Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:09 Chromatic Walkup Progression 07:11 Left hand technique 12:34 Harmonizing the 10ths 14:29 Left hand tips 16:02 Right hand technique 18:31 Adding fills 20:02 Hands together 22:04 Rhythm tips 22:47 Play with backing track - 60bpm 23:34 Play with backing track - 100bpm 24:08 How to apply this technique to various tunes 24:49 Play with backing track - 140bpm 25:11 Conclusion
Hi Jonny, this is a real amazing lesson for stride, but (for me) not so easy to play. It became a passion for me to play it every day, and your explanation is really perfectly clear. I'm a fan of all your lessons, so congratulations and thanks for your help. Greets from Belgium. François
I'm a beginner with little over a month worth of piano experience I'm definitely not ready to tackle this yet, I really hope that when I have some more experience I can learn this style of piano, my hands are kind of small for a guy I can only just reach a 9th I hope that in the future I'll somehow manage to pull off those 10ths.
🇧🇷 Wauh! It looks dificout but it's not impossible. I will try and try, over and over again, until I get on this dream! Thank you, Jony, to share us lesson, making it coming true. God bless you! 🎁😄
excellent lesson johnny!! maybe you could do another stride lesson that talks about the right hand a little bit more in depth. for example, I believe there are very few videos here on youtube that talk about the stride piano figures and patterns like using pivot notes etc. I believe the only one's who have briefly touched on that topic are jim hession and ari kast. keep up to awesome work!
Hello Jonny - I am a fairly new subscriber. What a gift the Good Lord has bestowed upon you! I was taught the stride method when I was young so it comes somewhat natural for me. I have played a lot of gospel over the last 20 years so I got away from stride style - but now I am coming back to it. I have noticed though that it is a struggle for me to play single notes alone in my RH - I am so used to playing chords which fit the melody line. I can't seem to do my stride in the left and single bluesy/jazz notes in my RH. Any suggestions on how to get out of this "chord" rut?
Jonny, do you reserve this style for 20s solo piano, or would you play it the same way even with a bass or tuba, assuming that the piece demands this style? Seems that some vintage jazz pianists don't change their playing much when a bass is added.
Jonny! You are amazing. Talented and an exception (world class) educator. That’s the good news. The less good news ….. That all means you are UNIQUE! Buddy - I get it. It’s time to scale the biz. Time to expand. However …..
I watched the video and I thought it was great. I don't play the piano I'm just a fan. I have most of the stuff that Fats, Willie, James P, Luckey, and Tatum recorded on CD. I've heard almost every stride piano solo by the first generation of stride greats. The one thing that I have to disagree with you about is the use of broken tenths in the left hand. I think that you put way too much emphasis on playing that tenth. The originators of stride didn't use broken left hand tenths extensively. Sure they threw one in for flavor every once in a while but it was mostly single notes, solid tenths, or even an octave sometimes. Using broken tenths on every beat just sounds clumsy. Having to come in before the beat every time throws everything off and makes it sound sloppy. Used once in a while it sounds like a little skip in your step, but if you use it every time it sounds more like the beat is limping or like the beat has a stutter. I think that if you can't reach a tenth then you should just play single notes or an octave if you feel like it. You hear guys like Donald Lambert who never play tenths because they didn't have hands big enough to reach, but that didn't stop him from being one of the greatest at playing stride. Besides, I think that there are about a million things that someone would need to master in order to play stride with any real proficiency, and playing a tenth, solid or broken, is way down that list. Rosanno Sportiello, who is one of the few remaining stride masters, has a tutorial where he talks about the left hand and tenths ruclips.net/video/l4Y-7dkpLJQ/видео.htmlsi=AtEtY6ntM5y8Fi3Y Jimin Dorothy (you actually have a great video with her) is also a stride prodigy and she has tiny little hands and I never see her play (broken) tenths. Anyway, sorry for the three paragraphs of criticism I just felt like I had to say it. It really was a great lesson and I learned a lot from it especially the stuff about how those left hand chords work.
Yeah I agree. While tenths sound good, that is not really the absolutely must-have in stride. Most of the times you'll use it naturally with feel, but only if you got the basic thing down to heart.
Everything was fine until you did the Bdim7 to get back to C. It is not diatonic with the A flat. I understand using dim7 in between the diatonic chords for chromatic movement but that Bdim7 as a * target* chord again,, is not a diatonic chord. It normally should be B half dim aka Bm7d5. Not saying you cant use it but you need to be very clear to students and point out that it is NOT diatonic and could clash with any F or A natural notes sung or played and must be used carefuly. Still,, great lesson!
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:09 Chromatic Walkup Progression
07:11 Left hand technique
12:34 Harmonizing the 10ths
14:29 Left hand tips
16:02 Right hand technique
18:31 Adding fills
20:02 Hands together
22:04 Rhythm tips
22:47 Play with backing track - 60bpm
23:34 Play with backing track - 100bpm
24:08 How to apply this technique to various tunes
24:49 Play with backing track - 140bpm
25:11 Conclusion
The best stride explanation I’ve ever seen. Thank you, Jonny.
Thanks Jonny! Best stride video ever!
Now, I need 10 years of work to master this!
Hi Jonny, this is a real amazing lesson for stride, but (for me) not so easy to play. It became a passion for me to play it every day, and your explanation is really perfectly clear. I'm a fan of all your lessons, so congratulations and thanks for your help. Greets from Belgium. François
The are many many great piano teachers in the world, but if we could only keep one, it would have to be you!
The is the best stride lesson ever. It’s unlocked the code....Thank you
I'm so glad to hear this!
@@PianoWithJonny i love your video
and your piano lessons video
Jonny
Cool chromatic walk-up progression with diminish chord.
Thank you.
I love stride. Thank you for this video!
Excellent stride lesson, very helpful technics, thank you very much indeed indeed
Glad it was helpful!
Wow. The best and simple lesson . Thankssss master!
I'm a beginner with little over a month worth of piano experience I'm definitely not ready to tackle this yet, I really hope that when I have some more experience I can learn this style of piano, my hands are kind of small for a guy I can only just reach a 9th I hope that in the future I'll somehow manage to pull off those 10ths.
Yes, there are some great tips for this in our Q&As! pianowithjonny.com/all-shows/
THanks again man !! always very helpful !!!
Oh, thank you very much! Very useful tools!
Thank you for a very nice stride tutorial 🙏✨🌱
Thank you!
Great lesson. Excellent teaching style.
Thank you! 😃
🇧🇷 Wauh! It looks dificout but it's not impossible. I will try and try, over and over again, until I get on this dream! Thank you, Jony, to share us lesson, making it coming true. God bless you! 🎁😄
Muito bom, valeu demais por compartilhar!
Such a great job. Johnny is the man. I’m new to RUclips. Have a few piano videos. Johnny is a pro and so are his videos
Great lesson to start 2021, love the stride.
We missed you, thanks !
lovely thanx.
Great exercise
thanks for this very nice lesson
Excellent brawo brawo pozdrawiam z polski .
You are a well of knowledge. Thanks a lot. ❤
Happy to help!
@@PianoWithJonny I have small hands, I barely get an eighth😛😍
damn i could listen to your stride playing all day
23:35 "Try playing this with me."
LOL.
excellent lesson johnny!! maybe you could do another stride lesson that talks about the right hand a little bit more in depth. for example, I believe there are very few videos here on youtube that talk about the stride piano figures and patterns like using pivot notes etc. I believe the only one's who have briefly touched on that topic are jim hession and ari kast. keep up to awesome work!
Great suggestion!
god damn useful!!!thank u Jonny
Great lesson! A bit too advanced for me at this time but well presented none the less.
Love the Stride vids!! I wanna write music like this!
This sounds very cool, but I think I will stick to the root chord thing on my LH for now lol
Thanks Johnny, you're the best piano teacher on yt
With hymns, I play LH with the "octave/chord" method . I need a little variety! haha FIRST, I must become more proficient with all the chords.
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Hello Jonny - I am a fairly new subscriber. What a gift the Good Lord has bestowed upon you! I was taught the stride method when I was young so it comes somewhat natural for me. I have played a lot of gospel over the last 20 years so I got away from stride style - but now I am coming back to it. I have noticed though that it is a struggle for me to play single notes alone in my RH - I am so used to playing chords which fit the melody line. I can't seem to do my stride in the left and single bluesy/jazz notes in my RH. Any suggestions on how to get out of this "chord" rut?
How do you get so clean??
Jonny, do you reserve this style for 20s solo piano, or would you play it the same way even with a bass or tuba, assuming that the piece demands this style? Seems that some vintage jazz pianists don't change their playing much when a bass is added.
Jonny! You are amazing. Talented and an exception (world class) educator. That’s the good news. The less good news …..
That all means you are UNIQUE!
Buddy - I get it. It’s time to scale the biz. Time to expand.
However …..
Great lesson! But man, that requires practice and skill!
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😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩
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Aaaaaand in each the twelve keys ! 🥴
I watched the video and I thought it was great. I don't play the piano I'm just a fan. I have most of the stuff that Fats, Willie, James P, Luckey, and Tatum recorded on CD. I've heard almost every stride piano solo by the first generation of stride greats.
The one thing that I have to disagree with you about is the use of broken tenths in the left hand. I think that you put way too much emphasis on playing that tenth. The originators of stride didn't use broken left hand tenths extensively. Sure they threw one in for flavor every once in a while but it was mostly single notes, solid tenths, or even an octave sometimes.
Using broken tenths on every beat just sounds clumsy. Having to come in before the beat every time throws everything off and makes it sound sloppy. Used once in a while it sounds like a little skip in your step, but if you use it every time it sounds more like the beat is limping or like the beat has a stutter. I think that if you can't reach a tenth then you should just play single notes or an octave if you feel like it. You hear guys like Donald Lambert who never play tenths because they didn't have hands big enough to reach, but that didn't stop him from being one of the greatest at playing stride.
Besides, I think that there are about a million things that someone would need to master in order to play stride with any real proficiency, and playing a tenth, solid or broken, is way down that list.
Rosanno Sportiello, who is one of the few remaining stride masters, has a tutorial where he talks about the left hand and tenths ruclips.net/video/l4Y-7dkpLJQ/видео.htmlsi=AtEtY6ntM5y8Fi3Y
Jimin Dorothy (you actually have a great video with her) is also a stride prodigy and she has tiny little hands and I never see her play (broken) tenths.
Anyway, sorry for the three paragraphs of criticism I just felt like I had to say it. It really was a great lesson and I learned a lot from it especially the stuff about how those left hand chords work.
Yeah I agree. While tenths sound good, that is not really the absolutely must-have in stride. Most of the times you'll use it naturally with feel, but only if you got the basic thing down to heart.
Everything was fine until you did the Bdim7 to get back to C. It is not diatonic with the A flat. I understand using dim7 in between the diatonic chords for chromatic movement but that Bdim7 as a * target* chord again,, is not a diatonic chord. It normally should be B half dim aka Bm7d5. Not saying you cant use it but you need to be very clear to students and point out that it is NOT diatonic and could clash with any F or A natural notes sung or played and must be used carefuly. Still,, great lesson!
All i see are comercials every 15 seconds