I'm a classically trained pianist, and I auditioned and was accepted into my high school's jazz band this may, and I start in the fall. I'm terrified because I have no idea how to improvise, and this kinda helped me out! Thanks man! Keep up the good work!
Raphael Tagalakis When i posted that comment I was an incoming freshman, and let me tell you that my first year was REALLY rough haha. For most of the songs we played, the piano part had written in chords as well as the chord names above the staff in case I ever wanted to try actually coming up with my own chord voicings. Now that I’m almost a senior, I’ve improved a lot since then. I can actually improvise pretty well now, and have a lot of the chords memorized (besides 13s). A few of my friends and I even started our own combo band, too, and used to play paid gigs before this whole corona thing happened! So overall I’d say it went pretty well :)
What i love about these videos , is how thorough they are. he explains everything in so many variations so there's really no way you can't understand. Awesome videos.
Thats how I started. Played the C Minor scale till it was clearer than the back of my hand. Now I know all the most used scales and can improv in most of them. its fun to make my friend's jaws drop :P
For someone coming from a classical training background this really helps my friend. I am now graduate school, but I am also in a jazz band. While I have not taken music theory yet, your video helped so I am going to subscribe. What you said releveled with improving my improv skills. I would like to subscribe and hope that you post more video like these
Thanks for a informative post, here are a few more tips on how to play the piano… Try practicing about 1 hour every day, or even 1/2 an hour if you are very busy. Do extra practice whenever you have more time. For example, on weekends you can do more than 1 hour, like two or 3, or even more. This is very helpful because it pulls you out of the routine of piano playing, and lets you practice more and perfect the pieces you play.
Take a baseline and improvise the upper voices on top of it, or take an existing melody and try to improvise an accompaniment alongside it. This will help you internalize common musical patterns/relationships and get you in the habit of making connections in real time before you try improvising something completely original.
MY TEACHER--when I took piano lessons--had a degree in piano from a major state music department with a fat endowment and a prestigious teaching staff. She could not play by ear. Now I am interested in playing for my own, amusement. Playing by ear is something I want to pick up.
Could you tell me which piece of music you played at the intro of this video. I find it quite fascinating!!! Your tutorials are great, I like them very much. Thanks and God bless :)
The mathematician Paul Lockhart once said, “Many a graduate student has come to grief when they discover, after a decade of being told they were “good at math,” that in fact they have no real mathematical talent and are just very good at following directions”. I feel like something very similar could be said with regard to those musicians who can play from a score well but struggle with other skills like improvising, playing by ear, etc. that amateurs are sometimes better at.
Hi, Robert, I'm trying to get the fingering for the runs that Roger Williams used for the introduction of "Autumn Leaves." Could you do a tutorial on that?
All I've ever done is improvise, I don't know how to read bass clef because I played saxophone as first instrument, but I love to just experiment on the piano.
Robert could you please do a class on how to ear naturally find the black keys when you can ear find the white keys but you struggle to find the black with white keys. Ear tone wise Also the deep relationships between the black and white keys and the white and black keys in a melodic song deep lesson learning sense. Thank you Robert please help. Cheers Ian from Australia 🇦🇺
Another very successful method is to improvise with your voice first, sing a melody (scat), then try to play that melody on the piano. As your ear gets better you get quicker an quicker at this until you can do it simultaneously.
I met a girl who was playing Rachmaninvov like a pro. I felt so ashamed because I almost can't read. Then I asked her to imrovise something on a Am and Em. She was totally unable to improvise anything! I felt kind of relieved though I still would like to read better.
Wow never thought just the black keys 🎹 my problem was I mostly only play the natural Keys 🎹 I want to know how to blend the white and black keys 🎹 ear naturally
I´have tried to improvised, but there is the one problem; one time when you got the melody and left hand sounds really good, then next time never comes - because you forget the scores and there´s no sheet music for that and you never have to chance to go back to the same "peace" Thats why I´m getting bore with it very often. I prefer to sheet music
I think classically trained musicians should be required to practice improvisation. it was once expected of classical pianists with cadenzas allowing them to express their own virtuosity whereas now we play the cadenza the composer wrote. a lot of classically trained musicians are trained on sheet music and dont really develop their ear.
Hey everyone, the greatest success that I have had was by using the Denelle piano lesson (just google it) without a doubt the most useful system that I've followed.
There is a lot of different types of jazz. Standard jazz is improvising over chord changes in solos. But there is more total improvisation than what is used in jazz.
Meijke Balay man don't pick up a fight with clasical pianist we the jazz musicians love clasical music as well... is just the we prefer jazz but play clasical pieces. We love bach , chopin , beethoven , mozart , ect We love Tatum , chick , kieth ,powell , Oscar , ect Chopin was a very good improviser and some other too. Love music , that's the beuty of this...music.
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He whispers 'play only the black keys' and Kid plays Chopins etude op 10 no 5 xD
Thank you, Robert.
I'm a classically trained pianist, and I auditioned and was accepted into my high school's jazz band this may, and I start in the fall. I'm terrified because I have no idea how to improvise, and this kinda helped me out! Thanks man! Keep up the good work!
HOW DID IT GO??
Raphael Tagalakis When i posted that comment I was an incoming freshman, and let me tell you that my first year was REALLY rough haha. For most of the songs we played, the piano part had written in chords as well as the chord names above the staff in case I ever wanted to try actually coming up with my own chord voicings. Now that I’m almost a senior, I’ve improved a lot since then. I can actually improvise pretty well now, and have a lot of the chords memorized (besides 13s). A few of my friends and I even started our own combo band, too, and used to play paid gigs before this whole corona thing happened! So overall I’d say it went pretty well :)
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"Not letting the right hand destroy the continuity of the left hand" Very good advice!
What i love about these videos , is how thorough they are. he explains everything in so many variations so there's really no way you can't understand. Awesome videos.
welcome to living piano TV I'm your host Luke Skywalker 😂
LMao
That's hilarious
You are very good at inspiring improvising!
Really enjoyed it.
Thank you.!
You're an excellent teacher! Very knowledgeable and encouraging
Thats how I started. Played the C Minor scale till it was clearer than the back of my hand. Now I know all the most used scales and can improv in most of them. its fun to make my friend's jaws drop :P
For someone coming from a classical training background this really helps my friend. I am now graduate school, but I am also in a jazz band. While I have not taken music theory yet, your video helped so I am going to subscribe. What you said releveled with improving my improv skills. I would like to subscribe and hope that you post more video like these
4:09 - 4:20. Omg please do a full version.
You are a great teacher and sound like a nice person to be around. Great video.
Thanks Robert. That was a delightful presentation on improv, showing how simple it really is! Let's all get in the groove, Man!
Absolutely lovely lesson, glad to know I was on the right track.
Very good video, explained so well in such an accessible way.
Robert, your lessons have been extremely valuable to me. I truly enjoy your enthusiasm and knowledge of the piano. Thank Youl
you are an extrememely good teacher and player.
I play jazz and enjoyed this video. Thank you. :)
I love jazz.. and always tried to improv my playing each time I play.. but I really like your playing and it helps me!
Thanks for a informative post, here are a few more tips on how to play the piano…
Try practicing about 1 hour every day, or even 1/2 an hour if you are very busy.
Do extra practice whenever you have more time. For example, on weekends you can do more than 1 hour, like two or 3, or even more. This is very helpful because it pulls you out of the routine of piano playing, and lets you practice more and perfect the pieces you play.
Love the smooth transition at 26 seconds in ;)
My friend,
These three part series have been extremely helpfull.
Thank you very much!
You are the man.
This is jazz improv... I'm more concerned with classical improvisation. Like Mozart used to do. Can you do one on that?
Take a baseline and improvise the upper voices on top of it, or take an existing melody and try to improvise an accompaniment alongside it. This will help you internalize common musical patterns/relationships and get you in the habit of making connections in real time before you try improvising something completely original.
First you have to know music theory, Key signatures, arpeggios, cadences, augmented, diminished, root chords etc, then is going to be easier
I love the Baldwin Concert Grand.
Robert I really enjoy your lessons. Very inspiring and insightful. Thanks for all the inspiration to further my development
Super nice explanation! You're really giving good background information, and this is definitely helpful to learn improvising better!
Yes be a jazz or pop pianist is a great feeling. Freedom in improvisation. And not imprisoned in strict rule sheet music.
EXCELLENT!
I Love how you explain while you enjoy! thanks for that vid sir. :)
I love improvisation! I hate learning other people's notes :-(
MY TEACHER--when I took piano lessons--had a degree in piano from a major state music department with a fat endowment and a prestigious teaching staff. She could not play by ear. Now I am interested in playing for my own, amusement. Playing by ear is something I want to pick up.
Wow thank you for this. You are awesome!
Great Video! Thanks! Would love to see the same sort of vid on Blues improv! I'll keep an eye out ;)
you seem like such a nice guy, it would be cool to have you as a teacher. but thanks for the vid
Could you tell me which piece of music you played at the intro of this video. I find it quite fascinating!!! Your tutorials are great, I like them very much. Thanks and God bless :)
This video was the switch to my light-bulb moment. Thank you
Cool! Where can I find nice progressions ?
The mathematician Paul Lockhart once said, “Many a graduate student has come to grief when they discover, after a decade of being told they were “good at math,” that in fact they have no real mathematical talent and are just very good at following directions”. I feel like something very similar could be said with regard to those musicians who can play from a score well but struggle with other skills like improvising, playing by ear, etc. that amateurs are sometimes better at.
I wish he was my teacher...his lessons are very understandable!
Thank you for the great advice!!!! :)
Thanks for this great vid man!
Hi, Robert, I'm trying to get the fingering for the runs that Roger Williams used for the introduction of "Autumn Leaves." Could you do a tutorial on that?
What about a blog on blues please , Jimmy C !
All I've ever done is improvise, I don't know how to read bass clef because I played saxophone as first instrument, but I love to just experiment on the piano.
Robert, I didn't know you played blues and the song you played is similar to Toy Car from Professor Layton and the Unwound Future.
TY so much... no i understand when my friends mean when i can play piano and guitar
... though i turned out a lousy classical pianist....
Please do a blues video!!!
Robert could you please do a class on how to ear naturally find the black keys when you can ear find the white keys but you struggle to find the black with white keys. Ear tone wise
Also the deep relationships between the black and white keys and the white and black keys in a melodic song deep lesson learning sense. Thank you Robert please help. Cheers Ian from Australia 🇦🇺
I love you! ❤️💕😘
What piece is that at the very beginning?
Another very successful method is to improvise with your voice first, sing a melody (scat), then try to play that melody on the piano. As your ear gets better you get quicker an quicker at this until you can do it simultaneously.
I met a girl who was playing Rachmaninvov like a pro. I felt so ashamed because I almost can't read. Then I asked her to imrovise something on a Am and Em. She was totally unable to improvise anything! I felt kind of relieved though I still would like to read better.
are u chuck and jimmy mcgill's brother?
Wow never thought just the black keys 🎹 my problem was I mostly only play the natural Keys 🎹 I want to know how to blend the white and black keys 🎹 ear naturally
that happy birthday story was funny )))
Still waiting for the blues tutorial.
Whats the piece at the beginning?
ballade no 1 in g minor
I´have tried to improvised, but there is the one problem; one time when you got the melody and left hand sounds really good, then next time never comes - because you forget the scores and there´s no sheet music for that and you never have to chance to go back to the same "peace" Thats why I´m getting bore with it very often. I prefer to sheet music
I had no clue that Robert is also a jazz pianist. I thought he is classical only.
I think classically trained musicians should be required to practice improvisation. it was once expected of classical pianists with cadenzas allowing them to express their own virtuosity whereas now we play the cadenza the composer wrote. a lot of classically trained musicians are trained on sheet music and dont really develop their ear.
i've uploaded a few improvisation videos would you take the time to have alook and comment? thanks
Where are the first two videos in this "trilogy?"
William Henning "A New Hope" and "Empire Strikes Back".
Sam guy i love you
That's exactly how I started impro, with only black keys,
🤗🙏🏽💥👍🏽
Hey everyone, the greatest success that I have had was by using the Denelle piano lesson (just google it) without a doubt the most useful system that I've followed.
you need to move camera above your head so we can see your hands.
Spill Burg the video is about what he says, not what he plays
All I do is improvise
how to play any asian song ever....(black keys)
Learn jazz, then you'll know how to improvise.
There is a lot of different types of jazz. Standard jazz is improvising over chord changes in solos. But there is more total improvisation than what is used in jazz.
Meijke Balay man don't pick up a fight with clasical pianist we the jazz musicians love clasical music as well... is just the we prefer jazz but play clasical pieces.
We love bach , chopin , beethoven , mozart , ect
We love Tatum , chick , kieth ,powell , Oscar , ect
Chopin was a very good improviser and some other too.
Love music , that's the beuty of this...music.
it's a pretty sad way to look at improv I'd say
don't SHOUT pls