Now, I've been playing the piano for 47 years (classically trained)and dude, up until this very minute, I never knew that's how easy boogie woogie and early rock and roll was played!! I'm going to study this video for a few weeks and then dazzled my friends!! Thanks Brendan!
Thank you, Dr K: I'm not a piano player, but I love both boogie-woogie and early rock and roll piano. Your lesson here helps me understand how the former morphed into the latter.
I love how you show us your piano skills Brendan, and i love THIS camera person. She has a very sweet voice and a great sense of humor. You two have a great chemistry.
Thanks for being such an important part of my new daily piano challenge. You're my new go-to piano teacher! I am really enjoying your left-hand and right-hand lessons, especially when you delineate one style from another. Thanks for identifying the defining element of each style. Really great! I can actually play this stuff, after all!
your awesome man. not just your skills but you yourself are very entertaining. it's just man, watching you makes me want to quit because it overwhelms me to think of how long it would take me to get that great. but u are the " Patrone of Piano " no doubt. Chris. corpus Christi TX
You play just like the "killer" Brendan. Always brilliant piano playing Sir! If you ever listen to the 1989 soundtrack from the movie "Great Balls of Fire" starring Dennis Quaid as Jerry Lee, I think it's Jerry Lee at his best. He played and sang all the music for the movie. Thank you for taking some time out for Jerry Lee Lewis, he's definitely one of the founders of Rock and Roll.
Илья Девяткин , yes I know, Jerry Lee recorded all the songs for this movie and Dennis Quaid lip synced everything. I should have been more descriptive.
As a non-piano player listening to your music, I find myself wanting to learn how to play the piano, so I could play rock-in-roll or boogie woogie someday!
Brendan - HOT DAMN, Dude!! I've been searching the 'tube for years trying to get JLL lessons. YOU ARE THE MAN!!! If I learn how to play Whole Lotta Shakin', I can die a happy man. Keep Strokin', Leroy
YES, THANK YOU FOR THIS EXCELLENT VIDEO. ---- YES , ROCKIN' JERRY LEE --- LIVE SHOWS ON YOU TUBE ---- SEE -- HAMMERSMITH ODEON 1983 FOR GREAT VIEWS OF HIS PIANO PLAYING ALSO FRANKFURT 1982 , WEMBLEY '81 , ' 82 ' DARTFORD '85 , WEMBLEY '87 , , ' 89 , ' 90 , BARCELONA '85 , PARIS '81 , '89 PLUS MANY MORE OF HIS BRILLIANT SHOWS ---- JOHN UK. -----
Jerry uses the pattern you show in his later years- BUT it is not the original as used in the original "Whole Lotta Shakin" etc. In that he plays the left one octave lower- and plays c-e-g-a-eflat-e-eflat-e and after every bass note play a triad in the right hand. So the pattern is one left hand note- a triad, alternating left-right etc making the appropriate chord changes per the blues pattern. Of course this is assuming your playing in C. This is a simple explanation and does not take into account the runs to F and G- but if you try it you will soon get the idea. Once you get the basic pattern down you can begin to modify the right hand. This pattern was used by Jerry up till about 1965. And of course it goes without saying he never played the song the same way if he did it ten thousand times!
I'm a total beginner. Please explain. If he plays e flat in that C chord sequence wouldn't it come out sounding like a minor chord? I haven't tried it, but do you mean that you are tying it in with major chord work with the right hand? Sorry for my naivety.
@@devonmoors Mr Bland, sorry I did not see your comment until today! It's been a few years- but I will try to be short First, there are MANY patterns one can use to achieve the "feel" of the song. One simple pattern is c e g a g a g a, playing an inverted triad in the right hand- g c e. Remember it's one ( or more) in the base followed by the triad in the right. You can also hold c and e down (turning them into whole notes) while playing g a g a- in the left hand of course. As far as playing e flat as mentioned earlier- without getting technical- it will work fine. There is so much that could be discussed, but this is too long as is!! Good luck, your probably way beyond this by now anyhow. PS playing on a digital piano with rhythms and accomp will make your playing so much easier. Cheers
He also pounds a left handed 1/4 note on the root 1st with pinky while rocking back-n- forth from the 5th to 6th with his thumb…his right hand hitting the chord on the “&” … his cousin Mickey Gilley used the same riff on his hit “the girls all get prettier at closing time “ . I fronted them both back in 1985 at the HighKicker Saloon (a Gilley’s Club nock-off ) in Pontiac, MI.
Dr. K is the clonemiester! His expert videos are cloning little Jerry Lee Lewises all over the planet. Thanks Dr. K. Please mak a slow down video of the right hand Lewis!
Love it ! You are amazing, the energy, those glasses :D thanks for sharing with us. This channel is the best ! I'd like to send best wishes to the Camera Person as well ;)
i guess it's a common problem but.. i can play with my left hand.. And i can play with my right hand. And never the twixt shall meet. Any tips? i can get a good rhythm going but the second i start to throw in the right hand everything falls apart. practice practice practice?
Very informative lesson mate, am venturing into fine tuning my own sound as a rock and roll pianist.. Have always liked the Jerry Lee style ... Never been able to work out his correct left hand pattern.. I have been playing 1st flattened 3rd sharpened 4th and 5th... Have you ever looked at Fats Domino's Left hand??
I realize that this is not a right-hand lesson but (from your demonstration), am I right that a defining element of Lewis' right hand is the use of the repeated 9th/Tonic crunches, as well as the repeated minor 7th solid interval?
+John Carpenter yeah, left hand even faster, but the point is to play it with the right hand properly , in the correct rhythm . While learning new left hands I have a problem of playing the other similar in some places
Either Jerry wasn’t so great or the both of you are, only if you were born in tha time as him and you didn’t marry your cousin you would have been a household name for us aged ones
I've always wondered how JLL managed to make that pumpin' piano sound. Simple chord work pumped real hard with the next note after the end of the chord. What is that called? I know the note before the last note is called a sustained, eg the F in a C chord. Excuse my naievity. Only just found you. You rock Brendan.
He does rock. The "f" in a C chord would be the fourth, the next note you refer to is the sixth, an "a" note. Think of it this way, the boogie pattern here is 1-1-3-1-5-1-6-1-5-1-6-1-5-1-6-5, no matter what chord you are on. The chords themselves are just C, F and G, Rock 'n Roll.
can you type out what the notes are in the sequence, i'm trying to follow along with my guitar but never played piano, i figured its in c since I tried the "standard boogie riff" ie c e g a bflat a g c , but as far as that, i dont really know any more since its hard to see since you alternate fingers
I've been LOOKING for SOMEONE To Demonstrate The Piano Intro to "Goin' Down" by The Jeff Beck Group! You Look Like A Guy that could do it! Are You familiar with the song?
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Now, I've been playing the piano for 47 years (classically trained)and dude, up until this very minute, I never knew that's how easy boogie woogie and early rock and roll was played!! I'm going to study this video for a few weeks and then dazzled my friends!! Thanks Brendan!
hows it going
Terrific lesson.
Thank you, Dr K: I'm not a piano player, but I love both boogie-woogie and early rock and roll piano. Your lesson here helps me understand how the former morphed into the latter.
Richtig, Rock'n'Roll Boogie ist ein spezieller Boogie Typus. Jerry Lee Lewis hat Ihn in die Taufe gehoben.
Einzigartig!
I love how you show us your piano skills Brendan, and i love THIS camera person. She has a very sweet voice and a great sense of humor. You two have a great chemistry.
I love your offerings, Brendan. You have to know, I actually burst out laughing because you made easy for me to finally understand. Thanks so much!
The best thing that ever happened. Rock n Roll.
Thank You, what a fine lesson about left hand by J. L. Lewis.
Thanks for the lesson ! Best piano style ever
Genius. Such a great guy to share this with us mortals
Thanks for being such an important part of my new daily piano challenge. You're my new go-to piano teacher! I am really enjoying your left-hand and right-hand lessons, especially when you delineate one style from another. Thanks for identifying the defining element of each style. Really great! I can actually play this stuff, after all!
Goodstuff camera person and Brendan! you Rock boogie man!!!
The camera girls did a good job.. thanks very much... Arica Chile
your awesome man. not just your skills but you yourself are very entertaining. it's just man, watching you makes me want to quit because it overwhelms me to think of how long it would take me to get that great. but u are the " Patrone of Piano " no doubt. Chris. corpus Christi TX
Wow! You boogie and rock out!
You play just like the "killer" Brendan. Always brilliant piano playing Sir! If you ever listen to the 1989 soundtrack from the movie "Great Balls of Fire" starring Dennis Quaid as Jerry Lee, I think it's Jerry Lee at his best. He played and sang all the music for the movie. Thank you for taking some time out for Jerry Lee Lewis, he's definitely one of the founders of Rock and Roll.
D J Tanner Denis didnt sing in this movie that was Jerry Lee
Илья Девяткин , yes I know, Jerry Lee recorded all the songs for this movie and Dennis Quaid lip synced everything. I should have been more descriptive.
He plays better!
Brendan,, thanks so much 4 your videos.
As a non-piano player listening to your music, I find myself wanting to learn how to play the piano, so I could play rock-in-roll or boogie woogie someday!
Or sit and play the repetitive 3 finger part while he slams the rest of the keys, that would be an honor for me.
Brendan - HOT DAMN, Dude!! I've been searching the 'tube for years trying to get JLL lessons. YOU ARE THE MAN!!! If I learn how to play Whole Lotta Shakin', I can die a happy man. Keep Strokin', Leroy
Dapper, I feel the same way...
This ol Killa makes it look easy too!
ruclips.net/video/VAhhWv2s2hU/видео.html
Thank you very much for this!!
Brilliant. Just listening improved my mood. Off to practice.
YES, THANK YOU FOR THIS EXCELLENT VIDEO. ---- YES , ROCKIN' JERRY LEE --- LIVE SHOWS ON YOU TUBE ---- SEE -- HAMMERSMITH ODEON 1983 FOR GREAT VIEWS OF HIS PIANO PLAYING ALSO FRANKFURT 1982 , WEMBLEY '81 , ' 82 ' DARTFORD '85 , WEMBLEY '87 , , ' 89 , ' 90 , BARCELONA '85 , PARIS '81 , '89 PLUS MANY MORE OF HIS BRILLIANT SHOWS ---- JOHN UK. -----
Thank you SO much. :)
Very good thank you!
Extreme skill my friend. MUST LEARN!
Jerry uses the pattern you show in his later years- BUT it is not the original as used in the original "Whole Lotta Shakin" etc. In that he plays the left one octave lower- and plays c-e-g-a-eflat-e-eflat-e and after every bass note play a triad in the right hand. So the pattern is one left hand note- a triad, alternating left-right etc making the appropriate chord changes per the blues pattern. Of course this is assuming your playing in C. This is a simple explanation and does not take into account the runs to F and G- but if you try it you will soon get the idea. Once you get the basic pattern down you can begin to modify the right hand. This pattern was used by Jerry up till about 1965. And of course it goes without saying he never played the song the same way if he did it ten thousand times!
I'm a total beginner. Please explain. If he plays e flat in that C chord sequence wouldn't it come out sounding like a minor chord? I haven't tried it, but do you mean that you are tying it in with major chord work with the right hand? Sorry for my naivety.
Good question!Pity you did not get a reply!
@@devonmoors Mr Bland, sorry I did not see your comment until today! It's been a few years- but I will try to be short First, there are MANY patterns one can use to achieve the "feel" of the song. One simple pattern is c e g a g a g a, playing an inverted triad in the right hand- g c e. Remember it's one ( or more) in the base followed by the triad in the right. You can also hold c and e down (turning them into whole notes) while playing g a g a- in the left hand of course. As far as playing e flat as mentioned earlier- without getting technical- it will work fine. There is so much that could be discussed, but this is too long as is!! Good luck, your probably way beyond this by now anyhow. PS playing on a digital piano with rhythms and accomp will make your playing so much easier. Cheers
That's like wild one, so cool ❤
This is just wonderful. Thanks!
This is REALLY cool!
Amazing like always!!
He also pounds a left handed 1/4 note on the root 1st with pinky while rocking back-n- forth from the 5th to 6th with his thumb…his right hand hitting the chord on the “&” … his cousin Mickey Gilley used the same riff on his hit “the girls all get prettier at closing time “ .
I fronted them both back in 1985 at the HighKicker Saloon (a Gilley’s Club nock-off ) in Pontiac, MI.
Dr. K is the clonemiester! His expert videos are cloning little Jerry Lee Lewises all over the planet. Thanks Dr. K. Please mak a slow down video of the right hand Lewis!
Here You Are: ruclips.net/video/O2rHFqxAIhI/видео.html
Many thanks, Doc. You are THE MAN
ok . . . i get it . . .thank you for doing this
This is good.
Great lesson! You mixed in some humor and kept it fast paced. I'll be looking for more from your channel.
Thanks!
Love it ! You are amazing, the energy, those glasses :D thanks for sharing with us. This channel is the best ! I'd like to send best wishes to the Camera Person as well ;)
I will pass on your regards to Camera Person. Stay Tuned. DR K
Brendan is God.....
Spot on Brendan! Sounds great! & good job Cameraperson!
I play guitar. Jerry lee rules the left hand boogie.
Killer!
You can slow it down by going into settings and pick the speed you want
Great lesson.
perfect
Happy New Year Brendan !!need some slower moving on Teaching this Jerry Lee Lewis !!thank you for all your best !!
i guess it's a common problem but.. i can play with my left hand.. And i can play with my right hand. And never the twixt shall meet. Any tips? i can get a good rhythm going but the second i start to throw in the right hand everything falls apart. practice practice practice?
left and right hand coordination covered in these lessons: ruclips.net/p/PLiqPOxHnrY0wqy3P5287w10wfIXzZgdrM
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Great, as always! Thanks Dr K. Can you do 'What'd I say' sometime for us all? Jerry Lee plays the tune in 'C' and Ray Charles in 'E' if I am correct?
RIP Jerry Lee :( 28thOct2022, and many thanks to Brendan for the inspiration to buy a piano
"Great balls of fiiireeee..!"
By jo I think he's got it.
Very informative lesson mate, am venturing into fine tuning my own sound as a rock and roll pianist.. Have always liked the Jerry Lee style ... Never been able to work out his correct left hand pattern.. I have been playing 1st flattened 3rd sharpened 4th and 5th... Have you ever looked at Fats Domino's Left hand??
Dayum ! your good !
Jerry lee had the heaviest left hand.
very good
why not show us the right hand (slowly) or is it only to impress?
I realize that this is not a right-hand lesson but (from your demonstration), am I right that a defining element of Lewis' right hand is the use of the repeated 9th/Tonic crunches, as well as the repeated minor 7th solid interval?
kick arse rockn roller
wow il ove it
Jejeje 4:42 "yeah" camera person.
Great job.I am learning piano. Can you please do more explaining with the right hand and slower?
Fabulous ) I wonder how much time is needed to master it... Whatever , I will try ) eager to see more videos on this theme , thank you
You can do the left hand in less than a week...easily
+John Carpenter yeah, left hand even faster, but the point is to play it with the right hand properly , in the correct rhythm . While learning new left hands I have a problem of playing the other similar in some places
I just like to listen to him I don't want to learn to play piano. I like percussion.
I can play that left hand but I cant play it with the right hand. What can I do?
Practise.
Go Cat Go!!!
Either Jerry wasn’t so great or the both of you are, only if you were born in tha time as him and you didn’t marry your cousin you would have been a household name for us aged ones
Trying it out Brendan
I've always wondered how JLL managed to make that pumpin' piano sound. Simple chord work pumped real hard with the next note after the end of the chord. What is that called? I know the note before the last note is called a sustained, eg the F in a C chord. Excuse my naievity. Only just found you. You rock Brendan.
He does rock. The "f" in a C chord would be the fourth, the next note you refer to is the sixth, an "a" note. Think of it this way, the boogie pattern here is 1-1-3-1-5-1-6-1-5-1-6-1-5-1-6-5, no matter what chord you are on. The chords themselves are just C, F and G, Rock 'n Roll.
My left hand falls out with my right hand, battle ensues!
Hi ..can you show how Jerry plays Hong Kong blues?
I know this video is a year old. But we lost Fats Domino 2 weeks ago. I think Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis are the only originals left?
Hello ,Need the right hand slow down ,awesome player !!
nice
Anyone know an easier right hand riff pattern to go with the left hand he was playing?
can you type out what the notes are in the sequence, i'm trying to follow along with my guitar but never played piano, i figured its in c since I tried the "standard boogie riff" ie c e g a bflat a g c , but as far as that, i dont really know any more since its hard to see since you alternate fingers
C C E C G C A C G C A C G C A G
I've been LOOKING for SOMEONE To Demonstrate The Piano Intro to "Goin' Down" by The Jeff Beck Group! You Look Like A Guy that could do it! Are You familiar with the song?
I am 78 and never played anything.i have a difficult time catching all the notes could you please go one note and a time and say it.thankd
Give it up buddy, dont quit your day job. you'll NEVER play like Jerry Lee Lewis.🤣
haha i saw you've got some troubles to keep good the Jerry lee lewis left handit's not so easy not to be confused :)
You say "Boogie Woogie", I say "buggie wuggie." Tomayto/ tomaato. (But let's not call the whole thing off, bc that was awesome!)
themaggattack I see what you are referring to;)
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Albert Hammond was the first to do this.
I have a keyboard and have also played on a real piano. I find real pianos are easier to play. There is more space for your fingers
it´s wrong dude, this is not jerry lee left hand
not you camera person!!!
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sad you called your helpfull i prosume wife sister camera person