The full tutorial is at ruclips.net/video/UAQ0pko0n8I/видео.html - it’s only eight minutes long, but it goes into more depth, and also covers a version of the improvisation with five chords 🎹
As a classically trained pianist this must have been the best video for me in terms of learning how to improvise. Never knew how to start learning how to improv and this is such a comprehensible way to begin!
Really glad it helped! Yes, there’s a a funny kind of gulf between the classical mindset and the improvisatory mindset (in my head, not least; speaking for myself I almost see the piano as two different instruments when I’m in each of those “modes”) but getting into improv isn’t hard - it’s just about imposing limits on yourself to start with and then building things up from there. There’s loads of other stuff like this on my channel, so do have a look at that, and give me a shout if I can help!
Improvisation unfortunately stems from the inside. The inner ear. Tutorials like these are good, but they assume you already can hear and create melodies in your mind. Without that understanding first of all, these types of things will not help.
Really? Sounds very interesting. I'm pretty new but I can improvise quite well, but I come from a guitar background and I think playing guitar really helps with writing melodies and improvising (especially rock songs that contain lots of riffs and solos) I noticed that the piano makes it way easier to learn music-theory than the guitar, however playing classical songs still seems like a godly thing to do.
me too hehe, been taught classically with the emphasis being on reading sheet music, all those years didn't prepare me for improvising and chord families lol
underrated^^^^^^ i was just at a place with a public piano, all i can play is short little things cause i just dabble, i would’ve killed to know this sooner lolol
You’re welcome! Check out the full tutorial if you get a chance - it’s at ruclips.net/video/UAQ0pko0n8I/видео.html or you can find it pinned to the top of my channel page. It’s got a few extra bits and pieces (more chords etc) that you might like :)
@@wolfgangamadeusmozott6229 im not very sure. Jazz theory is very relative, because it was just the try of explaining and integrating Jazz in the already existing European tonal system. Dsus4/Eb is not wrong, it is a correct name for this collection of notes. But usually sus-chords are linking chords like secondary dominants, or tritone-subs and here are just 2 chords. And calling this chord a rootless F13 implies more of the harmonic relation, because F-major is the subdominant of the C-major scale and the harmonic functional notes are described.
I WAS TUTORED WHEN I WAS SEVEN AND LATER TOOK FORMAL CLASSES BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND CHORD PROGRESSIONS WELL ENOUGH TO REALLY DEVELOP MY IMPROV SKILLS. THIS POST HAS OPENED A DOOR THAT WAS CLOSED FOR A MINUTE 😎😎
yeah its super easy to imporv badly. improv doesnt mean good. of course its "easy" to improv. to be great at improv is incredibly hard. to get to a place where people like listening to you is incredibly hard.
Easier said than done. When I improvise, I always think ahead to try and not go square. I'm constantly thinking about what chords to use, what rhythms and groups to use, what scales to use, etc. (And I'm a classical musician!)
I think this video is a good example of beginner improvisation. When I would try to improvise something it would sound bland and repetitive, and I think that’s a good thing to realize. That’s something I noticed in this video. It’s simple and doesn’t overload your brain with too many notes, chords, key, whatever it is (mostly because it’s in the key of C, very simple) . It’s a good introduction to show people that “Hey! It might not sound pretty at first but if you can make it sound interesting, then you’re on a good path!
So Cmaj7 followed by a Emaj7b5 which is sort of functioning as a V since it's a Gsus2b6 ... I guess? what other role could that Eb note have in the second chord
This is fantastic! What a great way to start your improv journey. Maybe in the future, you could also explain the beginner process of how to build chords your left hand play and why they work? Just saying “play this” doesn’t quite develop an understanding of why they were chosen.
Thanks very much indeed! You're absolutely right re: the understanding side of things: unfortunately RUclips still imposes a 1 minute limit on these vertical shorts, though, so it's a bit tricky to cram in all the stuff I'd like to say. There's far more "why" in my regular videos!
Hand independence is really just a case of sticking at it until it comes - it always will in the end! If you want to speed things up, try practising hands-together scales, or maybe have a go at some hand independence exercises. Some of the tutorials in my "Train Your Piano Brain" series might help, especially the second one. Here's the full playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLpOuhygfD7QnKq5P3mf7TiofvItxhuM2i
Actually you should start with single tones without any harmonies. Forget about chords, only play base notes in the left hand until you can play single tones together. Once you are comfortable, it will be easy to add the notes of the chord in the left without effecting the right hand's independence. Hope trying this helps.
They’re very different styles and you have to think about the piano keyboard in a completely different way - but a classical background is still a gigantic advantage when you’re playing jazz or any piano style!
You could label it a number of different ways. I'd say it was a rootless voicing of F13, but you could also say it was Am11b5. It's one of those chords that the chord symbol system struggles with!
@@johnslater8998 At least in the convention I use and was taught, the 6 in Cm6 refers to a major sixth. If I understand correctly it seems that you've added a sharp to account for the fact that the sixth note in the (natural) minor scale is an Ab, whereas in the chord we have an A natural, but as I understand it the numbers in chord symbols refer to absolute intervals which are assumed to be major unless an accidental suggests otherwise. In general I don't think you would ever really see a #6 in a chord symbol because this would ultimately be the same as a b7, so a "Cm#6" would just be the same as a Cm7. On that note, I would understand if this is confusing given the way that we deal with sevenths in the system, where just "7" indicates a flat seventh and "maj7" indicates a major seventh, but I think it makes a little more sense if you think of the seventh as being more integral to the quality and function of a chord than other extensions or alterations.
@@stephendonovan9084 Super informative reply, thank you! I totally get it. It doesn’t matter that there is no A natural in the key of C (natural) minor. The 6 only refers to the interval from the root, not the degree of the scale. Thanks again!
Bill, loved your video on improvisation. One question which has always puzzled me - how do you keep track of all the rhythms? There is the metronome (1) which is 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4. There is the left hand (2) which is once every 8 beats and finally there is the right hand (3) which might be 1+2 3+4 1 2 3+4+. That' 3 three very different rhythms to keep track of while you are deciding which notes to play. There must be a trick of some sort musicians use. Love to hear from you.
Hey Robert - sorry for the delay getting back to you! Really it comes down to automaticity: rather than consciously keeping track of those individual beats and rhythms, you train yourself to do some (or all) of them unconsciously or semi consciously. So, for example, the left hand here I don't really have to think about at all, because I've practised left hands like it so many times that I just have to decide what I do and my hands do the rest (which isn't to say I never make mistakes). I don't know if you drive a car, but it's kind of like that: if you're driving along and want to, for example, turn right, then you go through a whole bunch of very different actions simultaneously or in quick succession (brake, declutch and change gear if you're in a manual transmission, check your mirror, indicate, look out for pedestrians and other traffic, turn the wheel etc etc). You could no way do all those things if you had to think about them all, but you've practised and automated to such a degree that you don't have to think, so your brain is freed up for making the "big" decisions ("I'll turn right now"). Exactly the same principle is at work with this kind of piano playing. Does that make sense?
I all ways fill bad watching these because when I managed to to the second cord it doesn’t sound like your one so it kind of makes me fill like im doing something wrong or im just not good enough to do this even if it’s really easy, ive been doing piano and in to jazz so it made me fill bad, and i look at other comments saying this changed my life and that made fill even worse
Never fear, Arthur - we all sound bad to start with. The trick is to keep trying, even if it takes a bit longer than you think it might do. Stick at it, and I guarantee you'll improve!
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The full tutorial is at ruclips.net/video/UAQ0pko0n8I/видео.html - it’s only eight minutes long, but it goes into more depth, and also covers a version of the improvisation with five chords 🎹
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As a classically trained pianist this must have been the best video for me in terms of learning how to improvise. Never knew how to start learning how to improv and this is such a comprehensible way to begin!
Really glad it helped! Yes, there’s a a funny kind of gulf between the classical mindset and the improvisatory mindset (in my head, not least; speaking for myself I almost see the piano as two different instruments when I’m in each of those “modes”) but getting into improv isn’t hard - it’s just about imposing limits on yourself to start with and then building things up from there. There’s loads of other stuff like this on my channel, so do have a look at that, and give me a shout if I can help!
Fr, same situation here
Improvisation unfortunately stems from the inside. The inner ear. Tutorials like these are good, but they assume you already can hear and create melodies in your mind. Without that understanding first of all, these types of things will not help.
Really? Sounds very interesting. I'm pretty new but I can improvise quite well, but I come from a guitar background and I think playing guitar really helps with writing melodies and improvising (especially rock songs that contain lots of riffs and solos)
I noticed that the piano makes it way easier to learn music-theory than the guitar, however playing classical songs still seems like a godly thing to do.
me too hehe, been taught classically with the emphasis being on reading sheet music, all those years didn't prepare me for improvising and chord families lol
Learning the blues scale would definitely step this up a notch
Yes indeed!
CLUB PENGUIN PIZZA PLACE OST IS THAT YOU!!!!???? 😳😳😳
underrated comment
Agreed. Hearted it.
Omg tysm!!! 😊😊
I have played club penguin in so long bro
@@KyuubiNIG it was my n⁰ 1 childhood game how could i forget 😂😂😂 been a while that i dont play it yeah :(
underrated^^^^^^
i was just at a place with a public piano, all i can play is short little things cause i just dabble, i would’ve killed to know this sooner lolol
Thankyou! Hopefully it'll be useful for next time!
Ok but imagine actually pulling this out in a jazz jam session. You’d never be allowed back there lol
@Andres cause it sounds like trash lmao
Why not?
@@julienvalley28too many butter notes
@@nilovankralingen1489what are those
@@hajdarmatajmanjola1555 ask miles davis
the method of only starting with one note and adding more as you go is rlly good advice, atleast for me bc i tend to overcomplicate things
Wow! You have changed my life! Thank you so much! 🙏🙏
You’re welcome! Check out the full tutorial if you get a chance - it’s at ruclips.net/video/UAQ0pko0n8I/видео.html or you can find it pinned to the top of my channel page. It’s got a few extra bits and pieces (more chords etc) that you might like :)
@@BillHilton Thank you so much! 😁😁
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Just started to learn the Piano some days ago.
But already impressed everyone thanks to you. Cheers :)
You're welcome, Alexej - that's great to hear, and good luck with your progress!
The drum beat sounds like fly me too the moon
Cmaj7 - F13 rootless
Why F13 and not Dsus4/Eb? I'm new to learning jazz theory so genuinely curious about the conventions
@@wolfgangamadeusmozott6229 im not very sure. Jazz theory is very relative, because it was just the try of explaining and integrating Jazz in the already existing European tonal system. Dsus4/Eb is not wrong, it is a correct name for this collection of notes. But usually sus-chords are linking chords like secondary dominants, or tritone-subs and here are just 2 chords. And calling this chord a rootless F13 implies more of the harmonic relation, because F-major is the subdominant of the C-major scale and the harmonic functional notes are described.
The second chord could be rootles C minor 6/9 or going.to the keyboard sees an E flat maj 7 half diminished or (flat 5 if you like)
@@georghennen911this was so helpful and informative bro thank u
@@wolfgangamadeusmozott6229 That could be Cm6(9) too?
I WAS TUTORED WHEN I WAS SEVEN
AND LATER TOOK FORMAL CLASSES BUT I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND CHORD PROGRESSIONS WELL ENOUGH TO REALLY DEVELOP MY IMPROV SKILLS.
THIS POST HAS OPENED A DOOR THAT WAS CLOSED FOR A MINUTE 😎😎
Really glad to hear it, Gary!
Improvisation is pretty easier than normal peoples think. Just come with chords, set up your accomp and just press any keys you like!
yeah its super easy to imporv badly. improv doesnt mean good. of course its "easy" to improv. to be great at improv is incredibly hard. to get to a place where people like listening to you is incredibly hard.
Easier said than done.
When I improvise, I always think ahead to try and not go square. I'm constantly thinking about what chords to use, what rhythms and groups to use, what scales to use, etc. (And I'm a classical musician!)
This is awesome! Also, I sarcastically love the idea of ‘learn this improvisation’ because the idea is it's improvised. Still really cool.
Finally!!!! That’s what I was looking for
Wow its so god improv thanks very much👏🙏
I love the easy cording. It helps me add on to the groove easily.
I think this video is a good example of beginner improvisation.
When I would try to improvise something it would sound bland and repetitive, and I think that’s a good thing to realize. That’s something I noticed in this video. It’s simple and doesn’t overload your brain with too many notes, chords, key, whatever it is (mostly because it’s in the key of C, very simple) . It’s a good introduction to show people that “Hey! It might not sound pretty at first but if you can make it sound interesting, then you’re on a good path!
Fells like nostalgia game that i remember
Love the left hand comping.thats what I need
All of us somewhere soon thanks to this clip:
“Thank you very much I’ll be here all week 🎹🥁”
So Cmaj7 followed by a Emaj7b5 which is sort of functioning as a V since it's a Gsus2b6 ... I guess? what other role could that Eb note have in the second chord
You could also just consider it an F13!
its borrowing from C melodic minor- so, probably either what you suggested or F13, or Aø7
fly me to the moon
...and let me play among the stars...
...let me see what spring is like, on a-Jupiter and Mars...
Perfect 🤩
Peaceful
Best improvisation with 3 notes❤
Glad you think so - I hope you’ve managed to make some good sounds with it!
Actually this was so cool!!!! Made it seem so simple!
Thank you!
Was waiting to see if you were gonna hit that Lydian note lol. Love where you dropped that F natural tho 🙌✌️
Couldn’t improvise till now thank you
You’re welcome - keep practising it and trying new stuff to build your skills!
best jazz improv ive seen- :)
Thank you!
HAHAHA are you kidding me?
Bro come on now
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I...LOVE ITTT!
As a guitarist/wannabe jazz piano player, thank you so much!!
You're welcome, Alex!
I love this short ...need more like this
Thank you! I'm tied up with long form stuff at the moment, but I'm planning more shorts for spring 2023!
This is awesome
I go to a drawing class and there are also jazz songs and this song is very close to the songs I hear in my drawing class and they are just so calm
This might be my favorite piano tutorial. Gonna try it out soon
Thank you - let me know how you get on!
Is so good for you ❤
I love jazz
Thank you
wow... this is really easy to understand.. thank you!!
You're welcome!
That was really fun thanks a ton!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hey it's sounds cool!
This #short make me start love the jazz, thanks
Thanks Saulo!
As self taught guitarist this is great 👍
thank you sir God bless you
You're welcome - God bless you too!
Jazz music is very fascinating
This is fantastic! What a great way to start your improv journey.
Maybe in the future, you could also explain the beginner process of how to build chords your left hand play and why they work? Just saying “play this” doesn’t quite develop an understanding of why they were chosen.
Thanks very much indeed! You're absolutely right re: the understanding side of things: unfortunately RUclips still imposes a 1 minute limit on these vertical shorts, though, so it's a bit tricky to cram in all the stuff I'd like to say. There's far more "why" in my regular videos!
C major to dminor 7?
It would be cool to see the 2 hands have different colors on the schematic
Good point - the software lets me do that, so I might try in future tutorials!
Luv it❣️
Amazing I'll love to see more of this
Thank you! I've had a little break from making Shorts while I've been working on my latest book, but I've now got more in the production pipeline!
This is so jazzy 😊❤
nice man nice
way more helpful than any 30+min tutorials out there
Thank you!
so inspo bebop melodic lines you got
Thanks 😀
tks for tutorial
You’re welcome!
Thank you so much
Excellent 👍
Thank you, Rasesh - glad you liked it!
IT'S SAID :THOSE WHO CAN DO THE DAMN THING
AND THOSE WHO CAN'T TEACH
YOU PROVED THAT TO FALSE.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK🤩🤩
Thank you!
love it
Thank you!
Thanks! This helped me write a song!
Bro tell us when you drop it
@@Random-anotheraceinspace that won’t be for a while! But here’s a link to a clip of it :) ruclips.net/video/yV60Ke4yhLs/видео.html
That natural C5 sounds jarringly dissonant to me
Amazing sir
thanks
You're welcome!
Thank you. You inspired me to create and share my improvisations on my channel.
What’s good club penguin
That's cool
reminds me of frank sinatra’s “one note samba” in how it’s a good demonstration that simplicity can go a long way when executed correctly.
Absolutely!
One note samba is from Tom Jobim
aka Samba de uma nota só
Great 🎶
Thanks Deanna!
Love it
Thank you, Michel!
Very nice thank you
You’re welcome!
I have the problem that I can't use both my hands whyle playing. This might help me... need to try it. Any other advice?
Hand independence is really just a case of sticking at it until it comes - it always will in the end! If you want to speed things up, try practising hands-together scales, or maybe have a go at some hand independence exercises. Some of the tutorials in my "Train Your Piano Brain" series might help, especially the second one. Here's the full playlist: ruclips.net/p/PLpOuhygfD7QnKq5P3mf7TiofvItxhuM2i
@@BillHilton thank you!
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Actually you should start with single tones without any harmonies. Forget about chords, only play base notes in the left hand until you can play single tones together. Once you are comfortable, it will be easy to add the notes of the chord in the left without effecting the right hand's independence. Hope trying this helps.
@@vidan4957 thank you!
If you add a few blue scales in there on the right hand that’s another step up from the novice level
Yes indeed - good tip right there!
Nice one!
Thanks m8
Groovy 🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷🎷
perfct
Thank you!
El mejor video , sin tanto rollo y bastante claro, muchas gracias 🙌🏻
De nada! Glad you liked it!
Instantly subscribed just from this. I’ve always wanted to try improv but never knew and instead just got better at sight reading 😭
Wish there was a tutorial like this for guitar
It looks eazy for me but its hard bc im a classical musician in highschool😅
They’re very different styles and you have to think about the piano keyboard in a completely different way - but a classical background is still a gigantic advantage when you’re playing jazz or any piano style!
This is so gooodddd I can’t even
Thanks Nadeem - glad you like it!
Lot of fun too scat to that.
Useful❤️
I actually taught myself this as a guitarist who wanted to buy a keyboard.
Well done! So have you got the keyboard yet?
Left hand = CM7 - Cm6+9 (first inversion) right hand = improvisation on the C pentatonic scale
craaaaaazy!!!
I see C chord first. But the éther? The name plz..
Regards,
GC
You could label it a number of different ways. I'd say it was a rootless voicing of F13, but you could also say it was Am11b5. It's one of those chords that the chord symbol system struggles with!
Lots of ways to think of it, I think F13 is a good option, could also help to think of it as a Cm6/9 a la All Blues.
@@stephendonovan9084 Thanks If it’s a rootless Cm, wouldn’t it be Cm#6 9 ?
@@johnslater8998 At least in the convention I use and was taught, the 6 in Cm6 refers to a major sixth. If I understand correctly it seems that you've added a sharp to account for the fact that the sixth note in the (natural) minor scale is an Ab, whereas in the chord we have an A natural, but as I understand it the numbers in chord symbols refer to absolute intervals which are assumed to be major unless an accidental suggests otherwise. In general I don't think you would ever really see a #6 in a chord symbol because this would ultimately be the same as a b7, so a "Cm#6" would just be the same as a Cm7.
On that note, I would understand if this is confusing given the way that we deal with sevenths in the system, where just "7" indicates a flat seventh and "maj7" indicates a major seventh, but I think it makes a little more sense if you think of the seventh as being more integral to the quality and function of a chord than other extensions or alterations.
@@stephendonovan9084 Super informative reply, thank you! I totally get it. It doesn’t matter that there is no A natural in the key of C (natural) minor. The 6 only refers to the interval from the root, not the degree of the scale. Thanks again!
Bill, loved your video on improvisation. One question which has always puzzled me - how do you keep track of all the rhythms? There is the metronome (1) which is 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4. There is the left hand (2) which is once every 8 beats and finally there is the right hand (3) which might be 1+2 3+4 1 2 3+4+. That' 3 three very different rhythms to keep track of while you are deciding which notes to play. There must be a trick of some sort musicians use. Love to hear from you.
Hey Robert - sorry for the delay getting back to you! Really it comes down to automaticity: rather than consciously keeping track of those individual beats and rhythms, you train yourself to do some (or all) of them unconsciously or semi consciously. So, for example, the left hand here I don't really have to think about at all, because I've practised left hands like it so many times that I just have to decide what I do and my hands do the rest (which isn't to say I never make mistakes). I don't know if you drive a car, but it's kind of like that: if you're driving along and want to, for example, turn right, then you go through a whole bunch of very different actions simultaneously or in quick succession (brake, declutch and change gear if you're in a manual transmission, check your mirror, indicate, look out for pedestrians and other traffic, turn the wheel etc etc). You could no way do all those things if you had to think about them all, but you've practised and automated to such a degree that you don't have to think, so your brain is freed up for making the "big" decisions ("I'll turn right now"). Exactly the same principle is at work with this kind of piano playing. Does that make sense?
@@BillHilton perfectly point.
Lowkey took a lot of shrooms once and was able to play like this whole swaying and looking at my ceiling.
I all ways fill bad watching these because when I managed to to the second cord it doesn’t sound like your one so it kind of makes me fill like im doing something wrong or im just not good enough to do this even if it’s really easy, ive been doing piano and in to jazz so it made me fill bad, and i look at other comments saying this changed my life and that made fill even worse
Never fear, Arthur - we all sound bad to start with. The trick is to keep trying, even if it takes a bit longer than you think it might do. Stick at it, and I guarantee you'll improve!
WOW
I love jazz man! I'm subscribed! Ok?
Me too! Thanks very much indeed!
This helps
Nice
Just know that it’s quite hard (at least for me) to include F on the right hand while having it sound ok
Yes, the F and the B will be the weakest notes there - well spotted. The important thing is to notice that and remember it!
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This is a fantastic method for improvising, start with the basics until they’re first nature
Looks like all that Naruto seals practice payed off if you can make these chord shapes with your left hand 😂
This is soo coool now l can be cool as you men❤🔥
Merci.