Unarguably the best overview of Jazz I have ever watched on youtube.

I am amazed by how concise and understandable your videos are. Tons of advanced and easily explained topics. Great job. Thank you!

I’ve been playing piano for almost 50 years now (still learning!), and never thought that I’d ever ‘know’ a better instructor than my 1st piano teacher (a Peabody graduate who was heavily influenced by Keith Emerson). Apparently, I was wrong. Great job, my friend. You have a veritable love-fest going on in the Comments here, and for good reason. You’re a refreshingly and wonderfully straightforward instructor. Keep up the great work!

This is great. Thank you very much for doing this stuff. Really, you have one of the best music youtube channel in my opinion.

So good. Will be watching this several times lol I personally like the fast pace and not being spoon fed. I can always go back and review or look something up. Thanks for posting!

can only concur with what all the other people are saying. great information all packed into one video. Ill be sure to come back and check out your other videos to. thanks a lot for this!

Your channel is genuinely one of the best resources for a beginner jazz pianist. You have your contents really well organised. Thank you for doing these videos! 😊

Wow, I've realised that I should only alter 5ths, not 3ths this morning. And this video proved it. Thank you

Man!! For me, this video was... Masterfully ordered. Intensely condensed. Amazingly succinct and concise. Perfect speed of dense information. Of all the hours of Jazz video's I've indulged in, this one was truly the most informative. Special thank you for not talking slow; youtube on mobile can pause and rewind, but not speed up. Thank you for your hours of thoughtful planning, summarising and recording. 'Ultima!'

It's sad to see you only getting this few views on your videos, since your explanation on the theory is very clear and the fact that you present it also with a very clear examples on your piano also is great. I have watched nearly all of your videos as of writing this post and I can say that they are very, very useful. Keep the great work going, cheers!!

Blown away by your website and videos. What I love the most about it is how organized everything is.

You need to realize that you’re the BEST INSTRUCTOR/TEACHER on the entire internet. I like how you present your material with picture in picture and you do it without any sign of an inflated ego whatsoever. You demonstrate clearly with an element of simplicity. Your channel is a well planned lesson on individual important steps for every level of development. You’re a brilliant man and I am so thankful for finding your creation... I would like to know more about you also.

Wow, I just want to thank you for this and all of your other videos and your website. I've been trying to learn jazz theory on and off for the last 15 years to no avail. The way you explain things is both clear and comprehensive, and I'm looking forward to working my way through all of your material.

This video filled in so many holes in my foundational understanding of theory. Like when you explained modes as the same scale with different tonal centers. I never really fully understood modes until I heard that. I just saw them as individual scales I had to memorize. That understanding of relationship and context just makes everything I’ve been trying to learn so much clearer.

Thanks a TON for this video!! I'm a classical composer (who's been super interested in incorporating jazz recently) and this is the prefect intro video for somebody who already understands classical music theory. Most other videos I've seen have been way to basic. Thanks again for this!

Honestly the best resource on chords i've found on the internet yet. Things tell you what number chord to play but the diatonic tri-tone stuff really helps me make non-conventional chords which I really appreciate dude. I can finally change from 2-5-1 which I was using because everyone says it works, or the chord diagram that just tells you which chords sound good in what order.

Reminds me of when I thought I knew French from high school classes, then in college we covered everything I knew in the first day of class! Wowwwwwwww!

Im really grateful for this. When I search for beginner jazz stuff on youtube your videos never come up. I found this on a google search. The algorithm for youtube has gotten really bad and only puts out clickbait videos in searches now. Jazz people are the worst gatekeepers in music, so this material is gold. Again, thanks.

My mind is relatively blown! :) that is because of good teaching.

Almost 10 minutes into the video and I am just loving it!! It is brings HUGE clarity to a rank beginner, who loves jazz but plays just scales :-) and in a jazz barren country i.e. India. Of course, what helps, is our own classical music heritage. Coming back, this, is singularly best video I have seen on Jazz Theory.

Your lessons are the best of any I have watched on You Tube. No other gives the details and meaning of how chords and scales work and the information on the top left of the videos are great. You give a complete explanation of all the variables possible and easy to understand. Keep the videos coming and thanks for your help to a man who loves jazz and the sounds of the piano.

it look me couple of months to find this site and KZfaq video (after painfully go through 2 dozen of others demanding for course fee), which nail down everything in details and full background. Thanks very much for the generously sharing all these knowledge and material which I think anyone who uses the material should consider making donation to such great generosity!😘😊👋👍

I’ve just begun watching your overview videos and they are fantastic. They’re comprehensive yet delivered clearly and simply. Other resources are either piecemeal, confusing, or elite and exclusive. You’ve done a wonderful job and thank you so much for providing these resources for free. I’m in my middle thirties and have been wanting to develop my jazz piano for some time, but have been too intimidated to do so. Your videos and discussions have given me a lot of confidence. As I move further through your tutorials and discussions, I plan to donate to you - because an exceptional resource like this deserves to be maintained. Thank you very much.

This is really awesome. I'm learning jazz theory now and you're the only resource I've found that doesn't just give you "easy things to play" You really dig into the theory. Much appreciated.

you've teached with your heart and enthusiastic. not for profit. appreciated!!

Really great stuff here. I have been watching this video for the past 3 days, as smoothly as I could, so that I could take as many notes as possible. The thing that has always annoyed me about learning Jazz is that I just couldn`t find the proper theory explained in a way that someone with very little knowledge like me could understand. This video has showed me an awesome overview and now I feel that I know much more than before. Also, now I can tell exactly what are my weakness and lack of practice, which I will be focusing from now on. Thank you very much, keep up with the great work.

A newbie in jazz, but i'm amazed by your exceptional teaching skill, so straightforward, thankyou so much from your new fan!

This video made so many parts of the music theory puzzle come together 🤯 And I still have more than 10 minutes left to watch!

Requires a serious level of pre-knowledge. If you have that, this vid is awesome. "You have to know the rules in order to break them". Brilliant

A lot of great, fundamental info. The last 6 minutes got a little too esoteric and "how many angels can dance on the head of a pin" stuff. But worthwhile vid. Thanks.

Wow if all the hundreds of tutorials I have watched this was the most dense and informative. Good work pls don't stop for the ones who don't go college and trying to figure out why they reached a plateau and can't seem to see beyond into the promise Land....these videos begin to remove the confusion and things begin to make sense. Great job

I literally found myself watching the whole video without even noticing the length, it's so captivating. Thanks for the time you put, you're amazing.

"the chord tones plus one semitone" explanation blew my mind. Why hasn't anyone explained like this to me before!

"That is my 'high' level overview of 'basic' jazz theory." Man, you gotta love jazz 😂

I am so happy, I tried these more advanced videos last year and I didn't understand anything, now I can understand all of it! Persistence is maybe paying off finally... thank you so so much

This is golden. Thanks so much. Gift to humanity content

Outstanding explanation! thanks for putting together such enlightening video and sharing your knowledge on jazz theory. I’m delighted I came across your video - by far the best high level jazz overview I’ve ever watched on KZfaq. thanks a million!

You make the absolute best jazz theory videos on KZfaq

dude this was amazing, literally just made things click for me my chords are sounding 100 times better - thank you so much

very clear, much more comprehensive than videos talking about jazz ever seen

This is amazing!!! I tried reading jazz piano theory on my own but found it very confusing! Thanks to your tutorial, and these stuff finally starts to make sense to me!!!!!!!!!

You might be the BEST music teacher on youtube. So clear and concise. Excellent work!

A random guitarist here...... Just checking some theory stuffs Actually its really easy to understand & visualise on keys And your lessons are really valuable Lots of love from🇮🇳 Subscribed☺☺

This video is better than years of music theory lessons

The notes are utterly useful

super clarity, super step by step explanation, putting it all into an intelligible scheme,. when part only is explained, as in ordinary learning, there is too much that just doesn't seem to add up, or leaves out so much as to be even more confusing. this overview makes it clear that it does all add up and how. it seems a great roadmap packed with precise detail that, when the time comes, will spring to life.

I'm following many KZfaq Channels that provide tutorials on Jazz Piano, yours is by far the best. Thanks a lot.

CmMaj7 : *confused crying* nice videos...great learning ❤️❤️🙏

Thank you for this video, hopefully you will be posting more in the future

Man you are so good and I can’t even believe that all these tutorials are free!!!

Crystal clear and packed with sharply delivered detail in sequence.

Yours is the BEST KZfaq CHANNEL on music education. I have seen HUNDREDS, and YOURS is the BEST most comprehensive one. If you had better production, you would gain more visibility on youtube, since I noticed viewers watch video production quality and how the video is marketed (with comedy or an authoritative serious tone) more than actual content. People want to be sold to instead of educated, which is sad. Anyhoo, I will subscribe and watch all your videos from here onward. I am only beginning my advanced music journey so here's hoping my education will be a success. Cheers to your channel!

Probably the most concise and clear explanation of any subject I have ever seen on youtube. Astonished and excited to discover what lies in wait. Thank you for a superb presentation.

I love this, thanks for putting this together. Definitely helps me to understand what I'm hearing when just doing improv on the piano, and gives me more foundation on how to do it better. I'd like to work on using different modes and understanding augmented & diminished chords & scales.

Wow! I'm a total beginner when it comes to jazz and just spent a few hours slowly going through your video playing along, learning how to improvise on the right hand as well. What a content rich video. It was amazing! Thanks!

Impressed, truly impressed. The concise, informational delivery is astonishing. Keep up the good work man! Thanks for helping us with becoming a better musician. Btw, Is brighter or darker a better description for chords instead of happy and sad? I don’t know, I heard somebody talked about that on KZfaq before, so hope that is not an annoying question.

You must be a mathematician :) I totally share your frustration with available music theory material, finding most of it either too simplistic or, although sometimes unnecessarily complex, still not going to the root of it. But, having watched many of your videos, my mathematical mind invariably enjoys the clarity and accuracy of your approach and analysis. Donated :) Спасибо!

I'm definetly creating an Anki deck to remember this. And this is definetly a compliment on how valuable and dense this information is.

New to jazz. But I can recognize the quality in this vid. I also recognize that I need to watch this video close to a 100 times...lol

THIS VIDEO IS A GOLD MINE

Decided to start learning jazz piano (I've dabbled in jazz but mostly played classical) and I'm really thankful for all the material you've provided, thanks so much and I really enjoyed the video

my comments to your channel : clear, informative and useful. Watching up to the end and worth rewatching and rewatching. Thank you for your works!

I come here from your amazing website!!! thank you very much!

This is really helpful. I saw this last night in near-sleep, and today I re-watched it. This gives so much clarity!

Very very very very good! Thank you very much!

You have got a great structure in explaining music. It is way easier to understand what it is all about and is related to than in any book i have read before!

Best music theory video out there. Thanks!

I want to add my voice to the chorus of thanks here in the comments. I’m just learning jazz piano and, after months of slowly figuring out a lot of this material from various other sources, this (and all the other videos of yours that I’ve been binge watching) is easily the best overview of the key ideas of jazz harmony I’ve seen anywhere. You find a fantastic balance between distilling important general principles and explaining them with enlightening, concrete examples. Keep up the great work!

Just brilliant ! I keep pour video in my favorites for later reference. Thanks you so much !

Excellent lesson. Very thorough. Thank you.

I’m gonna spend some time rewatching this

A really excellent video. I shall need to watch it several times. Thanks!

Fantastic overwiew. You walk that bass!

Very interesting subject. Enjoying this very much. Thank you sir.

Phenomenal theory review, even as a college educated theory specialist I enjoyed hearing this presentation and it really hit all the nuances. Found your channel linked on Aimee Nolte. Instant sub.

15/02/2021 - Starting my journey, let's get it

Man, i wish a guitar teacher teach as you do, but i keep learning from your videos no mater if your instrument is a piano. I use some of your teachings in the guitar and helps me a lot. Thanks and keep going.

That´s the best explication that i saw in my whole life to learning music. I enjoy too much this classes, because his video is very logical and explicative and have no drama.

I have been trying to learn jazz but since I started following your channel it has helped me a lot. Thanks so much 👍

Fantastically clear, concise, helpful. THANK YOU!!!

Your tutorials are FANTASTIC!!!!

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

Amazing overview, thank you so much ! 👍👍👍

Excellent explanation of Jazz Theory. One of the best I’ve ever watched.

Very informative. Please do more on jazz improvisation. Thank u

Great video. Im a guitarist and found this lesson incredibly concise and informative -even if I did have to keep pausing and rewinding. Would LOVE to see this exact same lesson (taking into account the obvious differences like CAGED shapes, string shifting, etc) from the player’s POV on a guitar fretboard.

Fantastic! Thanks for moving quickly yet being thorough!

Great tutorial as usual, it is finally easier for me to understand from your point of view, my jazz teacher once told me that when he was at Berklee music school, it took him some time to understand theory until a clarinetist who teached him made it clearer that the actual guitar teacher, there is some much relations between notes and chords and scales, that we need to know why, and you do a great job sir, thx from me and all the other viewers that use your videos as tutorials

Excellent, concise and informative.

GREAT Explanation. Thanks!

I'm that one person who gets annoyed when people say major instead of natural major or Ionian when playing in C. So this video made me happy.

well this was simply marvellous

How the hell did I not see ANY of these videos until now?!!!

softly in the end 😊

what a summary in 30 min, great job mate, thank you indeed

Thank you so much for putting together this combination of videos and printable information. I find them both enormously helpful.

This was absolutely amazing. Made me understand the fundamentals behind Jazz, that so many other tutorials miss out on.

Great, but, damm at 19:17 you never play that final CM7, now I ll have to go play that myself or I wont be able to sleep tonight. "Feeling UN-resolved". ;)

amazing explanation-just priceless

Love this video, thanks very much for posting!