Hal Galper's Piano Lesson - Minimizing Emotion

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Комментарии • 383

  • @paulcarty
    @paulcarty 10 лет назад +142

    This is the first time I've felt guilty about not paying for watching a free RUclips video.

  • @fiddlercrab3
    @fiddlercrab3 13 лет назад +27

    "We are athletes of the fine muscles, not the big ones." Beautiful!

  • @chrisscott6417
    @chrisscott6417 4 года назад +16

    This is the shit, unadulterated dope. Perhaps the best music lesson on RUclips.

    • @inspir.edmusic
      @inspir.edmusic 3 года назад +1

      @@therealhotchocolatecompany3962 a lot.

  • @ChristineCleveland
    @ChristineCleveland 13 лет назад +21

    I'm not much of a musician, but I'm a painter. It's amazing how much of what he says applies to the visual arts as well. He's a great teacher.

  • @ramroid
    @ramroid 8 лет назад +34

    Hal Galper has too be one of the best teachers I've ever witnessed. He nails it at such a high level.

    • @ChrisCadenhead
      @ChrisCadenhead Год назад +1

      fully agree. I love his conceptual approach

  • @vinniereck7536
    @vinniereck7536 6 лет назад +33

    Wow, what a lesson. So many things just clicked.......... and I'm a drummer!

    • @ericanthony1982
      @ericanthony1982 5 лет назад +1

      Vinnie Reck exactly, I play guitar and felt the same way. It all translates no matter the instrument “tool” lol. it’s counter intuitive to what you’re normally taught as in to play with feeling, but so necessary to master.

  • @ScottGuitarHippie
    @ScottGuitarHippie 4 года назад +11

    The way he played the C scale hearing where to place the notes with the overtones was mind blowing...

  • @acedrumminman
    @acedrumminman 4 года назад +16

    This is what Buddy Rich taught me in 1977 when I was on the band...athlete's of the finer muscles...the greatest lesson I every heard! Buddy had me practice only with brushes, stressing to me that delicate balance and sensitive touch would take my stick articulation and speed to a new level...it was a revelation.

  • @noahv8671
    @noahv8671 28 дней назад

    This is why the two beat is the true heart of swing

  • @geoffstockton
    @geoffstockton 10 лет назад +38

    What a hell of an instructor. I'm gleaning a lot of insight from this guy. It doesn't hurt that he looks like Scotty from Star Trek when he would guest on Star Trek Next Generation. It only further enriches the experience.

    • @juancpgo
      @juancpgo 10 лет назад

      LOL

    • @dee.plays.bass4
      @dee.plays.bass4 9 лет назад +5

      Geoff Stockton he looks and sounds more like John Goodman to me

  • @UkuleleAversion
    @UkuleleAversion 3 года назад +3

    Hal Galper is one of the best music eduactors I've ever seen.

  • @BenBen2351
    @BenBen2351 12 лет назад +4

    It's one of the most advanced jazz/piano/music lessons i've seen on youtube... Far beyond scales and patterns tricks...

  • @FlanaFugue
    @FlanaFugue 11 лет назад +4

    Its not negative feelings - its about keeping your feelings under control - like meditating.

  • @AdebayoFayemi
    @AdebayoFayemi 10 лет назад +2

    Has that intimidating yet clearly wanting to help better his students kind of demeanor. Best type of teacher imo

  • @ramroid
    @ramroid 8 лет назад +5

    He reminds you of what you've already learned and helps you discard the habit that it became. It's totally blows me away.

  • @patriciaferrer6952
    @patriciaferrer6952 6 лет назад +14

    High yielding tips! This video is a must for any musician at any level.

  • @theconnman4576
    @theconnman4576 5 лет назад +4

    I had a few Skype lessons with Hal. Life changing.

  • @beanabus77
    @beanabus77 9 лет назад +7

    I found the half time thing really useful for uptempo playing. I find Galper is one of the most consistently compelling jazz educators out there, and every time I rewatch his videos I notice and learn something new. To those who say he is too strict, the purpose of these exercise is to break through old habits and gain greater freedom, I certainly find that's the effect this approach has had on me so far.

  • @VolkFry
    @VolkFry 13 лет назад +3

    Great, he explained this concept 20 years ago in Berlin, Germany. It is a great tool to get people to play less stiff, but to swing smooth and elegant.
    Superb playing!

  •  8 лет назад +40

    Jedi stuff

  • @clichaj
    @clichaj 11 лет назад +3

    This is the greatest instructional video I've ever seen!!!

  • @xiaolaizhou7225
    @xiaolaizhou7225 10 лет назад +8

    what a master class, I am so lucky can hear this, what a master!!

  • @konoharf
    @konoharf 5 лет назад +4

    One of the most enlightening life and music lesson I've seen!

  • @maduroholdings
    @maduroholdings 2 года назад +2

    This was really good the title made be skeptical but proof is in the sound

  • @docsaxman
    @docsaxman 12 лет назад +2

    Watch and learn....Hal is a deep thinker and a master musician, and he brings what he learned from Cannonball to the music....Great great stuff! 5 Stars! I have NOTHING NEGATIVE to say about anything Mr. Galper has said......

  • @tastytom42
    @tastytom42 10 лет назад +6

    Welp this is some of the best music info for any musician ive heard in a long time. The hard bop guys are the best musicians ever imo such a conceptual approach to playing.

  • @handdancin
    @handdancin 5 лет назад +1

    jesus christ- like a great writer, crystallizing so many things that had kind of been semi conscious in my head

  • @freddylebanon
    @freddylebanon 9 лет назад +6

    This makes me want to practice

  • @vladikos
    @vladikos 10 лет назад +5

    This is great. Hal Galper is excellent teacher! Thanks a lot Jazz video guy!

  • @HavelP
    @HavelP 11 лет назад +1

    I listened to him a little, and he brings in a lot of Zen way of thinking into his teaching. Which is really great, because it works great it all kinds of practice.

  • @Interface3072
    @Interface3072 7 лет назад +6

    Incredible teacher - learned more here in 20mins than in most of my university lectures!

  • @gabyguala
    @gabyguala 3 месяца назад

    I love his teachings!!

  • @grigoridj
    @grigoridj 11 лет назад +2

    He says tapping quarternotes on 1,2,3 and 4 makes it feel jerky. Tap halfnotes to 1 and 3 to smooth it out. Then consider two bars with four halfnotes in them (1,3,1,3) as one bar with four quarternones (1,2,3,4). Now you're playing halftime with just the half amount of bars in every song. I hope this makes sence to you. Cheers

  • @bobgreen1236
    @bobgreen1236 3 года назад

    That very first question knocks it out of the park..."Do you think you can swing?"...."Yes"..."Then don't TRY to swing"....Hal is awesome!

  • @jamesharperwillis
    @jamesharperwillis 11 лет назад +11

    when someone says take all the emotion out of playing music Im suspicious BUT wtf this guys is right

    • @fredericlinden
      @fredericlinden 4 года назад

      Hal Galper is absolutely right... Only then you get the true measure of what you do in the moment

    • @9233267
      @9233267 3 года назад +2

      Ya, the artist's ego clings to how 'emotive' we all are. People fight you on it until they actually watch the video.

  • @tubinit2007
    @tubinit2007 10 лет назад +1

    Thanks so much, Jazz Video Guy! Hal Galper is an amazing mentor. This stuff is heavy. "This thing doesn't exist. We are the instrument." Luv it.

  • @mikedavino2400
    @mikedavino2400 5 лет назад +1

    Best advice. Papa John DeFrancesco gave me the exact same advice personally while Joey was there in a jazz club in Scottsdale AZ 15 yrs ago

  • @Bro.ŽO
    @Bro.ŽO 8 лет назад +3

    Amazing teacher, best explanations...

  • @kasprini
    @kasprini 13 лет назад +1

    @JazzVideoGuy Thank you so much for this video! It's a paradigm shift. Precious for all the musicians. All the best from Poland!

  • @dr05guitar
    @dr05guitar 10 лет назад

    this is so deep, Hal Galper really knows music

  • @gomofly
    @gomofly 14 лет назад

    Wow, i love the way this teacher thinks and talks....

  • @stolenrover
    @stolenrover 11 лет назад +2

    of course zen, whatever you call it, finally someone EXPLAINS things. things he experienced and understood. great teacher! amazing! such an opposite to all bullshit "teachers" just saying "you gotta swing..." and never saying how. thanks for uploading!

  • @joseantonioramirez5469
    @joseantonioramirez5469 4 года назад

    This was the most important 20 mintues of my bass playing career - THANKS

  • @kasprini
    @kasprini 13 лет назад

    Perfect! "We are the instruments" whatever we play. Musicians! Be sure that this instrument is the best possible quality!

  • @PaddieFunk
    @PaddieFunk 11 лет назад

    what you'll bring to your bandstand is your change of perception - that's great advice..

  • @JazzVideoGuy
    @JazzVideoGuy  13 лет назад +1

    @plod Hal has a unique approach and communicates it well.

  • @wadecottingham
    @wadecottingham 12 лет назад +2

    how I hear it is: He encourages students to easily control their playing, and not let various kinds of tension (in the face, mind, etc) RESTRICT their flow. I'm pretty sure he's in favor of the kind of control that lets the music come through, not the type of control where you have to play it his way or else. To say it briefly, he's teaching students how to not trip themselves from being over-excited and out of control.

  • @javijazztazz
    @javijazztazz 14 лет назад

    excelent lesson not only for pianist it's for every instrumentalist

  • @olivierdeme3886
    @olivierdeme3886 6 лет назад

    This is unbelievable.
    What an eye opener...
    A while world is opening...

  • @HuggumsMcgehee
    @HuggumsMcgehee 14 лет назад

    I am SO GLAD I watched this video.

  • @sordoff
    @sordoff 11 лет назад +1

    As a huge jazz lover - but a nitwit regarding playing music - i consider this very inspiring and intersting. This is what you tube is made for in my opinion.

  • @alexcazet2694
    @alexcazet2694 4 года назад

    Always come back to this lesson...

  • @htrizzle
    @htrizzle 12 лет назад

    What a great teacher...more like a coach.

  • @mallahet
    @mallahet 11 лет назад

    The sonic rhythm part is amazing.

  • @PierreHonorat
    @PierreHonorat 9 лет назад +1

    I really love that guy

  • @desigrrl08
    @desigrrl08 13 лет назад +1

    one of the best vids i've seen on youtube. although i may never be able to apply what i hear here directly to my discipline, i learnt something new about how to listen in a new dimension. also, what Hal demonstrated about keeping time and removing emotion - there's a lesson there for the rest of us about grounding, rootedness - not sure i'd know, but it seems that's where elegance comes from.

  • @wenqianrudnick4917
    @wenqianrudnick4917 4 года назад +1

    what a lesson! Thank you for upload.

  • @pickinstone
    @pickinstone 13 лет назад +1

    When you listen to Lennie Tristano play, this makes so much sense. Hell, even listening to earlier players like Erroll Garner play piano you can here this musical philosophy. Everything is relaxed, nothing is falsified. Yet everything jumps like crazy. But why can't this piano player remember any Bach etudes. I still remember the Inventions I worked on for guitar when I first started seriously playing.

  • @FelixScottJr
    @FelixScottJr 10 лет назад +1

    Sympathetic vibration causes other strings to vibrate that are in the same overtone series. I was in public school band, army band and college band as an alto saxophonist. We used strobe tuners that gave us a visual representation of vibrations. We could hear the beats as well to synchronize the tuning so that all of the pitched instruments had the same intonation.

  • @JazzGuitarScrapbook
    @JazzGuitarScrapbook 5 лет назад

    This video is incredible. Revisiting it 9 years after it first changed my perspective reveals further layers of meaning like an onion.

    • @fretlessblunder
      @fretlessblunder 5 лет назад

      I watched this years ago before I’d made a turn toward jazz. My recollection is that I kind of got a vague “Zen” vibe from it. Seeing it again after years of study and playing leaves me in almost speechless awe. THIS is a music lesson!

  • @slaviczech
    @slaviczech 11 лет назад +1

    video worth 21 minutes of life

  • @thormusique
    @thormusique 6 лет назад

    Utterly amazing! I was sitting here watching this, guitar in hand, and just on first hearing, using what Mr Galper was saying as a guide, my playing changed on the spot without any "willful" manipulation. Just goes to show, there's nothing like getting out of your own way. :-)

  • @mrpossibilities
    @mrpossibilities 8 лет назад +33

    This... what can I say? I feel a mixture of shame and admiration. Shame because everything he said, I kind of always knew but I've forgotten it. Admiration because he is right on the money. I remember Barry Harris saying the same thing: that he doesn't play any swing eight notes. He just plays straight eight notes. The idea that there is a swing eight note feel is an illusion. The more we try to "dig" into that swing eight note feel, the more we just completely kill any possibility of the music having any sense of swing.

    • @lurchamok8137
      @lurchamok8137 6 лет назад +5

      no it's no Illusion, jazz drummers always play swung eighth notes on the ride up to a certain tempo than the eighth notes flatten out. And one secret of basie style swing feel f.e. is to play swung 8th notes based on triplets may be up to 110 bpm (quarter note). This guy plays so fast that he reached the point where all flattens out. It's true that in fast bebop the eighth notes are almost straight But immagine to play straight no chaser with straight eight notes tap it and sing along . U get a bossa hehehe

    • @UkuleleAversion
      @UkuleleAversion 3 года назад

      @@lurchamok8137 Good observations but Hal wouldn't disagree with that. He's just saying you need to have control over your time feel and articulations and a lot of players don't straighten out their time feel when the tempo goes up.

    • @guidemeChrist
      @guidemeChrist 3 года назад +2

      I think people misrepresent Barry. Obviously the notes are of variably unequal length. He just hates the unhip triplet swing that's not completely legato

    • @mrpossibilities
      @mrpossibilities 3 года назад

      @@guidemeChrist That's true. I agree

    • @hayaomiyazaki4899
      @hayaomiyazaki4899 3 года назад

      @@guidemeChrist ? Barry is all about the triplets….

  • @darlingfarm9525
    @darlingfarm9525 7 лет назад

    Anybody who doesn't get this shit is not being honest with themselves about their playing. Hal is really hitting the nail on the head

  • @Composer19691
    @Composer19691 7 лет назад +1

    Pure. Gold.

  • @egyptianminor
    @egyptianminor 11 лет назад +1

    Excellent pianist - great tip/approach -w/ me it's the other way around - being Brazilian, Swing 8th notes are the challenge while even 16th in 2/4 came naturally.

  • @gmouchta
    @gmouchta 11 лет назад

    I seriously cannot thank you enough for all these videos !

  • @pennypacker7209
    @pennypacker7209 7 лет назад +2

    Wow great stuff starting at 13:05

  • @JazzVideoGuy
    @JazzVideoGuy  13 лет назад +1

    @thessandman What he says works for most instruments.

  • @LaObraDeMarteLODM
    @LaObraDeMarteLODM 6 лет назад +1

    Ok. have you ever seen a teacher so great in what he does that you understand almost everything he is explaining without really knowing the main topic of what he is teaching??? Well in my case Hal Galper is a first for me, I have no background whatsoever in Jazz music because it terrifies the hell out of me, and still I was able to understand everything that he is trying to convey to this student.

  • @JazzVideoGuy
    @JazzVideoGuy  13 лет назад +1

    @kasprini yes!

  • @rhein2000
    @rhein2000 5 лет назад

    Jazz Video Guy.....treasure hunter....

    • @JazzVideoGuy
      @JazzVideoGuy  5 лет назад +1

      yup, once in a while I strike gold

  • @RobMichael
    @RobMichael 14 лет назад +1

    This is SO great... thanks for posting this!

  • @RalphBrooker-gn9iv
    @RalphBrooker-gn9iv 9 месяцев назад

    Incredible.

  • @drumman9021
    @drumman9021 12 лет назад

    Im a drummer, but this is series of videos have been of such insight, Thank you for uploading them, best wishes, From Nicaragua, always swinging.

  • @orriolbohigas591
    @orriolbohigas591 5 лет назад +1

    damn...that's an awesome lesson ! thanks for posting !

  • @desigrrl08
    @desigrrl08 13 лет назад

    @BorysPomianek well said! "Understanding words intended for someone else is a challenge!" - so true!

  • @jimprescott4955
    @jimprescott4955 9 лет назад +1

    Brilliant

  • @bassiclogic
    @bassiclogic 6 лет назад

    Excellent Teacher!

  • @11jupitercowboy8
    @11jupitercowboy8 11 лет назад

    Love what he says about Jarrett in relationship to what he's trying to explain. I've specifically thought about how Keith's movements are out of control, but if you are just listening, you'd never have a clue about what his physical movements are or that he's moving at all. They really don't show in his playing.

  • @juancpgo
    @juancpgo 10 лет назад +2

    Now THAT's a teacher.

  • @mattdavis9801
    @mattdavis9801 Год назад

    Mind blowing!

  • @Vinayakdrums
    @Vinayakdrums 11 лет назад

    This Master class is for each musician on this planet..

  • @Got_Rice
    @Got_Rice 11 лет назад

    just blew my mind!!!

  • @Sandemose
    @Sandemose 14 лет назад +1

    Man, I would shit myself having Hal sitting next to me, giving me instructions while being filmed as well. I would break down and cry. Then I would resurrect from the dead three years later.
    Wonderful lesson. Kudos to the piano player serving as an example. Thanks alot!
    Best, Sandemose

  • @diminishedthicc
    @diminishedthicc 5 лет назад

    this is perfect, each note has its on time, and that should always dictate tempo

  • @BuckshotLaFunke1
    @BuckshotLaFunke1 12 лет назад

    Wow. Thank you, Hal.

  • @johnbrown1851
    @johnbrown1851 3 года назад

    I used to wear a fishing vest like that ☺️. Cool lesson

  • @nae-naesplace3465
    @nae-naesplace3465 11 лет назад

    i can play piano for some church services but this is great, I wish I couild play this well thanks for the video

  • @erwinbauwens6833
    @erwinbauwens6833 9 лет назад +2

    THIS IS GREAT STUFF !!!

  • @bemaniac2
    @bemaniac2 14 лет назад +1

    the swell thing is a revelation for me

  • @dhampex3631
    @dhampex3631 4 года назад

    Lmao @ 18:27 don’t quote Keith Jarrett to me!! Love that quote!

  • @jumbosilverette
    @jumbosilverette 14 лет назад

    Very interesting. Gonna try to apply some of this to my bass playing. Thanks.

  • @adoctorslifeforme
    @adoctorslifeforme 14 лет назад

    one of the best videos i've ever watched on youtube. Thanks a lot!

  • @wonder6789
    @wonder6789 2 года назад

    Amazing

  • @PilotExtreme
    @PilotExtreme 14 лет назад

    Thanks a lot!
    Very enriching for a piano player

  • @piggyfly00
    @piggyfly00 11 лет назад

    I can't believe this is free.

  • @JazzVideoGuy
    @JazzVideoGuy  13 лет назад +1

    @PocketGroove82 No, I think it's a Peanut Butter and Jelly Sandwich.

  • @jamesharperwillis
    @jamesharperwillis 11 лет назад

    this is incredible

  • @neoncornelius
    @neoncornelius 12 лет назад

    Very nice. More lessons like this. Great job.