excited to learn and practice these concepts. These are the sounds I want to play!
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I learnt the piano 45 years ago (stopt playing 25 years ago), but never got learn do these..... riffs (for a lack of better word) ;-). Last week I picked up playing again and thank you Nikolas for these videos for making me confortable at the piano!
If I were playing for John Lennon, improvising for him wouldn't be what first comes to mind. First off, I'd be amazed that I was playing with John Lennon, and also, I'd be confused that John Lennon is still alive.
also, some questions I've been wanting an answer for a long time: what do you use to add all the extra stuff on the video. ex. the digital piano at the top of the vid, what program would you use for that and does it involve midi?
I really enjoy your videos! Would you mind slowing down when you are showing the runs? Maybe even put the number of the note in the chord. For example: 1, 2, 5, 6, etc. then I could write down the numbers easier than trying to imitate the sound on my piano. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
This is actually a great idea! I am putting together a program titled, "Solo & Improvise Like Me - Tips to Stealing The Show". The program will launch with my new website launch in Mid January 2017. I will use your suggestion when I record it. Thank you for the comment!
Haha! I was just watching this guy Cory Henry yesterday and was trying to play some stuff he did, THAT guy has the biggest hands! I guess I know how you feel lol Play on, improvNik
Yeah, I would say hitting tenths is reasonably normal. It might be slightly above average, but not unusual (as in, I can do it, and I don't have unusually large hands, and I see a reasonable amount of piano music with tenths in it.) Liszt and Rachmaninoff apparently hit 13ths (!!!) That I cannot even fathom.
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+Miro Baks haha I was teaching Clavinet technique on youtube , and all I had was a synth ... some guys smarted off that I dint have a real clav d6 hahahaha- it was just a simple lesson......omg
+Miro Baks Well said friend~
+Miro Baks Thank you! :)
Agreed. It's a potato/potato situation (imagine I said that two different ways). I'm a rank amateur but I know enough to recognize that it can be a sus2 or an add9. Calling a "Transformed 1st" doesn't diminish the value of this video. It's gonna help me for sure.
So the short version:
Play a sus2 in the right hand, and play octaves or fifths in the left. As long as you're in the same key, it will sound good.
Just so everyone knows, that transformed chord is actually a sus2 chord.
Sus4 is nice too.
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@@ATOM-tv4pc He was playing an octave and a third. A pretty big hand.
True
Yep, should have summarized that from very beginning
I just want you to know that I’ve been playing piano for 7 years now and I watched this 3 years ago and it has completely changed the way that I improvise and I’ve gotten so much better, all because this was a HUGE foundational moment for me! Thank you so much
Just now reading this! Thanks for the comment ❤ so happy to help.
I'm actually a classical pianist that relies on note reading most of time. But I really want to touch base for improvisation for my church. Your videos provide a great explanation!
Don't play Imagine though (in church).
Aside from playing with sheet music, please don’t depend on it. Good luck!
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same here. I haven't jammed or improvised so all what i can do is play pieces by myself. My friends and my dad's friends are jamming and I wanna be able to join in.
I just started playing about 6 months ago after being a drummer for 12 years and this was one of the most well taught, insightful and pleasing tutorials I have ever watched. You're an incredibly gifted musician with an even better ability to teach. Thank you for taking time to show us the tricks you've learned.
Also, It's truly incredible to see how ignorant people are to the fact that you are using a hypothetical situation. Yes, we all know John Lennon died. It's a sad fact that remains 35 years later. That's not what this video is about, people. Grow up.
Keep doing what you're doing, Nik. It's great.
Appreciate your comment my friend. Play on!
+Jared Butler It's the Internet, Jared. Just as it exploded a world of knowledge for everyone to access, it has also magnified and broadcast stupidity. And thanks, nik. Giving up piano lessons in high school, I realize, is one of my life's biggest regrets. But not too late to learn now =)
It is never too late to get back in the saddle. A year from now, you'll think,"where would I have been if I started a year ago?". Let me know if you need any guidance or the like : ]
Years later. 2019. I have been a piano student all my life but never understood music theory and how to play what music is. This video has helped me and all of the other thing you have done. You have sparked my interest and kept the flame going inside me. I also found if you take the 7 and the 4 cord and play a riff going down the piano using a few inversions it has a weird but satisfying sound. Thank you for emplimenting your knowledge to the music community. I greatly appreciate your time and effort in 2019.
This is what it is about. Playing creatively, freely and with enjoyment. Glad to help on your journey and thank you for such a kind and thoughtful comment
English isn't my first language so I'm not familiar with terms such as a riff. Would you mind explaining?
Miscellaneous 28 watch Andrew huang’s music theory video and watch rick Beato’s videos they will teach you a lot
Some Stick riff is just usually a small part or passage in a song.
@@ivanrompelberg7235 listen to: Lynard Skynard, "Free Bird", now that's a riff . . .
I hate all the technical theory B.S. being bantered around in this comment section, obviously by a bunch of know-it-alls that didn't learn a thing from this video. Okay, it's a suspended chord but the actual name makes no difference in relation to the lesson he's teaching. Improvisation is a "feel" and visual-pattern sort of thing. He says to "Play a major chord and replace the 3rd with the 2nd" and no matter who you are or what training you may have, it is easy to understand and easy to do.
Using the same chord with the right hand and improvising on that basic chord by simply changing the bass note is not common knowledge for most piano players. In that regard, the overall lesson here is much broader than what he can fully explain. You can perform this technique with just about any chord but this lesson is much better because he uses a chord that creates tension and tension always sounds great in improvisation and as filler in accompaniments.
This little trick is a staple of the Bruce Hornsby style and many others as well. It includes a decent (yet basic) understanding of the theory that anyone can immediately grasp and shows a lot of real-time examples how to easily invert the chord and sound like a million bucks almost immediately. I'm sending all my students to this link to check it out. Good video. Really good!
This guy wins^^^
+Joseph Pingel Some of the best musicians in the world who come up with the most beautiful progressions, harmony and melodies you've ever heard know absolutely no theory what so ever.
+Milan Maru, perhaps but I think you might be hard pressed to name five, or if you can do that, convince me that those no-theory musicians are actually telling the truth about what they really know. I believe that Irving Berlin was a natural tunesmith without much need for theoretical knowledge. However, Paul McCartney (who is often cited as not being a theory-wise musician) definitely understands what he's doing. IMO no one can learn to play piano as well as McCartney without understanding music from a higher level. My experience reading, hearing and playing a tremendous amount of music reflects that the best progressions, modulations and melodies are created by composers that are seasoned pros that unmistakably understand the theoretical art form better than kick-around hacks. You might be interested in this blog post (hope this is okay ImprovPianoTips) keyeduppiano.com/simplicity-versus-anti-music/
+Joseph Pingel I always found music theory to be pointless. I know what I want to hear and have no problem finding the right notes with nothing but my ears, no amount of theory will change what sounds good to me.
+DontYaTalkSIlly Maybe not what "sounds" good perhaps but understanding theory in many ways puts a good argument in your head exactly WHY it sounds good. People not formally trained sometimes believe a myth that learning theory will stunt they're already natural abilities but in my experience that's not true. I'm mostly a self-taught, play-by-ear musician that learned quickly that as my play-by-ear skills improved, likewise my ability to read music, memorize it and understand it better improved as well. Music theory is a simple mathematical science that gives order to an infinite universe of musical options. When you understand the science, everything makes a lot more sense.
I know , at 63 , I will never be able to play the piano they way you play, so wonderful , so sweet , coz I never got a chance to play a piano let alone learn .But believe me I understand most of what you've said and demonstrated in this video .My aim is to play the piano the way wish to hear myself before I step into the grave .You inspire me a lot !!
Hi Asit! I'm sounding didactic but wish you wouldn't say that so to speak. I feel that if one is so moved as you by piano music that you can make great sounds with this amazing instrument because of your sensitivity and ear and what I feel could be an innate talent too. Maybe you're not playing major classical works etc but the piano and its sounds are therapeutic. I really like acoustic pianos more than digital. If you have room where you live maybe first get a small piano, then maybe after a year get a grand piano. Sometimes, I've heard, some people have given their grand pianos away because they are so hard to move and cost a lot to move. I'm 63 and might part with my few material things and hit the road and be a globe trotting darma bum, yet if I were not to do that maybe I'd make an "aircrete" dome off the grid. I'd then have my acoustic piano moved from where I store it with relatives. It's a very nice small "spinnet" and weighs 298 pounds and can and have hired weight lifters to move it as really all they would carry is 149lbs each. Maybe at first you should get a spinnet. Carpe Diem!
carpe diem man!
i'm 17 and i enjoyed reading these texts from two 63 year olds. i have many dreams and it's always nice to see an older person who still have nice things ahead! If i were you i would travel the globe, but thats just because im too eager now, at 17 you know! if you really love playing that piano, if you will actually play it, and if you love your city and country and neighborhood, then why not do the other thing? id say, if you havent been travelling much the last few years, go for the adventure man! its never too late to learn or see things!!
Hi Erik! Nice to think what I wrote was enjoyable and special to as you're only 17. That's great you have insight! I wish more did! You have a kind of sensitivity to what you are exposed to and translate that into positives for your own life and that's profound! Thanks too for your advice. I don't have a lot of material things to part with and maybe next spring I'll leave. I'm thinking of buying maybe an old boat cheap and float a few weeks down the Amazon River and stop to buy food in villages on the way, but have enough room for provisions. I think I could buy a boat in Peru maybe for a low cost and just resell it or give it to a needy person. I'll miss piano, but that's the way it is. Maybe in Santiago or Buenos Aires go online and get a on way ticket somewhere cheap, or if I could get on some boat somehow. I know once I'm in Indonesia I want to go on one of those old traditional sailing rigs the natives use and maybe go island to island for a while. I have to go cheap on only $683 a month Social Security. Imagine, vaccinations I'll need can cost $1,000! That can effect my time of departure. We live on a beautiful planet with beautiful people and thanks for your good words and wishes, and for you too! Carpe Diem!
I agree very much! This is such a beautiful planet and one is a fool if one does not understand that. Go for it man! It looks like you have most of it figured out, so why not! There is no other reason for living but to see and experience what you are able to see and experience! Man, people take this life for granted, without trying to experience the world, even though that's what they deep down want! My goals in life are to become a frogman, a marinebiologist and to travel the world many many times.
hI! That's great you are going to seek a niche in the greater design of "modern" life and have a profession. I went to university many years and kept changing my major and ended up working 101 jobs all my life at minimum wage or lower and ruined my back. I think you have many adventures ahead with such a profession. One of my goals was to be an oceanographer. My nephew took a highly rated scuba diving course down in the Keys of Florida and got certification and also with underwater photography. He got a job in Maui in Hawaii working for a scuba diving tourist business there but didn't like their poor safety precautions and quit.
He stayed and worked as a security guard and scuba dived, but then returned to US to finish his degree. He then went into Dept of Fisheries or specialized in fish somehow and was assigned for several months to observe fish in a mountain river in Idaho. He was with I think US Fisheries also in Wyoming for several months too. Now he is an "observer" aboard a big floating fish factory in the Bearing Sea off Alaska (at times in high seas it's a dangerous job and had a few close calls with waves washing over the ship deck) and next assignment is off west coast of Europe I think and with US Fisheries. He's had more adventure and paid for it than most do in a lifetime, and all within only 2 yrs after graduating! I didn't focus and sounds like you are, so doing the right thing! I'll only have $683 a month to travel on too. I might decide to live in a place if I like it. I love the sea and also "flight" watching various sea birds in flight, and ships, and sea life in general and will probably stay at times at various sea ports. You have a great plan and staying focused is the key. The sooner you know your major the sooner you get out, although I liked higher education better than high school, yet even in college it can be daunting at times and feeling confined, yet happiness comes from within and one can be happy anywhere, any age.
Carpe Diem!
Who would ever give this guy a thumbs down? You guys are crazy! Thank you improvPianoTips! I'm a novice but even if I didn't play a note, I would appreciate someone that is only trying to help someone else out! Thank again!
Losers who are incompetent and can’t force themselves to really try and blame this great tutorial for the failure while the eating bigmacs and laying on the couch (sorry I got a little carried away there lol)
Of course this is a great video and this pianist is also talented as a teacher
I haven’t seen any negative comments but whoever is making stupid comments must be ignored they are just haters, sad useless beings who don’t know what to do with their life apart from criticizing others
it’s the downside of technology they’re everywhere on the web
They even hate themselves
This is one of the best youtube lessons I've seen. I'm a piano teacher and you've taught me a great deal. Thank-you so much, I will be subscribing xxx
+George Kettlety Thank you for the comment! I'm happy I could share something new for you :)
I just subscribed. You're not just unbelievably talented but you know how to enter the mind of a student and pour your knowledge into it. Thanks so much! I'm definitely buying most if not all of your products.
Thank you 1 year later
ImprovPianoTips lol that 1 year later
enjoyed your videos; Julian, especially the glide progressions.
this is genuinely brilliant! little videos like this can improve anyones ability thanku x
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The most beautiful style I have ever heard someone play.
That 14min was just blink of eye. Worth to watch
This was amazing. Watching someone play a piano, and it causing me to have an emotional response, this is like magic.
you're a savant and a saint for teaching others. i tinker, and have all my life, but never learned to read. played in a country band at a bar (mostly 3 chord progression with a bridge) i only memorize songs and improv if they would change. i'm in tears wishing i wouldn't have wasted my god given talent. i'm going to try, with a crappy keyboard i paid 50 bucks for at a yard sale, but i don't think i got it anymore like this..it IS intimidating, but i'm handicapped now, and been going depressed for 3 years. it's good to see people wanted to pass on their gift, . like an angel, my friend. peace and God bless you!
If I was on stage with John Lennon and he's talking to the audience, I'm running to the nearest zombie shelter
+heymarley88 Why?
+Snabulax Having to explain that suddenly makes me feel very old. This guy is clearly very competent but when he said ' I think John Lennon...right?' Feel so old.....
+Snabulax that's childish
+Philip Jones "This guy accidentally pronounced John Legend's name wrong." If someone said that, would you feel even older?
Philip Jones, he was only joking, surely.
YOU HAve no idea how excited I am to try this!!! I'm self-taught and I've been improvising similarly but it feels so incomplete and hole-y. But this!! This fills everything, *tears of joy* my playing will finally sound fuller, THANKS!!!!
Awesome! I'm a worship leader and I have been playing piano for fifty years and that's some good info that I will be able to use. I always knew it as a sustain chord and have been using it with our realizing the other possibilities you have shown me here. Thanks
Randomly bumped into Nick at my local gym; he is such a kind, humble, and down-to-earth guy. This man is the real deal.
Dah-kneww-LOWWWWW! Thank you for the kind words. I'll see you around the gym brotha
@@playpianobyear I'll see you there brotha 👍
the transformed is basically a Gsus4 or Csus2 right?
Not basically, it is a suspended chord. Apparently the word "suspended" is too complicated for this lesson
haha i was just making sure because im new to theory and stuff
c sus 2 is just CDG, just what he us playing in the video
Sindre Dillan Gsus 4 is GCD. Sus2/sus4 chords are interchangeable between the 1 and 5 chords respectfully
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The transformed chord is what I actually did back 30 years ago teaching myself to play piano by ear. Thank you for this lesson that explains what I've done for years! As a pastor's kid I had to use this! Keep this coming! Love it!
thank you for repeating the lesson slower even after you go through it at your speed, and repeating it enough times it sinks in! great tempo of teaching for me, thank you!
This was the most valuable piano lesson on RUclips that I’ve found so far. I’m subscribed and wanted to say thank you for how well you demonstrated and explained this. Now I can focus more on developing the ability to more quickly recognize progressions by ear as I play by ear. This definitely gives me the sense of quicker ears without needing to hear the progression before knowing how to play along with it. Thank you so much.
I'm not sure about any negative comments in this comment section but I can't imagine why there would be any at all.
This kind teacher is doing nothing but trying to help people enjoy learning more. I find it very refreshing.
I struggled with this very same issue when I was learning, and there was no one to share gems like this. Needless to say, it was frustrating at times. So GOD bless you Sir for sharing your gift with those that want it. And those that don't, don't matter. Shake the dust from your feet and keep inspiring future musicians to be the best they can be.
I liked and subscribed. Nice work brotha!!
Thank You very much!!! I'm learning a lot with you... I play piano at church and I just wanted to say from the bottom of my heart: THANK YOU!!! GOD BLESS YOU!!
Out of all the videos I've watched, this was the most educational and understandable!!! This is amazing
I played a little bit of piano for quite some time about ten years ago. I want to go back to it. Today I ran into one of your videos by accident and got stuck in your playlists, I have been watching you for few hours, you are giving lots of good knowledges that would be helpful to anyone who wants to improve. I will be spending some good time here. God bless you for what you are doing. Thank you.
Yes, I am getting a piano/keyboard for Christmas! Watching this for the second time, I am able to follow the specific finger progression. This is, I believe ( from several years of piano lessons way back) a much nicer way to keep practicing scales -after practicing your scales of course!- while staying truly connected to the exercise, because of the melodic, and creative, elements added to it. Bravo, you a a brilliant educator!
Very cool way to explain using "transformed" chords. I've never heard it described that way. You might want to say it is also called the ninth of the key or chord. I am trying to learn to improvise and this really helped me.
Thank you! I wanted to learn this for 50 years! May God bless and prosper you in your quest to spread beauty and joy!!!!
My first time to know the beauty of sus chords was by this video. I thought where have they been all my life?! Thanks Nick
You opened my eyes,
thanks
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You are a hero. Thanks for this session. Greetings from Germany.
hay I always wondered how they did that fancy stuff on the piano and you just explaned it all to us in one easy lession thanks bro. Will try that on my keyboard at home.
05:32 This is one of the most beautiful things i have ever heard. Seriously
Oh dear lord! I am a self learning beginner sitting here almost crying wishing I played like this!! U are a talented pianist and a good teacher
I wished I'd had this sort of teaching a long time ago. Many thanks mate.
It wad out 5 years ago
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That is an awesome "run" you created; that's for sharing! God bless.
Blown away brother. Thank you very much 😊
11:41 for the slow run tutorial
very good,it teaches me more moves,thanks very much
more moves i mean
you are good very good
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"Ooooo he knows what he's doing" XD
As a guitar player having to learn keys for a new project, I cant tell you how immensely helpful this lesson is. THANK YOU!
wow. this is super helpful for me. i just learned about inversions and stuff in lessons but was struggling to apply it. this helped a lot to show me what can be done. thanks so much i really really appreciate it
I'm really happy you're here! If you decide to watch more of my videos here on RUclips, you will find that playing songs you LOVE and making them sound FULL is totally doable. It all starts with rhythm and patterns. Happy playing! *Drop a comment of what you'd me to cover in my next video...*
Also, check the description for access to "The Basics" for free on my website OR click here: www.improvpianotips.com/course?courseid=the-basics
If you branch off into a solo, it's supposed to fit in with the original song you're playing.
ImprovPianoTips I like your video, thank you for helping me improving :) Honestly, it's not easy to find a "not complicated" improvisation tutorial video for piano on youtube. Keep doing your work please. God bless you
You're welcome :)! I'm happy I can make things simple to understand - that is always my goal. Take the theory, condense it into patterns and teach away!!!! Thanks for the comment.
thank you for the lesson. i got gf because playing like that
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Been playing ever since I was 4 years old, stopped at 17, had to sell my stuff due to financial problems and I think I'm a bit rusty. I'm currently 22 and would love to pick it back up. This inspired me. Thank you so much! 😊✨
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I love the way you teach--your voice, pace and insights. I did just subscribe and I'm really looking forward to your future videos. Please continue with your good work and thank you sooo much! I appreciate your learning tips and it fits perfectly with my level.
Simply amazing. I could for sure learn a lot from you!!! I have been playing for a very long time. I stoped playing about 11 years ago because had a lot of things happen. I broke my leg, rehabed it for 4 years. I recently started playing again. I am a disabled man from birth. I have something called Arthrgrypoisis. Started playing at the age of 5 years old to get my hand and legs going. SO it's been a ride lol Thank you for this vid. I am for sure going to check out your site!
Yup. I did it. Part 2 to this video: ruclips.net/video/fMmksLBcBFY/видео.html Thumbs up so everyone sees it
Reminds me of the camouflage technique, for example playing I/V - IV/V. Love the playing. Beautiful and interesting.
I actually dig the cheesy drum beat.
You inspired me. I’m working on it now. Makes the music come alive, thank you
Bro so blessed to come across your tutorial it is helping me sooooooooo.....much yes!
Wow awesome! So glad I found your lesson and I have to say, it's awesome to know you're playing for church as well! Good job!
Thnx for sharing your gift with us! I always appreciate learning new things! I unfortunately had to leave my piano I played EVERYDAY a few years ago when I lost my home and now I only have a keyboard that's just a bit cheezy so I really haven't been that enthusiastic about playing it until tonight. After watching your short video It's inspired me to get back to what I love! I didn't realize how much I've missed it and the joy it brought my soul. As well, It was my special time alone to just worship the Lord in my own expressive way. So thanks, I subscribed to your channel and am looking forward to revamping my playing skills, and Lord willing, a regular piano will come my way soon.
For me, right now, at this point in my piano career, this is really great stuff. I need to take things to another level. Your teaching style and insight are in alignment with my learning style... I'm considering learning more from you. Thanks!! I susbscribed so I won't lose track of you in the sea of piano videos on RUclips.
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thank you for the inspiration. I've never played piano, but I got one for my Daughters. After this video I decided to play myself (I'm 37 :) ) Weather it's transformed Cmajor ora Csus2. I like it. Take care !! :):)
Like your comment. Its great to have music at home! And never to old..
also simply known as a C2...
Much too fast, talk less and repeat Slowly!!!!!
Wonderful. I’m a jazz chromatic player and third has opened up my music. Thank you
"oooh he knows what he is doing"
that line always makes me laugh
great video, thank you
Maybe it's because of you I'm going back on my feet I used to be a good pianist but I left music cuz I couldn't get any good or find any help but it's seems you'll be the reason I will get back
AWESOME! You can do it :)
ImprovPianoTips
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Lionel Desir how were you good but at the same couldn't get any good
it's the, eye of the tiger
it's the thrill of the fight
risin up, to the challenge of our riiivaaals
i have just started playing like 2 months ago now and still learning. Your Video help me to remind better all the scale and faster. Thnx you and blessend.
I loved it bruh, and as a pianist also, we love to express the feeling through playing the piano even its a simple chords only. well done
I loved the vid, some good pointers there...but one question
why not call the suspended chords by their correct name, instead of making up a new word for them? I feel like it would benefit beginner and intermediate students in their studies to know what a sus2 chord is, instead of thinking about it as that one "transformed" chord they learned from a youtube video.
collinisballn
Sound very good...
collinisballn because sus2 can be intimidating to people and when they get intimidated, they give up
As a beginner piano player, I disagree. I actually like to think of lots of kinds of chords, scales, and techmiques by different names that I hear or make up. It makes them much easier to learn in my opinion. I don't know if this will be bad for me in the long run, but as a beginner, I'm not too concerned about that
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EXACTLY what I’ve been looking for. Your “transformed” chord is going to transform my vamping. Thank you!
This atheist thanks you for teaching others. Mad respect for your skills dude. Keep it up!
Lifelong drummer here. Just started learning piano a few months ago and having a blast!
very much helped as a self taught pianist
Greetings Nick...I spoke with you years ago.I´m originally from San Pedro then moved to Murrieta which blends with Temecula. And, I believe you and I both graduated from Long Beach State University. Anyway, I enjoyed this video on improvisation. That´s just what I needed...improvising chill out background music in between songs...I will practice and build upon what you taught....keep up the good work! - Fabian Gomez
Maaaan!!! This is so good! My playing has changed so much, sounds almost like a pro! Thanks for that video! :-)
Which software is at the top of the window? band in a box?
I remember i watched this video for the first time nearly 3 years ago and initially thought that to improvise, you needed a good ear, for you can hit good sounding notes. Then when you started saying the chords, scale degrees, and other shit i didnt understand and was like, "well, this is gonna take a while..." So I started to learn about the theory and felt un motivated when I heard the extended chord names and inversions and scale names like mixolydian and phrygian. But I stilled learned what was necessary in a couple months and now... i can improvise and can finally understand this video 100%.
So yeah, this video is a reason why I know my stuff about music. Its wierd that it started here nearly 3 years ago and the video got recommended...
Its not a "C transformed chord" but a Csus2 chord instead.
+luckiest charm
He did it for simplicity so those who aren't familiar with music theory can follow along.
+panzerdriver Correct. If he used proper chord name and then proceeded to make out all of its keys, people would have learnt it and at the same time learned what a suspended chord is. Right now new users think there is something called a "transformed" chord. Im not sure that is appropriate for beginner piano players.
+luckiest charm It's NOT a Csus2; it's a C2. He would have had to put an F in the chord to make a sus.
+MrAiredales Its a Csus2. C D G where middle note E is suspended and instead the 2nd note of scale is added, thats a D. That makes it a Csus2 chord. If he used F instead of D, it would be a sus4 chord instead.
+MrAiredales if u add an F its a Csus4 chord. "sus" is short for "suspended" which means the 3rd of a chord is replaced w/either the 2nd or the 4th. when u replace it w/a 2nd its called a sus2 chord (ie root-3rd-5th becomes root-2nd-5th). when u replace it w/a 4th its called a sus4 chord (ie root-3rd-5th becomes root-4th-5th). so this is actually a Csus2.
you know my brotha, the greatest of teachers are not the ones who know the most about what ever subject, but the ones who can deliver it in a way and make it intriguing enough that the student retains the information, I only had 1 in all my years, well tutorials online are much like that in a sense to where, out of all the options on a particular field of interest there are on youtube, one has to sorta SIFT through the many videos till he finds one that resonates with him or herself, that being said theres allways a coupled good ones amongst the piles of trash, YOU my friend are one of the good ones, you have a gift for teaching, so great video, im add like a son of a gun, so it takes a great teacher for this hands on learner to grasp a video on a perticular concept. is it jjust piano or do you carry that gift with you and apply it elsewhere in your life, if not, think about it cuz that's a power, the power to get through to a person such as myself, not an easy task. YOURs and like 4 other vids on piano and music theory has changed the game up for me like crazy, I play by heart and head, but now its coming together faster and faster cuz im starting to understand it more and more and its becoming easier or more soulful or flavorful sol to speak, ill shut up now. NICE vid.
WOW! What an incredible comment to read. Thank you for taking time to encourage me brother! I do this for a living now full time as of 3 years ago (I had a Civil Engineering Career for 4 years before RUclips and selling online courses)...
What is your end goal with piano? :)
This is the best improvisation tutorial I have ever seen. Thank you!
There are great pianists across the world, but a great teacher is hard to find. I Love how easy to understand your tutorials are. Way to go! 👍👌
i think ive learned something thank you for this
You’re a great teacher man, I can’t wait to get home and practice this
This is the same as the 'horned' chord that I've been watching Jack do over on the Andertons channel. Beautiful! One thing that almost every piano tutorial on RUclips seems to be missing is how you are doing all the movement in your right hand. I can play the chords, I can make cool chords, sure, but filling it out and embellishing it, it just seems like there are no vids or any explanation on how to do that. Is that just something you have to be musically inclined to do?
I'd love to see a vid on this. Thanks!
I’ve been struggling with the same thing. Have you found any videos on it?
I’m hoping it’s just a matter of practicing to obtain the speed you see in these pianists, because that’s all it really is. I can play up and down through a scale just like they do, but I am not as fast or efficient with the rhythmic patterns they use.
We essentially need strum patterns for piano. Lol
Exactly what I Was looking for , thanks man! Obviously subbed. I’ve done grade 4 classical piano and am excited to learn and practice these concepts. These are the sounds I want to play!
Thanks for the lesson. I love your internal rhythm!!!
At 14:25ish it sounded like Journey! Brilliant my man!
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The song faithfully by Journey
you mean the portion of the video that doesn't exist?
No the part of your answer that doesn't exist.
gahloot And what does that even mean?
You're a legend. You play great. Well done. I would be happy to know just 20 percent of what you know.
Thank you!! Email me for 15% off any of my courses...I'd be happy to give you a discount: improvpianotips@gmail.com
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I learnt the piano 45 years ago (stopt playing 25 years ago), but never got learn do these..... riffs (for a lack of better word) ;-). Last week I picked up playing again and thank you Nikolas for these videos for making me confortable at the piano!
WOW -- Learning “CHORD PROGRESSIONS” - Thanks for sharing your talents.
Bruh 6:48 ... so smooth. Liked and subbed just cause of that.
So true
You are a LEGENDARY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you soooooooo much.
Good idea! Always best to be prepared in case John Lennon comes back from the grave and decides to give a talk while you’re performing.
If I were playing for John Lennon, improvising for him wouldn't be what first comes to mind. First off, I'd be amazed that I was playing with John Lennon, and also, I'd be confused that John Lennon is still alive.
i will be more confused… john lenon… is he not a pianist himself? why hire another pianist to do his job?
John lennon*
he is alive.. 'i bury paul'
John Lemon*
*Mango Star
*Paul Mc Iced Tea
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your so good at teaching its so clear...thank you so much...i now play my piano so well
Oh, come on guy you're so good, you make music seem so easy. I'm looking for some in-class lessons, my focus is gospel.
Are you in canada?
I'm in California. I do one-on-one lessons online. If you're interested, please email me: improvpianotips@gmail.com
i took a look at your website, and your choice of words really hooked me into reading your whole story. Nice website
Thank you! I am relaunching the entire site with 4 new programs by FEBRUARY 1, 2017
also, some questions I've been wanting an answer for a long time: what do you use to add all the extra stuff on the video. ex. the digital piano at the top of the vid, what program would you use for that and does it involve midi?
Thank you for this incredible trick. It takes a lot to share your tricks. Thank you.
I really enjoy your videos! Would you mind slowing down when you are showing the runs?
Maybe even put the number of the note in the chord. For example: 1, 2, 5, 6, etc. then I could write
down the numbers easier than trying to imitate the sound on my piano. Thanks for sharing
your knowledge.
This is actually a great idea! I am putting together a program titled, "Solo & Improvise Like Me - Tips to Stealing The Show". The program will launch with my new website launch in Mid January 2017. I will use your suggestion when I record it. Thank you for the comment!
It is hard for beginners to catch your run.Thank you for your time.
Incredible playing! For people to learn you need to break it down slowly!! Thanks...
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8:50 It's too late to POLIGIIIIIIIIZE toooOOOO LaaaAAAAte!
Thanks for this lesson, got to get started.
As soon as you mentioned being on stage with John Lennon thats all I could Imagine
I really like piano. ☺️
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WTF.....I'm a pianist. Does anybody else think his finger span is long af?? I which mine were that long lol.
Haha! I was just watching this guy Cory Henry yesterday and was trying to play some stuff he did, THAT guy has the biggest hands! I guess I know how you feel lol
Play on,
improvNik
yes exactly he play beautiful
nah his finger-span is pretty average
Yeah, I would say hitting tenths is reasonably normal. It might be slightly above average, but not unusual (as in, I can do it, and I don't have unusually large hands, and I see a reasonable amount of piano music with tenths in it.) Liszt and Rachmaninoff apparently hit 13ths (!!!) That I cannot even fathom.
I can barely reach a ninth
Interesting. Makes everything sound like a Bruce Hornsby track!
+Steve Gould Listening to this guy play reminded me of Bruce Hornsby too. : )
Wow!!!! It's wonderful and so easy to play. I want to play like you!!!