excellent. Love lounge piano. Brings to mind'' the wee small hours of the morning"" or Beegie Adair and of course Barry Harris. Really like the sixth and diminished sound that can be simple or mind blowing in its complexity...Thanks.
Haha, love it. Had forgotten about this simple trick. I do too complicated things like F6 - Gm7 - Abdim - F6/a - D7#9 etc. with turnback. Yours is better for coffee with cake music in my local establishment where I play.
There are so many ways to apply "theory" but its also nice with some inspirational ideas on how to use it in the real world. We forget sometimes that the music comes first and the theory second.
you are so a great pianist. And it is so a pitty that you are so far located from my home town. I wish to have a pianist teacher around my corner. You would be my first choice.
My wife thought it sounded like dinner jazz, so I went with that. I think for breakfast I would prefer it a little lighter. Breakfast Jazz will be for a future video then!
I saw another of your vids where the two chords were Cmaj6 and Dim7, since Fmaj6 and Gdim7 have the same interval distance, does that mean the two sets of chords are interchangeable?
Monsieur Piano, how did you learn to play piano? Are you self-taught? I've never seen such a logical approach before. All the time when learning the piano, I've sought after patterns, and you are giving them. There are a lot of patterns but i think experts aren't aware of them. A bit like when people learn languages - masters of a language aren't necessarily able to explain the grammar of the language. Somehow, you've identified patterns and are expressing them to us.
Interestingly, I’ve never formally studied jazz piano, "only" classical music. I think approaching jazz concepts through a classical lens has given me a unique perspective on jazz theory-maybe that’s why I’ve been able to identify and communicate these patterns in a way that resonates. Sometimes, a fresh perspective helps make things clearer. I really appreciate your kind words and curiosity, and I hope my approach continues to provide value to you on your musical journey!
@@loungepiano Yes, I've been learning piano for about 2-3 years now. I've only been playing jazz - no other genres. I have a master's degree and 20 years experience in Computer Science. I've always wanted to learn cocktail jazz but I feel like if I don't see any patterns or logic, I feel completely overwhelmed. Like there is no sense what-so-ever and I'm swimming alone in the ocean. I expect that everything should be logical. In the past few years, generally speaking, I've found that II-V-I works and that it cycles perpetually. I've learnt that taking notes off track a tiny amount makes the music sound nicer. So instead of natural, add 6/7/9/dim/#5, etc. I learnt some strange phenomenon with lounge/cocktail music, that it's (for some reason) like a conversation. Person one says something melodic, then person two says something similar... Like you said in the video, if you do something with one chord, then do the same thing with the second chord. I have absolutely no idea what sort of phenomenon this is but it's true. I've not found any other RUclipsr who is highlighting these patterns, but I need these patterns to be able to learn. I still can't play the things that you've described yet but I can see what you're doing. Right now, I'm playing around with a song called "Moody's Mood". It's really nice. After that, I'll come back to your lessons. Thanks again!
No. You can't just use any two chords and expect the "lounge" sound. The chords and not least the order of the chords (the chord progression) has a huuuuge effect on the sound. We can complicate things or we can play just these two chords. They work because they cover each note of both the minor and major scales AND are both respectively a dominant (tension) and a tonic (release).
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That was clever! 😄
excellent. Love lounge piano. Brings to mind'' the wee small hours of the morning"" or Beegie Adair and of course Barry Harris. Really like the sixth and diminished sound that can be simple or mind blowing in its complexity...Thanks.
Happy you liked it. It really has it's own special sound.
Haha, love it. Had forgotten about this simple trick. I do too complicated things like F6 - Gm7 - Abdim - F6/a - D7#9 etc. with turnback. Yours is better for coffee with cake music in my local establishment where I play.
Fantastic! We can focus on so many other elements than complicating things 😄
I wish I knew you when I was studying with Barry Harris and I couldn’t put in practice none of his great teachings! Your method is brilliant!
There are so many ways to apply "theory" but its also nice with some inspirational ideas on how to use it in the real world. We forget sometimes that the music comes first and the theory second.
you are so a great pianist. And it is so a pitty that you are so far located from my home town. I wish to have a pianist teacher around my corner. You would be my first choice.
I appreciate that! I'm happy to live where I live, though unfortunate for you.
thanks !
You're welcome!
Nice video!!
Happy you liked it!
what about breakfast jazz piano
My wife thought it sounded like dinner jazz, so I went with that. I think for breakfast I would prefer it a little lighter.
Breakfast Jazz will be for a future video then!
I saw another of your vids where the two chords were Cmaj6 and Dim7, since Fmaj6 and Gdim7 have the same interval distance, does that mean the two sets of chords are interchangeable?
Yes! You can also say, that we transposed the same chords from C to F.
Monsieur Piano, how did you learn to play piano? Are you self-taught? I've never seen such a logical approach before. All the time when learning the piano, I've sought after patterns, and you are giving them.
There are a lot of patterns but i think experts aren't aware of them. A bit like when people learn languages - masters of a language aren't necessarily able to explain the grammar of the language.
Somehow, you've identified patterns and are expressing them to us.
Interestingly, I’ve never formally studied jazz piano, "only" classical music. I think approaching jazz concepts through a classical lens has given me a unique perspective on jazz theory-maybe that’s why I’ve been able to identify and communicate these patterns in a way that resonates. Sometimes, a fresh perspective helps make things clearer.
I really appreciate your kind words and curiosity, and I hope my approach continues to provide value to you on your musical journey!
@@loungepiano Yes, I've been learning piano for about 2-3 years now. I've only been playing jazz - no other genres. I have a master's degree and 20 years experience in Computer Science.
I've always wanted to learn cocktail jazz but I feel like if I don't see any patterns or logic, I feel completely overwhelmed. Like there is no sense what-so-ever and I'm swimming alone in the ocean. I expect that everything should be logical.
In the past few years, generally speaking, I've found that II-V-I works and that it cycles perpetually. I've learnt that taking notes off track a tiny amount makes the music sound nicer. So instead of natural, add 6/7/9/dim/#5, etc. I learnt some strange phenomenon with lounge/cocktail music, that it's (for some reason) like a conversation. Person one says something melodic, then person two says something similar... Like you said in the video, if you do something with one chord, then do the same thing with the second chord. I have absolutely no idea what sort of phenomenon this is but it's true.
I've not found any other RUclipsr who is highlighting these patterns, but I need these patterns to be able to learn.
I still can't play the things that you've described yet but I can see what you're doing.
Right now, I'm playing around with a song called "Moody's Mood". It's really nice. After that, I'll come back to your lessons.
Thanks again!
Does this mean I can just use any chords Willy Billy or is there a reason these two work together?
No. You can't just use any two chords and expect the "lounge" sound. The chords and not least the order of the chords (the chord progression) has a huuuuge effect on the sound. We can complicate things or we can play just these two chords. They work because they cover each note of both the minor and major scales AND are both respectively a dominant (tension) and a tonic (release).