3 Must-Know Jazz Piano Licks

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LESSON SUMMARY
Do you want to know what one of the biggest myths out there is when it comes to improvisation? As a young jazz student, I was taught that improvisation means “spontaneous composition.” Maybe you have heard a similar definition. This is really a distortion of the truth. In actual practice, improvised lines are not “spontaneously composed” as much as they are “spontaneously recalled.” This is a significant distinction, especially since jazz language parallels spoken language. Proficient speakers do not spontaneously create words or phrases when they speak-the create meaning by drawing from their vocabulary and experience. So if you want to be a great improviser, you really need to learn some jazz piano licks. That’s what this Quick Tip is all about! You’ll learn:
- The most essential jazz chord progression
- 4 chord shell voicings
- 3 essential jazz techniques
- 3 authentic jazz piano licks
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Happy practicing!
Jonny May

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  • @kristopherjensen2513
    @kristopherjensen25134 жыл бұрын

    Every time you play you look excited that you can play so well! Love the enthusiasm

  • @dreanof
    @dreanof Жыл бұрын

    Taking up the piano at age 72, had some music theory as a foundation and started with boogie woogie, prob more challenging than a beginner should tackle (hand independence - ugh!) These tutorials are just right and you get some playing gratification right from the start as continued motivation.

  • @anthonyclegg1511

    @anthonyclegg1511

    8 ай бұрын

    Same here, same age has you, and playing boogie woogie and jazz. 💓🎹.

  • @DK-fd3fi

    @DK-fd3fi

    Ай бұрын

    I am 15!

  • @PIANOSTYLE100
    @PIANOSTYLE1003 жыл бұрын

    Gr8 lesson Johnny. Very clear tutorial in your free help writeup and accompanying videos. A masterpiece tutorial.

  • @j-kad7
    @j-kad72 жыл бұрын

    Best Jazz piano teacher I know. I love the way you clearly explain and demonstrate everything

  • @benjaminarruyer3037
    @benjaminarruyer30374 жыл бұрын

    Thumb up from France, all your video are very interesting and go straight to the point. Thank you very much !

  • @reinhardheiderich1879
    @reinhardheiderich18794 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Jonny very nice ! Greetings from Reinhard /Germany...you are my best Teacher 👏

  • @claricemouraopontes7291
    @claricemouraopontes72913 жыл бұрын

    Good to hearing you, always..

  • @igrosem
    @igrosem3 жыл бұрын

    Nice licks! Thanks, Jonny 🤩🙏🏻

  • @vyoproject1963
    @vyoproject19633 жыл бұрын

    great great lesson, liked and subscribed!

  • @thinginground5179
    @thinginground51793 жыл бұрын

    These are absolutely legendary!

  • @htaywin9983
    @htaywin99833 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for your kind explanation.

  • @jbedoyah96
    @jbedoyah963 жыл бұрын

    This is amazing! Thank you

  • 4 жыл бұрын

    So cool. Thanks for sharing !

  • @sakshamsingh2305
    @sakshamsingh23053 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful lesson ❤️❤️❤️

  • @tianxing7795
    @tianxing77954 жыл бұрын

    Jonny, awesome tutorial as always! Can you make a tutorial about playing outside? Thx!

  • @symphonyoftheday5519
    @symphonyoftheday55194 жыл бұрын

    Nice Jonny!!

  • @iberomagazine
    @iberomagazine4 жыл бұрын

    you are cool jonny, thanks, I'm learning with you !

  • @oscarlaredo5035
    @oscarlaredo50353 жыл бұрын

    Best explained tutorials ever!

  • @PIANOSTYLE100
    @PIANOSTYLE1002 жыл бұрын

    Johnny excellent video. Working on video 1 of the must know licks Just about to start on video 2. Thank you for the good quality sheet music.

  • @davidgerber9317
    @davidgerber93174 жыл бұрын

    Really good, solid bebop licks, clearly explained and then performed with REALLY good technique. Can't thank you enough!

  • @PhG1961
    @PhG19614 жыл бұрын

    Wonderfull ! Awesome ! Great way of explaining and performing !

  • @BenBennett10

    @BenBennett10

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi Philip! These are great lessons, aren't they?? I have a KZread channel for beginner pianists, or those trying to learn how to play real songs without needing to read music or know theory. In just a couple of months, I have gained over 400 subscribers! I wondered if you would mind checking it out (click the logo to the left) and comment on a couple of my videos and let me know what you think. I'd really appreciate your help trying to get better! Hope to see you there! (I respond to ALL comments on my channel!) -Ben

  • @beedubs1327
    @beedubs13273 жыл бұрын

    Good stuff. Will learn in every key ASAP. Hey that rhymes...

  • @thiagobraga7664
    @thiagobraga76643 жыл бұрын

    Brasil here😁 thank for lessons

  • @josephn3496
    @josephn34963 жыл бұрын

    This is awesome!

  • @ultimateperspective
    @ultimateperspective Жыл бұрын

    Love the enclosure technic 👍

  • @emailtour
    @emailtour3 жыл бұрын

    Wor impressive one❤️

  • @user-dd6md6ur6e
    @user-dd6md6ur6e10 ай бұрын

    Nice job ❤

  • @PIANOSTYLE100
    @PIANOSTYLE1004 жыл бұрын

    Johnny. Great video. The G7 has the D# and E played against it. I look at these notes as super fast extensions of G7. The D# is a#5 and the E is a 13. Taken together they would clash but apart they make two very fast chords. G7#5 and G13. My .02. worth.

  • @PIANOSTYLE100
    @PIANOSTYLE1003 жыл бұрын

    Johnny..heard the Dominant G bebop descending scale and the A major blues scale. I use that often when soloing in C. The 1 6 2 5 and passing chords like C7b9 (C# E G Bb) are related to A7 ( A C# E G).

  • @PIANOSTYLE100
    @PIANOSTYLE1002 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for your videos. I have .been off my guitar for awhile..concentrating mostly on jazz licks. btw..It is easier for me to make the complete 4 note chord in the left ✋. Have most of Donna Lee song down..the left ✋ chords are still a work in progress.

  • @jimalfieri280
    @jimalfieri2802 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @royrosales81
    @royrosales813 жыл бұрын

    Really cool

  • @carolinebarley
    @carolinebarley2 жыл бұрын

    Love this guy. The more I watch and learn from jonny the more I feel all the theory but then at the same time it all goes away. The best is when I feel like suddenly it's all the same and there is no theory. I just run my fingers around and find the good sounds. There is no theory or meaning, I just feel what sounds good.

  • @Yin7094

    @Yin7094

    2 жыл бұрын

    amen. music is a language. you don't need to look at the dictionary to speak it. only to learn

  • @lanchanoinguyen2914

    @lanchanoinguyen2914

    2 жыл бұрын

    it would go away for sure.You can't analyze and playing at the same times.Only 20% of your brain is used for theory and 80% is the skill.The theory only come for forming chords but only practice can apply it into real performance!

  • @toothpasteyeti3383

    @toothpasteyeti3383

    Ай бұрын

    @@lanchanoinguyen2914 why is sure.You a link💀

  • @trevonreal923
    @trevonreal923 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you

  • @kkh445
    @kkh4453 жыл бұрын

    Hi, Jonny! Beautiful tutorial as usual. Maybe you could make a tutorial about playing outside? Regards. Your student from Russia.

  • @PIANOSTYLE100
    @PIANOSTYLE1003 жыл бұрын

    love playing lick #1.

  • @larsuk9578
    @larsuk95783 жыл бұрын

    Great lesson. Love the sound of enclosures! 😊

  • @davidreidenberg9941
    @davidreidenberg994110 ай бұрын

    Learning rootles voicings is an absolute must.

  • @maloneycraig
    @maloneycraig4 жыл бұрын

    Lick2: Super useful as a newbie without a teacher to hear the diminished scale in context in a lick. Thanks! --- Now I gotta go do it in all 12 keys :)

  • @petteroakley8000

    @petteroakley8000

    3 жыл бұрын

    Lovely video content! Apologies for butting in, I am interested in your opinion. Have you heard about - Riddleagan Smart Hands Remedy (probably on Google)? It is a good exclusive product for learning piano fast minus the normal expense. Ive heard some decent things about it and my friend Sam at last got cool results with it.

  • @PIANOSTYLE100

    @PIANOSTYLE100

    2 жыл бұрын

    Doing these in 12 keys will help quite a bit. Also try to do familiar songs..that makes it faster and easier to learn. I found it freeing to play in unfamiliar piano keys. After a while I started doing blues etc. in pretty much every key. I started playing guitar about 1968..on one string..started blues on the harmonica about 62..

  • @streetrec6349
    @streetrec63493 жыл бұрын

    thanks ........i love this clip

  • @Mind-BlownMoments
    @Mind-BlownMoments3 жыл бұрын

    Love it

  • @PianoNotion
    @PianoNotion4 жыл бұрын

    very cool!

  • @ankurjahagirdar9670
    @ankurjahagirdar96703 жыл бұрын

    That was a brilliant lesson! Thanks a ton!

  • @PIANOSTYLE100
    @PIANOSTYLE1002 жыл бұрын

    Very good Johnny. Was looking at the G Half Whole diminished scale. Thought I recognized it. I have been learning all 12 HW diminished scales. Recently, I noticed a helpful pattern. From the top think mixolydian descending G F E D then It departs to Db B Bb Ab G..Ascending it's (G Ab Bb B C# D E F G). it is very close to the G alt scale. Root b9 #9 3 #11 5 6 b7.

  • @user-kz9yc7cf2b
    @user-kz9yc7cf2b4 жыл бұрын

    สุดยอด nice

  • @rogerioesposito2170
    @rogerioesposito21704 жыл бұрын

    Useful ! Very useful again ! Thank you, master ! On practice...

  • @raymondleclair8396

    @raymondleclair8396

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hi am I Z Hi p

  • @BenBennett10

    @BenBennett10

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hello Rogerio! These are great lessons, aren't they?? I have a KZread channel for beginner pianists, or those trying to learn how to play real songs without needing to read music or know theory. In just a couple of months, I have gained over 400 subscribers! I wondered if you would mind checking it out (click the logo to the left) and comment on a couple of my videos and let me know what you think. I'd really appreciate your help trying to get better! Hope to see you there! (I respond to ALL comments on my channel!) -Ben

  • @matiaskotilainen134
    @matiaskotilainen1344 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Jonny. This helps me a lot!!! Can you do more content like this, or if you have some old videos like this, can you please tell me. Im new to ur channel

  • @novaknovakovic1585

    @novaknovakovic1585

    3 жыл бұрын

    Appreciate video content! Forgive me for chiming in, I am interested in your opinion. Have you heard about - Riddleagan Smart Hands Remedy (probably on Google)? It is a smashing one of a kind guide for learning piano fast minus the hard work. Ive heard some amazing things about it and my friend Sam after a lifetime of fighting got cool results with it.

  • @matiaskotilainen134

    @matiaskotilainen134

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@novaknovakovic1585 Oh, thank you, I'll try it!!

  • @user-ck8nw5yl6p
    @user-ck8nw5yl6p4 жыл бұрын

    Hi from Russia!!! Good job 👍 thx 👌

  • @PRILIPAK61
    @PRILIPAK614 жыл бұрын

    Hello Jonny, nice job. Please tell me, which piano synth and what sound exactly are you using. Tnx.

  • @emailtour
    @emailtour3 жыл бұрын

    Power full tips

  • @celsodormiro
    @celsodormiro4 жыл бұрын

    Show Brasil ✌🏾

  • @HerrChamaeleon
    @HerrChamaeleon3 жыл бұрын

    May I ask how you create the view of the second keyboard with colours and keynames?

  • @alexpianoplayer15
    @alexpianoplayer15 Жыл бұрын

    Very interesting! But it is still SO difficult just to start improvising on your own, to make the first step towards it

  • @PIANOSTYLE100
    @PIANOSTYLE1003 жыл бұрын

    The bebop scale sounds best to me is descending mode. G F# F..basically modified mixylydian.is also a way to hear half steps. I try sight read single note music before playing it. Humming it is helpful. Watched this video many times. I found the major blues scale by accident. I was a doing a 🎸 video. (Been playing guitar since 1968). I was showing the Lester Flatt run or the G bluegrass run. I realized then, that it was from the E minor blues scale. E G A Bb B D E.. I had probably been doing the G bluegrass run since 72..My dad taught it to me. Had no Idea what a blues scale was until about 74.

  • @pierred.casseus9645
    @pierred.casseus96453 жыл бұрын

    Hi Jonny I would like to have that book Improvising

  • @PIANOSTYLE100
    @PIANOSTYLE1002 жыл бұрын

    Johnny,..I have the lick down..love the bebop scale combined.with the C major blues. Scale degrees b3 3 5 6 8.. Similar to the G Lester Flat Run ,except it is in C not G. My dad taught me the G (🏃) run on 🎸about 1968...I didn't know it had a name..we just called it.."picking it out." I enjoy just reading the music and hearing the melody including the chords. I prefer the complete chords on the left. .Ⓣⓗⓔ Ⓑⓔⓢⓣ.

  • @PIANOSTYLE100

    @PIANOSTYLE100

    2 жыл бұрын

    Btw..I have lately been studying 12 of the Dominant Diminished scales. Knowing that they are just C Db and D or C F and G is very helpful. Also that they can all be played a minor 3rd up with same pitches of note. I had noticed this in the 90s. Thanks again.

  • @eliascastillo6247
    @eliascastillo62474 жыл бұрын

    Interesante.. Tanks..

  • @michaelcollinsjazz
    @michaelcollinsjazz4 жыл бұрын

    cool. can you do some Tigran transcriptions

  • @TheFertoledo
    @TheFertoledo3 жыл бұрын

    this guy is underrated

  • @user-nv7tb9vp2e
    @user-nv7tb9vp2e Жыл бұрын

    I love the 2 camera angles

  • @PIANOSTYLE100
    @PIANOSTYLE1002 жыл бұрын

    So, if this lick was in Bb.(W step lower), we would have chords a W tone lower (C-7,F7, Bb,Maj7 Bb6. I think would start out as Descending F bebop scale. (F E Eb D C Bb A G F). I don't have a 🎹 in front of me..I have to try this out. The best. Simmon. Woke up this morning. Have it almost perfect. Thank you for a nice lick from Oscar Peterson. 🎹style100💯. El Mejor. The best. Pianostyle100.

  • @lawpilot8526
    @lawpilot85262 жыл бұрын

    12/19/2021 I have finished my first two years of piano instruction and completed Hal Leonard's Student Piano Lesson Book 4. Is there a jazz licks book for beginners at my level?

  • @spiritboy6709
    @spiritboy6709 Жыл бұрын

    Such a jazzy gentleman...

  • @andreas6470
    @andreas64702 жыл бұрын

    ❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @MrLFerM
    @MrLFerM3 жыл бұрын

    where can i get the playback bass drum that you use?

  • @marchanselthomas7393
    @marchanselthomas7393 Жыл бұрын

    This is the c maj 7 : you can learn it in our course. The Bdim7 has a separate course. Mmmm what a lovely chord progression! check out chord progression for beginners Course. lol I’m taking all of those thanks

  • @dennispena5496
    @dennispena54962 жыл бұрын

    Yay, now I can sound cool.

  • @zewdae8847
    @zewdae88473 жыл бұрын

    lmao when he kept trying to vibrate on the keys -- as a violinist i felt that

  • @mrpolar9115

    @mrpolar9115

    3 жыл бұрын

    I play both Violin and Piano, my piano vibrato is amazing!

  • @danielfifield2889
    @danielfifield2889 Жыл бұрын

    This guy's awesome! Loved the licks. I wonder what string instrument he plays... that vibrato movement, hate to break it to you, it's not doing anything for the sound coming out of the piano.

  • @Flora.hd12
    @Flora.hd12 Жыл бұрын

    Liam Neeson teaching piano!! kidding aside, this has been very helpful!

  • @PIANOSTYLE100
    @PIANOSTYLE1002 жыл бұрын

    I recently got lick down at about 85% ..sometimes much better. Working mostly with melody. A few years ago..I accidentally stumbled on the C major blues scale. I had been playing C6 arpeggios for many years... combining them with C blues. Then one day I played A C D Eb E G. Ascending and Descending. Then I noticed this would go very comfortably up 4 or 5 octaves. Later I heard somebody talking about major blues scales. I was used to Root b3 4 b5 b7 Root. Eg F blues (F Ab Bb Cb C Eb F). As I continued to teach myself. I realized that C major blues came from mixing A MIn. blues scale with the C 6 scale. A C D Eb E G A. In fact as I type this out .. it has the C 6 in it. (C E G A) ( 1 3 5 6). I kept on thinking ..why was the C major blues scaled called Major. As I thought on it. Duh. it has a major 3rd in it. (E).and no flat 7 (Bb) which the C minor blues has it. (C Eb F Gb G Bb.) Btw About 4 years ago..I found I like the C minor blues scale better with F7 ( I usually use the 1st inversion ( A C Eb F) or the F9. blues

  • @balazsszalma2171
    @balazsszalma21717 ай бұрын

    Can someone tell me what software he is using to show the notes he is playing? Thanks!

  • @PIANOSTYLE100
    @PIANOSTYLE1002 жыл бұрын

    Johnny..got most licks down I was looking at the G lick. it is basically a G Dom Dim HW scale. The b is displaced..I think on porpoise as Popeye would say.

  • @howeybunch133
    @howeybunch1332 жыл бұрын

    Well I've never played jazz but I'd love to learn and you make it look easy but I don't think this video is where I'm supposed to start LOL

  • @chessmith5043
    @chessmith50433 жыл бұрын

    Hi- Do you create your own backing tracks? If so, which software package do you use? I m wanting to develop my solo playing. Thank you for any advice you coud share! Ches- Columbia, SC

  • @kadenlong6280

    @kadenlong6280

    Жыл бұрын

    ableton is a great option

  • @Iamchukwudike
    @Iamchukwudike2 жыл бұрын

    Correct..... please share the PDF 🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @marianemaxilom7342
    @marianemaxilom73424 жыл бұрын

    💙

  • @BenBennett10

    @BenBennett10

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hello Mariane!! These are great lessons, aren't they?? I have a KZread channel for beginner pianists, or those trying to learn how to play real songs without needing to read music or know theory. In just a couple of months, I have gained over 400 subscribers! I wondered if you would mind checking it out (click the logo to the left) and comment on a couple of my videos and let me know what you think. I'd really appreciate your help trying to get better! Hope to see you there! (I respond to ALL comments on my channel!) -Ben

  • @PIANOSTYLE100
    @PIANOSTYLE1004 жыл бұрын

    It is not so obvious..but you have to know how to play in other keys in many songs. They often will start in one key like C and go to the major third E7 then up a fourth to A7 then D7 then G7 returning to C. Essentially very temporary modulations.. When in these temporary dominant sevenths..you guessed it the mixylydian scale or scales that work in more than on chord. A C6 arppegio Is similar to the A7 chord. You can't dwell on the C note too long..It is the min3 of A blues scale or #9. Of course you don't think of all that.. you just use your ear. The theory will work itself out.

  • @JingzhuChenClassicalPiano
    @JingzhuChenClassicalPiano2 жыл бұрын

    How to know where to put the accents?

  • @slatebook2384
    @slatebook2384 Жыл бұрын

    I like "out" notes but the "lydien" F# I don't like. Maybe because on the fourth bar it's a C6 (C, A left hand). So with F# = D7 vertical, while you end up with a G. The other bars are great. Not sure.

  • @editz5896
    @editz58963 жыл бұрын

    3:22

  • @scoppop7231
    @scoppop72313 жыл бұрын

    0:33

  • @ajb7527
    @ajb75274 жыл бұрын

    D sharp drives me crazy it’s e flat

  • @PIANOSTYLE100

    @PIANOSTYLE100

    4 жыл бұрын

    I am a pianist and guitarist. I know it sounds off.. over time..I fought it. I would say why are you calling that an A#..just call it a Bb.. I do a lot of self study.. say I am trying to get a key like F# down. I have two choices Gb or F# neither very pretty. F# G# A# B C# D# E# F#....or Gb Ab Bb Cb Db Eb F Gb. What makes sense to me is to always follow the alphabet..If I have white key..use it Also the key signature of F# is 6#s. Gb has six flats. I don't ever read anything in these keys. Db and and E .. are the hardest I read. Five flats and 4#s..

  • @II-V-I

    @II-V-I

    3 жыл бұрын

    Nope, there's a simple convention. If the note can't be easily categorized functionally (like an f# in D which is the secondary dominant). Which is: Downward movement: b Upward movement: #

  • @nathanaelsloan5003
    @nathanaelsloan50033 жыл бұрын

    1:45 - "Right hand..." right hand disappears... me: MaGiC

  • @lawpilot8526
    @lawpilot85262 жыл бұрын

    12/19/2021 On your website, you have : 2021 Annual Holiday Awards Party 12/20/2021 10:00 am In what time zone is 10:10 am?

  • @williamtipton7978
    @williamtipton79787 ай бұрын

    Lick one sounds better with enclosure at the end

  • @NickdeBeerOfficial
    @NickdeBeerOfficial2 жыл бұрын

    I like that voldemort (ralph fiennes) is teaching us piano licks.

  • @eddyglaudin5769
    @eddyglaudin57693 жыл бұрын

    Flex 14

  • @travelnowtv3510
    @travelnowtv35102 ай бұрын

    I dont understand the Principle behind the scales. Can you be more specific and explain the scale you are using?

  • @PianoWithJonny

    @PianoWithJonny

    2 ай бұрын

    We have a blog post that goes in-depth: pianowithjonny.com/piano-lessons/3-must-know-jazz-piano-licks/

  • @scripted44
    @scripted443 жыл бұрын

    Where licc

  • @lifeguard8887
    @lifeguard88874 жыл бұрын

    Do Do Do Do Do, Do Doo

  • @reubenjames3651
    @reubenjames3651Ай бұрын

    Why is there no Blues in B major? Hahahaah.

  • @miguelrodriguezjr.150
    @miguelrodriguezjr.1503 жыл бұрын

    for the next video you should put subtitles in Spanish

  • @MrPasqual1
    @MrPasqual12 жыл бұрын

    As a classic piano player.. what the hell are you talking about? :D

  • @ohno2566
    @ohno2566 Жыл бұрын

    Not me thinking I can do this

  • @gwindematteo934
    @gwindematteo9342 жыл бұрын

    I love your vids, Jonny! But I struggle with watching what you’re playing vs what is shown in the displayed sheet music. It ain’t the same! Frustrates old decrepit gals like me just learning jazz.

  • @PIANOSTYLE100

    @PIANOSTYLE100

    2 жыл бұрын

    This may help a bit. The descending G Bebop scale is basically from G down to G in all white keys..Except for the Gb. ( Mixolydian mode). You could try to get the same effect with finger 5 4 3 2 1..this is just an exercise..G Gb F E D.. thumb will be on D. It's key to do something simple and then move on to more difficult finger placement. Hope this helps.

  • @PIANOSTYLE100

    @PIANOSTYLE100

    2 жыл бұрын

    So just guessing a 2 5 1.(. Dm G7 C Maj 7. I have slowly found that it is necessary to play things in various keys. I believe you illustrated in F in the video. So F being the 1 chord., 2 is Gmin7. 5 is C7. .The lick presented here starts with a 4th from Dmin7. The G. So I would think the C bebop scale would be the start . C B Bb A G f E D C.

  • @playchesspiano1168
    @playchesspiano11682 жыл бұрын

    3:24

  • @playchesspiano1168

    @playchesspiano1168

    2 жыл бұрын

    3:22