another trick is to improvise using the melody of a song. Most times, I have those notes i feel in my head but don't know how to access them. Lots of ideas can come out of these tricks

Great video! I'ts more or less how I was taught to start, for those who fancy giving it a go here are few varied Ebm / F#M songs to get you stared along with Jonathon's backing track: Superstition - Stevie wonder Virtual Insanity - Jamiroquai Take 5 - Brubeck Quartet Rock with you - Michael Jackson Rude Boy - Rihanna Clint Eastwood -Gorillaz If I were a Boy - Beyonce Sail - AWOLNATION Last Friday Night - Katy Perry Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns & Roses Fuel - Metallica and of course, YMCA - Village people Have fun!

@lukamanitta199

3 жыл бұрын

I'd like to add You Are In My System - The System

@DocBree13

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Glad you're back! Also love the new video intro, edition style and the content, obviously!

I‘m so happy that you‘re back! Keep up the good work :)

You are the best! Glad to see you back!

Professor Funk... There's a song title begging to be realized!!!

Oh Yesssss!! You're back IN - thank you for sharing your awesome skills, passion and love for music!

Great video and happy you are back! Your instructional videos are excellent and thoughtfully explained! Thanks!!

I've been following you for years and still play your funk groove in F....well some of it. Great stuff.

Ah, great video, like the format. Good to see you back.

Wow, great synth work. Loved how you kept changing the envelope to get different takes on the same sound. Unbelievable rhythm and groove!!

A nice funky little groove. I will be jamming on this one.

thank yooouuuuuu!! Really enjoyed watching this. Subbed and liked! You really helped me out. Much love from germany

Your amazing! Thank you so much for all the free teaching

What an impeccable video. Your style, charisma, and sincerity are truly unmatched.

Soloing over the song "Sunny" with the first chord as Eb Minor works well too. Thanks for the video, Jonathan - and the amazing playing!

Awesome!!! So glad that you're back!!!! :)

OMG! So good to have you back!

Professor Funk!! I love it! That needs to be an album title man!

Awesome video, glad to see you posting again! I'm off to play something in E-flat ...

Reapareceu! Seu trabalho é excelente, parabéns!

Great video Jonathon. Professor Funk - what a dude !.

You video is such a big inspiration ! I have strived to be a good improviser but I never make it out of “fun”. It’s good reminder here light up my motivation.

I really enjoyed also this one, thanks a lot.

I went from semi intermediate to playing funk groove #5 in d minor very simply THREE days ago.. I am almost to the solo section, and it is coming to me very easily. You have really helped me to understand the format of funk and open fifths. I know my chords and scales, and I understand the theory, but the technique and improve from scratch is just not there for me yet, as well as chord transitioning from scratch. I feel like i'm at a roadblock as far as my left hand and improvisation. I wish soo bad that I could sit down with you and play music. I guess KZread will have to do for now! Keep them coming! You are really working wonders for my piano playing! Thanks! Jamison (Jed) Bennett, 23 Tennessee

Finally! Loved this video!

Love the sixtuplet feel , sounds really good!

Wow! I never knew this trick! Thank you so much!!

I REALLY LOVE YOUR VIDEOS ! PEOPLE WHO DON'T LOVE GREAT RHYTHM ARE BROKEN ! YOUR RHYTHM IS SPECTACULAR !

Yay you’re back 😊😱

Love your videos!!!

Hey man, I like your channel and its content! You have a gift and I am thankful you are sharing your knowledge to learners like myself who aspire to become artists! God bless my friend!

you sir have inspired me to get off my bed. and im rewatching this video a bunch. youre like if robin williams character from good will hunting were an awesme funk teacher. thank u sir.

You deserve more attention! Just for pointing out this two answers on "how to music" ! This is applicable to anything in life - and answer no.2 results in answer no.1 naturally. Go on and stay positive! Cheers

DUDE! KILLING IT!! How about a video on how you're using the pitch bend wheel? Thank you so much! :-)

I am a guitar player and I just added this video to my guitar playlist so my kids can jam with me on our synthesizer using "the black keys". Thanks!

Maestro! Awesome video!!

YEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!!!! WE WERE WAITING YOU

Dude, that story is so cool. Every time I tried that with my students I noticed that was, for them, very counter intuitive, since the black notes are "the difficult ones" (thanks old teachers for tying all of us to C major as the "simplest scale"). Its super fun every time, though...a life hack for music.

That freestyle improv was DOPE!

This is pretty awesome stuff! I too would love to see a video on how you play the synth - your use of pitch bending, mod wheel, what you map the faders and knobs to (I picked up filter cutoff on R1, chorus on F3, delay/reverb on F4/F5, and... is F1 mapped to portamento time? that's quite creative!). I feel there are quite a few tutorials on how to play piano, EP or organ, but very few on how to properly play (as opposed to program) a synth. How does one learn to play them like that?

This is so good thanks 👍

Hey, I went over to your website.. Nice work! Nice playing! Thank you!

Deine Hände sind Gold wert

Came for the tutorials but stayed for the fun :) it's like watching an awesome show in netflix hahah professor Funk :))

Was going to hit the like button and then I realized I had already liked this video months or years ago!

Very cool. Never thought of it but makes good sense. Maj. and min. pentatonic scales dominate western pop music which is very convenient since they’re only 5 out of 12 notes. However, this 5 note spectrum has its limits even in western music and you showed this by necessarily expanding beyond the black keys using semi-tone deviations by way of the pitch bend wheel. For beginners, this is an excellent starting point but more detailed instruction might expand your audience and give students some direction toward the exciting road ahead.

professor funk absolutely murdered me

i remember that stick to the black keys long back just to have fun............

Love your music!

Yessss ! So cool !!

one of the best methodes for improvising is to hear the groove ane sing or hum to it without any keyboard. The next step is to perform that on the keyboard (transcription) and to repeat often what sounds good. (ear and muscle memory) Playing in C maj primarely black keys is not really satisfying , in Es m it is an good advice. Take five is composed in Esm ? Why , the answer is easy ! :) you are not alone on stage ! :))

Love ya brotha

Thank you Instructor Jonathan Wilson

I do the same thing with students but also have found that giving them a 5-6 note rhythmic lick pattern to use on any of the black keys is the magic ingredient in kick-starting improv, otherwise they just poke at notes randomly and it doesn't sound like much. We'll drum outa 5-6 beat "lick" pattern together on the top of the piano, sing it a few times while "drumming" it out, then they play that rhythmic motif on any black keys while I play a ||:Eb-Db-B-Db:|| chordal pattern. Then we'll tap out a different rhythmic pattern, always singing it also, then they use that for playing any black notes. After about 3 patterns we put them together and viola, they're improvising. There's more to it, but I've actually had long-time classically-trained pianists cry when they realize that after 15 minutes of this they can actually improvise.

@groovewindow

5 жыл бұрын

Great suggestion!! I love this!

Awesome! Thanks so much! Any chance for a tutorial on minor pentatonic fingerings and patterns in all twelve keys? (I have no formal piano training and can only walk up and down in triplets or sixteenth notes in all twelve keys but that gets repetitive)

Hell of a player!!

PROFESSOR FUNK! Genius!

Could you perhaps go over some of the settings for a synthesizer like this? I have one and I've played on it, but the amount of different switches and buttons just leave me at a loss before I even start.

Jonathon, this is literally! Reminded me of my band director who said if you have fun, it will come together! #AureliaHartenberger

Best content!

Yes I friggy fruggy love your music!!

Yeap great tip, works all the time

HE'S BACK!

That is a auesome lesson

Yes! I love the black keys trick! Play around Ebm7 Ab7 :) You can throw in some Cbmaj7 Db for a more pop/fusion/epic interlude!

@groovewindow

5 жыл бұрын

Completely! Great suggestion -

Hey excellent stuff, really good. Would you mind sending the dots for the groove you played on piano Thanks Iain, London UK

nice to see you back :) do you currently play in a band? do you play live? btw have anybody ever told you that you sound a bit like Timothy Leary? have a nice day :)

hi, absolutely love your style!!! i have a request, can you show us low level clavi-thusiasts how to play andy kim's (rock me gently) funky clavinet solo part ? i've been searching for a while on youtube and can't find anything except the original recording by andy kim. but no one has ventured into a tutorial on this piece of excellent funk

3:04 this groove sounds so simple yet absolutely amazing!!!

Greaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat! :D Suscribed inmediatly!

641 views = 124 likes 0 dislikes thank you for the content !!

Love that your uncle is professor funk. Destiny

That's so funny.. I figured out the 'black key' trick on my own. I started off randomly hitting the black keys when I was like 7 and noticed that everything I played sounded 'Chinese' if that makes any sense. Then I noticed that almost anything you play on them sounds good together. That's interesting that it is actually a thing.

No single dislike!! sos un genio

Nice

Great stuff! It would be good to have right hand transcription also!)

This opens up a whole new world........

Cool stuff - I'll use that on my own student (poor thing!). :-P

Is there any where i can find the left hand groove

Badass

hell yeh legend

Any ETA on the tutorial for funk groove in F? My fingers are itching ;)

Pianists hate him because of this One Simple Trick.

Killer!

Where can i find the Tutorial from the first song ? :D

Can you repost your Eb groove file. It doesn't seem to be on your website any longer. Thanks...very helpful and Eb does offer that natural bluesu scale.

This does work......for all you out there that might doubt.

Have fun.

Hey Jonathan, 2 things: 1) how important do you think is the ability to sight read well as a professional pianist/composer/performer? 2) great video and you are amazing in general

@groovewindow

6 жыл бұрын

Hey Eli! (Thank you for your kind words!). Sight reading: It's a good skill to have. As to how important it is? It depends. I know several amazing musicians who don't read much at all. They have incredible ears and a great mental model for theory, and they get by fine in the styles they play (more contemporary styles) without needing to read. However, written music is the most efficient way for one musician to communicate to another what the intention is, so as you begin to play with more varied groups of people, being able to have this common language (written music) just makes the communication of ideas much faster. Of course, "sight reading" is another notch beyond "reading at all." I'd say that the further you progress the more important it will be to be a good reader -- at some level, it just becomes assumed that not only can you read, but you can (for the most part) play it fairly close on a first reading -- all depending... There are always going to be some super technical passages that even the best players have to woodshed a bit to get under their fingers. But all of this varies greatly depending on whether you're getting together with some buddies in your garage (probably doesn't matter at all) versus getting paid to fly out and perform in a show, where there will be one rehearsal prior to said show -- and you'll get the music at that rehearsal. Probably good to be a pretty hot reader for that gig!

@EBCArts

6 жыл бұрын

groovewindow Thank you very much for the reply! Now that I look at it circumstantially it makes sense that the importance of sight reading really just depends on the specific scenario, meaning it's better to just be good at it in the first place. Sight reading is definitely my weakest point (although it is improving due to daily practice) regardless of a good understanding of music theory and improv/compositional skills. That is why I asked. Part of me wants to just tell myself that sight reading is not all that necessary but I know deep down I gotta keep getting better at it😁 and you just helped solidify that. Anyways thanks for the response and keep grooving! I look forward to more videos!!

brilliant, and I've noticed that you can do this to Superstition by Stevie wonder! have a go it's fun! oops just noticed below comments doh!

Plz plz plz can anyone tell me how to get such patch on a keyboard! I've tried a lot of patches on my yamaha MOXf8 and none of the patch was like this. Do we have to make some modulations on a pre existing patch?

@thefreereed

3 жыл бұрын

I've been using a corgi Kronos and it's got loads of brilliant funk sounds. easy to find. And you can use the internal wah effects.

I can't see who liked my comment, if it was you Jonathan, if you would, please let me know.. It would be awesome and truly motivating to hear that it was from you!! I really hope you keep making videos! Keep them coming!

@groovewindow

6 жыл бұрын

Jamison Bennett Yep... me here :) Happy that the music is helping you out. Keep at it!

@jamisonbennett572

6 жыл бұрын

groovewindow thanks man! Dont mean to fanboy here, but it is pretty awesome to get a reply from the guy who's music is sitting on my roland! Thanks! Keep em comin! Love the d minor groove!

Can the Akai MPK49 be plugged into an amp or is it just for computer work?

@groovewindow

5 жыл бұрын

It's a pure midi controller - and makes no sounds on its own, so you have to plug it into something else - either a computer, or if you have them - hardware synths with MIDI input work too. But it doesn't have any onboard sounds.

Good afternoon. Sorry for my English. But I wanted to thank your channel for the videos you provided, they helped me to get experience and practice. But you have one cover, you do not have a tutorial for it. Therefore, I have a request, I think, and other subscribers would really like the video tutorial. cover - Funk Rhodes Piano Groove: Tune 88. I really liked this composition and I would really like to master it. This composition is very fast and therefore it is impossible to keep track of all notes. If you can then please make a video (notes) for this song. Thank you. With respect, Roman

@groovewindow

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Roman! You're English is perfectly good! Many people have asked for a tutorial (and sheets) for Tune 88. I'll add it to the list, and hopefully get to it fairly soon. I'm trying to be more regular and have a list of videos that are already in the works, but I should get to that one eventually. Thank you for your comment!

@PhominRoman

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the answer. I'm looking forward to these notes, I tried to record the part of the keys of this track, but I ran into the problem that I do not have a guitar and drums and I can not write them down. If you can then lay out a batch of drums and guitars (backing track without the keys). Nevertheless, I continue to learn funk for your videos. These videos help in learning. They bring a lot of benefit. Later, when you have time to make a video on Tune 88, I'll test my skill - as I've listened to the notes of the keys

Improv time, lets get it

Monster

I'm a life long student of Jonathan Wilson

shoutout to prof funk ✌🏻

This is so amazing!!! Lit a fire under my butt :)