damn, i've learned more in this minutes than in a year by myself.

@estebanreyes5043

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers for the Video! Sorry for the intrusion, I would love your thoughts. Have you considered - Riddleagan Smart Hands Remedy (should be on google have a look)? It is an awesome one of a kind guide for learning piano fast without the headache. Ive heard some awesome things about it and my best friend Jordan after a lifetime of fighting got great results with it.

I have the same weird habit of trying to make vibratto on the keys haha great video, loved your explanation :)

@tashaw5206

9 жыл бұрын

Yeah i always catch myself trying to do vibrato on the keys because i play the cello and so i'm just so used to doing it 😄😄

As a teacher (in Electrotechnology), I know that serving others has been a source of inspiration, a source of strength, a reinforcement of faith, and an illustration of my life’s purpose." I sense it in your teaching. You have been such an awesome blessing to me and so many others in revealing the hidden structures of music. Thank you so very much Julian, for like many, I was musically blind and now I can see!

Outstanding instructional style,… perfect! That's why I purchased your course.

@jazztutorial

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Eric! I really appreciate the comment and purchasing of my book, I'm really glad these help.

@fairuzzainuddin1592

8 жыл бұрын

+Eric Taylor (BigFuzzz) hey ,if anyone else wants to uncover quickest way to learn how to play piano try Nadazma Simple Piano Helper (Have a quick look on google cant remember the place now ) ? Ive heard some amazing things about it and my mate got great results with it.

You are an awesome teacher/instructor. I feel like I've really learned more about Jazz than I have in the last few days I've been watching you're videos. I will be investing in the ebooks very soon because from you, IT'S SO WORTH IT!!!!! Thank you for sharing your gift!!!!

@jazztutorial

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Derrell for your kind words - they really inspire me. I'm so pleased these lessons are helping you discover jazz!

@jerimias2k

7 жыл бұрын

+Derrell Simmons Excellent Video! Forgive me for butting in, I would appreciate your initial thoughts. Have you thought about - Chiveard Awesome Speaker Framework (erm, check it on google should be there)? It is a good one of a kind product for learning how to master the piano minus the normal expense. Ive heard some interesting things about it and my cousin at very last got great success with it.

@francispiano4771

6 жыл бұрын

Derrell Simmons a

Thanks from Brazil...ive already watched your videos on bossa nova and im delighted! I study classical piano with a brazilian teacher,, but ive been learning jazz from you...

Can someone explain me the voicing part or send me a link to a tutorial ? :D I don't get it when he explains the 4th's and 5th's. When he plays the 3rd's he starts counting from the root note (C) and play the other 3rd's. No problem so far. But when he plays the 4th's it seems to me that he does not start from the root note (C) but from the 7th note (H) to play the 4th's. I hope you can undestand me i guess my english is a bit rusty ^^ Thanks for your help guys.

@DJmaex1

8 жыл бұрын

+Ridikolaus p.s. I liked my own comment to get your attention :D

@ymaifiyv6589

6 жыл бұрын

It depends on what scale you're playing in I think. It also depends on whether you want to flatten or sharpen the tones. That's why it doesn't look very coherent. This is just what I think though...

@PedroMachadoPT

6 жыл бұрын

The idea of the voicings is precisely not starting from the root note. What confuses me is that he plays notes that are not part of the chord in its voicings and doesn't explain why or how.

Love it

Hi! I was wondering why the 7 is always flattened in the c major chord? All the other notes are on a white note (1,3,5)..Please explain!

@michaelruggles9441

9 жыл бұрын

Andrew Ting playing the flat 7 just makes it a dominant type chord, that's all. In the key of C (or G), the C would normally have a major 7 (B natural) which would make it a major 7th chord. You can still continue with the normal extensions (9, 11, 13) and it will sound just fine.

A little confused: at the time 6:11 you played F# which is the #11 note, instead of F, but on the screen it shows 11.or am i getting it all wrong?

@makevili1996

8 жыл бұрын

+Antoine Badi same question

@rafaelgomez1989

6 жыл бұрын

Antoine Badi definitely a mistake, should have been shown as #11

can one explainwhy in the 2,5,1 in C scale. it is Dm, Gdominant and C major. i knw it's D,G,C but why it ought to be Dm7, Gdom7 and Cmajor7.

@niajosy4937

7 жыл бұрын

Weiqing Guo because the C major scale has F and not F#, so it would have a D minor chord and not a D major chord

@MiguelGebremedhin

7 жыл бұрын

Because Jazz commonly adds the 7th to most basic triads. It's the way early jazz came up with their own distinct sound.

Pelforth - as always, thanks so much for all your encouragement, really means a lot to me to read. I'll be posting part II very soon :)

Why do you vibrate your fingers when you play chords?

@belghitialaouianass8211

8 жыл бұрын

I think he's a guitar player too ;)

@kevinmichelet91

7 жыл бұрын

Yup. Same here

@nj20baller

7 жыл бұрын

cuz he can douche

@phaneserichthoneus8895

5 жыл бұрын

@@nj20baller I can douche, too, but it doesn't make me vibrate my fingers.

Thanks so much Jimu! Makes me very happy to hear this, stay tuned for part 2!

Liked and subscribed, very nice!

Wasn't Ravel technically impressionist (even though he didn't like the name)?

@Woolookologie

6 жыл бұрын

Leo T definitely. He's the definition of impressionism together with Debussy. He's really far from what the people did before him and was far more innovative. Calling him a romantic composer really doesn't do him justice.

at 3:10 you indicate what the 11th is (F) of the C7 chord, but when you grab the chord you press F#? Why is that ??

@jazztutorial

10 жыл бұрын

Hi Tavern, it's more common to play a #11 (F#) over dominant 7 chords. It's still a 11th I'm playing, I just made chose to play a #11 instead of a natural 11 - just as you can play a major or minor 3rd, a major or minor 7th and so on. I was just focusing on where we get these numbers from. Sorry I realize that was confusing. Does this make sense?

@GrumpyOldMan9

10 жыл бұрын

jazztutorial Thx, I figured it out in the mean time. Looks like music isn't pure mathematics after all ;)

@RitchieDiamond

10 жыл бұрын

TavernSenses When having a major 7th chord, adding a sharp eleventh may be explained by 'fifth stacking' - G is a fifth over C, B a fifth from E and F# a fifth from B natural... I myself play a sharp 11 with major 7th chords and a natural 11 with dominant seventh chords, again explained by fifth stacking... :)

@JeffOwens1

10 жыл бұрын

Ritchie Diamond I think you mean "perfect fifth stacking", since B to F is a fifth.

@RitchieDiamond

10 жыл бұрын

yes, of course - whenever I say fifth by itself, I usually mean to imply it being a perfect fifth, or I would specify further :P

For alternative voicings in C major, are accidentals OK?

@jazztutorial

9 жыл бұрын

Hi Sharon, you could add in a #4 (F#) but I would leave it at that, stick to the white notes so that chord and scale match each other.

Thanks so much! I'm really happy to hear these videos help you. The concepts are relevant to all instruments, it's just easy to demonstrate visually on the piano. Thanks for watching!

You brought out both F and F# as being th 11th of C a few minutes apart. A bit confusing as it sems F# should be thesharped 11th.

Excelent

@jazztutorial

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you Wilfredo!

Thank you for the vid, what external amplification do you recommend please? Im currently researching between monitor speakers, pc gaming speakers, active PA, hi fi separate amp and speakers and keyboard amp. Its to produce a larger sound for home use. Ive even considered mounting a TV soundbar with integral bass woofer under the keyboard stand! Whats your thoughts on the best quality sound? Thanks.

When you went into voicing, I thought you were just going to show inversions of the chords, and then you played them and I was like “what are these SOUNDS!?!?” 😂. Haha thank you great video and building blocks to start building a jazz knowledge

When do you play dominant, minor and major chords? Is there a specific way or you can play whatever you want?

@jazztutorial

10 жыл бұрын

If you're playing an existing song, then the chord sheet will tell you which chords to play. 'CM7' means C major 7, 'Cm7' means C minor 7, and 'C7' means C dominant 7. Usually jazz musicians play more or less the chords that are written in the music.

@jazztutorial

10 жыл бұрын

Hey Javier, If you're playing an existing song, then the chord sheet will tell you which chords to play. 'CM7' means C major 7, 'Cm7' means C minor 7, and 'C7' means C dominant 7. Usually jazz musicians play more or less the chords that are written in the music.

@JavierTJL99

10 жыл бұрын

jazztutorial thanks :)

Amazing lesson

im new to jazz. which songs should i break the ice with? thanks for your help

@jazztutorial

10 жыл бұрын

Hey Kyle, my first jazz songs were 'So What' by Miles Davis, Autumn Leaves, Summertime would work well. You might like Misty too.

@190light

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks man. I'll try them out:). Thanks again!

Thanks so much for the lovely comment! I'm very happy to hear these videos are helping you. I'm just finishing a new series of videos covering ear training in a lot of depth. Stay tuned :)

You're welcome Gufaldo! Glad this one helped :)

Thanks Judah, glad these videos help you! I'm not familiar with the term 'steroid voicing'. What are they?

Is it that if there is different extended chords playing we need to change the scale ???

At 12:24 how come C Major 7 has an F sharp?

@stylishkeyboardman9287

7 жыл бұрын

Matthew Davies the fifth of a B note is F#

@matthewdavies269

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks. But I still don't see how that can then still be called C Major? As the F# isn't in the C Major scale.

Thanks so much Mr Clavissimo! Really happy to hear this helped, makes my day reading comments like this, thank you :)

OMG. I learned soooooooooo much! This basics tutorial truly did it's job. I felt the foundation laid down is pretty solid. I kept on rewinding why you were pressing those keys whenever you do a whole chord and figure out the pattern that it followed from the previous part of the video. And in the end, it all made sense! I totally absorbed everything that was taught here! Which is amazing. I learned waaaay more here than 33 videos of a series of a different tutorial on classical music. I knew i should've just went straight to learning the genre i wanted to learn! sheesh. Thank you so much!

Julian, your channel is like that really really really good tv show that I don't want to start watching in the middle so I have every episode DVRed until I can empty the house, take off work, and have a weekend marathon one day. So thank you for making these comprehensive and enjoyable Intro pieces, they're as important as the more advanced stuff like the tritone explanation.

Thank you for this amazing lesson! Really helpful.

Various points within Julian's "Jazz Theory Explained" course he links a certain video that illustrates an explanation. This video is linked in the a PDF section called Extended Harmony. This really enhances the course material. Having the keyboard handy to try his moves would seem to be the final part of actually learning for repeat practice w/o the PDF or video. Confession: I sometimes watch these endlessly without 'actualizing' the material. Intellectually understanding but not completing the training of hands and finger to keys.

Exactly - I say 'more advance', but I just mean more advanced when it comes to playing the voicing. As far as ear training though, the 2nds make things harder to hear, they blur things up, whereas the wide voicings spread everything out so your ear can separate easily. I've got a ton of new material on ear training, going to be posting lots on this topic soon!

Thanks Hoofey - really pleased to hear this helped!

Still going back to basics, will become a second nature . Thank you Julian , stay tune for beginners in Jazz. NBG

I've been playing Jazz for years and have been trying to figure out piano better and holy cow I wish I found your videos earlier! Thank you for these awesome and simple lessons! I'm very excited to take these teachings and goof around with them! Keep up the teaching man!

You're amazing! Thank you soo much for the precious information!

It looks really helpful ;-)... Thank You!!! :-)

Thank you this is amazing, I'm buying your jazz lessons asap!

Still confused about counting 8th note onwards for Jazz.. Do we stay in the scale for counting notes or just count 'full notes' starting from the root of the next octave?

god i wish i knew this stuff when i was learning jazz, it would have made it so much easier to understand and play and i wouldn't have lost motivation. Thank you so much, time to pick it back up again :)

Why did you start playing 4th voicing from B?

Subscibing to this channel is one of the rightest thing in my life. Where have I been all this time? I love the concise way you explain the theory! This takes me into the leap of years of learning in minutes! Thanks a lot, mate! You're a great tutor!

@jazztutorial

6 жыл бұрын

Arr so pleased to hear this Eri! Glad to have you here. Off my head, here's a few more videos you might like, based on the ones you've watched so far: 1. Jazz Scales Explained: kzread.info/dash/bejne/hKNmxrivp92xftY.html 2. Tritone Substitution Explained: kzread.info/dash/bejne/q5lkrLSygpidprw.html 3. Best scales for V7 chords: kzread.info/dash/bejne/fW1-qcmjgaqThdo.html

Your videos are an incredible library of insruction. Occasionally, I get confused with a more advanced lesson, so I return to the basics like this one and voila! It all makes sense again! I loved the ear trainning video, BTW. Basing everything around the key of C makes so much sense. I find myself instinctively playing the right notes more often now, without concious thought.

Playing the Bb as the seventh is actually the seventh diminished right?

i am a beginner to this whole music theory scales thingy (excuse my newbishness xD)How do u memorize the 3 major chords played on any key ?the only one i know is the c key when i try to play major chords on a different key i always have to first find the major scale on that key wich is also hard for me and then find the chords

@danielkandaurov837

8 жыл бұрын

+zawette Yeah it might be pretty hard at first, and It's a thing that also comes with time to remember everything, but I suggest you to just take some Jazz standards and learn all kinds of standards in different keys, You will start to remember the chords in other keys too. It's a great practice.

It's the Roland RD 700 SX, has some lovely piano sounds and lovely weighted keys

OK, this is an informative video. I'm relieved. There are lot of "teachers" on KZread who just like to show off their skills and their videos are useless to me.

only got 5 minutes in before havng enough inspiration to noodle around, 30 mins later i think it might be the most beautiful thing I've ever played. Thank you.

Thanks so much Gustavo - really appreciate hearing this!

Thanks so much Cronevineti - Really pleased to hear this, you're welcome for the videos - glad they help you! :)

bare-bones, minimalist instruction (the best kind by far)...no fluff. rooted and useful.

thankyou for all these fab videos, they're really clear & so helpful!

@jazztutorial

10 жыл бұрын

You're welcome Monsta, I really appreciate the encouragement. Stay tuned for my ear training material I'm going to be posting very soon.

thank you so much sir for bringing down jazz into the basics

Love it!! So much easier to understand than some other tutorials I have seen. Fits my needs to a "T"!!

@jazztutorial

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Carol!

love your videos. im quite deep into music logic. a question: i think the longest chord is 17 long 135 + 3 in the bass / 135 + 613 / example BDF+GBDG, resolves to C am i right or wrong? what's the correct naming of that? another question, when having a long chord, is it the top or the bottom structure/triad is what we use to aim/approach the following step

Maybe a video on walking bass lines next? Perhaps breaking down the decisions a bassist makes on songs with less changes (So What) or many (Giant Steps). I listen to a lot of Take 6 and Real Group and while they're singing set arrangements, I'm floored by how the bass singer is basically scatting and improvising their bass lines. See: I've Got Life - Take 6. You're the best.

super stuff!! Bravo!

@jazztutorial

9 жыл бұрын

Thank you Senela, glad you liked this one!

Hey man, as a fellow jazz pianist, these videos are so great for those learning jazz piano. Thumbs up!

thanks man, i'm really starting to get this :) keep em coming mate

Any advice on a music sheet that would be good for me to start on jazz

Thank you so much for your videos. They are amazing! :D

Jonathan - thanks so much, this means a lot to me. I'm really pleased these help you, I will finish editing part II and post very soon :)

I am starting playing jazz on the piano. So far I understand the skill of moving between chords takes a lot of time to develop and I am ok with that and up for the challenge but sometimes I wonder if my fingerings are the corrects ones. I know the advice of using whats more confortable to you, but I find my fingerings to be "stiff" sometimes. I voice C7 with my left hand as follows: 5 4 2 1. And I use that fingering on the entire C scale, which menas the 3 finger is left on the air most of the time. While practicing in other scales, when I have to switch between the 3 finger and the 4 finger, I find it very hard and confusing and its a mess to me, which I translate to "need to practice and develop that skill, changing from those two fingers at will while playing chords". Are my fingerings stiff or I just need time to get better? Would like some inputs and Thanks!

Amazing material for any music student who wants to go deeper into harmony and advanced theory. The subject of chord voicings for me it's very mindblowing since it seems you may find a lot of very rich and colorful sound combinations with that concept only. Much appreciated, thanks!

Great break down of the history of jazz from a piano theory standpoint. As a long time player of classical music, this was exactly what I was looking for.

Can you tell me what kind of piano that is?

@Stephen-rb7mp

7 жыл бұрын

mike jackson It looks like a Roland RD-700

hi , could please someone tell me why he plays that 7 diminished ?

Great lesson Julian, thanks! Completely agree with Derrell. Just a bit confused with the chord voicings. How is that other voicings include different notes to the original Cmaj7 scale? Is this where the "sound" of Jazz comes from or am I missing something theoretical?

I always learn so much from your videos, and this one is no exception. I'm going to sit down on the piano and practice my 3rds.

No one told all this in any video I viewed before. You're simply awesome!!!!

Thank you for this video! ^_^

Hey man, your videos are great. Could you make a video with some useful general exercises we could do?

Wow, just found it. This weekend I am going to go through all on your videos. Can't wait :)

Hi Julian, Thanks for the tutorials. It would be great to have the scores in an electronic format such as MusicXML or Midi. Are they available? I'd like to transpose them for transposing instruments in Bb, Eb, F, and A. Certainly I can maticulously enter all the notes into Musescore (which might be a good excersise to learn the pieces), but I wonder whether they're already available?

@jazztutorial

10 жыл бұрын

Hi Jim, currently I don't have these lessons in MIDI format but that's a great idea. I could start publishing the MIDI files to my lessons in future for people who want it. Thanks for the great suggestion. Julian

Great video, exactly what I was looking for! Thank you!

So why, when you reach the extensions, do you always use the tritone? Wouldn't that be considered a #11 chord?

you have no idea how much you cleared up the fog in my head when it came to trying to learn jazz! you are a great teacher! I will invest in your ebooks as soon as I can =)

Awesome tutorial! I am just venturing into jazz. In this video, you present a clear, organized and simple way to dive into this whole new colorful world of music. Thanks so much!

Do u have any books ( not Ebook) for sale for late beginner early intermediate.

at 12:20 you include the D and F# in the Cmajor7. I can understand the D (extension note 9) but, again, the F#?

@Tsharkeye

10 жыл бұрын

the F# is an extension note 11 played one octave higher :) he plays it because he is stacking 5ths there.

I just begun watching your videos. They are very helpful. Thanks a ton...!!!

@jazztutorial

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Philiz! Make yourself at home :)

thank you so much. you summarized what i tried for months figuring out,..

@jazztutorial

10 жыл бұрын

Thank YOU Kelvin - I'm really pleased this one helped. Thanks for the comment :)

Have been through part one and part 2 of this however when part two finishes it reverts back to part one instead of going to part 3 on rhythm with .alternative independant searching i can not find part 3 would appreciate if you could help thanks

Brilliant video

@jazztutorial

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ben! Glad this helped

Very well put out, good content. I think like i've learnt a fair bit. Appreciate the work you're doing. Godspeed

Thanks Julian - simply explained in a very professional way, making it nice and easy to understand! :) (A link to part 2 would have been useful)

GREAT VIDEO!! On the part where building chords on 3's . I want to get that in my brain,, as u move about do u stay rooted in key ur in & move other fingers? Same, when u change key ?

Exactly what I wanted to know. love it

@Stephen-rb7mp

7 жыл бұрын

Lauren It looks like a Roland RD-700

@risatungol

7 жыл бұрын

Stephen Bezmenov I'm not really sure. I only have a Roland xps-10

@Stephen-rb7mp

7 жыл бұрын

I'm a Yamaha guy myself :) But I'm almost positive he's playing either a Roland RD-700 or the RD-700nx. I've played one before that my friend had. They're great stage pianos!

@risatungol

7 жыл бұрын

Stephen Bezmenov that's nice. Well actually, I'm a beginner that's why I opted for an xps-10. It's great so far. :) Maybe when I've already improved I can try the other ones too.

@Stephen-rb7mp

7 жыл бұрын

Roland makes very good keyboards.... Their acoustic sounds are great.....Keep practicing. look up some stuff by Oscar Peterson! He was the best!

Great teacher - you really put yourself in the shoes of a complete beginner, which many can't do

Hello, Julian! Am I right that on 12:39 the C major 7 voiced in seconds is actually an inversion of C major 7 (9 #11 13)? I am not sure I wrote it correctly, but I hope what I meant is clear.

13:00 I thought that all film noir voicings were made out of the melodic minor scale. Is that incorrect?

thanks for making this so easy to understand.. now its time to practice! Great Video!

HI! I don't understand one thing in the voicings section. There are notes there that aren't part of the original chord. How so? Is there any rule?

thank you so much for this total introduction to jazz!

You are an amazing teacher!! You make it so easy to understand the structure and patterns, demystifying it completely. Well done and thank you. I’m really enjoying your videos.