Jonny. Thank you! As a singer that loves jazz, and with some skills on keys, you have wonderfully illustrated some useful tips that have made me actually sound cooler trying to play jazz piano. By the way, in some study a while back, I believe the gospel scale appears to be the Blues scale. Again, loved this.
Johnny, you do a wonderful job of helping people make music from bite sized bits. Lots of great players on RUclips, not a lot of clear teachers. Thank you for your investment into generations of musicians!
@@robertmichalscheck3072 so true.There are many fast bunch of notes players and you get not so much from them. Johnny has both: Player-Teacher and well explained.
@@jamesrussell5196 - hahaha. My comment was meant to be a bit humorous, but true nonetheless. I’m 73 years old, and when I took up sax at age 13, in my town there were only 2 nearby teachers. They both taught classical-oriented music right out of the book. Etude #3... study #7 by Chopin... Concerto #3 by Debussy, etc. So sax players were basically playing classical clarinet music. We had no access to these lessons 50-60 years ago. That was my point.
Jonny, Wow! I've been fooling around with the keys for years and could play a few songs with cords but in just 24 hours I am making music. What a rush..... My hands are too stiff to play the guitar these days so this is a real treat to be able to make music again. I feel like there is light at the end of the tunnel. What a wonderful Christmas gift. Thanks brother, Eddie
I’ve watched dozens of jazz theory videos over the last couple weeks and this confirms for me that Piano With Jonny is the perfect fit for me. I’m definitely signing up for his courses now. It’s everything I want to know and it sounds so good I just get in the mood and want to start jamming.
Wow!!!! What a fabulous lesson. I'm an intermediate rock blues player and learned more in this video than in any lesson I ever had. Thank you soooooo much for sharing your talents. I'm a new subscriber and look forward to more great teaching from you.
@@MauriatOttolink Wow i'm gona start blocking you nasty people. You're absolutely spoiling my new journey. I bought a piano 3 weeks ago and felt priviliged to have found a fantastic comments section for a change in the piano section, but today i'm meeting 2 or 3 very negative people. Shame.
@@jackladd4332 Er... It was 5 months ago or more!. I have no idea what had got up my nose to prompt that comment..Something must have but in the circumstances and to preserve your peace of mind, I unreservedly withdraw it.
Thank you so much for your lessons! I had to watch a couple of them before I finally 'grasped' how to start improvising, but now I can happily state that I can manage simple yet fun improvs. So excited to keep on practicing and getting better at piano, thank you!
Johnny you are very good and you certainly will captivate a certain group of audience ( those who actually want to learn why and how ) but you could also captivate an other group of audience that I think you don’t have , the ones that don’t care why they just want the how. I suggest you making a group of videos simply called the how . Minimal talking (almost none ) just show chord progressions , the fingering and potential solo scales with a purchasable back track ..very to the point.
Great Tutorial ! i feel so overwhelmed by the ton of stuff u need or can learn about jazz. And this really is a helpful little lesson that sets the focus to a tiny part I really appreciate that, thank you sir!
another example of a good video on how to approach jazz. As classical musicians this can allude you for a long time. There are many videos similar to this jazz duets etc. thank you for the time and your effort put into this work.
Thanks for kickstarting some basic Jazz applications using the D minor Blues Pentatonic Scale [D F G Ab A C D] [ 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7 1 ]....or what you call the Gospel Scale......the altered Major scale. I appreciate your simplistic approach and adding rhythms accordingly. it makes what appears difficult very doable.
Thanks for this dude. I’m a classically trained pianist and have always wanted to learn to play like this. I’m on my way now after this video. You have a new sub!
Love it Jonny! I've been faking it for years and you make it easy to understand what is I'm already doing - then I can move on to you showing me things I didn't know!
If anyone can teach jazz, you are the best. My first piano teacher was a classically trained nun who turned me off to improvisation by focussing on reading music completely. My jazz clarinet father was interested in having his son learn to play the piano, never realizing that in the process she turned off any interest in improvisation. It was a "read the notes" approach in which you are reading other people's written improvisation. Jazz is a building of an improvisational skill that starts with an attempt at playing tunes in simplicity to more and more complex structures. It all starts with "fooling around" at the piano and that "fooling around" gets more and more complex.
Excellent. Nice context and framework. I read over the comments. Few nitpickers out there. C'mon, give the guy a break. Success means you're inspired to use this as a stepping point to further exploration. Here in spades so kudos. Safest to avoid slang, especially with an international audience. "What's up" is a casual slang greeting. Nothing more. So" Piece out dudes..."
Hello, I loved your classes! I am from Brazil and aeria very good if your classes were subtitled in Portuguese. Brother you are beast and explain very well even for what is from another country. Congratulations!
@@harmonicparadox2055 You're absolutely right. I wasn't paying attention to the underlying chord. Standing alone it was a F blues scale, but in the context of the chord progression he was playing it is definitely a Dm blues scale.
I was at first confused with this scale, but it is the same as D minor blues scale (D minor pentatonic plus b5), played over both Dm7 and G7 (so called minorization in the latter case). Makes it easier to understand and to transpose.
Stephane Charette - He doesn’t explain it very well. It has the same exact notes as a D minor blues scale, but it just starts on an F. You could think of it as a major pentatonic scale but with a flat 3rd too. Hope this helped.
Hello Jonny. Very good tutorial. I practice it. By the way, You indicate to use the 3rd finger as a sleeping finger on Ab for the lick. Seems nice but then I don't get the 4 fingers print on the 4notes so I am a little bit lost when I keep going with the 4notes lines.
Thanks Jonny, I think you could also explain to people that the chords are a II-V in C major but that you're playing a D minor blues scale - which is a F major blues scale or a F "gospel" scale as you call it - and that the C major blues scale should then be played when arriving on the C major and can also be played on the II-V. Otherwise it kinda seems you're thinking F major in a II-V in C major and for those who want to dig into the theory in can be confusing. Great work otherwise, keep it up !!
01:04 Dm7 and G7
01:39 Rhythm 1
02:00 Rhythm 2
02:13 Play with backing track
02:55 Gospel scale
04:09 Creating lines
04:31 Rhythm: quarter notes
05:29 Rhythm: 8th notes
05:52 Rhythm: triplets
06:11 Play with backing track
07:02 4 slides
08:09 Slides with backing track
08:56 Turns
09:55 Turns with backing track
10:30 2 runs
12:02 Runs with backing track
12:25 Conclusion
Jonny. Thank you! As a singer that loves jazz, and with some skills on keys, you have wonderfully illustrated some useful tips that have made me actually sound cooler trying to play jazz piano. By the way, in some study a while back, I believe the gospel scale appears to be the Blues scale. Again, loved this.
@Peter Parker
Johnny, you do a wonderful job of helping people make music from bite sized bits. Lots of great players on RUclips, not a lot of clear teachers. Thank you for your investment into generations of musicians!
Well said
@@robertmichalscheck3072 so true.There are many fast bunch of notes players and you get not so much from them. Johnny has both: Player-Teacher and well explained.
I wish I could have seen this video 50 years ago. I coulda been somebody. Famous in my home town at least. And from one free lesson? Well done sir.
Man this guy woulda really been somebody if someone would have just told him about the pentatonic scale
@@jamesrussell5196 Why don't you give it a rest smartarse
Jack Ladd wtf “smartarse” either say it right or don’t say it at all it’s smartass lmao are you fucking 50 ?
TvMA - I think he may be British?
@@jamesrussell5196 - hahaha. My comment was meant to be a bit humorous, but true nonetheless.
I’m 73 years old, and when I took up sax at age 13, in my town there were only 2 nearby teachers. They both taught classical-oriented music right out of the book. Etude #3... study #7 by Chopin... Concerto #3 by Debussy, etc. So sax players were basically playing classical clarinet music.
We had no access to these lessons 50-60 years ago. That was my point.
For people who have never heard of this scale, its the blues scale on the starting on the third
What a teacher..what a musician. Respect Jonny!
Jonny, Wow! I've been fooling around with the keys for years and could play a few songs with cords but in just 24 hours I am making music. What a rush..... My hands are too stiff to play the guitar these days so this is a real treat to be able to make music again. I feel like there is light at the end of the tunnel. What a wonderful Christmas gift. Thanks brother, Eddie
I’ve watched dozens of jazz theory videos over the last couple weeks and this confirms for me that Piano With Jonny is the perfect fit for me. I’m definitely signing up for his courses now. It’s everything I want to know and it sounds so good I just get in the mood and want to start jamming.
Your passion for music and teaching these techniques are simply the best! Thank you, Jonny
AFTER ANOTHER YEAR I SAY: A SUPER DETOX VIDEO. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I JUST KEEP GROWING ONE STEP AT TIME.
Wow!!!! What a fabulous lesson. I'm an intermediate rock blues player and learned more in this video than in any lesson I ever had. Thank you soooooo much for sharing your talents. I'm a new subscriber and look forward to more great teaching from you.
This video deserves more than one upvote from me. I learned a lot in 13mins compared to other jazz tutorials for beginners I've seen. Thanks Jonny.
fifth Daniel
Hmmm Beware what you have 'learned'.
@@MauriatOttolink Wow i'm gona start blocking you nasty people. You're absolutely spoiling my new journey. I bought a piano 3 weeks ago and felt priviliged to have found a fantastic comments section for a change in the piano section, but today i'm meeting 2 or 3 very negative people. Shame.
@@jackladd4332
Er... It was 5 months ago or more!. I have no idea what had got up my nose to prompt that comment..Something must have but in the circumstances and to preserve your peace of mind,
I unreservedly withdraw it.
I am just starting out on piano, week 1. And this video made me feel like I can get somewhere in no time. 😀 Mindblowing!
Wow wow wow!)) Super!!!!! You play like gospel! Very good!👍👍👍
Thank you so much for your lessons! I had to watch a couple of them before I finally 'grasped' how to start improvising, but now I can happily state that I can manage simple yet fun improvs. So excited to keep on practicing and getting better at piano, thank you!
Best jazz lesson i've ever seen!
I have a knack for melodies, love jazzy piano, and have zero training. My man Jonny is the missing piece. Thanks a billion my friend.
Johnny you are very good and you certainly will captivate a certain group of audience ( those who actually want to learn why and how ) but you could also captivate an other group of audience that I think you don’t have , the ones that don’t care why they just want the how. I suggest you making a group of videos simply called the how . Minimal talking (almost none ) just show chord progressions , the fingering and potential solo scales with a purchasable back track ..very to the point.
This tutorial gives the non-jazz players a feel of how to be a jazz cat. So amazing. Thanks Jonny!
im a jazz frog
Great Tutorial !
i feel so overwhelmed by the ton of stuff u need or can learn about jazz. And this really is a helpful little lesson that sets the focus to a tiny part
I really appreciate that, thank you sir!
Easy and marvellous technique... Thanks Jonny !!
another example of a good video on how to approach jazz. As classical musicians this can allude you for a long time. There are many videos similar to this jazz duets etc. thank you for the time and your effort put into this work.
I love these lessons with Ralph Fiennes! Very good!
Nice video. I was playing around with various blues scale D and F blues..at the last part. Those turns are really nice.
still the best piano teacher on the net.
Jonny is the Best Teacher!
Jazz made simple & easy with your style.of teaching. Thank you.
Now I can play jazz as a jazz pianist! Thanks Johnny
Thanks for kickstarting some basic Jazz applications using the D minor Blues Pentatonic Scale [D F G Ab A C D] [ 1 b3 4 b5 5 b7 1 ]....or what you call the Gospel Scale......the altered Major scale. I appreciate your simplistic approach and adding rhythms accordingly. it makes what appears difficult very doable.
I love you, too, Jonny! Could you please do any Norah Jones songs, like Come Away With Me, in the cocktail jazz mode?
Thank you, as a beginner its the first time i had fun playing.
Thanks for this dude. I’m a classically trained pianist and have always wanted to learn to play like this. I’m on my way now after this video. You have a new sub!
Same. This is fantastic.
Saaaaame
Thanks Jan, forgot about the sub thang.
Ugh that's me!
Just A M A Z I N G !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thx a lot !Can't wait to see your boogie lesson !
Love it Jonny! I've been faking it for years and you make it easy to understand what is I'm already doing - then I can move on to you showing me things I didn't know!
You give sooooo much in so little time!!!!
Thanks a million!!
Greatly appreciated!!!! ❤🇯🇲
I'm pretty sure this just changed my life
Deffo
Fr fr
Same here
What you are showing is great! I am starting the piano and I feel like I could play jazzy style very quickly. Thanks very much!
Between classical piano and jazz piano lies the english language; being uncapable of explaining either to the other.😇
Johnny, I am Brazilian. You are amazing player. I love your classes. I am your fan.
Congratulations excellent video.
Jonny May is the man! I just recently started the PWJ program.
If anyone can teach jazz, you are the best.
My first piano teacher was a classically trained nun who turned me off to improvisation by focussing on reading music completely.
My jazz clarinet father was interested in having his son learn to play the piano, never realizing that in the process she turned off any interest in improvisation.
It was a "read the notes" approach in which you are reading other people's written improvisation.
Jazz is a building of an improvisational skill that starts with an attempt at playing tunes in simplicity to more and more complex structures.
It all starts with "fooling around" at the piano and that "fooling around" gets more and more complex.
Excellent. Nice context and framework. I read over the comments. Few nitpickers out there. C'mon, give the guy a break. Success means you're inspired to use this as a stepping point to further exploration. Here in spades so kudos. Safest to avoid slang, especially with an international audience. "What's up" is a casual slang greeting. Nothing more. So" Piece out dudes..."
Awesome lesson..thank you thank you
Thnks to Jesus for bringing people like you to the Earth
Amen!
loved the two tries you scored against france in the six nations jonny
One of my favorite videos on RUclips! Explained so easily. Thank you!
Wow, thanks!
Hey Mr Johnny you are the one.. be blessed!
Hello, I loved your classes! I am from Brazil and aeria very good if your classes were subtitled in Portuguese. Brother you are beast and explain very well even for what is from another country. Congratulations!
Great lesson.God bless you !
Wow, l can't wait to give this a go, will keep you posted .....
I love This!! Thank You!!
crystal clear.
Thank you for making jazz more accessible!
Great lesson. Groove!
rhythms makes me so enjoy
Jonny, you got soul brother.
AWESOME VIDEO MAN!! Great class great teacher
Fantastic lesson.
Love your work Jonny! Thanks!
Gospel scale? 1, 2, b3, 3, 5, 6. That's a major blues scale.
Yeah he doesn’t explain it too well, but that’s exactly what it is
I hear it as a minor blues scale in Dm, starting on the 3rd.
@@harmonicparadox2055 You're absolutely right. I wasn't paying attention to the underlying chord. Standing alone it was a F blues scale, but in the context of the chord progression he was playing it is definitely a Dm blues scale.
HarmonicParadox yeah so a major pentatonic scale
@@jamesrussell5196 A pentatonic scale only has 5 notes by definition.
Spicing up that wall back there!
Your an excellent pianist Johny 😎
I was at first confused with this scale, but it is the same as D minor blues scale (D minor pentatonic plus b5), played over both Dm7 and G7 (so called minorization in the latter case). Makes it easier to understand and to transpose.
I'm failing to figured it out. How does this gospel scale differ from the D minor blues?
Stephane Charette - He doesn’t explain it very well. It has the same exact notes as a D minor blues scale, but it just starts on an F. You could think of it as a major pentatonic scale but with a flat 3rd too. Hope this helped.
@@gabethebabe8187 Ah ok I see it now. Thanks!
Stephane Charette the “gospel scale” is basically a mode of the d blues scale
@@NeiHO exactly.
One of your best Johnny
Fantástico! I Love your classes!! Thanks a lot!
Thanks Jonny - you've just taken number 1 spot. Best lesson i've had so far. Thanks again.
Thank u for sharing this with us
great lesson Jonny impressive. i love your teaching method
How could this video be so helpful yet free
Tops👌
Hello Jonny. Very good tutorial. I practice it. By the way, You indicate to use the 3rd finger as a sleeping finger on Ab for the lick. Seems nice but then I don't get the 4 fingers print on the 4notes so I am a little bit lost when I keep going with the 4notes lines.
Wtf I watched so many other and they legit couldn’t help me but this vid worked so well!??? Omg thanks haha
Love this !! Very easy to understand!!
He said that down slide to g is super fun lmfao dude
Thanks Johnny, this lesson makes sense! I love this style of playing!
레슨 고마워요♥
Excellent lesson. Thanks for this!
THANKS GREAT HELP
Great stuff! Very bluesy!
I love your teaching style. Thanks!
Nice blues tips ;)
Thanks!
game changer. great lesson. helped me break out of a box.
Thank you johny! Hope someday I got my own piano 😇
This video deserves a million views
Thanks Jonny, I think you could also explain to people that the chords are a II-V in C major but that you're playing a D minor blues scale - which is a F major blues scale or a F "gospel" scale as you call it - and that the C major blues scale should then be played when arriving on the C major and can also be played on the II-V. Otherwise it kinda seems you're thinking F major in a II-V in C major and for those who want to dig into the theory in can be confusing. Great work otherwise, keep it up !!
So helpful! Thanks!
Wow!!!! INCREDIBLE LESSON Johnny!!!!! Thank you🤩🤩🤩
Thank you Johnny for this great lesson...so much to learn but you make it fun.
Soooo nice!
awesome!
Thank you!
Excellente vidéo thank's
Thanks johny sir
I'm so thankful for this video!!!! lucky to have you
This is a GREAT tutorial. Thanks for putting this together and sharing with us. God bless you and stay blessed!
Thank you Sir 👍
Спасибо большое за ваш разбор. Это видео мне очень помогло
wow !!! your lesson is perfect !
I’m a drummer learning beginners jazz, this is just what I needed to get me moving, thankyou_
this guy nail it
Brilliant, brilliant, brilliant!
Great lesson! You took away the intimidation for me. Thank you!
Wow wow wow ❤️❤️❤️