Dear Oliver, When I was getting through a drug addiction some years ago, I would watch your videos to encourage myself to learn music. I knew I needed something more, some other way to express, or things would keep decaying. You are so kind, gentle, and encouraging. This is exactly, EXACTLY what I needed at the time to get over my mental blocks and play music, however "bad" it initially sounded. So, your philosophy/outlook on improvisation has really helped me. Not to mention the myriad theoretical tidbits and shortcuts you have taught me. I need you to know this, because it made a difference. But I am not finished. I must also say: I believe you are a pedagogical genius. Please do bracket the usual connotations of genius for a moment because I mean it far more sincerely: Every lesson, every diagram, every movement of yours is one that radically considers the perspective of the one who wishes to learn. Your method is a subjective bridge. This is incredible. While I am a guitar player (far cheaper!), or rather have been learning guitar/singing for the past 2-3 years, your videos helped me all the same. Also, they inspire me to seize opportunities to play pianos whenever they arise. Maybe I'll dabble some more someday! I don't think I'll ever call myself a "guitar player" because it seems that to label it would be immediately to reduce it, especially given how I came to learn it: as a personal mode of expression/coping rather than as hobby or project. All I know is it had been a while since I watched one of these, and when I did, I cried. I quickly realized how much it mattered, in dark moments, to have this space, and others, to return to. To continue. Anyway I'm rambling now, so I'll end by highlighting a quote I loved from the video: "...that way we don't have to 'think' so much when playing music. Improvising music is all about being a little stupid, actually!" I could not agree more with this sentiment :) Sincerely, Your student

As a music producer/educator for many years and specialized in teaching young children and adults , i highly recommend this lessons . The art of teaching is something that not everyone can do. Simple simple simple….👍👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️ thank you Oliver. Many blessings

I just finished watching the poly modal video from three years ago using the melodic minor modes and I was just thinking to myself, "I wish there was a video on the major modes". Then I found this :)

Every time I listen to you I open my music an ears and eyes further thank you

You make me fall in love with music again.. Siiir!! Thank You🧚👀🎶🐬

First comment. Thanks Sir for sharing your knowledge

We mortals are very lucky and grateful for your music lessons and teaching Sensie Master Shifu Oliver. The world is a better place because of you Sir.

What a beautiful sound these make - thank you for another 5 star lesson.

You have made us waiting for your lessons, Oliver. Thanks and love from Bangladesh.

So excited to yr new video.

this is so good - i needed this explained to me, thank you.

These lessons are so beautifully crafted.

Excellent !

This is crazy!!

Brilliant!!!

Magnifique leçon …merci pour votre présence du pur bonheur

Much gratitude 🙏 to you my friend! Thank you for the video!

Bravo to you Maestro Oliver! Fantastic lesson, I applaud you for your tireless contributions to teaching jazz music on this platform!

I’m so excited!! I’ve been watching back through your catalogue of lessons and explanations and it has helped so much with my grasp of scales/modes - thank you so much for putting this content out for free, your contributions will definitely be remembered for generations to come Hope you are doing well!

I love the perspective. Thank you

Sencillamente increíble!!! Gracias!!!!

This video is amazing. Such brilliant illustration. Thank you!

Quite impressive !

Love this channel

Estava ansioso😳... Primeiro like🥰.... 🎶🎶🎶👏👏👏 Obrigado por nós trazer mais riqueza

Good lesson thx.

thanks thanks thanks to Mr Prehn for his lessons!! the best lessons ,great playin and sounding! and with backings are so great. also for guitars players like me,ciao from Italy!

Absolute genius

I really love this channel:3 thank you.

YES All RIGHT..AMAZING

Oh so so nice!

You are a gifted instructor and video producer! Thanks You so much for your wonderful effort!

You put some much thought into every lesson . So much get information to learn from . You really put everything in to so much prospective ty so much for continuing give all of us incredible ideas and diffrent methods to think about.

Wow this lesson has really broardened my view a lot by the first viewthrough. Im gonna watch this a few times to get at solid understanding of what you figured out here. Im super impressed. Thanks a lot😊

Whoah! That's so cool! Thanks! I can't wait to try it on guitar. Moving patterns in rows of 4ths and/or 5ths is pretty easy in Standard Tuning!

Soy guitarrista...pero me dá mucho placer escuchar la manera de explicar que tienes. Impecable! Lo haces tan sencillo que motivas a que todos puedan hacerlo. Felicitaciones y gracias. Abrazo

Thank you very much for yours videos , really with you every thing seem to be easy , I have seen all your videos and really these are all fabulous , with you the piano become evident and very easy , Thank you very very much !!!

I been waiting all month for you sir,u are a very good teacher

That what I looked for: modal improvisation without chord,based on bass only. Thank you!

Very interesting indeed. I will try to transpose it to the guitar

Wonderful video!!!!!!!!!!¡

Just wow ! Great amount of work done to the videos (guess thats why your videos come out not very often ) - you show slow and with fingering dots pictures, that's brilliant help. In lots of other people tutorials even if using slow down youtube options it sometimes hard to see what key is pressed at the moment (not to say about need to rewind those fragment many times).

Very interesting indeed, New follow here, Thank a lot sharing

God bless you Oliver prehn

You give us the colours so we can paint the pictures,thank you oliver

Greetings Oliver 😃

بالعربي انت جد راءع تحياتي لأنك كريم وابن كريم 😍👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👏👏⚘

Man you're amazing we use this in are classical Arabic music . Listen to Fairoz ❤️

Nice! For me it sounds like the "#" and "b" contains a kind of chromatic "Guide-Tone Line", even in a rhytmical Sense if the Grips are played in a Row. Thx Oliver for this new Persoective.

wow!!!!!!!!

I hear some singing, like Keith Jarrett. 🙂 Another great lesson!

Thank you, professor! Would love to see a video about this concept but regarding chord progressions and such. My mind has a hard time structuring chord progressions while freestyling with this technique. Any tips or tricks? Anyway, you are the best teacher on KZfaq and would make one hell of a good asmrtist! I will definitely donate frequently to you WHEN I become rich. Puss och kram, från Sverige.

Hi Mr Prehn! You always have some interesting material. I learnt about these modes from your videos. I find this whole modes thing too complicated to use in reality, but nevertheless, it's interesting. The most useful thing for me has been II-V-I.

I wish you can do it on guitar 🎸

Wow, beautiful video again Oliver. It looks like it was a lot of work, thank you. I’m curious, have you found that you’ve been creating different licks you like in different modes? For example, a drone lick in phrygian or something with thirds in lydian? Like you have “go to” licks you mostly only use in certain modes and not others. Hopefully I’m being clear.

If you continue going up the rows even more, you get what jacob collier calls the super ultra hyper mega meta stuff

Did you pick C as one of the two keys for a reason, or was it just random? I don't even play piano but I am definitely a music lover and I always find your videos very interesting, enlightening, and intriguing. Music is truly infinite, in many respects.

Just amazing. Just one question, Oliver: can we use rhis method only in 'free' context, or is there a way to use this method also in 'regular' context (such as regular jazz standards etc.) ?

i was wondering if you could make short midi files for some of your lessons on Riffs and Phrases?

Excellent content (as always), Oliver!!! Congrats and Thanks!!! Musicians and music lovers will be honored/served by getting your book/method. Please, make it!!!

I found this lesson mind blowing! But I have a question. When improvising with progression, I sometimes get lost. I lose the point of reference (where my hand is in relation to the tonality.) Any tips on how to work on the progressions withouth losing the way?

I bought the piano and the grandeur. But I my the sounds are not like yours. Is it possible to send me a screenshot of the settings of " the grandeur"?

What kind of piano do you use. What brand? What software?

i am new to piano (coming from guitar). i wonder why sometimes your hand is near the top of the board and sometimes near the bottom, and in both situations you do play black notes.

Тон, полутон, тон, тон?

It isn't complex, it just sounds like a modern chord progression to me.

Shouldn't we start making rules about which notes NOT to play instead of which notes to play? That might make things even easier. Since I invented the thousend year long opposite day on the 09.09.2019. #firstGeniusEver

Hi Oliver great vids on improvisation- I think I signed up for your patreon but I’m not sure please check (Forbes is my pen name) if you have a minute.