This has helped me an unbelievable amount with jazz I dont usually comment but thank u so much

@KentHewittpiano88

5 жыл бұрын

Commenting is a good way for me to know you're out there and watching, and hopefully benefiting. Thank you!

@14.1guy2

3 жыл бұрын

Great way to practice scales and chord progressions at the same time.

Thanks for all these wonderful videos Kent! I'm doing my best to learn to play, and your channel is a fantastic, much appreciated resource.

@KentHewittpiano88

8 жыл бұрын

+Luke Howard Luke, that's a great comment, Thanks so much and please keep listening!

Great lesson Kent. Never did get walking bas line but you have given a fantastic insight. Love your lessons.

@KentHewittpiano88

7 жыл бұрын

Did you not find the score? Here's a link: thanks for writing: www.kenthewitt.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/bluesbassline.pdf

@gregpage6652

7 жыл бұрын

Kent Hewitt r

@PIANOSTYLE100

6 жыл бұрын

Brian You can actually sing time to a walking bass line. One and two and three and four and..etc. Play the notes C E G A Bb A G..first just quarter notes 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4.. the sing swing it 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and.. This is great material in the lesson. Hope this helps.

This is fantastic. Thank you so much. You've helped me understand how to construct my own bass lines. I've watched so many videos and this is the only one that really helped.

@KentHewittpiano88

4 жыл бұрын

That is so cool, L. thanks for telling me!

Another excellent tutorial. Thanks Kent. BTW it's 32C (somewhere in the 90s Fahrenheit) warm in Melbourne Australia today. Just to make you jealous!

another great lesson , Hi kent ,ive been going through your book every day, it REALLY enhances every aspect of your awesome teaching .its worth every penny and more, and would recommend it to any serious student/player who wants to Grow as a musician .Thanks; Jimmy C

@KentHewittpiano88

7 жыл бұрын

Many thank yous, Jimmy C! That is the best thanks you could give me... with an endorsement to my book. It's greatly appreciated, and I hope you will grant me permission to use your comment on my website! All my best wishes to you, with your music studies.

@seatedabove

7 жыл бұрын

permission granted

@baggymangler

5 жыл бұрын

@@KentHewittpiano88 I'm very close to order your book. Do you sell it in E-book or pdf format? Thanks Sir!

thanks for your tutorials! Im learning to play via youtube and your approach to the technic through the principles, really helps to get to the next level!

@KentHewittpiano88

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the affirmation. Please check out my channel to see all my video categories here; kzread.info/dron/dmjw5sm9Kn83TB_rA_QBCw.htmlplaylists

What a gold mine your website is. What a generous man.

@KentHewittpiano88

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you, John, I really appreciate your compliments and encouragement...keeps me going!

You teach the really useful technique of the jazz. Thank you for your work!

@KentHewittpiano88

8 жыл бұрын

+Chieh-Ching Yen I appreciate your comment and I'm glad the techniques are useful for you!

Kent!!! Amazing! Loving the good ol' format! Thanks Kent! Huge fan and follower! Greetings from Argentina!

@KentHewittpiano88

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you so much for your videos!!! Im having a splendid time. Your body of work is much appreciated for someone trying to get into jazz from a classical perspective. You play something different from your sheet on your site at the end correct?

Thank you Kent, now my bass lines have a kick in implementing the grace notes in the LH which you have so generously displayed in this video.. Thank you!

@KentHewittpiano88

7 жыл бұрын

I'm glad that my "tips" are helping out...thanks!

@hziegler

7 жыл бұрын

Hello Kent, I appreciate your videos very much, and was wondering if you have a video that teaches how to develop a "swing feel" in soling? This video swings, but when I play it, it doesn't seem to have the same feel (swing) Is there a basic lesson that you have posted, my playing sounds straight, no swing no matter how I play it? Although I'm a subscriber to your site, I couldn't find a video teaching how to swing.Thank you

I always know where to come when I have a doubt, thank you very very much

@KentHewittpiano88

4 жыл бұрын

Great comment, thanks so much!

Thanks man! Great tutorial!

Good material Kent, and its all grist for the mill in how we can move from one thing to the next. I think Barry Harris was into kind of thing where he just saw it all as movement, but we also have to know where we are going within the changes. I have an idea, can you take a classical piece such as the Chopin E flat Nocturne where we can examine the chord changes and use that as a basis to improvise in that style or create something entirely different.

very helpful. I might finally really understand it with this video. Boy, in the short time I've known your channel so many things have clicked for me, thanks to you! And thanks for the nice comment for my Foolish Heart video! Made my day! Rene

@KentHewittpiano88

8 жыл бұрын

+RRTheN00bPwner That's great, Rene. I always appreciate all your astute comments. Please check out my newest videos and keep watching.

Love your videos, keep up your quality and keep making more videos.

@KentHewittpiano88

8 жыл бұрын

+Suvi K Thanks for the encouragement...that really keeps me going!

Absolutely brilliant. Working on this with students at the moment. Thanks, mate. Dm

@KentHewittpiano88

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for telling me, Dorian...and I'm happy to pass on the knowledge.

thank ypu ,sir lt,s the most clear i,ve ever foud

Mas uma vez, meus agredecimentos por me ajudar a evoluir meus estudos de jazz e blues no piano. Saudações do Brasil

@KentHewittpiano88

8 жыл бұрын

SUPER COOL... AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH!

Kent loved the metronome interrupting your lesson. That was funny. I have been absent for awhile. Been concentrating on note reading, especially the base cleff. I have never been a good note reader. Took thousands of dollars in lessons.. just never got it. Well anyways, I have done away with all sayings. Can instantly recognize notes in the base Clef. That has happened in the last two months. So as I progressed I found some great apps to video and that is great practice and I learned a lot. I noticed that D was Central to the bass F cleff. BTW base players and guitar players can really learn and practice their base cleff with this (of course the tone will only be correct with a bass guitar. I actually over the years have taught myself how to play this style, but never codified what all I am doing. I have played this before, iei I have the Music. It is extremely easy for me to read now and this video put it all in prospective. By having done this before and my recent studies on the base cleff,; I sight read the base line at full speed or at least 3/4 speed. I like setting the metronome on beats 2 and four. I can swing with that. Great for boogie piano. They have drum metronomes on playstore for free. Also for those that have a 72 key keyboard. This song is playable.. if I'm not mistaken. Question.. Is this the original blues comp. or is it more detailed? The best Pianostyle100.

@austinvillas888

4 жыл бұрын

PIANOSTYLE1

amazing kent , amazing!

@KentHewittpiano88

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Hi Kent, fantastic video, really enjoyed the left hand base line, please do more . David. Near London

@KentHewittpiano88

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I will

Hey Mr Kent was wondering are you related to superman? Because what you are doing is SUPER!!!!! Thanks for the lesson.

@KentHewittpiano88

Жыл бұрын

Not related...but thanks for the comment!

Kent, you are the BEST jazz piano teacher on the internet. I downloaded your FANTASTIC "Blues Bass Line (walking)" and added it to my daily practice notebook. So far, I have managed to play it by memory in both the original key ("F") and in the key of "B". I cannot thank you enough for the wonderful job you are doing to educate so many of us in jazz piano. Thank you!!!!!

@KentHewittpiano88

5 жыл бұрын

That's a great comment, RdgJr, and I really appreciate the support!

The sympathetic string resonance of your piano really sounds cool on this one!

@KentHewittpiano88

8 жыл бұрын

+Jeffrey Newton Thanks! That's our other piano, a Yamaha Upright in the "practice room" so it's nice to hear that you like the sound. (2 piano player household!)

@JeffreySaxophoneTallNewton

8 жыл бұрын

+Kent Hewitt I have both a Kawai MP11 and a Casio PX5S. No "real" piano, but two Selmer Mark VI saxophones (1956 alto and 1973 tenor, my main axe). My soprano sax is a 1987 Yamaha YS-62 "Purple Logo" that I picked up in LA last year - it had never been played! The Kawai is fantastic and plays about as close to a real piano as a slab can, but is 80 pounds. The Casio is excellent at 25 pounds for gigs (when I'm ready for a piano gig; it's within grasp). The keys are not as long and pivot is not as advantageous, but it's quite playable, even with my really long fingers. Off topic, but I was playing "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" using drop 2. It seems to work with 4ths between the melody and the next lowest note, with a third below the melody in the bass. I'm not sure what general rule to adhere to for additional notes. My saxophone mind doesn't like to do things the same way. Would it be advisable to settle on a specific rule for additional notes, or just keep the skeletal three notes I mentioned, adding additional notes as they present themselves? The latter is my natural inclination. Thanks for your videos - they really cut to the chase and present the proper concepts necessary to play solo piano. Being a saxophone player, I am pretty adept at single note runs in the right hand on piano - my left hand and the concepts you specialize in are what needs work!

@KentHewittpiano88

8 жыл бұрын

+Jeffrey Newton Jeffrey, thanks so much for writing and for checking out my videos. Did you see my earlier vid on the Drop 2 technique for But Not For Me? That one goes into more detail and also there's a download on my website. It sounds like you understand it the way you're using it on the (Christmas) song...your ear will tell you.

@JeffreySaxophoneTallNewton

8 жыл бұрын

+Kent Hewitt Hey Kent - Cool. No, I've not yet seen the "BNFM" video. I've listened to Coltrane's version about 10,000 times. I did a couple of open mics and audience members came up to me and complimented my voicings, so I must be doing something right! And, I have 2 paid piano gigs this weekend! I'll split between sax and piano. My ear hears more than I can pull off yet on piano, which is quite different from saxophone, where I can essentially play what I hear. Arturo Sandoval is my role model here. He plays both trumpet and piano at an extremely high level!

will this help if i'm playing and i'm the bass for my jazz band. what I do is I play the bass on a keyboard for my high school and I need to know how to walk a bass line.

Thanks! Love it!

@KentHewittpiano88

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment, KH to HH!

excellent!!

Very good info thank you.

@KentHewittpiano88

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

great job as always!!!

@KentHewittpiano88

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks much!

Great, thanks!

@KentHewittpiano88

3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

amazing lesson !

@KentHewittpiano88

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

Very helpful! Thank you :)

@KentHewittpiano88

6 жыл бұрын

I appreciate the comment!

Hi Kent I really appreciate you taking the time to make these videos, amazing stuff. I tried to download the pdf you mention for this video but cant find it on your website. Is there anyway i can get it? Thanks again

@charlieoaw1307

2 жыл бұрын

I don t find pdf too!

Incredible video lesson. So nicely you have broken down the concepts making it easier for someone starting out to understand. Do you do online sessions for singers/songwriters who need piano parts for their songs? I just thought that I would ask :)

@KentHewittpiano88

8 жыл бұрын

+Arnab Sengupta I haven't done any online lessons yet. Some folks have offered to help me with Skype. I just think I'm not ready to invest in more equipment. I have my time balanced now between gigs, travel, computer work, rehearsals, teaching, and You Tube. There's still a lot there. I do work with a number of singers and write their arrangements...I have a lot of experience with that.

@KentHewittpiano88

8 жыл бұрын

+Arnab Sengupta Sorry, forgot to thank you for the comment!

@dreamarnab

8 жыл бұрын

+Kent Hewitt Thank you very much for your reply. I am a singer/songwriter and guitar player based out of India. I have 2-3 songs for which I need piano parts. I was wondering if you could collaborate with me on those songs (let me know your charges). I will write you a detailed mail on your mail id mentioned in your youtube channel.

Holy shit Bach's Air on the G String in the second chorus

@KentHewittpiano88

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for pointing that out!

Thanks a lot for covering the basics! Does the same principles still apply and could i add more variation if i am trying to create a faster tempo walking base ?

@KentHewittpiano88

8 жыл бұрын

+Etihw Hsart Faster bass lines might use the octave and 5th technique if you are playing it on the piano. I believe they are easier to play, but it depends on the individual. It all depends on your own individual ability.

haven't heard too many musicians play a walking bass line with bluesy riffs and it's such a great mix......could you give a more detailed lesson on some of your riffs?

@KentHewittpiano88

8 жыл бұрын

+Angeli Alvares Thanks for the comment. I have a few ideas that I want to put down first but I'll definitely do something on blues riffs. Thanks for asking!

Excellent explanation and very good score in pdf ... sorry that I speak very little english

@KentHewittpiano88

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment and I'm glad you appreciate having the score. Keep watching!kzread.info/dron/dmjw5sm9Kn83TB_rA_QBCw.htmlplaylists

Oh Thank You so Much

@KentHewittpiano88

7 жыл бұрын

Corin...Thanks for the affirmation!

Thanks a lot. really helpful. I'm learning a lot from your videos. I tried to create a transcription of your 2 minutes impro at @10:10 . Can I publish it on museScore?

@KentHewittpiano88

7 жыл бұрын

What is that?

@e3133d3

7 жыл бұрын

musescore.com/ Same place as asselpunk1 uploaded musescore.com/node/1266226

Wow thanks Kent, I purchased your book and it is great to be able to follow along with the video. It is so clear now with your explanation of scale wise, chromatic, the octaves and 5ths, and the rest. Is there a simple way to get started? I'm a beginner and I don't know all the scales or chords so I was wondering if I wanted to learn 3 or 4 scales to start out which ones would be best so it sounds good. Also would it make sense to play diatonic progressions like the I IV V, or. II. V. I chord progressions and walk the left hand to block chords in the right hand. Or should I just memorize your Blues Comp in F from the book page 30? I'm a beginner so all this is kind of overwhelming but when I heard you play the walking bass with the improvisation in the right hand I really want to be able to do that some day, I know it will take a long time and hard work. I want to do it right. Thanks for your time and efforts showing me on your videos and in your book. It give me hope!!

@KentHewittpiano88

8 жыл бұрын

If you start with the basic lessons in the book and try to perfect each lesson and then watch the easier videos as a start here:kzread.info/dash/bejne/fZ-nzbyucpCzmso.html move on to the more intermediate lessons...that would be a good step- by- step approach. Have you considered a private teacher?

@electriglider

8 жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree with you that a private teacher is absolutely the best way to go but also the most expensive, albeit well deserved if I can afford it. I studied for a year in 2012 and it was amazing. I had to quit due to financial issues. But I am planning to get back into it in a year or so once I am able. I have signed up with a great teacher in a group session that is offered by the local Adult education department and the teacher is into Jazz, and Classical. But it is only an hour and with about 20 students I can only get about 5 to 10 minutes of one on one with the teacher. That is why I was hoping to work in your book and then hit my teacher with the things I can't figure out or have trouble with. I also really appreciate how you are so helpful. Bless you for sharing your wisdom and talent with the world. I will keep in touch with you and let you know how it goes. Your book is excellent and well worth the cost which is less than one piano lesson based on my experience. Thank you sir!

Hi Kent, when carefully studying the sheet I got some question about chords: #1 It's about F 13 (measure 13 / @1:48 ) vs F6(measure 15 / @1:52 - the very 'dense' measure with all quarters a new chord). Both are same notes/chord [that looks like a Dm]. So why is it one time labeled as 13 and the other as 6? What is the idea/philosophy behind it? Well as far as I got it is that a 13 is extension. Basically means to just add a 6 like in a normal 6th chord. But in addition to that extension means it always includes the 7th and if it's a 13th it can be optional filled with a 9 and/or 11. #2 about Db9 (just one beat before the F6 - mentioned before). There is no 9th in there. It's just a 7 and a 3. Leaving out the root and 5th to makes the voicing more light and fluffy. However if there's mentioned a 9th it should be played. So how may I resolve that? Add the 9(Eb) in the notes or change it to a Db7 ? #3 G7 (there's only one one the sheet) I see you playing (or just very shortly dipping would be more correct) a G9 but leaving out the 3. Well sounds cool but how to note that to the sheet? ...and learn from it. Is the 3 suspended somehow. The 3 and the 7 is the essential part of the core/shell voicing so may I leave them out just like that? Well sorry for posing maybe some ridicules questions, but I'm an enthusiastic beginner to jazz and need certain things to be clean and exact at the first place. To learn to rules - and break it later, but with intent or by feeling. ... but not just by accident or not knowing. #4 watching ya two takes in slowmo I noticed especially at the second half at width variation in the fingering as well as in bassline jumping down one octave as well as taking other paths into the next root/chord. ... and not to forget about grace notes I didn't pay that much attentions yet, that makes it all in all a big challenge to me. How first goal to me is it to learn measure by measure to play and get somehow though all the measures.

@KentHewittpiano88

8 жыл бұрын

asselpunk1...Bro! you're asking for a private piano lesson...what gives? (Just kidding you)...I understand your questions...but unfortunately I've become so popular... I now have to answer 20 comments a day... plus sell my books hard cover and download... plus everything else I have to do, gigs, travel. etc. What you and I have to do is have some kind of Skype lesson. But briefly....it doesn't matter if you call it a 6th or a 13th ...it's the same note but the 13th implies that it's a dominant 7th w/ the 13th above the octave. The Db7 chord is a tritone sub. approaching a C bass note but the F chord is voiced above so the 5th is in the bass. Bass lines don't always align with the root but may be other chord tones like a 5th or 3rd or 7th as (the 5th) is this case. The 3rd and 7th are usually desirable in a voicing but not always necessary. It is important to understand tritone subs and diminished chord approaches to understand bass line reharmonization movement in this score. Please check out all my vids because I cover all of this.

Kent. Was going over your Blues Comp.Found it an excellent resource for people trying to learn the base clef.as well as a first year college course in jazz blues composition. First the first F is below the middle C it's F3.. then we walk down into second octave ect. Failure to notice the proper octaves will make the base two muddy ie octave One. Also the chords are made so minimal hand movement. A F7 becomes a D7(b9) by having a D in the base and keeping the Eb which is the b9 of E. We pick up the the major third of D (F#) Which also contributes to a climbing motion an F# is a Gb and itt is climbing stepwise to G and it turns out to be a Dominant G 7. You can look at the F 7 to D7b9 as a 1 to 6. The G is the 2 in the progression. That's a mini 1 6 2 progression. Add the C That is a 1 6 2 5.. Which is a modified circle of fifths. Also Enharmonically that D7b9 is a F# or Gb diminished7. Wasn't meaning to get that involved but it is amazing that our ear picks all that without any technical knowledge. . The gist of all this is that your composition is great study piece. The best

Brasil 🎉

you are fantastico!!!

@KentHewittpiano88

8 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for the vote of confidence!

@rahmaahmad7041

7 жыл бұрын

Sha Roon hu

As cool as ice. Thanks for the invite

@KentHewittpiano88

8 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the cool!

Could you please send me the link for your notation of this walking bass line. I would love to learn how to play it. Thank you for your helpful videos. With all your experience with music, you are a living, walking musical encyclopedia!

@KentHewittpiano88

5 жыл бұрын

Here's a link storage.googleapis.com/wzukusers/user-26455100/documents/585d792c223c0BpDKWqi/Blues%20Bass%20Line.pdf Thanks for the compliment and I have much more on bass lines in my book. Also on my bass lines playlist here: kzread.info/head/PLFuMibnl_h5bORWqQU6VSD9egXLBEtJ38

@jamesludwig4840

5 жыл бұрын

@@KentHewittpiano88 Kent, this link doesn't work and I can't find your notated bass line on your page?

You are a amazing Pianist! Its inspiring to wash you. Have you done other videos on walking bass lines? if not please do that. Thank you!

@KentHewittpiano88

6 жыл бұрын

I have a playlist on bass lines and it's also covered in my book. Go here: kzread.info/head/PLFuMibnl_h5bORWqQU6VSD9egXLBEtJ38

Hello, Kent! I would like to ask you about bassline for comping over dominant chords . I noticed, that some pianists use regular fifth in bassline, while their right hand plays voicing with b13 (or #5) . For example, on G7+9 - Cm7 in right hand will be B-Eb-F-A# for G7+9 chord. Is it normal to play in left hand something like this G-D-Bb-B-C? I ask this becouse of dissonanse beetwen voice D in left hand and Eb in right hand. Is it better to play Db instead of D in left hand line? (sounds a little tense)

@KentHewittpiano88

4 жыл бұрын

It's a good question, however I think there's no rule there. It's what you prefer to hear. Perfect 5ths in bass lines always work well, but if you prefer the sound of the Db sounding better with the voicing in the right hand then use it. You could also play the bass line G-Eb-D-C#-C which would create a nice chromatic descending line to the Cm7. Check out my playlist on bass lines on my channel page. Write back.

@user-ii3ps1ul1z

4 жыл бұрын

@@KentHewittpiano88 Thanks a lot for you quick answer. I figured it out.

I was wondering if you could put together a lesson on how to provide a real good steady and yet interesting piano back up track (on E preferably ) so guitar players can solo effectively....There's nothing in youtube on the subject. Just a whole lot of backing tracks available but no lesson on how to do it....especially the chromatic move to the fourth chord, then fifth and descending chromatic moves etc....could figure it out if I really tried but ha ha...just hoping to be spoonfed!

@KentHewittpiano88

8 жыл бұрын

You wrote this 9 months ago and I didn't see it? Wow...sorry. I hope I can sometime do something on creating beat and pulse in ones playing. I have a new vid out. It's a busy summer w/ a lot of traveling, concerts, etc. so I can't do the usual amount of vids. Hope all is well w/ you. (you might need to ask the guitar teachers to do something in E major...my piano students want C or F) Keep in touch!

Made a Video score (colored sheet notes + video): musescore.com/node/1266226 ^- really recommend ya this for learning. Well even the slower version is way to fast for me. YT options play speed 0.5 helps. I know I can all the time press space to pause. @Kent However when doing another video and explaining stuff please consider to make a small pause of about a second here and there to phrase stuff and to make things settle down better to the brain. Jazz, Jazz, Jazz. It comes from nowhere and goes nowhere, but I'm lov 'em it.

@KentHewittpiano88

8 жыл бұрын

+asselpunk1 That's a challenge for me because I think a lot of people get bored if I take too long...I know there is a balance there but people on different levels are watching. Thanks for the comment!

How can I download the score ? I don't find it on your website ....

@KentHewittpiano88

8 жыл бұрын

www.kenthewitt.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/bluesbassline.pdfIt's under Free Music Downloads in LH column.

@MrJulio1906

8 жыл бұрын

unfortunately, the link doesn't work but I find the score. Thanks a lot for your quick answer. Now I'm going to work ^^

I'm a piano beginner what was all the chords on the right hand?

@KentHewittpiano88

7 жыл бұрын

I would have to do another video to explain. Mostly they are following the chord progression in the PDF download on my website. Usually they are rootless voicings in different inversions, and sometimes just 2 or 3 notes. Check out my chord tutorials. kzread.info/head/PLFuMibnl_h5abmY90whS2VekI4jABbFUo

dear kent ---- tried to download "walking bass" score but site was unavaiable! do you still allow this download? just wondering and hoping!! joe chovanec

@KentHewittpiano88

7 жыл бұрын

Sorry, site is down...I'm trying to fix it w/ the server, but it's taking a while. I can email it to you if you'd like.

@mikom4082

7 жыл бұрын

Kent Hewitt why can't i download this score? Btw: great lesson

Afain more slow mo when it comes to demonstrating things ....good enough as you do this and it never can be slow enough....keep on though.

Where is the link for shore please?

@KentHewittpiano88

2 жыл бұрын

Please write to my email if you cannot find links!

@charlieoaw1307

2 жыл бұрын

@@KentHewittpiano88 ok 👌