I'm just getting started with this style of teaching - please let me know if you have any feedback so I can make these videos as valuable as possible! I also have a couple of 'Learn in the Groove' Funk tutorials here if this teaching style resonated with you :) ruclips.net/p/PLhSdOEQxegGU6gqoB7fOci8NcjbA9DOYx
My feedback: begin the video by immediately showing an example of the final result. I personally will not commit to a 35-minute youtube video when I have no idea what I'm going to get out of it. There's just not enough time in the day.
Cheers thanks for feedback I'll take that on board - my reasoning was that I figured people might skip ahead to check out the end and was trying to save time - because it's a 12 bar progression the time blew right out! But yes it seems to be what most other piano tutorials do so I'll experiment with it :)
I have been working on this and the previous one you did on funk piano and I am simply floored. These two videos are elite masterclasses in their genres. I have seen *so* many videos on "how to get started in funk (or blues) piano" and none of them have provided nearly as much practical, useful, and super-cool ideas as these. Either that, or they start out way above my level and I'm left in the dust. Someone could apply these to multiple keys, practice them until they get good at them, and already they would be a valuable addition to a band. Another great aspect about these videos is that you don't have to learn it all and pile it on. You can just pick up parts, and they're useful on their own. Then come back later and try out additional ideas.
Dan thanks for taking the time to give me this specific feedback - The benefits you describe are exactly what I was intending when I created this and I am so glad it is working for you!! I'm committed to finding the most productive and fun ways to get people flying on the piano but also allowing room for individual creativity. Hearing your comment helps me build upon and refine my teaching style. Thanks so much mate, I appreciate all your support :) :) :)
Wow! all this in 35 minutes I am going to have a ball noodling with this. Thanks for doing the Blues in F Just what I was looking for as I transfer from C.
Harder than it looks at first but a wonderful lesson. Weeks and weeks of learning just to get through it. So glad to have the notation, though he does what he says he'll do--uses it as a guideline, not a rulebook. Fantastic lesson overall.
Cheers for the comment :) Yes in most contemporary genres I would say that is true for sheet music, just have it as a guide - how you improvise, interpret, express is where the fun is at! Hope you are enjoying the blues!
Another amazing video. I love the attention to detail. I haven't seen other tutorials cover the accents that really bring the funk. Thanks for posting another great video!
Mr Court, Sir. I have a question confused, could you answer me? that when i Practiced to play in session 6 of your F blues sheet, parallel chords in groove sheet, C7 chord with Eb-Ab-C voicing in right hand, because it's dominant chord, V degree of 12-bar blues construction, could i change this C7, Eb-Ab--C voicings into Eb-Bb-C, Cm7 chord voicings? also it's V degree chord of F mixolydian scale, that parallel chord too. Thank you, Sir.
Really appreciated your powerful reply，that to substitue C7 in 12-bar blues, of using C7#5#9, it's becaused your intention to have one more strong tension for dominant chord, meanwhile that's to play in mixolydian scale applying, that will be more compatibly amazing elements adding into melody playing, am I right for understanding your play? Thank you, Sir, for that♥👍👍👍, to have parallel chord over the V chord@@pianoproductivitypeace
What an amazing format to be teaching / learning through youtube. I'm totally hooked on these videos. As a beginner on piano, with this I got such a strong starting foundation and understanding about all these techniques. Soon I'll be able to join in on the basic jams done at the local Jamsessions with enough knowledge to keep things interesting! Thank you so much, I'll keep an eye out for future videos🤓 Ps, do you have content or know good sources to learn about the midi programming you do on your device? I would love to learn how to do this so i can create my own backing tracks or maybe learn to live loop with a midi controller 🤯once I've improved enough
First of all thank you for your comment and I hope these help empower you for the jam sessions! I've been writing in the parts using virtual instruments in pro-tools. I haven't delved into using loops in live performances but I imagine there would be some resources on RUclips - maybe search for 'how to write MIDI loops' or something along those lines When I get back into videos I might do a video on how I do things in pro-tools software if that helps Cheers again for your comment and hope this brings you to some great jam sessions!
That's awesome. Thank you PPP. I've been waiting for a long time to get that kind of lesson and teaching style. I'm considering Patreon, but please could you provide the backing tracks ? That would be the perfect combo for me
Absolutely, the backing track will be up later this week, I'm working on this part time around my day job so I appreciate your patience :) I haven't set up a patreon account - still learning about making these videos, however there is a donate link in description if you feel like showing your support in that way. But regardless thanks for the comment, it is inspiring me to want to make more of these and glad you resonate with this teaching style :)
It's another excellent tutorial, but its effect is largely ruined for me by the fact that YT recently made it impossible to use an adblocker. Now the video is interrupted every 4-5 minutes by yet another ad. If you post a video of just the backing track, it will be almost impossible to make use of it, because of the constant interruptions. Have you considered hosting video on your own site? Or making audio-only tracks available for download? Even if you had to charge. I'd rather pay you than pay for youtube "premium," which I am guessing contains unpleasant surprises along with the claims that it is "ad-free." Sorry for the gripe-fest.
Dan, thank you for your continued support and I'm sorry you aren't having the best experience with youTube ads! I'm currently looking into best ways to release my backing tracks via royalty free sites and am waiting for a pond5 account to verify me. But it the meantime I've uploaded my first and only one to bandcamp and will keep including them up there to download cheap for practice or to use as royalty free stock music if it suits! pianoproductivitypeace.bandcamp.com/track/g7-funk-backing-track-swinging-16ths-80bpm Hopefully this is a good solution for now :) Once again thanks for all your kind comments with my videos, I appreciate your support :)
Very useful stuff, and a great way to teach. I am confused about one thing, however. Are chords 5 through 1 in Figure 6 (Parallel chords up the F mixolydian scale) annotated correctly?
Thanks for the comment and I've just realised that is a mistake that I didn't notice at time of publishing - those 4 chords are a 3rd lower than they should be - but essentially the concept is take that 2nd inversion shape and move it up and down the F mixolydian scale - hope this helps and sorry for the confusion :)
Great video, but the drum kick is way too loud and intrusive! Especially when you're talking between demonstrations. It's not necessary for it to be so loud and would sound a lot better if you turned it down, or took out the kick and just left the rest..
I'm just getting started with this style of teaching - please let me know if you have any feedback so I can make these videos as valuable as possible! I also have a couple of 'Learn in the Groove' Funk tutorials here if this teaching style resonated with you :) ruclips.net/p/PLhSdOEQxegGU6gqoB7fOci8NcjbA9DOYx
My feedback: begin the video by immediately showing an example of the final result. I personally will not commit to a 35-minute youtube video when I have no idea what I'm going to get out of it. There's just not enough time in the day.
Cheers thanks for feedback I'll take that on board - my reasoning was that I figured people might skip ahead to check out the end and was trying to save time - because it's a 12 bar progression the time blew right out! But yes it seems to be what most other piano tutorials do so I'll experiment with it :)
I have been working on this and the previous one you did on funk piano and I am simply floored. These two videos are elite masterclasses in their genres. I have seen *so* many videos on "how to get started in funk (or blues) piano" and none of them have provided nearly as much practical, useful, and super-cool ideas as these. Either that, or they start out way above my level and I'm left in the dust. Someone could apply these to multiple keys, practice them until they get good at them, and already they would be a valuable addition to a band. Another great aspect about these videos is that you don't have to learn it all and pile it on. You can just pick up parts, and they're useful on their own. Then come back later and try out additional ideas.
Dan thanks for taking the time to give me this specific feedback - The benefits you describe are exactly what I was intending when I created this and I am so glad it is working for you!! I'm committed to finding the most productive and fun ways to get people flying on the piano but also allowing room for individual creativity. Hearing your comment helps me build upon and refine my teaching style. Thanks so much mate, I appreciate all your support :) :) :)
Great tutorial. Weeks of studying for a student all packed in one video. Great help.
Thanks for the comment - glad it's useful for you :)
@@pianoproductivitypeace Not a pianist myself but I've send the video to my son.
Wow! all this in 35 minutes I am going to have a ball noodling with this. Thanks for doing the Blues in F Just what I was looking for as I transfer from C.
Great stuff! Enjoy, and thanks for the comment :)
@@pianoproductivitypeace Is Pay Pal the only way of making a donation?
Thank you, yes PayPal or a RUclips super thanks if these are possible for you - appreciate the thought regardless :)
Harder than it looks at first but a wonderful lesson. Weeks and weeks of learning just to get through it. So glad to have the notation, though he does what he says he'll do--uses it as a guideline, not a rulebook. Fantastic lesson overall.
Cheers for the comment :) Yes in most contemporary genres I would say that is true for sheet music, just have it as a guide - how you improvise, interpret, express is where the fun is at! Hope you are enjoying the blues!
Outstanding lesson
Thanks!
Thank you very, very, very much!
Cheers!
Such a fun video.. Couldn't stop grinning all the way through... 😁 Fanx! a heap for posting... 😄
Cheers it was fun to make! Thanks for the comment :)
Thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching ❤️
Great stuff so GROOVY AWESOME thanks Mr UNKNOWN Best wishes from SPAIN ❤
Thanks! Much appreciated :) (From Locky in Tasmania ❤️)
Wow, what a tutorial. Blew me away. Subscribed to your channel. Thank you. Love the blues.
Thanks for the comment and the sub, and I'm very pleased you enjoyed the tutorial! :)
thanks so much, these tutorials learning in the groove are so, so good, useful and fun to learn. regards from Uruguay!
Yay! Glad they are working out for you - much love from Tasmania!
Gold ❤🎹
Thank you kindly, much appreciated!! ❤️
Amazing! Vero vero vero thank you!!
Sorry for mi T9 🤷🏻♂️
Never be sorry :)
Extremely useful video and very precious music sheets. Many congratulations.
Thanks and enjoy :)
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Enjoy! :)
This is perfect for what I've been working on lately. Thanks so much for sharing!
Glad it was helpful!
Excellent lessons.
Much appreciated, thanks for checking them out!
Only watched two videos and I already love this channel ❤️💯. Please don't stop
Wow thanks for that - appreciated :)
Dig into his earlier videos. There is a lot of really great stuff.
Another amazing video. I love the attention to detail. I haven't seen other tutorials cover the accents that really bring the funk. Thanks for posting another great video!
Wow thanks for that comment - glad it resonates with you :)
Thank you for the lecture.
Thanks for watching :)
Mr Court, Sir. I have a question confused, could you answer me? that when i Practiced to play in session 6 of your F blues sheet, parallel chords in groove sheet, C7 chord with Eb-Ab-C voicing in right hand, because it's dominant chord, V degree of 12-bar blues construction, could i change this C7, Eb-Ab--C voicings into Eb-Bb-C, Cm7 chord voicings? also it's V degree chord of F mixolydian scale, that parallel chord too. Thank you, Sir.
Parallel chords over the V chord
Really appreciated your powerful reply，that to substitue C7 in 12-bar blues, of using C7#5#9, it's becaused your intention to have one more strong tension for dominant chord, meanwhile that's to play in mixolydian scale applying, that will be more compatibly amazing elements adding into melody playing, am I right for understanding your play? Thank you, Sir, for that♥👍👍👍, to have parallel chord over the V chord@@pianoproductivitypeace
Great, thanks
Cheers, thanks for watching :)
Thank youu
Excellent, very helpful 👍
Thanks glad it was useful :)
What an amazing format to be teaching / learning through youtube. I'm totally hooked on these videos.
As a beginner on piano, with this I got such a strong starting foundation and understanding about all these techniques.
Soon I'll be able to join in on the basic jams done at the local Jamsessions with enough knowledge to keep things interesting!
Thank you so much, I'll keep an eye out for future videos🤓
Ps, do you have content or know good sources to learn about the midi programming you do on your device?
I would love to learn how to do this so i can create my own backing tracks or maybe learn to live loop with a midi controller 🤯once I've improved enough
First of all thank you for your comment and I hope these help empower you for the jam sessions!
I've been writing in the parts using virtual instruments in pro-tools. I haven't delved into using loops in live performances but I imagine there would be some resources on RUclips - maybe search for 'how to write MIDI loops' or something along those lines
When I get back into videos I might do a video on how I do things in pro-tools software if that helps
Cheers again for your comment and hope this brings you to some great jam sessions!
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That's awesome. Thank you PPP. I've been waiting for a long time to get that kind of lesson and teaching style. I'm considering Patreon, but please could you provide the backing tracks ? That would be the perfect combo for me
Absolutely, the backing track will be up later this week, I'm working on this part time around my day job so I appreciate your patience :)
I haven't set up a patreon account - still learning about making these videos, however there is a donate link in description if you feel like showing your support in that way.
But regardless thanks for the comment, it is inspiring me to want to make more of these and glad you resonate with this teaching style :)
It's another excellent tutorial, but its effect is largely ruined for me by the fact that YT recently made it impossible to use an adblocker. Now the video is interrupted every 4-5 minutes by yet another ad. If you post a video of just the backing track, it will be almost impossible to make use of it, because of the constant interruptions. Have you considered hosting video on your own site? Or making audio-only tracks available for download? Even if you had to charge. I'd rather pay you than pay for youtube "premium," which I am guessing contains unpleasant surprises along with the claims that it is "ad-free."
Sorry for the gripe-fest.
Dan, thank you for your continued support and I'm sorry you aren't having the best experience with youTube ads!
I'm currently looking into best ways to release my backing tracks via royalty free sites and am waiting for a pond5 account to verify me. But it the meantime I've uploaded my first and only one to bandcamp and will keep including them up there to download cheap for practice or to use as royalty free stock music if it suits!
pianoproductivitypeace.bandcamp.com/track/g7-funk-backing-track-swinging-16ths-80bpm
Hopefully this is a good solution for now :) Once again thanks for all your kind comments with my videos, I appreciate your support :)
Very useful stuff, and a great way to teach. I am confused about one thing, however. Are chords 5 through 1 in Figure 6 (Parallel chords up the F mixolydian scale) annotated correctly?
Thanks for the comment and I've just realised that is a mistake that I didn't notice at time of publishing - those 4 chords are a 3rd lower than they should be - but essentially the concept is take that 2nd inversion shape and move it up and down the F mixolydian scale - hope this helps and sorry for the confusion :)
It would help 'SO MUCH' if you had an additional keyboard above showing your fingering.
Thanks for that feedback, I'll look into it :)
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😂😂😂 thanks a lot
Thanks for watching :)
Great video, but the drum kick is way too loud and intrusive! Especially when you're talking between demonstrations. It's not necessary for it to be so loud and would sound a lot better if you turned it down, or took out the kick and just left the rest..
Appreciate the feedback - will keep that in mind for the next one, cheers!
No. I'm a drummer first🥁 . The drum are perfect. 😂
Depends on your headphones or speakers. For me it’s correct. Don’t change anything 😊
@@angelomilletti1146 Cheers for the feedback :)
Of coruse, but not in real time yet.
All good, playing with the RUclips playback speed can be a handy thing :)