I believe that MR Prehn is not only a gifted and talented musician and teacher but I also believe MR Prehn is a great person ..I just get that feeling . MR Prehn should be a full time working and recording musician.....great people deserve great things.

@robertmichalscheck3072

4 жыл бұрын

Agree,I think he’s probably already done all that,there are quite a few great musicians that don’t become famous for whatever reason,the current and not so current pop culture for music is deplorable.

@terrylaguardia6838

3 жыл бұрын

And the music of great people is great for all 🎶💚✨

@javierkannon8934

2 жыл бұрын

@Zachariah Kendrick Flixportal

@zachariahkendrick3078

2 жыл бұрын

@Javier Kannon thank you, I signed up and it seems to work =) I really appreciate it !!

@javierkannon8934

2 жыл бұрын

@Zachariah Kendrick glad I could help xD

Literally the best music teacher on KZread. I feel so privileged watching this.

@bodycode

3 жыл бұрын

I totally agree!!

All of this is worth gold, any jazz musician will agree. I've been using this for years. This is the single best technique you can learn to make you a more complete jazz pianist. Melodic Minor is a haunting scale. This video combines several of the most important advanced concepts: melodic minor modes (the best jazz scales), left hand rootless voicings for trio (aka box voicings, universal voicings), diatonic (to the melodic minor asc.) upper structures, functional harmony, 2h comp voicings for trio, 2h voicings for solo piano etc.. and my jazz friends, this actually just scratches the surface of what is possible with this rather simple shaping concept. If you manage to make all of this automatic (no thinking), this will skyrocket your improvisations. Tip: I suggest you to spend A LOT of time with just this left hand shape from the beginning of the video. Check out the youtube channel of Tony Winston or search for "box voicings". If you start to understand it from there, you'll find many many more ways to use this technique! Thank you Mr. Prehn for making those high quality videos, your efforts really shine through to us.

@NewJazz

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much :) And you are so right - we are just scratching the surface - melodic minor is gold in so many ways! The best and warm regards Oliver

@blevens7251

4 жыл бұрын

So true. These techniques are improvisational rocket fuel.

Love everything about Oliver - clear, concise, competent, captivating, calm, committed - and great coach.

@NewJazz

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks and thanks a lot for your donation!!! The best and warm regards Oliver

(Just to state the obvious) The usual way of "teaching" on youtube is showing off your knowledge in a fast, entertaining, funny way. But this here, while not optimized for being entertaining, is optimized for teaching efficiency imo. It gets stuck much better because of low speed and repetition and feels like a real lesson. I'm grateful

This is the Holy Grail of jazz piano lesions! Very simple but requires a lot of practice to master... thanks for sharing it!

I'm a Nooby on my piano journey. This was above my pay grade when I started, but I finished this in a new tax bracket. You really are a master. BTW I watch other piano teachers, and have seen several comments on their sites to watch your videos.

Watching all your videos I can realize how much money I have wasted on music college. Thank you so much man. Hellos from Puerto Rico. All the way from the Caribbean.

You're as genius as humble as a good human being. Thank you tremendous.

Oh My God am doing it.....Woooh! is not even difficult like i thought, on my left hand am just moving each finger to next note and now i can understand better,,,Thanks million

I always wanted to play jazz. I started playing rock on the drums at 14 then jazz rock, I learned simple piano chords and melodies. I play simple guitar chords. Now I am 60 and have more time for music. By watching your videos I have learned so much in a short time. I write my own songs and just played recorded my first jazz piano solo last month. I am really practicing hard and enjoying learning through your instructions. Thank you very very much. I have recommended your teaching to my other musician friends. Kenny Delery, Panama City Beach Florida, USA

Your channel is the best thing a human being has done in youtube for others, thank you so much. So generous!

I'm happy to be aboard Oliver's happy bus tour of Jazz. I have learned so much from these classes and it's changing the way I play for the better. Thank you Oliver.

I haven’t giggled this much with “ah” moments in a LONG time watching tutes :))

This is better then Berkeley super expensive private lessons...absolutely the best piano tutorials on KZread ... .enjoy

Every time i am amazed how oliver can take complex concepts (rootless, alt, inversions) and make a playground focussing on them like a laser while still giving a begginner player the freedom to experiment. Thank you❤

Dear Mr.Prehn, I have reviewed many of other piano tutorial webs however yours are absolutely the best ones. I am astonished realizing that you in fact are a bus driver because your are not only a fantastic pianist but mainly fabulous teacher. I watch all your videos breathlessly. Vowww.....

I'm glad that one is not wasting time on youtube but to learn from great teachers. I'm learning so much from this musician and teacher. This is one of the rare greatest lessons on jazz piano. I'm not a pianist, but a saxophonist. Sometimes, as a saxophonist, Sometimes I go somewhere where there people and the piano and I want to do something impressive as a musician, most times I failed to do anything impressive so that people know that I'm a musician. But with lessons like these, I instantaneously become a great musician in front of people and they immediately recognise me as a great musician. This channel, new jazz is great!!! Thanks

I’m a novice on piano and this is amazing

Another great lesson, Have to admit, I really love the ambience reverb on the piano ;-)

@MomLAU

3 жыл бұрын

Oh, i just thought he was using lots of pedal. (Sounds good, btw)

WOW you have inspired me so much and this is THE BEST on KZread. Having no mentor for the past couple years really made me play in a rut and not be able to expand my musicality. Thank you forever and you have my support!

great lesson, you have the gift to explain very hard stuff in a very simple way and what amazed me most is the fact that you are a bus driver to make a living.you're the best!

Your approach is so clever, and so gentle, just like jazz. And you understood that each step must be rewarding to bring the necessary effort and the motivation to get to the next one. Happy to know you ❤️✨

Very grateful for these teachings. You're urging me back to play the piano. God bless

WOW! And I really mean wow! Such a nice idea to create a lesson which allows you to play around making beautiful sounding music, meanwhile learning theory and improv!

What a wonderful player and a wonderful teacher you are. Congratulations for a wonderful job. Greetings from Argentina, my friend!

Such a treat to be given so much valuable useful information. Really appreciate it, thankyou.

Thanks thanks thanks !!! I am looking for this since many years !

I am speechless, you listened to my request about upper structures and made a masterpiece lesson! I am rushing to make a donation but please don’t leave your bus driver job otherwise where will the inspiration for the next hand grips come from?

@NewJazz

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot :) And thanks for the donation!!! You are so right - it's when driving the bus that all the inspiration comes to me - LOL :)

Oliver, Master !!! thank you so much for your lessons, we really appreciate that, you are the best

This lesson is another gem. You are really a fantastic teacher.

those blue dots help so so so much thank you for so many amazing and helpful tutorials. You've helped me expand my musical creative vocabulary when playing.

Oliver, Suffice it to say that I'll never be a great (or even good) jazz pianist! However your teaching inspires me to try to learn little each day; and has blessed me with a glimpse into the wonderful complexity of this music. I really think music is a gift to us from our Creator; and thank you for sharing your incredible insight. Mark from Florida

Man, youre the best teacher online for sure. Because you teach complez staff with easy knowlegde. Long live you!

Thousand likes...You are a bus driver too? Amazing! You are great at what you do!!!

Oliver, this is so deep and relativily easy to grasp! Thank you, you are D Man!

from the Phils @54 i'm learning so much in your easy to understand jazz lesson God bless you Oliver

Beautiful sound and beautiful presentation.

Spectacular, Mr. Prehn !

You are indeed an amazing teacher and musician and you provide really great quality lessons. Thank you so much Oliver!

Thank you for the generosity To chare your knowledge. Priceless!! Much much appreciated. God bless your heart.

Another MARVELLOUS lesson. Loved every bit of it. Really very excellent method. Useful for a random pianist like me. May your tribe grow!

Вы лучший учитель! Огромное спасибо!

This amazing class definetely opened to me some new great windows of guitar improvisation. All the concepts can be extrapolated to the guitar. It seems I have new work for the following moths!! Thank you very much!

Another wonderful lesson. Your methods are so refreshing! To echo TC , it adds much needed oxygen to my improv. Thank u again.

All your lessons are inspiring and made with passion. The fact that you drive a bus is probably beneficial to me because I drive Trucks. These are no nonsense videos that I can relate to, like changing gears, I might be a bit slow on the hills, but if I keep following you, soon I'll get to Jazz street! Cheers Dude.

Great teacher ,thank you Oliver👽

AMAZING video! Just subbed. Can't wait to learn how to play Jazz!

You're really a master at making me believe I too can play stuff like this one day. Wonderful lesson as usual from you!

@terrylaguardia6838

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. At 58!

Mr. Prehn, this is your best video. Congratulations!

Really fantastic stuff! Totally beautiful sounding chords! Thank you so much for sharing!

This really sounds like brainwave music. I love your approach where technique and pattern come first then theory later. I used to stick to theory and found my creativity imprisoned. Your videos really open a brave new world of jazz! Thank you very much!

Thank you from Brasil!🙏🏽 Huge lesson!

WOW! This is a GREAT video and has instantly given me a lot of ideas! THANK YOU SO MUCH!

Fantastic, Oliver. GOD BLESS YOU

Super! Thank you for sharing the knowledge.

This Sir is a wonderful teacher!! I´m very happy and grateful watching this

BEST 30 minutes I’ve ever invested on KZread!!! Incredible! Cannot wait to experience all your videos!! Thank you so much for your contributions! THIS is how you teach piano... not all these other rubbish videos I’ve seen.

I learned these LH voicings 20 years ago.. but I never knew what to do with them. Your tips and insights are profound!

Thank you so much, Oliver, I just love this. Going to have to work hard to get it, but the sounds are so gorgeous.

It's amazing how fast you create music out of theory. Just astounishing!

Excellent!!! Thank you, sir! In fact this simple exercise brings so much to the performance and delivery quality. Piano sound is very nice as well. Narrative style is top notch.Thanks again. God bless you.

Kære Oliver, du har simpelthen overgået dig selv med denne video. Du gør det komplicerede simpelt og legende. Jeg er vild med din nærmest meditationsagtige stemning undervejs i dine videoer. Tusinde tak! // Dear Oliver, in my opinion you've surpassed yourself with this video. You make the complicated things simple and playful. I'm crazy about your almost meditative mood in your videos. Thank you very much!

This stuff is so helpful,grateful you share your knowledge,thank you much.

Very grateful for your teaching lessons and the way that you make it easy to understand... Your great !!

Here i am again. Had to stop to say...what a lesson!!!! Thanks a lot for this gold! U are helping a poor musician in Brazil! Hope someday i can go to denmark to give you a hug and beers! Cheers genius!

Wonderful teaching, Olive. The quality level of your lessons is remarkable. Thank you so much!

Waw, Oliver, qui c'è lavoro per un mese per me, se tutto va bene! Tutto molto bello, grazie: ci dai musica, la più celestiale, grazie! Waw, Oliver, here is work for a month for me, if all goes well! All very nice, thank you: give us music, the most celestial, thank you!

Amazingly useful information as usual Oliver. I’m even enjoying that you’ve matched your shirt to the on-screen dots!

@NewJazz

6 жыл бұрын

LOL - actually it's not a coincidence with the blue color ;) Thanks for noticing it! Then my efforts are not wasted ;) Best regards Oliver

OMG you lead me to a world of music in this beautiful beautiful video. Thank you so much

great lesson I have a lot to practice

What a great video, there’s a lot of information to assimilate and practice, thank you very much 👍

Great video!!!! Thank you for clarifying!!! Awesome stuff!

You are the greatest of them all. Thank you. Saludos desde Buenos Aires.

Thank you very much Oliver Prehn!!!

Great! as usual.

Thank you so much for this video! As a classically trained pianist/organist trying to learn jazz improv this makes so much sense. Also, it’s nice to have something big sounding to play right away as opposed to just scales or pared down voicings - not that I’m opposed to scales or minimizing when necessary. It’s just so fun to play all these amazing chords so quickly. Because of my experience I can see how growing mastery will only improve creativity. Thanks for this simple, yet thorough tutorial! I can’t wait to work through it more on my own.

Fantastic lesson. Thanks sir

Very nice job. These agreements sound really good. Special mention to the 11 augmented, I love too. Thank you a thousand times for shared lessons and passion.

@NewJazz

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, the augmented 11 is fantastic and so clear and bright on top of the dominant 7 chord ;) Glad you also like it :)

@mysongsamoi7077

6 жыл бұрын

Now all that remains is to work on it. As you say, you need patience. But thanks again, because it's worth it. I am surprised sometimes during improvisations, because I attach myself more easily to the tools you give us than anything else, even the ear. It's excellent, I'm really adept of this new vision of the practice of music. It's thanks to you. Thank you.

incredible. Beautiful!

Thank you for the lesson

A quality of your lesson videos like this is fascinating! Appreciate for your efforts keep the good work!

@NewJazz

5 жыл бұрын

I will, thanks :)

Greetings Maestro 😀. Great piano lessons 😀 Thank you so much 😀

fantastic lesson. Prhn makes all piano players sounding like jarrett. so useful also for guitarists for new harmonies. thanks ! ciao.

Thank you so much Oliver! These lessons are so helpful and easy to understand. I never got to take piano lessons after having a bad experience with a scary older guy who taught my brother - I get all shaky when anybody sits on the piano bench and points to the sheet music...so watching these videos has been SO IMPORTANT to me and has done so much for my growth as a musician. I wish you the very best. With respect and gratitude, Tim Lang

Awesome bother. Thank you so much!

Thank you, great video alwyas!! :)

Thanks Oliver!

this is GREAT! also, that left hand "shape" is all over stevie´s "too high" song, coming down on whole tones. you are the best teacher ever! cheers from chile!

@Hannah-rl3ng

6 жыл бұрын

you are a great teacher. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge

You are a master!! You made such a complex sound so simple to understand. I’m using this technique in my next gig!

Maestro de Maestros Oliver

Sooooo glad I stumbled upon your channel! Greetings from Toronto, Canada.

Thank you very much. This lesson and exercises are great. Appreciate much. All joyful things to you :) I have to learn much classical things for and with my face to face piano teacher and I am practicing every day. My time is sparse because I also have to work a full time job. But I will practice the things from your awesome lessons too. Things I do for music: - meeting my piano teacher once a week - learning from the book: new harmonical jazz theory by Frank Sikora - learning from KZread: Your channel and the channel from Kent Hewitt which is awesome too. That's filling me totally out :) It's a so joyful experience. Thank you again. I am so thankful that I have the chance to be a small part of it.

Great Lesson! Thanks !!!!!!

Wow! This one is chock full of goodness and lots to play with. Well done, sir! :-D

Tremendas tus clases ! Gracias por compartir, tu didáctica es increíble. saludos desde Uruguay.

Oliver, du er en fantastisk god laerer. Keep up this good work, please!

So brilliant meanwhile than so sweet, thx a lot.😊

Really cool lesson, thx a lot!

Grandioso Maestro non Capisco L'in lese ma seguendo attentamente ho capito complimenti