PIANISTS!!: ULTIMATE CYCLE OF 5THS EXERCISE FOR THE LEFT HAND : (Applied to the song "Summertime")

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8 ай бұрын

Pianists : Learn this exercise for the left hand around the cycle of 5ths to improve your technique and rhythm. Three note left hand chords: root, 3rd, and 7th. Part 2 shows how to apply the technique in playing two easy songs: "Summertime", and "Autumn Leaves". This exercise is included in Appendix to Jazz Book, Methods and Songbook for Professional Playing by Kent Hewitt. Go to website to view both books:
www.kenthewitt.com
To watch video on Jazz Piano Book :
• JAZZ PIANO BOOK: By Ke...
To watch video on Appendix:
• PIANO MASTERY: LEARN A...
To go to Summerkeys website, for vacation in beautiful coastal Maine and study privately with Kent Hewitt :
summerkeys.com/

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@paultuvman5267 28 күн бұрын

Great lesson Kent! I always come back to your channel and learn so much!!!! Appreciate you & bestowing your wealth of knowledge on the music community!..All the best!!

@KentHewittpiano88 11 күн бұрын

I appreciate that so much!

@gaepunzo844 8 ай бұрын

Hi Kent, as usual very useful. Thanks a lot!

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

You are very welcome!

@bggltk 8 ай бұрын

Thank you !

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

I apprecaite it!

@RochelleM491 7 ай бұрын

I only have two words to describe this video lesson…. “Absolute Genius”!! 😊😊😊

@KentHewittpiano88 6 ай бұрын

Such a great comment....thank you so much!

@robintanner3247 8 ай бұрын

Thumbs Up 👍

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@georgeflecknell 8 ай бұрын

So glad to see content still coming from you Kent. I had an unwanted 2 year break from my piano but so good to be back! Thanks for this lesson, love getting my left hand moving.

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

Welocone back...and thanks for writing!

@Baka9o 7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing, Kent! It became so much fun when you started playing around with that technique! I think I could even see the smile on your face from the fun you had! 😊

@KentHewittpiano88 6 ай бұрын

Yes, I do enjoy it. Thanks for the comment!

@FranciscoA.22033 8 ай бұрын

Hello Kent. Excelent ideas!

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for telling me!

@chriscatapano1788 8 ай бұрын

Another great lesson Kent. Any help with the left hand is always appreciated. I can't wait to try this technique. Thank you

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching I thought I did a good one!

@angelonucellese1411 8 ай бұрын

Thanks, mr Kent....👍🙂

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

My pleasure!

@sfor 8 ай бұрын

I have the book, really recommend it!

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the endorsement.!

@claytonmckee9005 8 ай бұрын

How fun! I recognized this left hand method in Bill Evans "Danny Boy"

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

So cool...I'll check that out. I did a video on that: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qJiZl5Vn1dOZY30.html

@stuartdickson6251 8 ай бұрын

I'm sold Maestro, thanks for making my retirement decision to buy an electric Piano a wonderful and heartfelt experience. Thanks and Respect from Port Coquitlam British Columbia Canada.

@raymondvandevorst9913 8 ай бұрын

Now that's a good investment. Should consider his books maybe, I have them couple of years, still using them. Together with all his gems on KZfaq and his website, perfect lifelong tourney.

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

@studiosys 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Ken , i was always useless at maths when i was a kid , but after 20 years of piano, ( am now 69) it becomes clear that jazz " improv " ( piano without music score ) is a game of numbers , so i think with this exercise it helps to think of the shapes as a NUMBER sequences so 1 ,7 3 going to 1,3 7 ,,, of course this ASSUMES 😂😂😂 you have spent MANY years learning how the numbers relate to the notes on the piano AND you know the circle of fourths without even having to THINK about it ,, big thanks for helping us guys climb up this very challenging and very hi jazz mountain.

@KentHewittpiano88 5 ай бұрын

Great comment...I can see you understand the concept and how music relates to math principles. Swing on!

@MostlyIC 8 ай бұрын

WOW!!!, love this exercise. don't like playing left hand alone but can't improv, so just made something up for the right hand, 5431 (so, fa, mi, do) with some swing, then the 1 becomes the 5 for the next chord, then up an octave, repeat, repeat repeat. here's another one I like, 5679, and in the next chord the 5 becomes the 2 so stay on that note (ie don't move your right hand) and play 2345. hope that makes sense, love playing around with it !!!

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

That's cool...so you're naturally creative....that's a very good thing!

@MostlyIC 8 ай бұрын

@@KentHewittpiano88 now if you'd just relocate to the S.F. Bay Area I'd be set 🙂 !!!

@sauxphilippe 8 ай бұрын

Thank you Kent ,i think i am Gona spend a couple of months on this until i get it! maybe to be left hand helps a little bit !🎹

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

That should help...my left hand is now better than my right!

@MyArmHurtsBad 8 ай бұрын

Hey Kent! Thank you for doing what you do. I may not watch you as much as I should. Maybe once or twice here and there and usually because I have a technique playing problem. But it's always your videos I click on, because you're always there with a solution. Never stop!!!! I need you!!! Haha. Happy Halloween!

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the awesome comment!

@cressidahoward7927 8 ай бұрын

Nice!

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

Appreciated!

@rd-mu2vj 8 ай бұрын

Kent you’re the man!!! Thank you for everything ❤

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

Allo my pleasure...thanks!

@billfries7269 8 ай бұрын

I always love your videos (and your book)! Thank you!

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for telling me!

@billhasty5197 8 ай бұрын

Kent, Love that view out to the lake. That would never get old. Thanks for the lesson. Just subscribed to your channel.

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

You dig my pad...cool, man!

@worshiperworshipe6594 8 ай бұрын

Your music is great sir. Thank you sir, I have learned a lot from you.

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

Glad to hear that!

@hungryformusik 8 ай бұрын

Great.

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@michaelschwartz2183 8 ай бұрын

Very good lesson. My piano teach used to drill me to death on 2-5. Very nice use drill in songs. In fact I am going to practice it right now.

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@richarpadilla1891 8 ай бұрын

Great video Kent ,very useful ! When i was studying music at the university in PR nobody teach me that ,i'm working very hard to learn those things ,there was no Google, no KZfaq in those days !

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

I understand...it was the same for me...I'm glad you found me!

@lawrencetaylor4101 8 ай бұрын

Merci.

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@rickdevlin9843 8 ай бұрын

Hi Kent , great content ,as always. On all your new videos with reference to your appendix, it would be really useful to cross reference the Appendix and page number to find the two things, video and place in the book. Keep swinging! Rick

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for a good suggestion. I have a video on the Appendix that shows you everything in the book: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/qb2mhriom86pcWw.html

@rickrocketts183 8 ай бұрын

I’ve finally drilled my rootless voicings in common progressions until I got those down and was thinking about what to tackle next. These spread voicings seem like a good choice.

@diplamatikjuan3595 8 ай бұрын

Ah the eternal battle of figuring out what to tackle next. So many choices, so little time...

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

Check out my playlists for Spread Voicings!

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

So little time...so many choices!

@gonzaloarmijos Ай бұрын

Great master-class! Where can I write to obtain the sheet of your arrangement of Summertime?

@KentHewittpiano88 11 күн бұрын

kenthewitt@hotmail.com

@d.c.i.fraterdzwogchenvovi2031 8 ай бұрын

hi Kent i am recently studing My Romance trying to use the Dim accord and making it independant in the four mediant options so A7 going to Dm Fm Ab minor or Bminor of course seen as C7 when going to Fminor but I remeber that A7 Fminor or in Blue Bossa E7 to Cminor is a situation that exists in the Literature? where?? in Along Came Betty is E7 going to Cmi7 I remeber that such a case is also seen as Phrygian Dominant but nit so often used I believe Herbie Hancock came up with this one....

@CARLTONMOXLEYUnknownpianist 8 ай бұрын

I always thought you were a dinosaur. I always thought you were a dinosaur. I see your technology has really gone up still waiting for that fakebook with your voice in an arrangement along with everybody else long time no see.

@diplamatikjuan3595 8 ай бұрын

@KentHewittpiano88 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for coming back for a visit, Carlton!