IMHO you really are the best jazz teacher on KZfaq.

This perfectly shows the difference between just being good at licks and having musicality/melody!

The connection between your brain, voice, fingers and keys is really something to watch... and you are doing it all on the fly! I had to stop halfway through the video and grab the guitar! I think that's called being inspired by an artist!

This video had me experiencing something which brought about a revelation: Around the 8m mark, one of the licks sounded like a quotation from a song from the 1980s. I couldn't quite place the song or the artist, and it had my brain spinning, but then the jam carries on and I have to let it go. I think that might be part of why jazz is so stimulating. It can have little micro-triggers woven into it. Very cognitively lush.

To quote Coltrane, Miles Davis, and others: "There's No Wrong Note In Jazz, Use Whatever Comes." :) The whole thing was awesome! :)

scat is killer. this the meaning of PLAYING the piano.

I learned something like this when I played with my brother's band a couple years ago. They could sit on the four chord for days and just try stuff. Most fun ever!

I’ve always practiced this way. What newbies need to understand, something Miles Davis used to say, is that there are no bad notes or chords. When you understand that it will help your playing significantly.

Thank you for providing long form practice examples!

Aimie I had a,headache before listening to your improv..I also was a bit down....head ache gone....spirit is high...my ears feel soothed..and my brain has relaxed...you are a healer

What is important, and this was not made clear to me in my first learning phases in jazz, was it is GOOD to create a simple motif and REPEAT it a lot until you own it. You do that a lot here. I always thought the jazz greats just had this magical power to come up with long varied phrases without this kind of initial practice. Like they were born spouting genius Sonnets. lol But as small children we learn to speak by repeating the few things we know, then expand on that over time. KZfaq is now giving us the ability to see the PROCESS. Thank You.

I think you just became my guru. That...was...a musical enlightenment. Thank you.

11:39 I love the way your voice, fingers, harmony and mind reside in C minor.

Some amazing stuff going on here, Aimee. I love the first scat section where you then pick up the harmony with your hand. The rhythmic development is awesome. Love the chromaticism! As I watch and listen it feels like you’re skating over a baseline (also a “bass line,” ;-). That repeated Cminor vamp gives you freedom to experiment with all kinds of incredible color and rhythm. Thank you for being willing to share your artistic process with us. You are such a gifted improviser - wow! This blew me away! I so get it. ❤️

I could listen to this kind music all day long. Thanks for posting it. It has inspired me to start practicing my C cord. You should really consider making a simple chill album just for fun.

Love the way the JAM feel, develops!

Lightbulbs! Inspiration! You are a brilliant and consummate musician and teacher. I hope your joy and fulfillment in life are off the dial because you are putting so much perfect heart and soul info out there. You knock me out Aimee! Brilliant!

Inside the mind of Aimee. A really cool place to be! The -good- great ones don't just 'play' the music, they *are* the music.

What did I just witness! The video was already out this world. Then you began to scat, then on top of that you match your runs while playing the notes on the piano. 🤯 Truly Amazing, bravo 👏🏽

I spent about 10 years only playing guitar in an open G tuning which is basically the same concept. Great way to develop mastery and learn melody without getting distracted by a dozen different keys with different fingering patterns. Then when playing in other keys you'll find that you can take that knowledge integrate it in ways that will take your playing to a new level. For instance just playing a 2 note since it's the 5 of 5 can provide the psychological effect of using the 5 chord without really going there. Dancing around with different melodies that utilize different elements of your base chord allows variety within the chord to provide a sense of movement as with chords. Favorite one chord pop song: Chain of Fools, Aretha Franklin

Awesome lesson! And awesome playing and improv!!❤

I love listening to you ....soooo good! Your voice sounds so good.

Im ancient in age, almost a fossil and just learning Guitar, Aimee Dear Aimee, this lesson demo whatever has opened up some very interesting lightbulb moments for me to practice , especially for a beginner guitarist wow Thank you I love the scatting Thank you Love your style and music

I play guitar but I definitely need to start doing this call and response in different octaves more it sounds so good. Cool improvisation! That scat part at 15:39 was crazily good as well wow

xvii "I'd rather play one tune for 24 hours than 24 tunes in an hour." Bill Evans quoted by Marian McPartland in an interview on NPR's "Piano Jazz'.

Thank you so much for this video...just how much fun this can be...thank you!

And then, there is that voice! ... listening you live, must be quite an experience .. great ideas .. thanks for sharing ...

Real conversation!! 😎👏

Such a beautiful mind...

I remember complaining at a jam session that people just played one chord for a jam, I suppose that was a bit of arrogance on my part

Thanks Aimee. Your playing over one static chord made it easier for me to visualise the scale and arpeggio, thereby making it easier to catch the finer points of how you use them and when you abandon them. And your lines sound wonderful.

Thank you so much! I was looking for this video!

Thank you, Aimee, for educational listening and for inspiring an initial 5 minutes of funk conversational replies here in our Portland, Oregon music room. What a fun way to practice melodic,and rhythmic ideas over one chord! Music offers endless possibilities. Your focused approach reminds me of chess masters who assuredly navigate through any current board position of pieces. Thanks also for the backing track!

So satisfying ❤️👍🏼... Didn't get bore for a single moment.... All those du duu pa pa ru bi ba pa ba.. were so relaxing 😇💖

Nothing feels better than noodling/soloing/playing over one chordal idea for a good thirty minutes and just enjoying the harmony or groove or scalar sound.

That was totally awesome!

XX - After your latest concert, this was next. can't resist.

Thank you for sharing this is so amazing ,love your take on this. Coming from a saxophone player, make me want to expand my music thinking 💭 on how to incorporate this type of practice into my playing . Love the way you sing over the keys before you play your ideas, and rhythm. You are a inspiration to all musicians🎶🎶🎶😎✌🏽

Nice jam, it was like a prog interlude lol. When I took a master class from Pat Martino, he called those lines that are just a part of the way YOU make music 'auto destinations'; he went to some length discussing how to integrate auto destinations into your improvisations. That guy was good!! :D

WOW, a masterpiece, love the way you scat and the tongue clicking very is cool too. I could dig a CD of this but really like watching. Thank you, i will use this in my practice, and I smile right along with you. You got me in your groove. Please do More like this, yeah!!!

Cutting through the monotony like a Nolt of lightning. Love it.

Wow! Nice practice!

so glad YT recommended your channel. learned something right away. good exercise..thanks, aimee👍😊

Aimee, you are sooooooo inspiring. what a gift you are to us all!!!

Wow Aimee, that’s extremely good. I need to try this this evening. I like your singing. Perfect! Thanks for sharing.

Improvisation is a creative game for the brain. You do show here a fantastic and simple way how to play with melody themes, variations, vocal and key actions and have fun! Your left hand is very supporting, but you might as well give it the lead or let it play the same notes on a distance of two octaves. Plenty of options, never ending. Until your arm muscles give up. Or, in my case, my back. How to learn to relax during the action? Listening to you is inspiring and relaxing anyway, thank you, Aimee!

Really quite extraordinary, Aimee, thank you. The possibilities are endless and maybe this is where many of us should hang out more. We get to exercise our imagination and creativity without having to think about anything else... or maybe not think at all.

I found this so inspiring thank you.

Those same lines on a b3 would be stellar. Time to come over to the dark side and play some hammond

Amazing, i found this kind of improvisation better than 99% of the pianno lessons out there. Rly ty, i am learning by myself and i do this stuff most of the time, guess i wasn't so lost after all. Kisses from Argentina!.

Great example, Aimee. I have my guitar students do this and also use iReal Pro. I think the connection between singing notes and learning to play what you sing is totally underrated -- dare I say overlooked completely! It transforms things from an intellectual exercise to a musical game. Thanks for posting this!

Super cool.

@4:30 and onwards landed in a really Hall & Oates groove. Primo 😎

I picked up my EVH Wolfgang and jumped in . No real learning , jumped in a spot I’m making this a practice track! 👍🏾👍🏾

This is a very useful way to turn your creativity on! I remember one of my first composition class, teacher asked for a composition with only 3 notes!! We analyzed Ligeti's musica ricercata. Man I had a lack at that moment, but eventually i started realizing that was very useful!! I recommend that exercise and your exercises too!

excellent

Señorita AIMEE, jamas en mi vida había visto Clase tan MAGISTRAL en contenido, tan rico y variado, pareciera Ud. no tener Infinito en sentimiento en ideas, que bonito, solo puede venir de una Dama Gracias por compartir sus conocimientos y darlos al mundo, DIOS la Bendice grandemente, y un saludo cordial y caluroso a su persona desde, Guatire Venezuela.

Awesome!!!!!!!!!!

Very nice! Cm has become one of my favorite keys to practice, and this truly opens up a lot of doors. Thank you!

I put this in my lessons with my piano students all week long!

You were right. This was very rewarding to watch and listen to. Gave me some ideas and sounds that I really liked. Thank you Aimee, for sharing.

Oh My! Thank you so much. This is the best tip ever! I’ll practicing this for years to come!

Thank you, Aimee! This is food! I could spend the rest of my life looking at bits of this video!

Superb!

Thank you!

Awesome video! Came up in my recommended. 😆 I used to do a similar exercise.. I would see how many different chords I could play while singing one note (like a drone or whatever).. it was mindblowing and I’ll never forget it!! Cheers Aimee!!! 🎶

Strangely, while I'm primarily a guitarist, I find this extremely helpful to watch as it keys me into intervals I wouldn't normally think about like those 7th leaps... it's almost always 5ths or Octaves in my fingers.

I could listen to just your voice jamming all day long 😀

Genius.

man i used to do this around a year ago. i played a chord progression that i came up with (Cm7 EbM7#11 Em76) and would play over it for 40 mins or so every day. lots of fun! helped me to focus on melodic phrasing and more minimalist ideas. that was one of the first things i noticed in your playing here, how centered it is. totally ercommend trying this !

i just love everything about her .Greetings from Ghana

Impressed with what you're doing on the piano, but your voice is really pleasant to listen to; especially compared to all the instructors on You Tube.

I had to watch your video again, you are truly amazing!!!

I like how we hear how breathing is built into the structure of the music (and the right amount of reverb). Bach used to write long vocal lines or lines for wind instruments and had to remember to leave space for them to breathe. I hear that it's a definite part of the energy of the process. Channelling the adrenaline to create even tempos through long lines is no easy task - the further you go the more challenging it becomes.

Wow, this is a great learning tool. Also nice to listen too.

Impressive! You certainly have your grove going on.... Love this video....genius at your piano!!!

Thank you Aimee, this is inspiring and motivating!

Wow, you have a lot to draw from! I really enjoyed listening to you.

Awesome lesson... Added to my favorites. Great music as well.

I love this, your singing lines are amazing. Please do a Dom 7 chord next. Thank you.

Thanks for this one Aimee! you are the best

I love that run from 12:33 - 12:43 - nice!!!

Fantastic!

What a cool concept. Never imagined doing just that. Although I've doodled probably around something similar at times without much thought involved.

Thank you, Aimee. My new assignment! I play in a group, where they really like some modal/ funk jazz, i.e., Cantaloupe Island, Cold Duck Time, So What, etc. And they can freaking wail over this kind of stuff and I can't. I'm much better on Have You Met Miss Jones, Autumn Leaves, etc. Time for me to practice the groove stuff. Great video, as always!!

Great stuff. So many yummy ideas in there.

so good

Great video - the key point here is listening to what you do, making sure it remains interesting for yourself as well as your listener (which it more than does). As well as great tune and relaxing vibe, this is moment of self-evaluation. Love the chromatic fills to break out of the box.

Amazed once again at what you call practice. The left hand is calming contrast to thee energy of the right. Soo cool thanks!

Just awesome. Great exercise to practice over

super fun to watch!

Only "Amazing" suits to this performance, Love from India....

Aimee, I finally understood! Thank you soooo much for shearing your idea and the backing track. ❣ This c minor exercise will be my morning routine.

Bravo !! .. playing in the spirit like that is God given . Amie only you can hit an E Flat note over and over again & make it sound good 🎹🎹🎹. Thanks for the inspiration ....

very tasteful, all the way through - well done!

Amazing. What a great way to learn - total immersion in C minor. And loved the hand/finger flex to start...had to laugh.!

fantastic.

Aimee you ear is truly amazing!! I am a struggling musician of approx 40 or so years, thanks for the inspiration!!

Thanks for this,lotta ammo here,love your chordal voicings!

I'm slowing it down your video and trying out what you did to learn. I wish you did list the things you were trying to do for us newbies, but I'll try to see if I can figure it out. Thanks for this.