Was a percussionist in my younger years and now back to learning the piano. This is a great approach to rythm I think and thank you for putting it out there for us.
This was incredible! I've taken the material from this video and made it into an exercise which I practice EVERY DAY and it has helped tremendously. What I did was I'd randomly select two of the rhythms you've listed and for each cycle (1 cycle = 1 whole note or 4 quarter notes), I'd play a chord from my chord progression iiim7-vim7-iim7-V7-IMaj7-IV7-viim7b5. And I use the metronome. So, if the pattern was: (1)(1+)(2+)(3+), I'd play each chord based on the pattern. Then, at the next cycle, I'd move on to the next chord in my chord progression and play that chord based on the pattern. I'd first play the chords to get the fingering right and then, I'd turn on the metronome (60) where each beep is a quarter note. Not only does this allow me to reprogram myself to jazz rhythm but I'm also learning this chord progression. It was stressful at first but after a couple of days, it became almost second nature. As for the chords themselves, it's up to you on the voicings but at first, I've been playing 4-note root position. So, 1-3-5-7. But you could do rootless. I think what I'll end up doing is going through all my voicings around this chord progression based on the rhythm pattern so that I'll learn all these different voicings. It's now root position 1-3-5-7, but next time it might be 3-13-7-9. Endless possibilities.
Oh, also, I don't play just ONE of your listed rhythms because I found that to be too easy. Adding two randomly selected rhythms from your list made it more valuable and useful. By the way, I just use a D&D 20+-sided dice to randomly select the two rhythms. I've numbered each listed rhythm from 1-20 and I just roll the dice twice for the selection.
Thank you for this great video. I am practicing playing a simple quarter note walking bass on the left hand while applying this comping rhythms with the chords on the right hand to the tune Fly me to the moon. Since i use passing notes on the bass,(I mean non-chord tones) on beats 2 and 4, I feel that the chords clash with those notes when I do the comping patterns on the right hand on those beats. How can I solve this problem. Do you have a video on that topic?
I really love your no frills but well explained style. Best jazz channel on RUclips by far! I'm dipping my toes but can't wait until I can swim and dive like you.
With your lessons all the various clips I see melt together and make sense. I didn't know already what to do with all material a learn in other videos during the last week. :) Gracie
Such a good lesson! I can feel my brain growing while doing it. Can anyone recommend another song or two I could practise on - one chord change per bar at medium tempo?
Very good. I play many of these rhythms. But naturally and mostly not thinking about singing in timing. Good points. On the piano, with a band or a backing track like I realpro (I use the guitar trio setting), I try different rhythms. I also find always playing a static place in the measure is boring. However what's boring to an experienced player may be exciting to a novice. I just learned Donna Lee measure by measure. I don't like my comping on it so I used IrealPro pro on it. How would you comp on that one?
I swear it's quantum entanglement or something.... I was thinking of comping rhythm AND All Of Me just yesterday, and now you show up with your uncanny timing. Witchcraft! :D
It’s not “physics” or any of that BS it’s uncanny and unnatural all right it’s cell phones, and what’s working through cell towers, electricity , etc. and the demonic algorithms. Sounds nuts I know I thought so too until I learned up. What’s you discover our technology came from satanic worship. Yes real rituals done to Satan, whoever you like to him then our technology boomed. Look up Jack Parsons who created what is now called NASA. He was a disciple of Aleister Crowley who worshipped Satan, was a mason and created his own “religion”. This is fact btw not speculation. Jack parsons look that up it will spark something in you maybe. Hopefully. Things aren’t what they appear to be at all. Why would the guy who created nasa be worshipping Satan and doing rituals if he’s trying to explore space
I want to pass something on. Yesterday I learned some new licks and patterns using my Casio CTK4200. They sound extremely jazzy. I tried them in a Grand Piano and was disappointed. The sound of the grand did not give the sound I wanted. It was just basically a Cmin to F and back , then just playing Blues notes. The grand..I think has to much built in sustain. So now I practice on two different instruments..synthesized and natural. Just passing this phenomenon on. Thanks for the like.The best. Pianostyle100.
Hello, great video. Just one small question, if the melody is done by a saxo let’s say. Does it means that you will only comping with your left hand and playing some rhytms melody? What will do your right hand ? Thank you in advance.
Great lesson. However, I was hoping that you would touch a bit on comping in a group where there are others playing rhythm. Should the comping patterns among the rhythm players complement each other, be identical, or should one play little to no comping while someone else is comping.. Thanks.
I wonder what if the chord change in a bar is written on say the 3and, but the rhythm you're practicing is the eight note on 1 and 2and for example? Do you just change early or not hit that change in the bass at all?
Would one play those accent on + the same way when the melody has a lot of swung 8ths ? or play with the swinging feel and not right between the beats?
A little confused When the 'comped' chord is on beat 1 can you play a crochet or a quaver. Also are beats of a bar crotchets so there are 4 crotchets in a bar. If so were do the and beats come in if there is no space for them as it would be taken up by the 4 beats/crotchets in a bar
Thank you! You are an excellent teacher! I now understand what comping is and how to practice it :)
Amazing. Thank You for your videos. Because of your videos I started playing guitar again after 20 yrs.
That's awesome, Artur. Glad the videos helped :)
The one video that most systematically demystify the jazz comping rhythm.Solute.
this is amazing.
Was a percussionist in my younger years and now back to learning the piano. This is a great approach to rythm I think and thank you for putting it out there for us.
I tell drummers that they really have a natural advantage on piano.
Thanks so much for the simplistic breakdown! Been trying to make my standards swing for years! This helps!!
I never comment but this is one of the best tutorials I’ve ever seen.
This is a very clear explanation. From a classical piano training I've never fully understood the jazz rhythms to use with melodies. Thanks.
Perfect! This is exactly what I was looking for! Once I get the patterns I can then add it to the voicings. Far out, so much to learn!
W😍nderful
This was incredible! I've taken the material from this video and made it into an exercise which I practice EVERY DAY and it has helped tremendously. What I did was I'd randomly select two of the rhythms you've listed and for each cycle (1 cycle = 1 whole note or 4 quarter notes), I'd play a chord from my chord progression iiim7-vim7-iim7-V7-IMaj7-IV7-viim7b5. And I use the metronome. So, if the pattern was: (1)(1+)(2+)(3+), I'd play each chord based on the pattern. Then, at the next cycle, I'd move on to the next chord in my chord progression and play that chord based on the pattern. I'd first play the chords to get the fingering right and then, I'd turn on the metronome (60) where each beep is a quarter note. Not only does this allow me to reprogram myself to jazz rhythm but I'm also learning this chord progression. It was stressful at first but after a couple of days, it became almost second nature. As for the chords themselves, it's up to you on the voicings but at first, I've been playing 4-note root position. So, 1-3-5-7. But you could do rootless. I think what I'll end up doing is going through all my voicings around this chord progression based on the rhythm pattern so that I'll learn all these different voicings. It's now root position 1-3-5-7, but next time it might be 3-13-7-9. Endless possibilities.
Oh, also, I don't play just ONE of your listed rhythms because I found that to be too easy. Adding two randomly selected rhythms from your list made it more valuable and useful. By the way, I just use a D&D 20+-sided dice to randomly select the two rhythms. I've numbered each listed rhythm from 1-20 and I just roll the dice twice for the selection.
This chord progression is not something I made up. I think it's called the Diatonic Circle chord progression.
Thank you for this great video. I am practicing playing a simple quarter note walking bass on the left hand while applying this comping rhythms with the chords on the right hand to the tune Fly me to the moon. Since i use passing notes on the bass,(I mean non-chord tones) on beats 2 and 4, I feel that the chords clash with those notes when I do the comping patterns on the right hand on those beats. How can I solve this problem. Do you have a video on that topic?
This is so comprehensive and approachable!
I really love your no frills but well explained style. Best jazz channel on RUclips by far! I'm dipping my toes but can't wait until I can swim and dive like you.
This tutorial is very useful. Thank you
Love your videos very good at explaining concepts keep it up
I'm learning from Brazil... Thanks a lot...
идеальное видео. спасибо!
thank you thank you!
With your lessons all the various clips I see melt together and make sense. I didn't know already what to do with all material a learn in other videos during the last week. :) Gracie
Love it!
great stuff thanks
Thanks for your lessons ma dude
awesome............... thanks
THANK YOU so much!!!
i had to compose a jazz piece for my school exam, this video was extremely helpful. thank you so much
Such a good lesson! I can feel my brain growing while doing it. Can anyone recommend another song or two I could practise on - one chord change per bar at medium tempo?
Very good. I play many of these rhythms. But naturally and mostly not thinking about singing in timing. Good points. On the piano, with a band or a backing track like I realpro (I use the guitar trio setting), I try different rhythms. I also find always playing a static place in the measure is boring. However what's boring to an experienced player may be exciting to a novice. I just learned Donna Lee measure by measure.
I don't like my comping on it so I used IrealPro pro on it. How would you comp on that one?
What’s this music you are playing in this video please? Thanks!:)
Clear explanation thaaank you ♥️
I swear it's quantum entanglement or something.... I was thinking of comping rhythm AND All Of Me just yesterday, and now you show up with your uncanny timing. Witchcraft! :D
It’s not “physics” or any of that BS it’s uncanny and unnatural all right it’s cell phones, and what’s working through cell towers, electricity , etc. and the demonic algorithms. Sounds nuts I know I thought so too until I learned up. What’s you discover our technology came from satanic worship. Yes real rituals done to Satan, whoever you like to him then our technology boomed.
Look up Jack Parsons who created what is now called NASA. He was a disciple of Aleister Crowley who worshipped Satan, was a mason and created his own “religion”. This is fact btw not speculation.
Jack parsons look that up it will spark something in you maybe. Hopefully. Things aren’t what they appear to be at all. Why would the guy who created nasa be worshipping Satan and doing rituals if he’s trying to explore space
I want to pass something on. Yesterday I learned some new licks and patterns using my Casio
CTK4200. They sound extremely jazzy. I tried them in a Grand Piano
and was disappointed. The sound of the grand did not give the sound
I wanted. It was just basically a Cmin to F and back , then just playing Blues notes. The grand..I think has to much built in sustain.
So now I practice on two different instruments..synthesized and natural. Just passing this phenomenon on. Thanks for the like.The best. Pianostyle100.
Extremmally usefull as always. Thank you!
Hello, great video. Just one small question, if the melody is done by a saxo let’s say. Does it means that you will only comping with your left hand and playing some rhytms melody? What will do your right hand ? Thank you in advance.
this is best channel for learning ♥️♥️♥️♥️
Thank you so much for your videos!
No worries :)
Great lesson. However, I was hoping that you would touch a bit on comping in a group where there are others playing rhythm. Should the comping patterns among the rhythm players complement each other, be identical, or should one play little to no comping while someone else is comping.. Thanks.
You are genius
I love how you teach,God bless you
You are making me understand the language very well
What is the jazz song he played to showed the pattern in the begging? Around 1:40 min
Pleasseeee do the raag timee PLEASSEEE
by the way great lesson again I learn so much here and your other video tutorials tahnk you so much
Nice
excellent video! Thanks!
I wonder what if the chord change in a bar is written on say the 3and, but the rhythm you're practicing is the eight note on 1 and 2and for example? Do you just change early or not hit that change in the bass at all?
You can also use polymetric patterns (3/4 or 5/4 over 4/4 gives nice syncopation)
My timing is really off and have little to no beat awareness, what can I do to improve?
Very helpful. Suggestion: Can you do it in slow motion so as to hear the “feel of it” more clearly
If you click Settings you can alter the Playback speed
Would one play those accent on + the same way when the melody has a lot of swung 8ths ? or play with the swinging feel and not right between the beats?
What song or chord progression is that?
A little confused
When the 'comped' chord is on beat 1 can you play a crochet or a quaver.
Also are beats of a bar crotchets so there are 4 crotchets in a bar. If so were do the and beats come in if there is no space for them as it would be taken up by the 4 beats/crotchets in a bar
The example is the first bars of All of Me.
Nice shout out to the Beatles 😁
Please tell me the name of the song
All of me
Great learning material! I would just prefer to hear real piano for the tutorials instead of a digital piano. To me the tone is a bit irritating.