Hey guys! Thanks for the tips! In order to check out this video when needed, thought I could just share timecodes of the different segments : 23:06 Technique 27:18 Repertoire (including some advices on transcription/ear training) 36:16 Transcription/Ear Training 41:49 Classical (get those sight-reading skills!) 54:49 Practice performing P.S (moments that made me smile) : 24:10 Adam ripping off those arpeggios + Peter's reaction 52:03 Ray Brown's practice story Peace!
This was great. It also explains why there was so much anti-jazz sentiment in the 1990’s, the time I migrated here, where most of the instrumentalists saying they were classically trained still were still feeling as though they were missing something. Broadening your horizons as a musician removes the lines from all stylistic barriers. Barry Harris taught a lifetime of musicianship in an afternoon a he never looked down his nose even as a classically trained pianist himself. I love the segment on sight-reading although it has to be worked on constantly. Ralph Peterson (RIP) invited me to play a gig with him and everything was written and I saw the music when we hit the bandstand. That was a defining moment. Beautiful pianist Edsel Gomez came in after the break and read the same pieces. It let me see that there is a lot less emphasis on sight-reading because as an education major I have yet to find a system that breaks down the process of sight-reading which eliminates the main problem of pattern recognition-fear of making mistakes. Two experiences with knucke-rapping teachers before the age of 6 made my childhood experience with piano music very negative. That is what i love about improvisation-freedom. The fear of making mistakes is clouded with substance abuse as it seems to be a temporary fix. Unpacking the trauma helps to break free of all blockages. Exploring this has become a life-long mission of mine. Well done.
I thought I was "classically trained" through 10 years of piano lessons, but I realized when I began investigating "how to improvise", 30 years later, that I was actually trained to play one recital piece a year. That's it. After my school years, I couldn't understand why I couldn't really PLAY piano. Now I'm working through the holes in my musicianship: basic scales in major/ minor, basic chord progression. Baby steps every day. Trying not to rely on sheet music solely. Throwing in some "improvisation", meandering and trying to "hear" where I want to go, and when I actually get there I'm amazed 😀.
Just put the metronome on @60bpm and then do something. A scale, an Etude, a melody, play the arpeggios of some some changes, anything. It’s the only way I’ve found that helps me break out of that ‘analysis paralysis’ state which I am all too familiar with. And it’s not about speed, if anything it’s to help connect to something slow and steady.
Ok I have a question, when you're learning a moderately difficult song (for you being a pro it may be pretty fast) but learning it by ear, learning all of the various parts... movement, sound selection to concept, how many times do you find yourself listening to the song before you feel like you have consumed it? What do you extrapolate? I am in the baby stage of recognizing the staff...lol. So for me, with very limited theoretical experience, I may be able to pick up a song fairly easy based on the skill I've gained understanding the major scale in various keys. So I am curious of those times when you have to listen to a song like 30-100 times - what is it that you listen to and what is it that you are listening to at 30-100 times with a particular song?
OK folks, I tell my son that if you're patient, most or all questions you have will be answered. Today, one of my questions was answered. Kevin Hart's commercial..."Not a game...!!!" Full disclosure, I grew up in a major metropolitan area but never had any basketball skills...today, my question was answered and boy did I have to laugh at myself for not knowing. Yes, it's what you do, in your private time, when no one's watching that makes the difference in your performance. Thank you...and for the record, I started playing way before laptops and youtube...with a record player and vinyl (33's and 45's not to mention my parents 78's)
11.15 At home, we had every kind of medicinal plant you can think of. Not only would the dogs eat them, but they also seem to know which ones to eat. I gess for headaches one for stomachache another. Crazy. Hum, I need some upper structure practice. Oh yeah, thanks, guys
Because of your intro, I Had to watch this again!! You guys should check this old but great Iverson's "Practice" remix out!! I promise you won't regret it! ruclips.net/video/exOxUAntx8I/видео.html
Allen Iverson was going through a rough patch and the NBA interviewers hounded him for missing many of his practices. So, he lost his cool and ranted about how they ignore his contributions to actual games in favor of poking and prodding at his personal issues. This was a man at the peak of his career physically speaking, not an NBA rookie.
Hey guys! Thanks for the tips! In order to check out this video when needed, thought I could just share timecodes of the different segments :
23:06 Technique
27:18 Repertoire (including some advices on transcription/ear training)
36:16 Transcription/Ear Training
41:49 Classical (get those sight-reading skills!)
54:49 Practice performing
P.S (moments that made me smile) :
24:10 Adam ripping off those arpeggios + Peter's reaction
52:03 Ray Brown's practice story
Peace!
I am quite new to Open Studio but this is hands down the best session on practice I have heard in many many years! Thanks so much!
they are the best
This was great. It also explains why there was so much anti-jazz sentiment in the 1990’s, the time I migrated here, where most of the instrumentalists saying they were classically trained still were still feeling as though they were missing something. Broadening your horizons as a musician removes the lines from all stylistic barriers. Barry Harris taught a lifetime of musicianship in an afternoon a he never looked down his nose even as a classically trained pianist himself. I love the segment on sight-reading although it has to be worked on constantly. Ralph Peterson (RIP) invited me to play a gig with him and everything was written and I saw the music when we hit the bandstand. That was a defining moment. Beautiful pianist Edsel Gomez came in after the break and read the same pieces. It let me see that there is a lot less emphasis on sight-reading because as an education major I have yet to find a system that breaks down the process of sight-reading which eliminates the main problem of pattern recognition-fear of making mistakes. Two experiences with knucke-rapping teachers before the age of 6 made my childhood experience with piano music very negative. That is what i love about improvisation-freedom. The fear of making mistakes is clouded with substance abuse as it seems to be a temporary fix. Unpacking the trauma helps to break free of all blockages. Exploring this has become a life-long mission of mine. Well done.
I thought I was "classically trained" through 10 years of piano lessons, but I realized when I began investigating "how to improvise", 30 years later, that I was actually trained to play one recital piece a year. That's it. After my school years, I couldn't understand why I couldn't really PLAY piano. Now I'm working through the holes in my musicianship: basic scales in major/ minor, basic chord progression. Baby steps every day. Trying not to rely on sheet music solely. Throwing in some "improvisation", meandering and trying to "hear" where I want to go, and when I actually get there I'm amazed 😀.
I'm from New York and I'll never forget how good he was.
Great session, How do you avoid or stop "Analysis or Perfection Paralysis"?
Just put the metronome on @60bpm and then do something. A scale, an Etude, a melody, play the arpeggios of some some changes, anything. It’s the only way I’ve found that helps me break out of that ‘analysis paralysis’ state which I am all too familiar with. And it’s not about speed, if anything it’s to help connect to something slow and steady.
You should talk a bit about when scales and arpeggios becomes ”just notes” correct notes, but not art
So many 💎‼️‼️‼️ Let me renew my OS subscription 🤣Fo’real though 😉 🎤🎼❤️
Ok I have a question, when you're learning a moderately difficult song (for you being a pro it may be pretty fast) but learning it by ear, learning all of the various parts... movement, sound selection to concept, how many times do you find yourself listening to the song before you feel like you have consumed it? What do you extrapolate? I am in the baby stage of recognizing the staff...lol. So for me, with very limited theoretical experience, I may be able to pick up a song fairly easy based on the skill I've gained understanding the major scale in various keys. So I am curious of those times when you have to listen to a song like 30-100 times - what is it that you listen to and what is it that you are listening to at 30-100 times with a particular song?
OK folks, I tell my son that if you're patient, most or all questions you have will be answered. Today, one of my questions was answered. Kevin Hart's commercial..."Not a game...!!!" Full disclosure, I grew up in a major metropolitan area but never had any basketball skills...today, my question was answered and boy did I have to laugh at myself for not knowing. Yes, it's what you do, in your private time, when no one's watching that makes the difference in your performance. Thank you...and for the record, I started playing way before laptops and youtube...with a record player and vinyl (33's and 45's not to mention my parents 78's)
11.15 At home, we had every kind of medicinal plant you can think of. Not only would the dogs eat them, but they also seem to know which ones to eat. I gess for headaches one for stomachache another. Crazy. Hum, I need some upper structure practice. Oh yeah, thanks, guys
Woof this is a good talk
There was a tension between these two. Good
Thanks cats. Inspiring.
I always spend my sessions trying to figure out what I need to be working on for the session. Then the sessions over or I run out of time
Starts at 4:47
Big up
#Practice
Because of your intro, I Had to watch this again!! You guys should check this old but great Iverson's "Practice" remix out!! I promise you won't regret it!
ruclips.net/video/exOxUAntx8I/видео.html
who is that guy “talking about practice” in the intro??
Allen Iverson
Allen Iverson was going through a rough patch and the NBA interviewers hounded him for missing many of his practices. So, he lost his cool and ranted about how they ignore his contributions to actual games in favor of poking and prodding at his personal issues. This was a man at the peak of his career physically speaking, not an NBA rookie.