"Pure Imagination" Jazz Piano Lesson For Beginners

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"Pure Imagination" For Beginners
In this lesson we create a beginner-focused arrangement of the tune “Pure Imagination” from Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory.
We first arrange the tune using simple root-3-7 voicings and we pay attention to the major and minor 251s so that we know how to identify and navigate this common progressions. We then go through the form again and enhance our voicings with chord extensions and chord alterations.
Suspended Harmony
An interesting aspect of this tune is that it features a lot of suspended harmony; also known as sus chords. We will analyse the role of the suspended voicings and discuss how they fit into the harmonic framework of the tune.
We have created an advanced arrangement of this tune and whilst this is a beginner-focused lesson, we will hint at some of the more advanced arranging techniques. If you’d like to learn more you can check out the full advanced tutorial here:
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@McNeal22 4 жыл бұрын

Do you post videos of you just playing these? Like not the lesson part. The lesson is great, I'd just like to be able to listen to you play

@guyedwards22 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, I learned so much just from this video alone. Deliberate voicing construction, how to choose nice scale tones to nest into the chords, and the biggest aha of all: the harmonic utility of 7sus4 chords, how you can fall/rise into altered extensions when you resolve the 4th down to the 3rd. Thank you so much, I'm definitely going to subscribe and watch more 😊

@ehernan314 4 жыл бұрын

Such a beautiful tune, and such a beautiful interpretation!

@cselenaproject4116 3 жыл бұрын

The 5 free lessons from Piano Groove are GOLD. Then you meet the teachers... and your FUN and AMAZING Jazz Journey begins ❤️

@Ryan_TV 3 жыл бұрын

Another superbly produced learning video. All the elements of a properly made piano tutorial are here. The music with the chords, the piano with light-up keys to follow, and the actual keyboard being shown played by the instructor. The instruction is good and I absolutely love the musical arrangements in these videos.

@davidcornett3498 Жыл бұрын

I used to listen to recording or over and over again to grab a chord or melody. It's so wonderful to have it broken down and given to me. I consider it a gift. Thankyou.

@JohneeJohnson 4 жыл бұрын

This is a great tutorial. Thank you!

@majinbuimusic9762 3 жыл бұрын

I am glad you created this video. I've been wanting to learn this, but other videos are either too complicated for me or not a breakdown at all. Thank you!

@davesax11 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful analysis. An entire accessible jazz education in 30 minutes. Thanx so much.

@chazcarothers4093 4 жыл бұрын

AWESOME ARRANGEMENT!!! Thank you!!

@25MaXB 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorial as always!

@Gusrikh1 3 ай бұрын

Saw this because, a student sent this to me. This is ever so educational!! Amazing!!

@fuerszler 3 ай бұрын

I really appreciate you putting this lesson together. You are a wonderful teacher, and I now am able to enjoy playing this beautiful song in such a beautiful way, THANK YOU SO MUCH!

@building436 2 жыл бұрын

so wonderfull melody! Thank you for this one!!

@cwise7 4 жыл бұрын

Simply wonderful lesson....thank you

@slimjim7210 3 жыл бұрын

This is so amazing!

@arpadternei6991 3 жыл бұрын

That´s absolutely terrific brillinat! Thank you sooo much! !!

@user-kc3eq4gb5s 2 жыл бұрын

You are amasing! This is a piece of art! Sounds so tremendously good!!!

@vt3musicproduction 2 жыл бұрын

Very rich sounds! Thanks 👍🏾

@albertogarridoquicenogarri8922 4 жыл бұрын

Excelente ,armonía, les felicito por ese gran tutorial.

@felipepinheiro1419 4 жыл бұрын

Simon .I love this song. I wish to play this song for a long time and now i can play it with perfection with this tutorial. All my respect to you

@razaakeniola 2 жыл бұрын

thank you very much, this was helpful. I am new to a lot of these concepts but I am excited to learn. cheers to the journey

@harrarjacques5400 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot ! You are a great pedagogue ! This is by far the best jazz course I’ve seen ! It give me a lot of et énergie to learn jazz piano. I m so grateful. 👍😎👍

@Nicooo 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tutorial :D

@jimbonsf 22 күн бұрын

This was fantastically helpful. Thank you so much for sharing this lesson.

@fer18433 3 жыл бұрын

Gracias, muy buen tutorial, de los mejores pianistas que he visto aqui en youtube.

@jimanjung6703 4 жыл бұрын

I m touched... thank you for the beautiful performance.^^

@Manu-gh7yt 3 жыл бұрын

Lovely !! Thank you.

@eliasgutierrez8487 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent 👌 mate. Thanks a lot

@Fghjk-hs9zd 4 жыл бұрын

Nice tutorial ❤️❤️❤️

@guygrumach7105 4 жыл бұрын

so good !!

@ForLongLiving 3 жыл бұрын

actually really good explanation thanks man

@samuelhaines617 6 ай бұрын

This was beautiful and very well presented. Cheers!

@Milanissimo 4 жыл бұрын

This is awesome !!!

@anthonydipizzio1623 3 жыл бұрын

THIS TUTE IS AMAZING!!

@mitmaur 7 ай бұрын

Excellent tutorial!! Thank you!

@jahboy699 2 жыл бұрын

Your a great teacher and motivator thanks cause I was giving up but as you said it's all in time thanks your ok man.

@davidcornett3498 2 жыл бұрын

I love this.

@kringe791 2 жыл бұрын

IM GONNA CRY THISBIS SO BEAUTIFUL

@davidsams7030 4 жыл бұрын

This is here cause I'm happy to see you on my feed

@cristiansilva9557 Жыл бұрын

A lullaby of bird land tutorial from you would be a dream come true.

@user-is6vo1vn8b 4 жыл бұрын

Sweet jazz .

@eduardosposito8052 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!!

@BLKKINGNRG Жыл бұрын

Your theory knowledge is mind blowing

@KwoliToli 3 жыл бұрын

Man, bro....I don’t know if you believe in God, but man, I thank God for you and the gift that you share with the world....Because if you I have a better understanding of what you’re doing and it sounds absolutely beautiful....Beautiful indeed.....

@unremmittedbeatz6043 3 жыл бұрын

AYYYYY when I liked it turned into 1.5K likes, Plus this one of my most favorite piano music, and I'm learning from this. I like the chords, they are very nice 👍

@GardChan Жыл бұрын

YOU. ARE. INCREDIBLE.

@humbertocruz6214 2 жыл бұрын

Your tutorials are terrific, very well organized and great explanation. In the lead sheet, in the bridge of the song7, the chord labeled as Abm7b5 is really Amb5.

@pablowitt321 10 ай бұрын

this bugged me out. lol i was like, whats happening here im so confused. thx

@anandgodane8022 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much sir ❤️🙏

@DoubleOProductions 3 жыл бұрын

I've been watching various pianists play this remarkable tune on youtube for many many years but THIS version is by far the best not only for your interpretation but also the manner in which you've broken it down into extremely manageable sections or phrases for the jazz enthusuast to grasp easily. thank you so much for posting.

@stuffa01 Жыл бұрын

AMAZING LESSON! Thank You. I can't imagine trying to learn all this through books...

@maloneycraig 4 жыл бұрын

Linked that sus chord in your somewhere over the rainbow arrangement and I like it here too!

@PianoPriest88 4 жыл бұрын

You are a good teacher, thanks

@davidcornett3498 2 жыл бұрын

I agree. It's a talent in itself

@gracecarter7575 9 ай бұрын

Terrific lesson. Love the voicing you created. Subscribed!

@PianoGroove 9 ай бұрын

Thanks for the sub!

@marinduque-theheartoftheph 4 жыл бұрын

Love how you create your voicings (and how you explained them). Thank you so much!

@pontythython1901 3 жыл бұрын

I figured this out by ear/ memory I wish I had used your tutorial as it took about 3 and a half hours to get it. Different arrangement of course

@TheMrAllesio Жыл бұрын

you are a legend

@py4855 4 жыл бұрын

Excelent video , saludos desde peru ✌✌✌✌

@josefelipedasilvafelipe226 Жыл бұрын

Very good

@alanrios9176 Жыл бұрын

Bery nice super master😊

@user-qb1tl1ct1t 4 жыл бұрын

love you

@simonross6201 Жыл бұрын

fantasticle

@cselenaproject4116 3 жыл бұрын

Stunning arrangement and performance❤️ Brilliant lesson! ⭐️

@ArgoBeats 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful tutorial, so well explained. Can't see the full advanced tutorial link in description.

@thomasr8185 4 жыл бұрын

i love you, you are amazing

@professorxavier9692 4 жыл бұрын

I love you too baby cakes

@cicholasnage Жыл бұрын

by any chance can you maybe post a vid of only playing this arrangement? It sounds too wonderful!

@alicehouse482 2 жыл бұрын

This song is in the key of C sharp everybody does it in key of E FLAT nice lesson 👍

@laserborb 4 жыл бұрын

Love the channel and following your videos has helped me immensely! Just a small note, the A half-diminished chord at bar 21 is written as Abm7b5 instead of Am7b5. Threw me for a bit of a loop when I was playing along. Still, excellent video and thanks so much for making these videos!

@ayannapeters7216 3 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry but I just love your accent 💜

@zacharyhadley2156 4 жыл бұрын

I think that the modulation from Eb major to G major in the A to B sections is quite interesting. Major third cycle movement it seems...

@connorhayes2374 3 жыл бұрын

Also seen in Giant Steps by John Colltrane! It's called the Coltrane Matrix

@cynthiastory8603 3 жыл бұрын

Great melody. I have small hands, so it will a challenge to create voicings that are full and rich.

@lisatay2404 5 ай бұрын

just wonderful! Do u have a recording of the entire song on its own?

@kevinrusche4547 4 жыл бұрын

Wow what a beautiful tune and interpretation!! I will look at your jazz standards course. Also, would you consider doing this kind of jazz interpretation to a hymn, e.g. Amazing Grace. I see many people doing it, but not sure where to start. I’d also like to use the ‘real book’ to play tunes on the guitar- melody and chords! I love and play some classical but hard and often tedious.

@PhilipGlenn 3 жыл бұрын

I second this request! :)

@FromTheHipp 3 жыл бұрын

this is such a brilliant tutorial. im trying to learn this song and stumbled on this one and gonna study this one until my fingers bleed. thank you for this

@FromTheHipp Жыл бұрын

2 years later, i learned it, forgot it, and im re-learning it. my understanding of piano is significantly better though so it should be better re-learning it anyway.

@leob4403 Жыл бұрын

@@FromTheHipp well done! can I play this song on a 5 octave casio keyboard? Or do i have to try to tune my dusty old piano😒

@FromTheHipp Жыл бұрын

@@leob4403 should be fine. he didnt span a ton of the spectrum when playing it.

@nezkeys79 Жыл бұрын

Because of the melody over the diminished chord I always found it easy to think of it as D/Eb. If you remove the C it sounds better anyway for some reason

@rachelsmename6 4 жыл бұрын

This is a beautiful arrangement of this tune. Do you make the lead sheet available?

@tolueniomofaye1 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for an awesome tutorial! I was wondering if you could make a Playlist of intermediate lessons and tutorials. I've finished the beginner ones and it seems like there are so many different directions to go in.

@JordanEvansMusic 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome video! I started making tutorials on KZfaq recently and I hope to become as good a teacher as you

@mrasif306 Жыл бұрын

Hello sir ❤️ i love your playing sir guge fan of your im from pakistan musician i realy appreciate your work

@YeahBan Жыл бұрын

Thank you always for the good information.^^ I'm also a KZfaqr who shoots piano tutorials, and I write like this because I have a question. The piano keyboard was filmed very clearly and beautifully. What camera did you use for aerial view?

@cnelsonlv99 13 күн бұрын

Ugh... was waiting for you to play the entire thing together without interruptions! Would have made this so much better... Loved the tutorial, but really wish you would play the entire piece continuously so I can hear what it all sounds like in context. Very frustrating that you didn't do that.

@pedromariano2100 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Hyden Hill... I many love your classes .. Only impediment. I dont. Speak english.. I see on Google..tradutor. Hugs for you!

@grottyrat 2 ай бұрын

Excellent version of a beautiful song. Do you have the score or sheet music available please?

@Matin.Filigran 3 жыл бұрын

sehr schön erklärt . können Sie Bitte Verraten ,welche software benutzen Sie hier für die Virtual Keyboard ?

@bsharpmajorscale 2 жыл бұрын

I think at the one F to Bb, I kept wanting it to have a diatonic descending bass there. But maybe that would have been a bit too much, especially with the craziness of the reharm.

@petertarsio7168 3 жыл бұрын

The title of the tune is? It would be nice to see the title and the lyrics too. Good tutorial!

@RichieVitale 3 жыл бұрын

You're using Midiculous. How did you line the 2 pianos up so beautifully?

@baekhyun9629 3 жыл бұрын

My fingers aren’t long enough to reach Ab to Bb

@derekgreenwood9672 3 жыл бұрын

My brain hurts, but the voicings are fantastic!

@chulichabakka7998 Жыл бұрын

Very nice and informative Tutorial. It would be nice though If you played the whole piece at the start, so the Viewer can get to know what He IS gettin Into.