www.dropbox.com/s/ojxm2r1tdbw49bk/Oscar%20Peterson%20-%20Hymn%20to%20Freedom.pdf?dl=0 - PDF www.dropbox.com/s/n3f76ndjnnfqksb/Hymn%20to%20Freedom.mscz?dl=0 - MuseScore sheet (should you wish to edit the score)
(Sheet music with treble and bass clefs if anyone is interested. I'd say it is pretty accurate. It was a little hard for me to write out the licks but you'll get the idea and can refer to Kent's tutorial. Please also note that Kent sometimes plays slight differences in his first play through compared to his tutorial. I imagine this is intended but i have used my judgement to pick what version of the bar to enter. Also note that i initially labelled a few of the B flats as a reminder (despite the key being in F- all Bs are flats unless otherwise stated / cancelled with a neutral). Hope this helps anyway). Hi Kent Thanks for doing this. I really enjoyed your version and the way that you played it. Nice and clean and appears close to the original from what i can tell. It has also made it accessible for someone like me, especially with your tutorial. I'm able to read music ( just about) and don’t personally known the name of a lot of chords.. hence i have made a mock up of what you played and put it to paper. Hope it is okay for me to share.
This is a really good one. Nice slow pace in the analysis. It will take some work, but I can learn this. I've been hard to work on getting all secondary dominants down, so they will plug right in. It helps when you have some insight into why the chords are what they are.
When ad-libbing over the changes of this great tune, my bass player and I have real trouble following its form (without the chart.) After the two-bar C7 interlude we have to make sure we shorten what was previously the "A" section. I swear Oscar wrote it this way just to drive us lesser mortals nuts. Still, I love jamming this song. Unfortunately, my hands aren't strong enough to truly sustain the thunderous climax of rolling chords that Oscar ends this with. (I've rarely heard anyone other than Oscar pull off that ending with enough power.) As always, thanks, Kent.
You have stated exactly how I felt about soloing on this tune. So maybe he did it that way just to confused us (drive us lesser mortals nits) or make it more unpredictable...because it forces us to really think! And no....I can't play the rolling chords ...probably no one could on his level.
Thank you Kent. Wonderfully modulated playing and explanation of great music. In the taste of jazz at the end, you refer to a 3-6-2-5-1 progression. How do I identify that in this or any song ? I have been learning the chordal progression in B flat.
Wow! just perfect. We are in such troubled times,and this peice is so inspirational. I think the Alliance for World Freedom should adopt this as their anthem.
That's a super comment and much appreciated. This helps me to keep going. If you haven't heard Oscar's version of this song...it's a must see, it will blow your mind! Swing loose, David.
I'd have to listen to it again but they do follow the form from the beginning. I remember that the form is somewhat "unexpected". Write to my email address.
I must admit I both admire and slightly Envy how effortlessly you can make that 10th reachyour Bass hand. As much as I may practice my hand size makes this difficult to consistently play this without muddying in other keys. Any suggestions? Sometimes I'm just able to take that 10th note and turn it into an octave in my right hand. Are there tricks I can do with the pedal to smooth it out a little bit?
If you watch some more of my videos especially (see below) I show how I use a jump technique holding the bass note with the sustain pedal and moving the thumb quickly up to the 10th. It's also called broken 10ths. I hope the video will help. ruclips.net/video/ZutQYfffq8s/видео.html
Thank you for this tutorial. you really capture the soul and structure of the song and make it accessible for anyone to play , please keep more videos coming! can i request "I loves you Porgy" for your next tutorial? :)
In Bar 10.You do different variations of that chord.Sometimes you do an octav in many of the chords. and sometimes not .It makes the sound a little different but not much.
I think you're talking about the bar that has the approached tones to Bb, the jazz interpretation would be a III-VI-II-I progression to the IV chord ie: Dm7-G7-Cm7-F7 to Bb. On the head, it's just a Dm7 to an F7/C but for jazz improv. purposes it becomes more of a cycle of 5ths ...therefore the jazz progression.
Not all my scores are full arrangements for both hands. Most jazz musicians use lead sheets. That's the melody with chord changes. Please write to my email and I'll send you more info.
Yes you should visit Copenhagen. We have a famous jazzhouse monmartre.I would like to show you around.It cost a private lessen of course:-).Thanks. I will bye your book soon or a later.
I love it and your lessons.Awesome stuf in all of your lessens Mr kent.I would pay for some of the other lessons if they were a little slower.But I love the lessens.:-)
There's a lead sheet on my website. All free scares are under the heading Free Music Downloads. www.kenthewitt.com Also there are Oscar Peterson Transcription books available that have the score. file:///D:/Owner/Downloads/Hymn%20To%20Freedom.pdf
This is my favourite piano piece. It was my grandparents favourite song too. I'm trying to learn it to show my dad but my fingers are too small to reach all the keys :(
Thanks for telling me. Try playing the bass note (holding it with the sustain pedal) and jumping to the harmony notes above if the stretch is hard for you.
Having the music/chords to look at is a big help - so thank you for that very much. You're right, it is a masterpiece and perfect arrangement of chords and melody.
Kent I have another essential question regarding the interpretation of scales, should each scale be interpreted as do re mi fa sol ti do, or only de C major scale? And than the F scale, for example, fa-sol-la-te-do-re-mi-fa? I have always been learning it doing do re mi fa sol la ti do for each scale but i don't know if that is the right way, and i don't want to learn it wrong as it will be hard to unlearn. Kind regards
I think you learned it the right way. You are defining the scale from it's root no matter what the pitch. They are all the same, just starting on a higher or lower pitch. I prefer the numbering system rather then do- re , etc. I call it 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Check out my ear training video for more on this: ruclips.net/video/GspUTUL5F-o/видео.html
thanks for the respons! I like to use the numbers also but especially for chords. I just read the other day, on wikipedia, that the one system is fixed do and the other is movable do. thx for making things more clear, God bless you!
I downloaded the score, thanks very much. When you get time might you be able to expand on the jazz interpretation at the end not necessarily note for note but more extensive and a little slower for less-experienced players like me to grasp?
John, have you tried using the RUclips feature to slow down the video? While the video is playing click on the wheel symbol below the video and select speed. Then select .5 (1/2 speed). It will slow down the video without changing the pitch (but the voice sounds funny). Also you can stop the video by using the enter tab on your keyboard. Or you can reverse (rewind the video using the left arrow tab and advance the video using the right arrow tab. It's cool...give it a try.
Hi Kent. It is still really hard for me to be able to say the chords while I am plying the tune.There is so many chords.I can play the tune almost super ok know.So know I have to keep playing it so I dont forget.I will soon start on love me tender where you start out with block chords and then go into more advance concepts.I can see that you have written out love me tender with chords could you do the same with Hymn to freedom so I have it not only with leed sheet but also with chords written out.??.
I'll put that on my TO-DO list. You need to understand root position block chords first, before you'll have expertise in spread voicings. You want to get to what I call the 3 positions before you have the complete picture. Please check out my book ...which covers that. www.kenthewitt.com/id31.html
Kent, really great tutorial. I've got some way yet to get near this kind of competence with piano! But your tutorials give me hope... Such a shame I just don't have the hand size to stretch my left hand for that first chord!!
THANKYOU SO MUCH! Wish I had had a teacher like you years ago. I pretty much learned all the classic stuff, but jazz is so wonderful. So wonderfully different. A whole other world, and I cannot play by ear. (My dream) BUT I DO enjoy by ear.
+Dixie Lee Thanks for listening and for the nice comment. Go here to check out all my videos in categories: ruclips.net/channel/UCdmjw5sm9Kn83TB_rA_QBCwplaylists
Among the many things that disturbed me, the fact that you do the " blues leak " without the left hand doing it is just too frustrating, you really miss the core of this thing if you do it with only one hand. Eventually the end was interesting and was what I wished to hear
Sorry there were "many". I learned in the 1st year of doing these, that people don't want to watch a video for more than 10-15 minutes. Also these interpretations are my style, if I could play like Oscar I'd be famous, and wouldn't be doing this. Just send me a request and I'll try to work something up.
www.dropbox.com/s/ojxm2r1tdbw49bk/Oscar%20Peterson%20-%20Hymn%20to%20Freedom.pdf?dl=0 - PDF
www.dropbox.com/s/n3f76ndjnnfqksb/Hymn%20to%20Freedom.mscz?dl=0 - MuseScore sheet (should you wish to edit the score)
(Sheet music with treble and bass clefs if anyone is interested. I'd say it is pretty accurate. It was a little hard for me to write out the licks but you'll get the idea and can refer to Kent's tutorial.
Please also note that Kent sometimes plays slight differences in his first play through compared to his tutorial. I imagine this is intended but i have used my judgement to pick what version of the bar to enter. Also note that i initially labelled a few of the B flats as a reminder (despite the key being in F- all Bs are flats unless otherwise stated / cancelled with a neutral). Hope this helps anyway).
Hi Kent
Thanks for doing this. I really enjoyed your version and the way that you played it. Nice and clean and appears close to the original from what i can tell. It has also made it accessible for someone like me, especially with your tutorial.
I'm able to read music ( just about) and don’t personally known the name of a lot of chords.. hence i have made a mock up of what you played and put it to paper. Hope it is okay for me
to share.
This is a really good one. Nice slow pace in the analysis. It will take some work, but I can learn this. I've been hard to work on getting all secondary dominants down, so they will plug right in. It helps when you have some insight into why the chords are what they are.
Great comment...thanks for the affirmation.
When ad-libbing over the changes of this great tune, my bass player and I have real trouble following its form (without the chart.) After the two-bar C7 interlude we have to make sure we shorten what was previously the "A" section. I swear Oscar wrote it this way just to drive us lesser mortals nuts. Still, I love jamming this song. Unfortunately, my hands aren't strong enough to truly sustain the thunderous climax of rolling chords that Oscar ends this with. (I've rarely heard anyone other than Oscar pull off that ending with enough power.) As always, thanks, Kent.
You have stated exactly how I felt about soloing on this tune. So maybe he did it that way just to confused us (drive us lesser mortals nits) or make it more unpredictable...because it forces us to really think! And no....I can't play the rolling chords ...probably no one could on his level.
I felt a massive weight off my shoulders when I decided to never attempt the massive tremolo ending !
I loved it!!! It’s simply well explained and a perfect construction of a Gospel song. thank you Kent
Thanks, Vivi, always great hearing from you!
Thank you Kent. Wonderfully modulated playing and explanation of great music. In the taste of jazz at the end, you refer to a 3-6-2-5-1 progression. How do I identify that in this or any song ? I have been learning the chordal progression in B flat.
It just the movement of the chords...diatonic or altered. In the key of F it would be Am7 Dm7 Gm7 C7 F... the Dm7 could be altered to D7.
Hi ... this is my favorite melody ... lots of repetitions to practice ..
Great explanation ...
Glad you like it!
Really tasty stuff at the end, Kent. Keep up the great work!
+Louis Resnick Louis, that's a great compliment, because I always strive for that!!
Amazing what can be done with a simple I III vi progression.
How do you play the last part of this song, the someday we'll be free part...
Could you re-phrase the question please?
@Kent Hewitt The final 2 bars of the peice when he concludes the song, I don't read music, but I do play by ear
Should this not be in Bb?
I don't always record in the written key or the original key. Sometimes I make it simpler for beginner levels.
Wow! just perfect. We are in such troubled times,and this peice is so inspirational. I think the Alliance for World Freedom should adopt this as their anthem.
The greatest of comments. You really should checkout Oscar's version...go to YouTUbe and put the title and his name in search box.
@@KentHewittpiano88 Love Oscars talent, the words are very appropriate too.
Lindo demais
I. Would. Like. To. Thankyou. For. Your. Videos. You. Are. A. Great. Teacher. And. I. Respect. You. Greatly. For. Your. Generous. Heart. And. Your. Masterful. Playing.
That's a super comment and much appreciated. This helps me to keep going. If you haven't heard Oscar's version of this song...it's a must see, it will blow your mind! Swing loose, David.
Thank you!
All my pleasure!
I love all your videos. When you gonna upload your version of the bluesy swing side of Hymn to Freedom?
That's a good suggestion....Oscar is a little overwhelming in that area!
Kent been watching you for years you are teacher beyond. Your generous heart. Be well. You are one of my mentors. Bless you. And. Heartfelt thanks
Wonderful....I appreciate your telling me.....thanks so much!
Look ! Oscar is my genius i really love him....rest well bro
Yes...the greatest!
Great run through....
Love this song man! Great stuff & thanks for sharing! I am a jazz pianist in Kansas City. Lead sheet was awesome!
Awesome! Thank you!
so in the improv.section they basically play over the same chord progression of the entire song, not starting from the bridge?
I'd have to listen to it again but they do follow the form from the beginning. I remember that the form is somewhat "unexpected". Write to my email address.
You are good
I must admit I both admire and slightly Envy how effortlessly you can make that 10th reachyour Bass hand. As much as I may practice my hand size makes this difficult to consistently play this without muddying in other keys. Any suggestions? Sometimes I'm just able to take that 10th note and turn it into an octave in my right hand. Are there tricks I can do with the pedal to smooth it out a little bit?
If you watch some more of my videos especially (see below) I show how I use a jump technique holding the bass note with the sustain pedal and moving the thumb quickly up to the 10th. It's also called broken 10ths. I hope the video will help.
ruclips.net/video/ZutQYfffq8s/видео.html
Kent Hewitt thanks again sir as always for you wonderful instructions and guidance.
Nydelig!!!!! ❤
thank you looking forward to play this one, you ve learned me alot already!
I appreciate the comment!
This is great. Keep on keeping on.
boikhutso ponatshego Thanks for the comment; please subscribe to my channel; I appreciate the encouragement.
Beautifully played and explained from someone learning on a uke. Thank you.
Thank you for this tutorial. you really capture the soul and structure of the song and make it accessible for anyone to play , please keep more videos coming!
can i request "I loves you Porgy" for your next tutorial? :)
In Bar 10.You do different variations of that chord.Sometimes you do an octav in many of the chords. and sometimes not .It makes the sound a little different but not much.
I think you're talking about the bar that has the approached tones to Bb, the jazz interpretation would be a III-VI-II-I progression to the IV chord ie: Dm7-G7-Cm7-F7 to Bb. On the head, it's just a Dm7 to an F7/C but for jazz improv. purposes it becomes more of a cycle of 5ths ...therefore the jazz progression.
Dear Kent,thank you very much this is all so helpful ;would it be possible to do a tutorial on Night Train
+John Teillers That's a tough one, but I could try. I'll put it on my to-do list. Thanks!
Hey Kent, Im trying to read your sheet reference for this.
Quick one, i see only treble clefs in the sheet. do we play two staves at a time?
Not all my scores are full arrangements for both hands. Most jazz musicians use lead sheets. That's the melody with chord changes. Please write to my email and I'll send you more info.
A Dm chord in first position in the left hand and 2 in the right hand.That sound sweet.:-)
Thanks! Glad you liked the sound. Please tell me a what meter marking that chord is and I'll tell you why I used it.
Hey Kent, I really love your video.
But I can play the beginning of the solo, my solo don't sound like a Peterson.
Any advice?, thank you :)
Nobody can play or sound like Oscar Peterson, unless Tatum is reincarnated. My advice is: KEEP PRACTICING!!
Many thanks for this great video ! It helped me a lot to play this wonderful tune and start to improvise on it.
I agree...this is one of the great gospel- oriented jazz ballads. Good luck with it and thanks!
where will i find the original sheet music?
There are some Peterson transcription books. But there is my score on my website www.kenthewitt.com Look for free music downloads and scroll down.
That works awesome.Thanks alot.Start working know. Wonderful.Regards from Denmark
I'd like to visit there someday. Thanks so much for writing! Please see this: ruclips.net/channel/UCdmjw5sm9Kn83TB_rA_QBCwplaylists
Yes you should visit Copenhagen. We have a famous jazzhouse monmartre.I would like to show you around.It cost a private lessen of course:-).Thanks. I will bye your book soon or a later.
I love it and your lessons.Awesome stuf in all of your lessens Mr kent.I would pay for some of the other lessons if they were a little slower.But I love the lessens.:-)
Please check out the setting options at the bottom of the video...you can slow down to 1/2 speed...please let me know that you found it!
Do you have a website with the lead sheet? What is it, i can`t find it.
There's a lead sheet on my website. All free scares are under the heading Free Music Downloads.
www.kenthewitt.com Also there are Oscar Peterson Transcription books available that have the score.
file:///D:/Owner/Downloads/Hymn%20To%20Freedom.pdf
Amazing!!!! thank you!!!
Thank you...this is one of the greatest songs I've ever heard.
great! but litle bit hard to follow at the end.
Try slowing down the video and review. Here's a video of mine that's valuable (I think):ruclips.net/video/07Qlhd_-p0s/видео.html
This is my favourite piano piece. It was my grandparents favourite song too. I'm trying to learn it to show my dad but my fingers are too small to reach all the keys :(
Thanks for telling me. Try playing the bass note (holding it with the sustain pedal) and jumping to the harmony notes above if the stretch is hard for you.
Lol, I have the same problem :(
Very nice. I'm going to watch your hands and learn this one myself.
Thank you...this is a great masterpiece by the master O. Peterson.
Having the music/chords to look at is a big help - so thank you for that very much. You're right, it is a masterpiece and perfect arrangement of chords and melody.
Kent I have another essential question regarding the interpretation of scales, should each scale be interpreted as do re mi fa sol ti do, or only de C major scale? And than the F scale, for example, fa-sol-la-te-do-re-mi-fa? I have always been learning it doing do re mi fa sol la ti do for each scale but i don't know if that is the right way, and i don't want to learn it wrong as it will be hard to unlearn. Kind regards
I think you learned it the right way. You are defining the scale from it's root no matter what the pitch. They are all the same, just starting on a higher or lower pitch. I prefer the numbering system rather then do- re , etc. I call it 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Check out my ear training video for more on this: ruclips.net/video/GspUTUL5F-o/видео.html
thanks for the respons! I like to use the numbers also but especially for chords. I just read the other day, on wikipedia, that the one system is fixed do and the other is movable do. thx for making things more clear, God bless you!
I downloaded the score, thanks very much. When you get time might you be able to expand on the jazz interpretation at the end not necessarily note for note but more extensive and a little slower for less-experienced players like me to grasp?
John, have you tried using the RUclips feature to slow down the video? While the video is playing click on the wheel symbol below the video and select speed. Then select .5 (1/2 speed). It will slow down the video without changing the pitch (but the voice sounds funny). Also you can stop the video by using the enter tab on your keyboard. Or you can reverse (rewind the video using the left arrow tab and advance the video using the right arrow tab. It's cool...give it a try.
John, I meant to say use the space bar to stop or pause the video, not the enter tab. Hit the space bar again and it will resume.
Hi Kent. It is still really hard for me to be able to say the chords while I am plying the tune.There is so many chords.I can play the tune almost super ok know.So know I have to keep playing it so I dont forget.I will soon start on love me tender where you start out with block chords and then go into more advance concepts.I can see that you have written out love me tender with chords could you do the same with Hymn to freedom so I have it not only with leed sheet but also with chords written out.??.
I'll put that on my TO-DO list. You need to understand root position block chords first, before you'll have expertise in spread voicings. You want to get to what I call the 3 positions before you have the complete picture. Please check out my book ...which covers that. www.kenthewitt.com/id31.html
Thanks Mr Hewitt.I will buy your book soon or a later.:-)
Thank you!
+Jeroen van der Velden Thanks for the comment and please keep watching.
Thank you,this video will help me get started.
Lesole Irvin Thanks for the comment. I'm glad it helps. Please check out my piano tutorial videos and subscribe to my channel.
Kent Hewitt Just did :)
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Kent, really great tutorial. I've got some way yet to get near this kind of competence with piano! But your tutorials give me hope... Such a shame I just don't have the hand size to stretch my left hand for that first chord!!
I usually hold the bottom note with the pedal and jump to the top note...it's almost the same effect. Thanks!
I love this song
Thank you so much!
THANKYOU SO MUCH! Wish I had had a teacher like you years ago. I pretty much learned all the classic stuff, but jazz is so wonderful. So wonderfully different. A whole other world, and I cannot play by ear. (My dream) BUT I DO enjoy by ear.
+Dixie Lee Thanks for listening and for the nice comment. Go here to check out all my videos in categories: ruclips.net/channel/UCdmjw5sm9Kn83TB_rA_QBCwplaylists
Among the many things that disturbed me, the fact that you do the " blues leak " without the left hand doing it is just too frustrating, you really miss the core of this thing if you do it with only one hand.
Eventually the end was interesting and was what I wished to hear
Sorry there were "many". I learned in the 1st year of doing these, that people don't want to watch a video for more than 10-15 minutes. Also these interpretations are my style, if I could play like Oscar I'd be famous, and wouldn't be doing this. Just send me a request and I'll try to work something up.