Concepts for Jazz/Rock Piano with Donald Fagen 1993

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Donald Fagen analyses three Steely Dan hits ("Chain Lightning," "Peg," "Josie") and two solo works from his Grammy-nominated album Kamakiriad ("On The Dunes," "Teahouse On The Tracks"). These songs use familiar blues and R&B structures, and Donald explains how, by altering the bass line and chordal qualities, he transformed them into sophisticated jazz-rock compositions. You'll trace the development of increasingly complex pieces as Donald and Warren Bernhardt reveal each tune's singular structure, harmonic and rhythmic characteristic, intro ideas and other devices.
Here is the songbook book that released with the DVD: drive.google.com/file/d/1ccHD...
(1993)
Featured Tunes:
6:02 Chain Lightning
14:05 Peg
28:15 Josie
42:43 On The Dunes
54:28 Teahouse On The Tracks
enjoy:)
-Team TDV

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@Gymesi 2 жыл бұрын

0:00 Intro 5:15 Standard 12-Bar Blues in A Major 6:00 Chain Lightning 11:15 Chain Lightning Performance 14:05 Peg 24:50 Peg Performance 28:15 Josie 34:45 Josie Performance and Analysis 42:45 On the Dunes 47:15 On the Dunes Performance 54:30 Teahouse on the Tracks 1:04:10 Teahouse on the Tracks Performance 1:08:50 Minor Blues Jam

@IBoughtItMyself Жыл бұрын

You da real MVP

@SteelyF 2 жыл бұрын

Donald plays hot piano licks while passionately explaining jazz theory and composition techniques ASMR (No Static at All)

@lalaland2797 2 жыл бұрын

Fagen: “uhmm So uhh basically uhhhmm I’m a genius uhhhm”

@TheDanVault 2 жыл бұрын

Fagen in a nutshell!

@westleedrums Жыл бұрын

Wonder how long it took him to shop for a T-shirt 😂

@elframo Жыл бұрын

He is , you’re not .

@vhollund Жыл бұрын

@@elframo He is too but he has self confidence issues

@sharkusvelarde Жыл бұрын

Ha yup, he speaketh the truth

@kevinpatrickmacnutt 2 жыл бұрын

Fagen and Becker's song writing ability has always been pure genius. Their earlest material even shows an amazing amount of talent from a young age.

@vinstrumentals Ай бұрын

Genius!! Wow, I had no idea just how complex a "blues" could be. I'm amazed and realize as a keyboard player, I know next to nothing. Fagen is a musical genius

@RemnantCult 2 жыл бұрын

He's really in his element when he talks about his favorite type of music. Natural born musician. I hope one day to be just like this for something one day.

@Richard.Hybels 2 жыл бұрын

I drive race cars poorly and this is like Lewis Hamilton and Michael Schumacher discussing late braking techniques or overtaking tricks and tips. Awesome

@richalderson6069 2 жыл бұрын

I was a classically trained pianist as a kid, but my adolescent instincts made me give it up for rock music and now I try to play like Donald does and I found out the hard way that it's not as easy as it looks! He's such a natural.

@kencory2476 2 жыл бұрын

Piano pickers should try to get inside Fagen's head, because there's a whole world in there. The playing is not incredibly technically difficult (no mad scales or stride bass, for example) but the harmonies and the form are the stuff of miracles. I suggest NOT trying to find the sheet music, but instead using your ears, aided perhaps by watching Fagen's (and Bernhardt's) hands at the keyboard. Sheet music only lines the pockets of Hal Leonard.

@jamesrmore 2 жыл бұрын

Agree using your ears are vital, on the other hand 🤚, there are a hundred versions of chord structure that could sound like Chain Lightning. * I have made up a few myself. It would be educational to see written the “exact” chords/inversions he decided on, especially 100 years from now. It is magical his particular style. Also of note, he may decide to play different on a different night. Jam on! * some of the chord inversions, different bass notes, stacked fourths etc and other fagen-like harmonic structures are hard to identify by ear exactly but amazing to learn. Just saying.

@fucu41 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome suggestion because hal leonard hasnt done accurate transcribing.

@shop970 11 ай бұрын

Fabulous piano player. We were lucky to be forever touched for life with blues / jazz in Pop music! Donald Fagen is why! He's generous to share these lessons with us!

@judd8935 Жыл бұрын

for me, this is indistinguishable from magic.

@willl5541 6 ай бұрын

Donald fagen is a musical genius and a very gifted and self taught piano player, the man is a national treasure and should be treated that way….I would like to be inside his head as he wrote and composed the songs for steely dan

@syncsound99999 Жыл бұрын

Genius. Composition of peg. We’ll take a 12 bar blues, substitute Jazz chords instead, with major sevens, include film music composition arranging interludes and end up with a luscious satisfying Pop song. Not to mention ingenious intro using Jimi Hendrix sharp nine chords and descending. You just can’t say too much about how good his composition is.

@amac9085 2 жыл бұрын

the energy is wonderful and inspiring DONALD IS TRULY BRILLIANT, HOLY MAN

@BrennanYoung 2 жыл бұрын

only when he's got the fez on

@golds04 2 жыл бұрын

Walter came down to a gig of mine. We were introduced by a mutual friend snd had played together once. Tried to convince him to bring in a small sextet into the village vanguard as they were both deep jazz heads. Wish I could have convinced him. Rip Walter- a very decent thoughtful man.

@Maioro77 2 жыл бұрын

Wow I never realised what a fantastic pianist Fagan is.

@kevinpatrickmacnutt 2 жыл бұрын

If you want to hear some pretty awesome solo piano from Fagen the 1968 demos for Charlie Freak are pretty amazing.

@squantofingilgar9320 Жыл бұрын

@@kevinpatrickmacnutt where can I find this?

@andreworals7677 Жыл бұрын

@@squantofingilgar9320 Android Warehouse (Age of Panik label) maybe?

@andreworals7677 Жыл бұрын

Actually just found it on Sun Mountain from 2006? Don't worry you're not missing much lmao...

@steelyd2 5 ай бұрын

He’s credited with keyboards on those classic Steely Dan albums though? Seems like a lot of people think he just sits behind the keyboard in concert as a prop or something. He wrote the damn songs! And he’s the only keyboard player on those first two Dan records those are filled with great keyboard work. The organ solo on Do it Again, the crazy stride piano on Fire in the Hole, electric piano solos on Your Gold Teeth. Plus he played some classic solos on the later records- synthesizer on Home At Last, Hey 19, IGY, Godwhacker, Green Book and then that insane synth solo on Lunch with Gina where he just shreds

@scottritshie105 2 жыл бұрын

Having been lucky to be in the right place at the right time, while a jazz piano major at SUNY New Paltz, Warren came in and did a master class, along with Jay Anderson on bass. Around that same time, some classmates and I did a jazz recording at Bearsville Studio. This time period forever marks an unforgettable moment in my musical journey. Thanks for sharing!

@johndutchman Жыл бұрын

I was 9 . when Peg hit . . watching/hearing this . utterly blown apart . and reconstructed .. it's making me cry .

@johnjeffery6638 3 ай бұрын

Peg is some NLS-!!

@1Rockstok Жыл бұрын

This is the best video for any keyboard player trying to figure out Donald Fagen’s music.

@jasonmudgarde286 11 ай бұрын

Steely Dan were huge part of my growing up in the 70s. Don Fagen up there with Stevie Wonder in terms of writing amazing complex jazz tinged pop songs. Wonderful upload, many thanks

@aliensporebomb Жыл бұрын

Always loved "On the Dunes" one of the most beautiful breakup tunes of all time. Just hearing a keyboard arrangement of it is wonderful!

@johnjeffery6638 3 ай бұрын

KAMAKIRAD!!❤❤

@AnthonyGargini 2 жыл бұрын

Never thought of Peg as a 12 bar blues, but now that I know it seems obvious... great stuff! Thank you

@jamesrmore 2 жыл бұрын

I know right! At least until it gets to the chorus and bebop turnaround, haha!

@briansherling5515 10 ай бұрын

I perform many steely Dan songs and when transcribing and retracking all the elements for my gigs, I have to put on my big boy pants! To a laymen steely Dan is just a band. To a dedicated musician steely Dan is a nonestop lesson. Hearing Janie Runaway is a light joy….. UNTIL YOU TRY TO LEARN TO PLAY IT AND SING it! So it goes with all steely Dan! Always a surprise. Always WAY MORE TO IT! Black cow keyboard solo section, Lordy. The actual solo is easy enough…..but those changes! Thank you Donald for challenging me even to this day! You helped to keep me focused

@got2bharmony 2 жыл бұрын

We are blessed to be treated to the thoughts of a real genius. My mind can't process this effectively because I'm not even a shadow of him but I sure do appreciate it and recognise its greatness. Thank you Donald you have given us so much pleasure in your music.

@sgrey9181 Жыл бұрын

Rest In Peace Warren Bernhardt

@jayem1826 3 ай бұрын

What? He died?

@retsub3 Жыл бұрын

Bummed he never made this into a series. _So much_ to cover in his deep well of inventive material. You could design a whole uni curriculum around his explainers! I glean new insights every time I come back to this one alone.

@scottclute7443 2 жыл бұрын

Genius at work,do not disturb!!!

@jamesyoung1012 2 жыл бұрын

Yes Scott you are exactly right he is so so special way ahead of his time just a genius and beautiful talent!

@jimrafferty3718 12 күн бұрын

Such great changes & voicings; Mr. Fagen's the guy...

@josephhaley7576 2 жыл бұрын

So very glad to see and hear more from this remarkable 'time out of mind' - having previously watched the few glimpses of what made Aja a masterpiece (also included here with Peg and Josie segments), I had been hoping for more and it has finally surfaced here. An amazing and absolutely free lesson, of inestimable worth, for which the most sincere appreciation is hereby forwarded to those responsible.

@sonicart1808 Жыл бұрын

Pure magic from these two, Sam the eagle got the chops!

@polidoro4550 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks from Rosario, Argentina. Right now it´s saturday night, i just opened a bottle of wine and receive the notification of this upload. Wonderful.

@TheDanVault 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome. Love to hear it! Enjoy :)

@polidoro4550 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheDanVault i've been waiting for someone to upload it a few years. So thanks again.

@Cabesandia 2 жыл бұрын

And thanks from Buenos Aires too!

@GlennMoto 6 ай бұрын

I've been longing for a time and reason to open a Malbec. Thank you for the inspiration.

@Phoebedumplings Жыл бұрын

This is quite literally priceless, thanks for sharing

@roes4391 Жыл бұрын

Ther algorithm knew I was ready

@fucu41 2 жыл бұрын

Donald has mastered piano theory

@ronmiller9212 2 жыл бұрын

The water is flowing under the bridge where the melancholy lives

@graemeyetts3465 Ай бұрын

Great line/lyric!

@RumGod 3 ай бұрын

Thanks to Steely Dan I have a few instruments I can't play but I love playing them☺🎶💖🎻🎹🎷

@alphaomega6062 2 жыл бұрын

I have the DVD of this but it is cool to have it on KZfaq too. Thanks.

@gypsycat11 28 күн бұрын

Wish I could've taken lessons from him in my teens!

@GlenMcGlone 2 жыл бұрын

Haven’t seen this for 30 years. Hip.

@scottclute7443 2 жыл бұрын

A very talented unique individual..

@TheDanVault 2 жыл бұрын

Glad he’s still around. And so glad we’re finally getting a new album !

@TheDanVault 2 жыл бұрын

@@BradBolin around October, Donald announced that he’s been writing songs for a new album

@craigkelly1284 10 күн бұрын

A true musical genius!

@smoothjazz1954 Жыл бұрын

Hey ❣️ forever since you started, in my car with cassette. Lol , I still have that. You are so talented, awesome, loved your music of course Steely Dan albums, now enjoy on KZfaq. Beautiful, thank you handsome. 😘

@UnderTheGoldenGate 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, so good. Love hearing him explain how it was written, gradually getting more complex. And the view from above the piano while Donald's playing!

@slappa_de_bass 3 ай бұрын

Best video ever; and made before KZfaq was an apple in the eye of 7 million hopeful musicians; and channels. I could watch this over and over, as again it’s easily the best lesson in music EVER!!

@edoardozampetti4601 10 ай бұрын

Fagen genius of harmonization..but one of the most beautiful arrangements by Fagen in my opinion is... Bright lights big city..

@ENigma-um8zw 2 жыл бұрын

As a new piano player but upper intermediate guitar player (been playing for a decade and a half or more) love hearing pros talk craft from a place of experiential excellent knowledge, personal professional & creative wisdom.

@haydenfirestone4595 10 ай бұрын

Wish I could play like that, give me 25 years💀

@jonathanwebb3024 2 жыл бұрын

This is amazing. Thank you.

@Nethanel773 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for putting this up.

@Ajaunte_ 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks for uploading this!

@static6OOO 2 жыл бұрын

This is incredible already! Thank you as always.

@brandonduguay539 10 ай бұрын

Thank you thank you THANK YOU!!!

@The_0.5.0 Жыл бұрын

Fagen is Lord. Rest easy Walt.

@timothywood9834 Жыл бұрын

Incredible. Fagen is teaching how he built these songs and showing us how to play them (and why it works so well) at the same time. It's right there to learn and so valuable. Thank you.

@lalaland2797 2 жыл бұрын

Great upload! Love the opening jam!

@jamesrmore 2 жыл бұрын

First thanks for posting this quality video. Can’t get Chain Lightning ⛈ out of my head now however. I’m a key player who loves SD music and this is the best analysis I’ve seen. Can’t help but think how wonderful it would be for some enterprising music student (Berkeley) to write ✍️ all information up in sheet music notation. It would be perfect to go with video or even a lead sheet format (pdf?). It would have to show the chord inversions and bass. Please, even just the first one or two songs would be awesome. I’ve watch other video’s and purchased some SD music books but when it comes to Mr. Fagen they all come up short. After reviewing video I’m convinced there are no short cuts to really completely writing out what he is playing here. Priceless lessons.

@rosamariamartosbotella5490 2 жыл бұрын

Masterclass

@robertmichalscheck3072 10 ай бұрын

Wow a lesson from the source!,love it

@maevey3 2 жыл бұрын

Cool, freaky dude, with a laid back vibe and nice way of explaining things. Love it.

@Richard.Hybels 2 жыл бұрын

Great description of DF. I know nothing about music but find him fascinating. This is some deep, deep shit. Makes me feel like a factory worker/ drone or something.

@maevey3 2 жыл бұрын

@@Richard.Hybels I find him fascinating too. He gave a great interview a couple of years ago, which is on youtube, too. Don't know if you heard it. I think it's a podcast called "third story" or something like that. Just love listening to him talk as much as anything else, & I do love his music. I recommend it. The interviewer did a great job of bringing him out.

@steelyd2 5 ай бұрын

@@maevey3he’s was in a particularly good mood for that interview with Leo Sidran and it was helped by what a great interviewer he was. That’s a must listen for any fan

@maevey3 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely. Must return for another listen.

@Butlinsgvn6 2 жыл бұрын

This is gold! GOLD!

@TheDanVault 2 жыл бұрын

Right from the master!

@SaltyMusicOne 2 жыл бұрын

There are some really brilliant insights here

@amac9085 2 жыл бұрын

WONDERFUL LOVE IT THANK YOU hello

@joshuacervenkamusic327 2 жыл бұрын

Love this! Over the years I have been applying more and more piano concepts on the guitar. Really opens up the instrument for me.

@kurtkaufman Жыл бұрын

I bought this on DVD years ago. I'm glad someone has been able to arrange its release on KZfaq.

@user-eh9gd8ob4k 2 ай бұрын

I didn't know this treasure even existed. Thank you so much.

@KG-wh8yv Жыл бұрын

Joy I grew up to this genius music ! Most professional.

@podlou9939 10 ай бұрын

"It's a sort of floating Ravel special...." lordy Don just cracks me up!😂

@putinkhuylo Жыл бұрын

This DVD is the benchmark for music composition. Incredible.😱

@mix1channel01 11 ай бұрын

Good video music Always succes for you

@braedeenn Жыл бұрын

RIP Warren Bernhardt!!!!

@michaelgeiger4043 2 жыл бұрын

How much cool can you stand, man?

@johnjeffery6638 3 ай бұрын

Major Dude.😊

@fhowland 2 жыл бұрын

Musical genius

@baconation3771 8 ай бұрын

the genius that is the Don. Love ya brother.

@souljubilant12 2 жыл бұрын

Nice! Shore looks good.

@mjm5081 2 жыл бұрын

😉

@eamonnprizy4831 Жыл бұрын

Houndstooth sweater ftw!!

@felixstalkaboutmusic6419 6 ай бұрын

I would love to just talk with Donald. Talk about music, he seems like he could talk about his favourite kind of music for hours on end

@jasonhoffman5213 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Thank you THANK YOU for posting this!!!!!!!!!!

@TheDanVault 2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@woody95124 8 ай бұрын

Don Fagen is a musical genius........

@mjm5081 2 жыл бұрын

Man I love this dude. But don't tell him...I don't wanna weird him out.

@aurelioalmonte5052 2 жыл бұрын

Grazie!

@David22232 2 жыл бұрын

Genius 🎼🎶🎶🎶🎶🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹

@Richard.Hybels 2 жыл бұрын

For some reason this makes think of the evolution from when man had to have begun makes noises probably beating on rocks or the sound s taught string makes and who knows what that came this this.

@thomasbriscoe120 Жыл бұрын

Big Steely Dan fan and always fascinated to go behind the scenes to see Donald’s and Walter’s genius. Did Donald have any formal training on the piano?

@rodneysuttles4795 Жыл бұрын

Donald Fagan mentioned while in College he heard Walter Becker practice Guitar or Bass. And that he sounded very professional. During college according Fagan, He and Walter stay in their room and played music. Dissecting music. His understanding of Theory is advanced.

@KahurangiSteez 11 ай бұрын

According to his IMDB he was trained in classical piano from a young age. I can't find anymore details at all.

@thomasbriscoe120 11 ай бұрын

@@KahurangiSteez Thanks!

@steelyd2 5 ай бұрын

@@KahurangiSteezI don’t know where they got that from because he’s talked at length about being mostly self taught. He got some jazz piano lessons as a youngster and played sax in high school band but that was about it. While at bard his major was literature but he would take all of the music courses and learned about advanced harmony, etc as well as digesting tons of books on jazz harmony.

@peterjones4621 11 ай бұрын

Donald and Walter are musical geniuses.

@chickenman2097 2 жыл бұрын

This is awesome. Also can we get a My Old School piano someday???

@scottclute7443 2 жыл бұрын

Jack of Speed.. Don't stop..

@garycrisp6631 10 ай бұрын

"Now remember Donald. The studio is going to be completely black, so please dress appropriately." Donald: "Understood."

@davidgriffin8482 Жыл бұрын

Thanks fellas, I struggle to keep up with song but some of I get and some is over my head but it's cool to see the way you think and the changes you make to make them production work overall say when vocals are added. I don't know how I ended up stuck on the guitar because the piano makes much more sense to me. I'm not the greatest at either but just keeping the rhythm brings me more joy that any solo ever will.

@TheDarkCow11 2 жыл бұрын

oh shit this was posted recently ?? I jazz in my pants

@taylorfusion 11 ай бұрын

“…leading tone going down a half step” never heard a tritone sub referred that way…thanks Donald! This lesson was great, thanks for posting it

@ewaf88 11 ай бұрын

I've been a fan since 1974 , when I heard this incredible track on my transistor radio. The track? Bodhisattva and then Rikki don't lose that number

@mpetra4537 Жыл бұрын

No doubt, Donald is a musical genius, to my knowledge with no formal training.....just incredible

@jayem1826 2 жыл бұрын

Have a lot of Warren's stuff

@bestaff Жыл бұрын

RIP to Warren the other keybordist here with Don. He died in 2022 apparently. Also let me just some up the video, "yeah so all our songs are just basic blues songs....we just substitute every single chord which makes them all completely different songs!" haha. personal plug, I got asked to perform "Green Earings" for an album over a decade ago,...yep you can find it on the internet!

@wilsonhaven 2 жыл бұрын

as we like to call it back on the farm ... //smile

@mjm5081 2 жыл бұрын

😆 👍

@lyndarougeau2763 2 ай бұрын

😎

@Phoebedumplings Жыл бұрын

Watch the improv at 27 mins

@timbenz4890 Жыл бұрын

It's just unfair with DF. When I take a 12 bar blues and alter it with a whole tone modulation here, quartal harmony inserted there, and a bebop turnaround to get to the chorus, it sounds like dogshit. And he explains it like he's tying his shoe, sheesh. Great video, and Bill Evans devotee Warren Bernhardt is fantastic too.

@budhiharlow4945 Жыл бұрын

As a pro drummer and multi-instrument musician, Donald Fagan (and Steely Dan/aknowledging Walter Becker's essential contributions) is it. The chords, the grooves, the compositions, the harmonies? It is all there musically in a way that shows the history and development of American Music and Modern Music. We need more of these videos, you can watch them and learn a ton, each and every time!!

@yes_head 2 жыл бұрын

Hilarious. DF: So a lot of our songs are based on the blues. WB: Oh yeah? Show me one. DF: OK, but this one totally departs from standard blues. Oh, and so will the next one. Even more.