I tune in every day for Peter's dad jokes.

As a woodwind player playing piano as a secondary instrument, these videos are great! They help a ton in bridging my knowledge of playing/learning a melodic instrument to piano performance technique.

"You can't ever get everything you wanted" - Jaggar/Reachards

Great discussion on the beebop scale.....Thanks.

Totally disagree re: the banter. Enjoy it a lot, actually-makes the sessions feel more intimate / familiar age relaxed. Have come to really love open studio, it's my favorite channel on all of KZfaq 😍

"It's highly unlikely that you'll get what you want" Rolling Stones, 1st take.

thanks guys, your work is unprecedented. This is funny but the fact that there are 2 of you makes me feel more in a community, rather than a 1-1 lesson in a lonely world of pianists ;)

Major, minor and dominant bebop scales can and are used as modes (i.e. Barry Harris and Mark Levine in his drop 2 book). And I do find a lot of these in transcriptions. Like everything, no one just uses one technique. Of course, it depends on the player, but in solos from Coltrane, Mobley, Bud Powell, etc. you'll find many of the bebop scale elements (licks?) outlined in David Baker's iconic bebop book. Down the scale, up the arpeggio. I would say it's a thing and should be practiced and learned. Not the only thing, or even the most important thing, but to me is a big part of jazz vocabulary.

Thanks. I love your 'chats'. Keep it up.

Dominant bebop scale gives you a starting place. For a younger player, it can help them to avoid the notes that suck.

1) I think this basically boils down to : theory is descriptive rather than prescriptive. 2) Peter, I have my wallet ready for when you release the "Basic High School Player" record! Speaking of funny jazz albums, have you heard H. Jon Benjamin's jazz album? Perhaps you've already covered it on the podcast; but if not I'd be interested to hear what you guys think of it.

Good question....great answer

Great question/topic.

Monk once said "the piano doesn't have wrong notes on it".... and he was a spot familiar with these added note scales - right? Great stuff thanks guys.

SUMMARY: Trash the bebop scale and just use chromatics as you desire.

Hey you guys are great 😁

12:24 i thought was insightful for sure

You can make the same comment about Bach. Why study counterpoint if Bach violated the rules constantly? The obvious answer would be : when you master the rules, you can bend it and still have control. Coltrane used it extensively on Oleo.

Funny and witty comment at 3:55

Love the podcast, of course! Quick question ("students" are welcome to help): what about bebop scales fingering? 3 fingers (like for chromatic/diminished scales) or 4? thank you guyz

Chromatics 'where the player feels appropriate' Jimmy Blanton Jack The Bear...up the major scale (Ab) insert b6 to land on the Octave/beat one OR starting on the 2 insert b5 AND b6, to still land on the Octave/beat one. Ta dah ; )

Piano would sound ok if you had it tuned

The cringe is just playing outside for tension, get hip kids.

Disapointed by peter scat skills. Obviously he doesnt hear the bop phrasing nor rythm.

Cringe filler FTW!! 🙌

but this is the good cringe