Solo Piano BASICS | You'll Hear It

Sometimes it's scary to be alone, but with proper technique and preparation, you can take on the jazz world solo.
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  • @georgehiggins1320
    @georgehiggins13203 жыл бұрын

    I love that Adam has to stop talking and add a small "woo!" every time Peter plays something a little out.

  • @nicscott8560
    @nicscott85604 жыл бұрын

    Adam: *is giving kickass lecture* Peter: *is interrupting with playing* Adam: *stops talking* Peter: *stops playing*

  • @mmmludicious

    @mmmludicious

    4 жыл бұрын

    OK, it's true. Nobody is perfect, including geniuses trying to teach us the basics. We expect that very accomplished people, who are committed to teaching, should be master teachers. Why do we assume that? Wishful thinking.

  • @nicscott8560

    @nicscott8560

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@mmmludicious It was just a funny thing i noticed... no shade. I totally think they're great, its not like I'm roasting tf out of them. Chiiiiillllllll, my guy. XD

  • @ross9263
    @ross92634 жыл бұрын

    wow im so glad you guys exist. Im just starting to get into jazz from classical and I have no idea what im doing. Watching your videos not only teach me but give me good little foundations to start learning off of. Maybe i hear something you say and then i go look that up and learn about it.

  • @OpenStudioJazz

    @OpenStudioJazz

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hey. Checkout the courses at Open Studio. You would love

  • @Herfinnur
    @Herfinnur4 жыл бұрын

    Here's something I learned from a colleague that worked as a cruise and hotel bar pianist for a spell: if it's running late and the guests aren't going to bed, let go of all groove and drive. Make it sound like you're just floating around, and invariably the guests will start to yawn and leave the bar. And it won't even be because they think you're playing badly, since your playing is still tasteful

  • @8629369
    @86293694 жыл бұрын

    Thanks as always for sharing your knowledge and passion. I appreciate the connection with you guys within this community of passionate jazz piano players. 😀

  • @amotinyabongo5659
    @amotinyabongo56592 жыл бұрын

    As a bassist who started in R&B and transitioned to Jazz, I used to fear trio work but now I embrace it. Still developing my improvisation on the bass but I know it doesn't happen over night...and I'm working at it.

  • @nathanyang9188
    @nathanyang91882 жыл бұрын

    as a classical pianist trying to transition into playing jazz, this video completely changed my outlook on practice. thank you adam and peter!

  • @ganjarulez009
    @ganjarulez0092 жыл бұрын

    This podcasts are sooo insanely valuable!

  • @juanpia7913
    @juanpia79134 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much guys, so important and useful stuff! Really guiding piano learners in the vast universe of jazz.

  • @tonybayliss8530
    @tonybayliss85304 жыл бұрын

    What an excellent video. There are some great pointers here for playing solo piano and I do now have some ideas as to what to practice.

  • @salarico7777
    @salarico77778 ай бұрын

    Thanks guys! Always love your insight!

  • @brianmathis935
    @brianmathis9352 жыл бұрын

    You guys are amazing!!!

  • @josephmartino9958
    @josephmartino9958 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the one liners and various comments, essential building blocks to hold the glue of ideas together...always landing on a new stairway with a new landing

  • @jac5667
    @jac56674 жыл бұрын

    Really great stuff, you guy deserve more views

  • @OpenStudioJazz

    @OpenStudioJazz

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks. Share this with your folks!

  • @weedanwine
    @weedanwine3 жыл бұрын

    love these videos, so right when you're talking about being able to lock in the groove. I'm basic af playing jazz, but the one thing I've never had an issue with is swinging, I might be ignorant with my theory game but at least I can swing 🤣

  • @fernandoyanez5386
    @fernandoyanez5386 Жыл бұрын

    Gracias gracias gracias! son enormes y generosos con la informacion

  • @vanwellington
    @vanwellington7 ай бұрын

    13:32 Peter goes, "I almost *mist* that." 🤣🤣🤣 I see you, man. By the way - 5 choruses perfect or go back one. Love it.

  • @bloopwars9977
    @bloopwars99773 жыл бұрын

    Best channel on KZread!

  • @marvinmadarang4622
    @marvinmadarang46224 жыл бұрын

    Hey Peter & Adam, I've been watching you guys for a while and you've really helped! I had the pleasure of seeing Peter at Mt. Hood Community College last year and it was a wonderful experience. Could you guys take a look at dolphin dance in a future episode? Keep up the good content!!!

  • @keyofbrink810
    @keyofbrink8104 жыл бұрын

    Another dope podcast! Keep up the good work. I can listen to solo piano talk all day! Thanks!

  • @daotran5707
    @daotran57074 жыл бұрын

    I got like 5 tabs of ya'll queued up, love it!

  • @louismartin4446
    @louismartin4446 Жыл бұрын

    Great Content…great!

  • @tobistephens
    @tobistephens4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks guys!!! So helpful

  • @taagenletter6454
    @taagenletter64544 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for all your thoughts and amazing insights to the world of music. It is always possible to find some great stuff to practice og feed to my innocent students at the conservatory ;o) I like the informal attitude and the humor that guys use during showtime. Whether intended or not, it makes me, and I hope, other musicians think that music is worth to work at. Thanks Guys.

  • @willzang3000
    @willzang30003 жыл бұрын

    two feel basics is so overlooked by myself and therefore everyone haha

  • @eugenestockstill7162
    @eugenestockstill71624 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, guys! Uber helpful!

  • @giuseppechisari6222
    @giuseppechisari6222 Жыл бұрын

    "You call that basic?" Love you guys

  • @gregoryellis5576
    @gregoryellis5576 Жыл бұрын

    This is very important to know especially for beginners, you guys playing is awesome, can you do a gospel music basic bass lines.very helpful

  • @keyofbrink810
    @keyofbrink8104 жыл бұрын

    I Especially like how you guys put emphasis on getting the "basics" together and learning how to sound good with that, before trying to focus on advance stuff.

  • @tecladistasbrasileiros
    @tecladistasbrasileiros4 жыл бұрын

    Que solo lindo.

  • @peterwestermann5265
    @peterwestermann52654 жыл бұрын

    Only one thing besides fantastic. Where can I get the opening song?? Thank you guys for all the great stuff.

  • @AnalyticPiracy
    @AnalyticPiracy4 жыл бұрын

    You should expand on the 2 feel patterns to practice

  • @grzankomuzykant
    @grzankomuzykant4 жыл бұрын

    Guys U are great ! What are the Chords to the blues from the two feel ? Thank U

  • @genekelly3961
    @genekelly39612 жыл бұрын

    Shout out to you guys Peter and Adam. Adam I caught you at the Berklee performance center a couple of years ago and you were swangin’! Great topic hey can you let me know what type of software to use to create the keys on the bottom and then the video above it?

  • @searching4pawgs495
    @searching4pawgs4954 жыл бұрын

    I'm curious to know how skilled these guys are in the grand scheme of solo pianist. Seem pretty amazing to me.

  • @AManAnd88Keys

    @AManAnd88Keys

    4 жыл бұрын

    Very skilled, no doubt.

  • @jman12849

    @jman12849

    3 жыл бұрын

    pretty much everyone at their level is very skilled, it's just a matter of taste and other factors that determine where they stack up.

  • @bradforddavis6497
    @bradforddavis64973 ай бұрын

    How 'bout... Peter just plays 3 solo tunes with some unsophisticated college kid singer who needs experience and help, he or she fleshes out one chorus per, who then walks off, but allows us to recall the lyrics. Like once a week at a regular time. We'll vote in the comments if we want more from that particular singer. But the emphasis is on the solo piano. Point being, Peter's playing is ten+. The subsequent commentary is fine and can be posted in the description, or maybe on the back of a St. Louis Wheaties box.

  • @Ronin42069
    @Ronin420694 жыл бұрын

    How do I figure out what figure you are using in these Examples

  • @martinlehfeldt6916
    @martinlehfeldt69163 жыл бұрын

    BEAR PAWS DOWN!! Lol that a good one.

  • @kaisfp
    @kaisfp4 ай бұрын

    Which Pianoteq version and model/preset are you using? Thank you.

  • @robbielem99
    @robbielem99 Жыл бұрын

    Does it need to be added that practice with a metronome keeps you honest? I like the half-tempo click on 2 and 4. It’s frustrating how you can get it turned around, especially as the tempo comes up!

  • @AntKneeLeafEllipse
    @AntKneeLeafEllipse4 жыл бұрын

    Love it! Is that Sophisticated Lady at the top? Some crazy harmony in there

  • @cisumgre
    @cisumgre3 жыл бұрын

    That was not basic. 🤦🏾‍♂️. I love you guys.

  • @rasmuseberley
    @rasmuseberley3 ай бұрын

    What does 5 Choruses mean? What is one standard chorus?

  • @raphaelhudson
    @raphaelhudson Жыл бұрын

    Does the intro song actually exist . I've heard it so many times now I want to play it 🤣

  • @jakereosti
    @jakereosti3 жыл бұрын

    what can you do if you can just barely reach the voicing Root 7th 3rd in the left hand like Adam does at 11:10? I can get it if its white to white, but black to black just doesn't happen.

  • @chrisfazio9934

    @chrisfazio9934

    Жыл бұрын

    I have a few ideas: 1) just play R 7 and forget that 10th. or play R 3 7 if adding the 3rd isn’t too low and muddy. Or hit the Root, hold the sustain pedal and quickly jump up to hit the 7 and 3. Work on getting that rhythm to work with the song. Or, in some contexts just do 7 R 3 or 5 7 3. Lots of options!

  • @elleondejuda4681
    @elleondejuda46813 жыл бұрын

    Come on petter ! Thats not basic at all...thats more advanced roadrunner mode. Thank you guys...I'd like to say that i try to skip the foundation to get more ahead and what happened was i didn't succeed at all, so i had to go back to learn all foundation...hahaha Oh boy, I'm learning to love the process and as I practice its making sense...so yes , practice foundation and little things will eventually will take you very far.

  • @kerstinostgren4805
    @kerstinostgren48059 ай бұрын

    I didn't miss what Peter did at 13.32. 😂

  • @nilkilnilkil
    @nilkilnilkil4 жыл бұрын

    7 stars...

  • @bumchong1
    @bumchong1 Жыл бұрын

    What is name of the song Peter playing on Intro?

  • @salarico7777

    @salarico7777

    8 ай бұрын

    Sophisticated Lady Duke Ellington

  • @joaopedromelao
    @joaopedromelao4 жыл бұрын

    I just wanna say: 11:40

  • @swiftla

    @swiftla

    4 жыл бұрын

    A13sus A13 to Bb13 😍

  • @benrijkmans8983
    @benrijkmans89834 жыл бұрын

    Yo I rate u 7 guys.. would love to see more ways to practice the left hand ,and the combination of the two! Thank you! Lots of live from beni the mano from GYC israel.

  • @jmares93
    @jmares934 жыл бұрын

    What is the tune / progression that you guys are playing when discussing the two feel?

  • @AMSharpshooter

    @AMSharpshooter

    4 жыл бұрын

    An F Blues and later in the video "Have You Met Miss Jones."

  • @antoniog2854
    @antoniog28544 жыл бұрын

    What's the tune Peter plays solo at the start? Anyone know?

  • @robwatts7900

    @robwatts7900

    4 жыл бұрын

    Antonio G Sophisticated Lady by Duke Ellington

  • @antoniog2854

    @antoniog2854

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@robwatts7900 ah yes! thank you!

  • @svensvensson6705
    @svensvensson67052 жыл бұрын

    This is what you call entertainment.

  • @ArgoBeats
    @ArgoBeats4 жыл бұрын

    Hey Peter, hey Adam: what piano VST (if any) are you using? It sounds very "al dente".

  • @weedanwine

    @weedanwine

    3 жыл бұрын

    keyscape I think

  • @ArgoBeats

    @ArgoBeats

    Жыл бұрын

    @@weedanwine I don't think, man... Kescape C7 has a different timbre, it might be Pianoteq

  • @winstonmacmahon9735
    @winstonmacmahon97354 жыл бұрын

    This was probably not not one of the most not too terrible-ish okay podcasts. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ - New One 10 stars! Well I got myself confused in that one. Great show as always BAM! Karma Addressed

  • @johnsknox
    @johnsknox Жыл бұрын

    coming 3 years late but 7 stars

  • @jenniferv
    @jenniferv3 жыл бұрын

    I almost mist that. lol

  • @genomos90
    @genomos904 жыл бұрын

    tbat intro was so not basic . still cool doe

  • @rdettwyler
    @rdettwyler2 жыл бұрын

    "I almost myst that" - HA

  • @AlexanderThePianist
    @AlexanderThePianist4 жыл бұрын

    I'm 5 minutes into the video. One of my favorite works of solo jazz piano is Bill Evan's Like Someone in Love. You guys are obviously experienced in the jazz tradition but saying "You have to hear a bass and drums in your head" is never going to lead to someone being able to reproduce the sense of give-and-take rhythm (rubato) feel that's going on in that track. Unless the drums you're hearing in your head isn't steady like a real drummer would be. This is speculation but I get the sense Bill Evans turned off that mode of thinking (the mode of improvising in a trio setting) when he did these nearly universally beloved solo tracks. Love the podcast, will be watching more.

  • @sebbo1496

    @sebbo1496

    4 жыл бұрын

    "Learn the Rules Like a Pro, So You Can Break Them Like an Artist" - Picasso i think that's the purpose of most educational material. teach the stuff that can be taught easily and then let people make it their own once they mastered the basics. it's pretty hard, if not impossible, arguably pointless even, to try to teach this type of creativity and artistry you described. and who knows, if Evans turned it off. maybe the drummer and bassist in his head were playing some crazy rubato stuff but toghether ;D. that's the beauty of using your imagination. anything possible

  • @pickinstone

    @pickinstone

    4 жыл бұрын

    Coming from a guitarist: There's too much rubato solo piano/ guitar that is poorly done and over done. Bill Evans was a master, but ya better believe that he could swing by himself before going full rubato. If done wrong--like many of us not at Adam or Peter's level--you end up either train wrecking or putting the audience to sleep. Learning how to develop your inner drummer and swing by yourself will HELP you play rubato--because you'll learn how to push and pull the tempo and make it elastic WHILE pushing the composition forward. You learn it by listening, learning a little bit of drums, vocalizing drum rhythms, and becoming more creative with the metronome. Time well spent.

  • @GizzyDillespee

    @GizzyDillespee

    Жыл бұрын

    This comment confuses me... I'd wager real money that everyone, who's listened to or played an instrument with accompaniment, for even just a little while, or has learned a language, or even just lived a little, hears or feels a virtual grid, or some sort of rhythmic accompaniment, when noodling alone or solo playing a song you know well enough not to have to think about it. I've just spent the last 30 minutes tripping out about the pushback to this description. Right now, my inner beat is more precise than my playing! (I can't entirely tell if it's accurate or precise when I'm playing... only if I record myself and listen back. I'd rather hear a precise sway, with floaty notes, than precise notes gridded to a floaty sway, if that makes sense. So, that's what often seems to happen.) "Nonmusical" people (another term I have doubts about) can dance to songs they only can hear in their heads... and often, they hadn't thought of the song on purpose beforehand. That's another manifestation of this natural human ability. When I first started recording my playing, I wondered why it didn't sound like it did when I played it. There were 2 big reasons. The biggest was that, when playing, I was listening as a performer rather than as a participatory audience member. A smaller, but still actionable for me, reason, was that the recording only played back what I actually played - it couldn't have recorded the parts I was playing off of🤣. I think, in some ways, it's good to restrict young people (artificially or not) to having only the cheesiest of drum/bass machines... then, kids can develop their own virtual accompaniment, to supplement the metronome/chintzy auto-accompaniment. Okay, it's been 45 minutes, and I'm done thinking about this aspect now.

  • @GizzyDillespee
    @GizzyDillespee Жыл бұрын

    13:25 Hold up... you have a middle hand?! Ah, that must be why I can't play like you. Does Peter have 2 middle hands, or how many?

  • @natanaelmelinao6029
    @natanaelmelinao60294 жыл бұрын

    Primer comentario:)

  • @MomLAU
    @MomLAU2 жыл бұрын

    The first time i read "ymmv" I thought maybe it was "you make me vomit"!

  • @coffinman5007
    @coffinman50074 жыл бұрын

    Warren Bernhardt can do solo playing.

  • @mtrsoftwareservices
    @mtrsoftwareservices4 жыл бұрын

    Why are they not showing close up of his hands in the intro?

  • @mikzreyes
    @mikzreyes4 жыл бұрын

    "it's just dogmatic enough." come for the tutorial, stay for the GAWD-level commentary.

  • @henrydodds3749
    @henrydodds374910 ай бұрын

    why did Peter call Adam daddy

  • @jorgegarcia2000
    @jorgegarcia20002 жыл бұрын

    Hard to listen to this much chatter. Peter, no need for all the clever asides. This is great fruit …all these comments feels like too many seeds in the watermelon.

  • @rachelsmename6
    @rachelsmename64 жыл бұрын

    I wish you guys would talk less and show us more because I know you've got a lot to teach us. I get impatient and just leave.

  • @OpenStudioJazz

    @OpenStudioJazz

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hey Rachel, they do a lot more teaching on their courses at Open Studio. Check it out. Openstudiojazz.com

  • @mosephina

    @mosephina

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@OpenStudioJazz If this video is a sales pitch for the Open Studio courses, then you have done yourselves a dis-service

  • @pickinstone

    @pickinstone

    4 жыл бұрын

    Rachel, it's a pod cast first. If they didn't have commentary, it wouldn't fit the pod cast feel. As someone who has a bunch of their courses over at Open Studio--they do a BUNCH more teaching on the actual courses. Peter's courses are incredibly deep--one ten minute section of a course changed how I approach modal tunes. Adam is a pro at teaching the FUNdamentals. You can preview the courses on the site.

  • @mosephina

    @mosephina

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@pickinstone good to know...thanks

  • @rachelsmename6

    @rachelsmename6

    4 жыл бұрын

    pickinstone that's true! They are trying to sell their lessons! Good to hear the lessons are not as verbose and full of jokes or joking as the podcast. That they actually get to work on the teaching part. I'm sorry if I stepped on anyone's toes or hurt feelings. Thank you for your feedback.

  • @jorgegarcia2000
    @jorgegarcia20002 жыл бұрын

    Peter… please talk less. Too many words = less meaning. And too many cute comments are distracting and annoying.

  • @ichabedichlieb4745
    @ichabedichlieb47454 жыл бұрын

    Good tutorial but the bald guy is a little annoying.

  • @Epistrat22

    @Epistrat22

    4 жыл бұрын

    ichabe dichlieb bald guys cool,

  • @tianxing7795

    @tianxing7795

    4 жыл бұрын

    He is a great pianist.

  • @mmmludicious

    @mmmludicious

    4 жыл бұрын

    thanks for sharing.

  • @JJArts-sr5jw

    @JJArts-sr5jw

    3 жыл бұрын

    The bald teacher is one of the best legendarische teamchef i ever met.

  • @marklampkin2907
    @marklampkin29074 жыл бұрын

    Can we hear some black musicians now?