Why You Don't Swing Hard (And How to Fix It)

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Once you understand this chord structure, your piano playing will never be the same. It's used commonly in both Jazz and Neo Soul, but you'll really hear it used in an absolutely gorgeous way in modern Neo Soul-Inspired tracks that cross genres as well. A really important part of this sound is the dim(maj7) chord, i.e. a diminished triad with a major 7. The structure comes down to being built like a block chord, but with a major 7 instead of a 6. Use this over any melody or chord progression for a modern sound. Enjoy this jazz and Neo Soul piano tutorial with Noah Kellman.
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Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:14 Tip 1
4:19 Tip 2
6:45 Tip 3
7:40 Exercise
9:55 Outro

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@rimehaug Жыл бұрын

So around year 2000 I was shamrlesdly promoting my upstate NY jazz group to everyone, including people I met in my day job in stroke rehabilitation. One patient"s family came out to a gig with E.S.P., and this little boy was awestruck at my admittedly mediocre smooth jazz piano playing, and wanted to start learning, himself. Zoom ahead 20 years, and I am sitting here in Norway learning jazz stuff I should have perfected decades ago from that very same guy. How cool is that, Noah! Your videos, chops and insights are pure gold!

@abdulalshibly3930 Жыл бұрын

damn now that's a story

@mattdubovik3082 Жыл бұрын

Yes! Recording yourself is so important! I used to play very staccato because I thought it made me swing harder but in reality it sounded terrible.

@JohnPaulRiger Жыл бұрын

Awesome tutorial. Thank you for demonstrating and explaining so simply. I sat down and fell right into it. 👍 Working with a bass track on it now. It’s really wonderful!

@NomeDeArte Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video, best wishes from Argentina!

@alejandroperez4051 Жыл бұрын

Thats the kind of videos we expect from you! Blues swing! Amazing video! Thanks!

@NoahKellman Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks Alejandro!

@Nachscrach Жыл бұрын

Great as always ! !

@NoahKellman Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Ignacio!

@Dichotomos Жыл бұрын

Great tutorial! thanks!

@NoahKellman Жыл бұрын

You're welcome! Glad it was helpful

@FlorissMusic Жыл бұрын

such amazing advise! i feel like a better swinger having just seen this video

@NoahKellman Жыл бұрын

So happy to hear that!

@mondelinoweiss30 Жыл бұрын

Hello Noah, can you make a video if you show us how to use jazz harmony properly for every song you want to play, how does it work, I think jazz ❤

@Jazzmentl Жыл бұрын

This has to be the toughest thing to teach. Or - to put it in another way - I find this is the thing most jazz learners struggle with is "swing feel". In my day back in University we used to call it "swinging backwards" with the accent in the wrong place. Great video btw.

@CalvinLimuel Жыл бұрын

Man I don't know how you managed to demonstrate all those variations 😅 But I think there's nothing like actually playing with people, or immerse yourself in listening to recordings, let the swing feel of them hard-swangin' players rub off on you. It's really like learning another human language (I speak and am learning a couple of them), you learn pronunciation, accent/intonation, grammar, etc., same with swing feel.

@TheBrightSide101 Жыл бұрын

Instant click. Thanks for making this

@NoahKellman Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment / click!!

@Nn-uh2kb Жыл бұрын

The fingers should move across the keys like dancers. It's easy to focus too much on notes, but I always find that when my fingers are really feeling the movement, the notes come to me just fine anyway.

@lurchamok8137 Жыл бұрын

I think that constantly emphasizing the up beat sounds just as boring as constantly emphasizing the down beat. Just as boring as always starting the melody on the downbeat or upbeat. The secret lies in a healthy mix (I am a drummer :-) )