Man o' man, that's some flying stuff! I'm going to have to watch these videos several times and slow them down! BUT definitely worth it. Have saved them to my jazz piano study bin. A huge Thank You and blessings from the Jazz Man upstairs to you man.
This 4-video series has been awesome. Gone over them numerous times and have learned a lot. Thanks Kent for your patience and for teaching us some valuable lessons. I'm a better jazz player bcoz of you. Many thanks and many blessings.
Thank you for making complicated things easier! Only now I'm starting to realize how to put all that sophisticated theory from dozens of books in a specific bar of specific melody. Thank you again for doing this for us! Good luck and all the best! Keep up!
I have learned so much with this video I try to use 4th voicings but never too sure of the variations cromatically or choices in the measure.. Little by little.. I am getting there! Thanks a lot, Kent!
This is definitely most important!!! I would love to make voicings that sounds like bill evans! Also more musical concepts I could incorporate to my playing! Btw thanks to you and your many lessons, I now have a wide range of repertoire that I use to play for lounge music in events! And I also get a bit of payment for it THANKS AGAIN KENT!
+Mr. Razzie Binx Thanks for sending your news and how you are making progress. Keep up the good work! You can go to my channel page now and under playlists I have all my videos in categories and easy to find.
Hi Kent. Merry Xmas. I came back to this lesson and watched it 5 times. These 4th voicing are incredible. 3 years ago when I first watched this I was somewhat confused. It’s starting to make my playing so much better. Thx for everything you do
Wonderful! After studying jazz theory and improv off and on for years, your videos are pulling it together for me. Your explanations are thorough, understandable, and just what I need at this point - thanks!
You've got it! I'm on a summer break from teaching classical at the college level and am just digging in and working on my jazz chops trying to understand it better. That's a deep desire of mine - to learn more about jazz and get better at it. I'm going through your tutorials one at a time and trying to incorporate them into my playing. It's great that there are so many on different topics. Thanks again!
Just came across this and I have to thank u sir, as a piano student I found your vids extremely helpful. I hope u keep sharing your knowledge for all the people desirous to learn. Keep it up master
Thank you so much for all of this work... I can't imagine how much effort you put into this. Anyway, your lessons DO help and make people get a deeper understanding of jazz and improv. As a Jazz piano student in Holland, I always keep an eye to this channel. Thank you again and keep doing this. Ciao! P.S. You have a really good sense of humor :D
Probably saved me another 5 years of trial-and-error ear playing trying to figue out these Evans / Peterson / Zawinul voicings.... I'm getting up there in age too so a MILLION thanks for sharing this with me. I now run some risk of "running out of time" so yes "I'm cheating a lil' as far as what Bill Evans said about "the joy of discovery on your own". PLEASE DON'T feel ANY guilt about making me ' sell-out ' on the discovery process. ;-)
+philburpalooza8 Seeing life from a philosophical view is always a good thing to do. If I were better, I'd be a philosopher, but being a musician isn't bad... if you don't mind being "poor"..... monetarily. Thanks!
This is great stuff! Real insights into music and jazz that most people NEVER get. Are you pissing the people at Julliard off? Some people pay thousands of dollars for this kind of educational exposure!!! Hope you keep it up! I'll keep watching!!! The music is wonderful too!!!
+pepeledog Thanks for the vote of confidence. I doubt that anyone at Julliard is watching or even cares. I do this because I gain a lot of pleasure from it, besides, I learn a lot from this process. So please subscribe and keep watching and writing to me.
+Kent Hewitt Been very busy 6 + years I've Benny here 25-30 gigs a month Last few months not playing much Teaching on skype Wrote some music for tv and writing teaching materials Please email me at wizardceacea2016@gmail.com Enjoy your videos
+Sherman Jackson Thanks for the interesting question. If I'm preparing for a concert or an important gig, I do the Dohnanyl exercises which I have a tutorial on) as well as scales and arpeggios (in specific sets and tempos sometimes w/ metronome). Also, to brush up on jazz technique (chops), I play a variety of bebop tunes and solos w/ emphasis on one of my favorites: "Donna Lee" (which I have a tutorial on.) Also a good idea is to go through a fake- book sight- reading as many tunes as you have time for (using metronome part of the time). There's more, but we'll leave it at that. Does this give you some good ideas? Thanks for the comment!
+Chieh-Ching Yen Thanks! I have covered some of that subject in this video: ruclips.net/video/mtKtSnoTgDgA/видео.htmllso there is a score analysis showing the scales used:www.kenthewitt.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/summertime2pentatonicscales3.pdf
Dear Kent,this is great video! Thank you very much for uploading ! I have a question,I hope that you will find the time to answer me. My question is ,in the measure 15-16 after Gm7(sus4) you are using F# , Fm , Bflat13,A9 B flat13 A13 but in the sheets nothing of this is written .Why do you use these chords? I assume that A9 Bflat13 A13 is just chromatic motion around Dominant chord(A7). Thank you .
We just this minute got home from a 2 week teaching gig in Maine. Please write to me with your question at kenthewitt@hotmail.com and I will try to address it as soon as I can. Thanks!
Thanks! Those are common substitute changes that jazz players use on this song. Instead of just hanging on the IV chord (Gm7) we play a II-V cycle ie: Gm7-C7-Fm7-Bb7 to approach the II chord. The F# chord is a tritone substitute for the C7 chord. The Bb13 is another tritone substitute for the II chord. This creates more chromatic motion. Check out my video on Tritone substitutes. Okay?
Thanks a lot for these valuable videos! I have two question: - When you play quartal voicing a in LH outside the scale, what's the pentatonic scale (s) you use? - Would appreciate also teaching us one of monk's song Round Midnight?
+Spero Jildeh More than one pentatonic scale will work. Remember that 4th voicings can apply to a dominant sus chord, a minor 7th, or a major 69. So whatever position of the 4th voicing take it back to the major mode that it applies to and then start so the new scale forms one of the qualities mentioned above. This question requires a demonstration I'm afraid. Thanks.
I often get to a point in my solos where I want to play these faster 16th note lines but I just can't get them out, how do I get to the point where I can play those lines with melodic sense and technical ease? Second question: I really like this thing that I've heard Brad Mehldau do, especially on bebop tunes at high tempos (check out his version of Anthropology, it's incredible!), where he plays a monophonic line in both hands, I've tried doing this on Oleo but it was very difficult, how can I get better at this fast?
+Tom Parker Practice, practice, practice! I think that finger strength and dexterity are linked to speed. Check out my video on Donhanyi exercises, but also buy the book. Also get the Hanon book of exercises. Start slow and build up, gradually playing them faster. Another good book is Czerny... school of velocity. It is important to play scales and arpeggios regularly in your practice routine and play them slowly and smoothly and build up speed gradually. Here's a good article on the subject. Follow his directions explicitly. www.reddit.com/r/piano/comments/47548f/how_to_build_finger_speed_and_dexterity/?
+Kent Hewitt Right, thanks for the info. Would you mind if I sent you a recording of me playing Dolphin Dance? I have a school soiree next term and I want to make sure I nail it.
At 2:52, the left hand reach is too large for my small hands. I suggest just playing the root flat 5 and 7, in the left hand and 4ths in the right hand (B E A). Dont mean to be picky, but thats what I do. By the way, you look like Larry Vuckovich when you wear the beret.
+Clarice Mourão Pontes Everything is free...all my 109 videos and 50+ downloads. To have the total picture I would recommend checking out my book on my website. Also if you go to my channel page you will see my videos in categories of subject matter so you can select any video you'd like to watch based on your personal interests. Thanks!
I just started making videos myself and I've been studying yours If you can give me some pointers on how you attract subscribers I'll put a link to your channel on my videos Thanks
Joe, I didn't do anything to promote my channel. I didn't latch on to a Network or anything like that. I don't use fancy equipment, I just try to make good videos. It started slow, but over time, it builds and then starts to snowball. I always try to answer all comments. It can take up a lot of your time. Good luck with it!
+Kent Hewitt amazing! I guess it's just the quality of your work Please answer one more question, Can you monetize videos where you analyze tunes like summertime? Thanks
You can monetize most videos. Sometimes if there is a question of copyright rights you'll get a message. They're not telling you that you can't monetize the video, but they may put ads on it that benefit the persons holding the rights. I got one of those messages on my Green Dolphin St. video, and one on a Mike Stern tune...it will say "includes copyrighted material".
Thanks so much. Please don't ever stop. Love this guy.
Thanks so much!Q
Man o' man, that's some flying stuff! I'm going to have to watch these videos several times and slow them down! BUT definitely worth it. Have saved them to my jazz piano study bin. A huge Thank You and blessings from the Jazz Man upstairs to you man.
Thanks so much for an awesome comment...blessings, bro!
Great, this concepts give you a lot of freedom and develop your personal taste in a new way! Thanks for the lesson!
Great comment...thanks!
This shows how much you can do with a great standard like Summertime. The tune lends itself to so many different interpretations.
Exactly right...thanks for saying that!
I love it when you tell us quotes by famous jazz musicians!
Thank you for the lesson!
Glad you like it...thanks for the comment!
This 4-video series has been awesome. Gone over them numerous times and have learned a lot. Thanks Kent for your patience and for teaching us some valuable lessons. I'm a better jazz player bcoz of you. Many thanks and many blessings.
I'm glad to hear that you watched the whole set...that's what I had intended. So, thank you!
Thanks Kent, this video is Jam-Packed with great sounding jazz tips. you are awesome have a great week
Thank you for making complicated things easier!
Only now I'm starting to realize how to put all that sophisticated theory from dozens of books in a specific bar of specific melody.
Thank you again for doing this for us!
Good luck and all the best!
Keep up!
Thanks for saving me a lot of time with your very valuable videos.
Glad to help
I have learned so much with this video I try to use 4th voicings but never too sure of the variations cromatically or choices in the measure.. Little by little.. I am getting there! Thanks a lot, Kent!
This is definitely most important!!!
I would love to make voicings that sounds like bill evans!
Also more musical concepts I could incorporate to my playing!
Btw thanks to you and your many lessons, I now have a wide range of repertoire that I use to play for lounge music in events!
And I also get a bit of payment for it
THANKS AGAIN KENT!
+Mr. Razzie Binx Thanks for sending your news and how you are making progress. Keep up the good work! You can go to my channel page now and under playlists I have all my videos in categories and easy to find.
Thanks and kent and keep on teachng :D
Hi Kent. Merry Xmas. I came back to this lesson and watched it 5 times. These 4th voicing are incredible. 3 years ago when I first watched this I was somewhat confused. It’s starting to make my playing so much better. Thx for everything you do
That's a great comment, and the best to start the new year!
Wonderful! After studying jazz theory and improv off and on for years, your videos are pulling it together for me. Your explanations are thorough, understandable, and just what I need at this point - thanks!
That's a great affirmation for me...I just do what I do...and I'm glad I have clarity, because that's what I want!
You've got it! I'm on a summer break from teaching classical at the college level and am just digging in and working on my jazz chops trying to understand it better. That's a deep desire of mine - to learn more about jazz and get better at it. I'm going through your tutorials one at a time and trying to incorporate them into my playing. It's great that there are so many on different topics. Thanks again!
Just came across this and I have to thank u sir, as a piano student I found your vids extremely helpful. I hope u keep sharing your knowledge for all the people desirous to learn. Keep it up master
+Nicolas Giacaman Many thanks for being the first comment. A very nice comment indeed! Please subscribe and give a thumbs up (because I count them! )
Always a provocative subject. Thanks again for sharing.
I appreciate your comment!
Thank you so much for all of this work... I can't imagine how much effort you put into this. Anyway, your lessons DO help and make people get a deeper understanding of jazz and improv. As a Jazz piano student in Holland, I always keep an eye to this channel.
Thank you again and keep doing this. Ciao!
P.S. You have a really good sense of humor :D
Thanks for watching my channel and letting me know that you benefit from it. All the best!
You are one of the best pianists I have had the pleasure to watch!
+Phill Dwyer Thanks, Phil, for all your comments. Just want you to know how appreciative I am of your taking the time to watch and write.
Probably saved me another 5 years of trial-and-error ear playing trying to figue out these Evans / Peterson / Zawinul voicings.... I'm getting up there in age too so a MILLION thanks for sharing this with me. I now run some risk of "running out of time" so yes "I'm cheating a lil' as far as what Bill Evans said about "the joy of discovery on your own". PLEASE DON'T feel ANY guilt about making me ' sell-out ' on the discovery process. ;-)
+philburpalooza8 Seeing life from a philosophical view is always a good thing to do. If I were better, I'd be a philosopher, but being a musician isn't bad... if you don't mind being "poor"..... monetarily. Thanks!
This is great stuff! Real insights into music and jazz that most people NEVER get. Are you pissing the people at Julliard off? Some people pay thousands of dollars for this kind of educational exposure!!! Hope you keep it up! I'll keep watching!!! The music is wonderful too!!!
+pepeledog Thanks for the vote of confidence. I doubt that anyone at Julliard is watching or even cares. I do this because I gain a lot of pleasure from it, besides, I learn a lot from this process. So please subscribe and keep watching and writing to me.
Very well explained. Thank you!
Excellent!!! Thanks a million!!!
thank you Kent
Thanks!
Very good Kent
You probably don't remember me but me met years ago in Ct
I'm a jazz pianist myself now living in New Orleans
That's great Joe. How are things in New Orleans? Thanks for writing!
+Kent Hewitt
Been very busy 6 + years I've Benny here 25-30 gigs a month
Last few months not playing much
Teaching on skype
Wrote some music for tv and writing teaching materials
Please email me at wizardceacea2016@gmail.com
Enjoy your videos
Can't wait for that Coltrane video. :-)
I'd like to know what your daily practice is. Do you do technical exercises etc?
Ps: You are an inspiration!
+Sherman Jackson Thanks for the interesting question. If I'm preparing for a concert or an important gig, I do the Dohnanyl exercises which I have a tutorial on) as well as scales and arpeggios (in specific sets and tempos sometimes w/ metronome). Also, to brush up on jazz technique (chops), I play a variety of bebop tunes and solos w/ emphasis on one of my favorites: "Donna Lee" (which I have a tutorial on.) Also a good idea is to go through a fake- book sight- reading as many tunes as you have time for (using metronome part of the time). There's more, but we'll leave it at that. Does this give you some good ideas? Thanks for the comment!
Thanks for your kindness! Could you teach us one lesson about pentatonic runs or licks that you often use? Lots of thanks!!!
+Chieh-Ching Yen Thanks! I have covered some of that subject in this video: ruclips.net/video/mtKtSnoTgDgA/видео.htmllso there is a score analysis showing the scales used:www.kenthewitt.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/summertime2pentatonicscales3.pdf
Thanks! But some pentatonic runs in this video are newer and cooler. It takes time to transcribe, hahaXDD
+Chieh-Ching Yen Can you tell me what the meter says on the video so I can find which pentatonic runs you're asking about? Thanks!
Dear Kent,this is great video! Thank you very much for uploading ! I have a question,I hope that you will find the time to answer me. My question is ,in the measure 15-16 after Gm7(sus4) you are using F# , Fm , Bflat13,A9 B flat13 A13 but in the sheets nothing of this is written .Why do you use these chords? I assume that A9 Bflat13 A13 is just chromatic motion around Dominant chord(A7). Thank you .
We just this minute got home from a 2 week teaching gig in Maine. Please write to me with your question at kenthewitt@hotmail.com and I will try to address it as soon as I can. Thanks!
+Kent Hewitt It's okay,I figure it out :)
Thanks! Those are common substitute changes that jazz players use on this song. Instead of just hanging on the IV chord (Gm7) we play a II-V cycle ie: Gm7-C7-Fm7-Bb7 to approach the II chord. The F# chord is a tritone substitute for the C7 chord. The Bb13 is another tritone substitute for the II chord. This creates more chromatic motion. Check out my video on Tritone substitutes. Okay?
+Kent Hewitt Thank you for explaining !!
AmazingThanks a lot!!!!
Thanks a lot for these valuable videos! I have two question:
- When you play quartal voicing a in LH outside the scale, what's the pentatonic scale (s) you use?
- Would appreciate also teaching us one of monk's song Round Midnight?
+Spero Jildeh More than one pentatonic scale will work. Remember that 4th voicings can apply to a dominant sus chord, a minor 7th, or a major 69. So whatever position of the 4th voicing take it back to the major mode that it applies to and then start so the new scale forms one of the qualities mentioned above. This question requires a demonstration I'm afraid. Thanks.
+Spero Jildeh I have that song on my TO-Do list.
I often get to a point in my solos where I want to play these faster 16th note lines but I just can't get them out, how do I get to the point where I can play those lines with melodic sense and technical ease? Second question: I really like this thing that I've heard Brad Mehldau do, especially on bebop tunes at high tempos (check out his version of Anthropology, it's incredible!), where he plays a monophonic line in both hands, I've tried doing this on Oleo but it was very difficult, how can I get better at this fast?
+Tom Parker Practice, practice, practice! I think that finger strength and dexterity are linked to speed. Check out my video on Donhanyi exercises, but also buy the book. Also get the Hanon book of exercises. Start slow and build up, gradually playing them faster. Another good book is Czerny... school of velocity. It is important to play scales and arpeggios regularly in your practice routine and play them slowly and smoothly and build up speed gradually. Here's a good article on the subject. Follow his directions explicitly. www.reddit.com/r/piano/comments/47548f/how_to_build_finger_speed_and_dexterity/?
+Kent Hewitt Right, thanks for the info. Would you mind if I sent you a recording of me playing Dolphin Dance? I have a school soiree next term and I want to make sure I nail it.
+Tom Parker Sure, send it along. I'd love to hear it. Thanks for all your comments, Tom! All the best!
At 2:52, the left hand reach is too large for my small hands. I suggest just playing the root flat 5 and 7, in the left hand and 4ths in the right hand (B E A). Dont mean to be picky, but thats what I do. By the way, you look like Larry Vuckovich when you wear the beret.
Thanks for the comment. I teach a method of playing 10ths in the LH. Watch more of my videos. Send me a pic of Larry if you can.
Hi kent,what can I do to get your courses or lessons?Thank you.
+Clarice Mourão Pontes Everything is free...all my 109 videos and 50+ downloads. To have the total picture I would recommend checking out my book on my website. Also if you go to my channel page you will see my videos in categories of subject matter so you can select any video you'd like to watch based on your personal interests. Thanks!
+Kent Hewitt Ok,many thanks!!
I just started making videos myself and I've been studying yours
If you can give me some pointers on how you attract subscribers I'll put a link to your channel on my videos
Thanks
Joe, I didn't do anything to promote my channel. I didn't latch on to a Network or anything like that. I don't use fancy equipment, I just try to make good videos. It started slow, but over time, it builds and then starts to snowball. I always try to answer all comments. It can take up a lot of your time. Good luck with it!
+Kent Hewitt amazing!
I guess it's just the quality of your work
Please answer one more question,
Can you monetize videos where you analyze tunes like summertime?
Thanks
You can monetize most videos. Sometimes if there is a question of copyright rights you'll get a message. They're not telling you that you can't monetize the video, but they may put ads on it that benefit the persons holding the rights. I got one of those messages on my Green Dolphin St. video, and one on a Mike Stern tune...it will say "includes copyrighted material".
+Kent Hewitt thanks Kent
By the way "ebony concerto" by Stravinsky may be better for cows since you're at the jazz ranch
Joe, that's a great tip!...I'll use it.
It's good to know that Charlie Parker lived his flatted sevenths and sharp nines. How to Impress White People 101.
Swing loose!!