One of the great things about a really good piano teaching channel (and this is one of the best) is that, as your skill level progresses, you circle back around to the "if only I could" links and find out that, yeah baby, you can, you can.
Stunning! I am just a 'simple' keyboard player but learn so much from your videos. And it was really by accident that I stumbled upon your great videos. Love, love, love it !!!
I'm kinda starting out on the piano (I'm a guitar guy) and I just wanted to say "Thank you" for these AMAZING videos. So many of them! 2019 is gonna be good.
Nice video. Like seeing people who follow in Lennie Tristano's footsteps with the walking bassline LH. Been working on that for years and still going. One of my favourite ways to play solo piano or for singers. Cheers from up north in Canada.
Hi Aimee, thank you for sharing this tutorial! I learned a lot from it. You've made the complicated look simple and easy to grasp! I would love to see more solo piano tutorials like this from you. Thanks again! 👍
Wonderful instructions.....I'm almost sorted out with this classic..... it's all in the endless but worthwhile practicing...After this I want to start on 'Jordu'.... I don't think you've tackled this one yet... but would love it if you ever do! Thanks for everything Aimee.
Thank you for this - great tutorial! I was sort of approaching it this way, but some of your 'turnarounds' and chords you've used and trips/tricks really make it sound beautiful! thanks :)
I like Aimee, You very good explain all abaut music ,chords, improvisation, you very sweet person, Leason song Aimee C`EST SIBON, Laura Fygi very good arr. and harmony.Thanks..
I like the turn around you play going into the bridge. I recently discovered that same one on my ukulele, Bb-D-F-A to Bb-Db-E-A (Gm9 to C7b913). Can you do a video on cool, altered ii-V's like that? Another great video, thank you!
I am amazed at how much information you imparted in under 9 minutes. I have paid good money for a one hour lesson that didn't deliver half as much as you did in this vid. You are doing a really good thing in helping us wannabes, and all I can offer in return is to promise to pay it forward whenever I get the chance. Request: My buddy and I have a nice 2-guitar arrangement of Gerry Mulligan's "Line for Lyons", but I haven't been able to come up with a piano arrangement that works for me. Do you know the tune, and is it piano friendly?
David Gerber Yes!! I'm so glad it was helpful! That's the goal. Hmm I'm not familiar with that tune but I will take a listen and think about it. Thanks again!
David Gerber I take that back. I am completely familiar with the song. I just forgot what it was called! Of course, it is a very piano friendly tune. What would you like to know for me?
Aimee: With me, it isn't learning the walking base that's the problem; it's being able to keep it going whilst my right hand does something different. The second I try to bring in the right hand the left just stops. I guess it's like raising just one eyebrow; one can either do it or not! Thanks for trying to help me. I suppose I should sell the keyboard because I am never going to 'split' my mind!
Great job Aimee. Do you thing you could do a simple improv using just chord tones over this song. Actually you did it at the end of the video.Thanks for all you do.
god are you something else.just found your site.brilliant..............i love it...........back to my el90 and then tyros 5.why dont i sound the same as you do ? andre eastwood (worcester uk)
Hi Aimee, All of us wish you were our first Jazz piano teacher. Would've saved us all that time on the couch from all the macho sadists that teach jazz. No Whiplash here.
5:15 Is the part of the G alt in right hand also working as a Bb half diminished? If yes, is it intentional? Regarding the chord progression, I was wondering what C6 and F6 truly represent (as I see them on my sheet). Couldn't C6 and F6 respectively be played as Amin7 and Dmin7 in first inversion? I'm a bit confused as why they chose C6 instead of Cmaj7. I know it's an old video but I'm back to the basics and trying to decipher as much stuff as I can :) Anyway, thanks for the video Aimee!
Good call about the crazy G7 chord! Not intentional. Also, a major six chord has a very settled feeling. There is more dissonance in a major seven chord, which can leave you feeling not as settled.
Hey, I want to get more into soloing and wondered what you are thinking during your solos (e.g. at 7:21). Arpeggios, scales, the key, target tones, chromatic passing tones, ...? If you made a video about that topic (I didn't found) please tell me the title :)
As always I'm so happy after each of your videos! A quick question: the way I learned to voice the first C chord is 7935. I see that you put a 13 on the bottom. Sounded great! A teacher of Jazz piano at Laney College in Oakland,CA said you are suppose to mostly have a 3rd or a 7 as the bottom note of the voicing but I guess that was for not so advanced players. His explanation sounded right. He said because the 3rd and the 7th are such important notes they should be closest to the root in your left hand. Probably a good way for beginners. I love your teaching and sound!
The way I understood it is if you have a base player, he/she handles the root but without a bass player it might be good to use the root on your left hand at least once it a while. Sometime rootless chords can make you feel like something is missing. But not always.
When I see you play it reminds me of the great improv actress Elaine May. She hitch-hiked to Chicago from LA to join Second City at age 18. Don't know why but you seem to have those kind of guts.too.
Hi Aimee... I would like to ask..... on the second part of your solo where you restarted, did you return to the C chord or did you continue the solo over the 4 bars of the F chord?
Hi Aimee Great video once again - I haven't watched this one before. My right thumb (and also my left one) isn't as flexible as yours - I can't bend them back any further than a straight 180 degrees. Will it affect my technique and ability to solo?
Hi Aimee, you'll probably never get this question but I noticed you play an "A" natural on the D7 b5 chord. Why is that? Is the real book chart wrong? Are you seeing the g sharp as a sharp 4 instead?
Yassine Reqati ruclips.net/video/_42ln1oWSKw/видео.html but it is not for this song. If you watch it, however you will learn how to play a bass line to any song
Mary Kough hi Mary- I try not to think of scales when I improvise. I try to only think about a melody that I'm creating...however on the D7 chords in A Train, I know that I often hear melodies that incorporate the Lydian Dominant scale, so D, E, F#, G#,A, B, C
Thanks, I know major and minor scales, trying to learn others that would be useful, but there are so many I am not really sure which ones would be the most valuable. I will start with the one you suggested, thanks!
Hi Aimee- GREAT video. Had never thought of that little right hand clever trick of exchanging finger for the pinkie to sustain the melody note to free up more right hand fingers as they slide left for trumpet/bone punches, etc. whilst the pinkie sustains the melody note. A bit awkward. And made me wonder something: I know jazzers stay off the muddying sustain pedal no technique crutch for crispness and fear of sounding like the little blue haired piano lady at a charity event. But... couldn't the sustain pedal be used just this once (honest ! No more !) to buy more time to shift right hand position downward and then release it and resume that sustained melody note with the pinky ? The swap technique kinda reminds me of octopus organ technique which I HATED, since organ notes have ZERO residual sustain unless of course you are playing in a cathedral... All the best and keep 'em comin', Bob
+antonio thomas some of my favorite singers are very slidey. I try to be very cognizant of when I do it and I also try hard to not do it at times. I love a combination of both. Teachers will never tell you it's ok. I think you need to decide who you are and what you like and be very thoughtful about your singing and habits.
to me it's not really one of the easiest standards. it has this ragtime shuffle to it, so that the melodic flow never really got stuck in my head. you need at least two indipendent hands that know what their respective job is:D
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One of the great things about a really good piano teaching channel (and this is one of the best) is that, as your skill level progresses, you circle back around to the "if only I could" links and find out that, yeah baby, you can, you can.
“I’m so glad we have 5 fingers”
Rachmaninov: hold my beer
Liszt: hold my piano
Wonderful ! Aimee I learn something new ..
I learn something every time I watch your videos. You're a wonderful teacher! Thank you so much!
Humility is a virtue, and you are a "Virtuosa" in spirit & skill! Thank you for the lesson!
Clean and clear explanation. Very nicely done. Thanks for sharing.
You are such a talented lady ! It's amazing !
The lick that starts at 7:22 is sooooooo smoking!! Love it - thanks so much Aimee !
+Dervish Capkiner thanks!!
These videos are easy to understand and contain a lot of value. Thanks!
Dylan Morris you're very welcome. Thanks so much for letting me know!
Thanks!
Thanks so much!
Exactly how I teach it, too! How cool that people can learn with video tools like this now. Keep up the good work!
Aimee your chat is as cool as your jazz! Thanks for all these- they're awesome!
Merci beaucoup Aimee.
J'ai appris quelques chose d'important .
You are so positive! And thank you for the interesting music videos and information!
kukuzeno you're so nice. Thank you.
Stunning! I am just a 'simple' keyboard player but learn so much from your videos. And it was really by accident that I stumbled upon your great videos. Love, love, love it !!!
This is incredible but typical awesomeness for you Aimee. So much helpful instruction. You're the best!
I'm kinda starting out on the piano (I'm a guitar guy) and I just wanted to say "Thank you" for these AMAZING videos. So many of them! 2019 is gonna be good.
Just found out your channel Aimee. What a great collection of video and lessons... so well explained clear and clean. Thanks!
Giuseppe Chisari thanks so much! 🙌🏼
Felicidades y muchas gracias por tus lecciones. Me encantan.
Jacinto Campello Quirant de nada. 🙏🏼🙌🏼
Thank you so much for this tutorial!
Aimee with that swing I can tell you have an imaginary rhythm guitar strummin' in your head. From my '70's generation we'd say you're Far Out!
Aimee, this is a great lesson! Thank you so much!
I love this piece thank you Ms. Nolte!!
Really enjoying these tutorials - thank you
Nice video. Like seeing people who follow in Lennie Tristano's footsteps with the walking bassline LH. Been working on that for years and still going. One of my favourite ways to play solo piano or for singers. Cheers from up north in Canada.
markwest1987 thanks, Mark! 👊🏼
Love your approach! Thank you so much.
Outstanding and very informative. Have to work on bass line!! Great job Aimee.
Dave Hanrahan you are welcome, Dave! Thanks for the comment!
Hi Aimee, thank you for sharing this tutorial! I learned a lot from it. You've made the complicated look simple and easy to grasp! I would love to see more solo piano tutorials like this from you. Thanks again! 👍
Key of brink sure! Thanks for the note!
You are SOOO talented and ingelligent!!!
🙏🏼😍
Love it, Brilliant
Thank you for posting x
some solid playing! thank you!
Wonderful instructions.....I'm almost sorted out with this classic..... it's all in the endless but worthwhile practicing...After this I want to start on 'Jordu'.... I don't think you've tackled this one yet... but would love it if you ever do! Thanks for everything Aimee.
Fun nice and engaging teaching. Thanks so much Aimee
Extraordinary!
The life time music 🎶 I love ❤️ it
The sounds of my heart
Thank you for this - great tutorial! I was sort of approaching it this way, but some of your 'turnarounds' and chords you've used and trips/tricks really make it sound beautiful! thanks :)
Muito bom 👏👏👏🎹
I like Aimee, You very good explain all abaut music ,chords, improvisation, you very sweet person, Leason song Aimee C`EST SIBON, Laura Fygi very good arr. and harmony.Thanks..
i love this song thank you
Great tutorial, amazing! Grazie mille! :)
Thanks, great tutorial!
I like the turn around you play going into the bridge. I recently discovered that same one on my ukulele, Bb-D-F-A to Bb-Db-E-A (Gm9 to C7b913). Can you do a video on cool, altered ii-V's like that? Another great video, thank you!
I am amazed at how much information you imparted in under 9 minutes. I have paid good money for a one hour lesson that didn't deliver half as much as you did in this vid. You are doing a really good thing in helping us wannabes, and all I can offer in return is to promise to pay it forward whenever I get the chance. Request: My buddy and I have a nice 2-guitar arrangement of Gerry Mulligan's "Line for Lyons", but I haven't been able to come up with a piano arrangement that works for me. Do you know the tune, and is it piano friendly?
David Gerber Yes!! I'm so glad it was helpful! That's the goal. Hmm I'm not familiar with that tune but I will take a listen and think about it. Thanks again!
David Gerber I take that back. I am completely familiar with the song. I just forgot what it was called! Of course, it is a very piano friendly tune. What would you like to know for me?
Aimee Nolte Music m
Awesome
Nice.... Thans for sharing....!
Right hand is cool 👏👏👏
inspiring as always! :)
Gorgeous xx
Great, thanks. For anyone interested in hearing a really cool version of this song, check out Michel Pettruciani solo version.
Hello Aimee, I am wondering why you didn't include the characteristic intro. Thx
Aimee: With me, it isn't learning the walking base that's the problem; it's being able to keep it going whilst my right hand does something different. The second I try to bring in the right hand the left just stops. I guess it's like raising just one eyebrow; one can either do it or not! Thanks for trying to help me. I suppose I should sell the keyboard because I am never going to 'split' my mind!
This is gold.
Your videos are something else. :D
Great job Aimee. Do you thing you could do a simple improv using just chord tones over this song. Actually you did it at the end of the video.Thanks for all you do.
When You Artist ALL THE THINGS YOU ARE,,GOD BLESS XOU,!!!
Version Michael Petruciani ?
god are you something else.just found your site.brilliant..............i love it...........back to my el90 and then tyros 5.why dont i sound the same as you do ? andre eastwood (worcester uk)
I would like to get score pdf. Please lemme know how to ? Thank you.
I so wish I could get the piano sheet music for this version Aimee, I love it!
+Kevin Collins maybe I'll make one. Good idea
Hi Aimee,
All of us wish you were our first Jazz piano teacher. Would've saved us all that time on the couch from all the macho sadists that teach jazz. No Whiplash here.
+duncan meyer ❤️🙏🏼
Nice.
Usted es muy linda
very helpful, thanks. What words did you put in the youtube search for people to find your youtube video?
You are awesome
Hermoso!
5:15 Is the part of the G alt in right hand also working as a Bb half diminished? If yes, is it intentional?
Regarding the chord progression, I was wondering what C6 and F6 truly represent (as I see them on my sheet). Couldn't C6 and F6 respectively be played as Amin7 and Dmin7 in first inversion? I'm a bit confused as why they chose C6 instead of Cmaj7.
I know it's an old video but I'm back to the basics and trying to decipher as much stuff as I can :) Anyway, thanks for the video Aimee!
Good call about the crazy G7 chord! Not intentional. Also, a major six chord has a very settled feeling. There is more dissonance in a major seven chord, which can leave you feeling not as settled.
Meravigliosa
Good lesson. I like this. Teach Me please
Gracias!!!
Great!!!
Alexandre Silvério thanks!
Hi Aimee ! Please can you help me with tune A fine romance ?
Hey,
I want to get more into soloing and wondered what you are thinking during your solos (e.g. at 7:21). Arpeggios, scales, the key, target tones, chromatic passing tones, ...? If you made a video about that topic (I didn't found) please tell me the title :)
+Domi Nik I talk about it in so many videos, Domi. Search for my name and the words "solo " and "improvise". You will find answers! :)
w00t i wanna learn this now.
do you know easy songs that are great to play in background music to learn?
As always I'm so happy after each of your videos! A quick question: the way I learned to voice the first C chord is 7935. I see that you put a 13 on the bottom. Sounded great! A teacher of Jazz piano at Laney College in Oakland,CA said you are suppose to mostly have a 3rd or a 7 as the bottom note of the voicing but I guess that was for not so advanced players. His explanation sounded right. He said because the 3rd and the 7th are such important notes they should be closest to the root in your left hand. Probably a good way for beginners. I love your teaching and sound!
The way I understood it is if you have a base player, he/she handles the root but without a bass player it might be good to use the root on your left hand at least once it a while. Sometime rootless chords can make you feel like something is missing. But not always.
When I see you play it reminds me of the great improv actress Elaine May. She hitch-hiked to Chicago from LA to join Second City at age 18. Don't know why but you seem to have those kind of guts.too.
You use the walking bass ( notes of tonality ) and melody with voicings jazz 7935 3579 around right??
I do have some videos about voicings for comping. I tend to use 379 and 13 instead of five except for on minor chords.
Groovin
what kind of scale is the soloing? and are the tones that seems to me as the blue tones, part of the scale or just blue tones.
Hi Aimee, do you happen to have the sheet music to your arrangement. I'm kinda a visual person. :-)
graciasssss
I really want to know how to play the whole tone scale at the beginning. Anyone know how?
CDEF#G#Bb :)
Hi Aimee... I would like to ask..... on the second part of your solo where you restarted, did you return to the C chord or did you continue the solo over the 4 bars of the F chord?
Return for sure...but it’s all a repeat
@@AimeeNolte Thank you Aimee !
thanks, learned something :)
Hi Aimee
Great video once again - I haven't watched this one before.
My right thumb (and also my left one) isn't as flexible as yours - I can't bend them back any further than a straight 180 degrees. Will it affect my technique and ability to solo?
No way. You’re fine. ;)
Nice!! How do you select notes for comping??
+Viplav kumar singh watch my videos about comping. ;)
Why do you play your bassline so high?
cool lesson. that F note need some teflon powder dought 😉
Could you please do a video on how to play just the basics of Take The A Train so that I can understand this better? Other than that Very good video!
Could you give me the link to the video with the bass line tutorial? I cant find it. Thanks
It’s the first video in my “how to accompany yourself” playlist
Hi Aimee, you'll probably never get this question but I noticed you play an "A" natural on the D7 b5 chord. Why is that? Is the real book chart wrong? Are you seeing the g sharp as a sharp 4 instead?
Excellent lesson, please i can't find the walking bass lesson of that song, can you please give me its link , thank's a lot
Yassine Reqati ruclips.net/video/_42ln1oWSKw/видео.html but it is not for this song. If you watch it, however you will learn how to play a bass line to any song
Very nice lady!!!
nice !!!! :)
You're very good. I wish you would shoot from above so we could see your hand positions and leads better.
Great tutorial, thanks for posting. I have a question, what scale are you using what you improvise?
Mary Kough hi Mary- I try not to think of scales when I improvise. I try to only think about a melody that I'm creating...however on the D7 chords in A Train, I know that I often hear melodies that incorporate the Lydian Dominant scale, so D, E, F#, G#,A, B, C
Thanks, I know major and minor scales, trying to learn others that would be useful, but there are so many I am not really sure which ones would be the most valuable. I will start with the one you suggested, thanks!
Hi Aimee-
GREAT video. Had never thought of that little right hand clever trick of exchanging finger for the pinkie to sustain the melody note to free up more right hand fingers as they slide left for trumpet/bone punches, etc. whilst the pinkie sustains the melody note.
A bit awkward. And made me wonder something: I know jazzers stay off the muddying sustain pedal no technique crutch for crispness and fear of sounding like the little blue haired piano lady at a charity event.
But... couldn't the sustain pedal be used just this once (honest ! No more !) to buy more time to shift right hand position downward and then release it and resume that sustained melody note with the pinky ? The swap technique kinda reminds me of octopus organ technique which I HATED, since organ notes have ZERO residual sustain unless of course you are playing in a cathedral...
All the best and keep 'em comin',
Bob
I notice you slide into notes frequently. I have had teachers advise me not to do this. What are your thoughts?
+antonio thomas some of my favorite singers are very slidey. I try to be very cognizant of when I do it and I also try hard to not do it at times. I love a combination of both. Teachers will never tell you it's ok. I think you need to decide who you are and what you like and be very thoughtful about your singing and habits.
Really good song for piano Solo
Viva La Duke !
I wunder why we didn’t get 20 fingers in each Hand 🤚?
Aimee, you left out the intro..the part that sounds like the dissonant opening in the recording, it's that signature lick
Is that the part where the root note rolls backs to the 3rd twice 8n succession? Edcbag# edcbag#g#
I meant "I have to work on my bass line". Sorry!
to me it's not really one of the easiest standards. it has this ragtime shuffle to it, so that the melodic flow never really got stuck in my head. you need at least two indipendent hands that know what their respective job is:D
At least two hands? How many do you have? Can you use your toes? 😀