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@WalkThatBass7 жыл бұрын
You're not wrong. And if I throw a couple Justin Bieber mentions in there, and change the thumbnail to a picture of a cat, then I'd be getting somewhere...
@arnieus8666 жыл бұрын
LMAO. Do you have to be a jazz nerd to think this is funny?
@thomasr81855 жыл бұрын
Thank you this is great
@rexchidgey79117 жыл бұрын
I have never heard this concept explained so clearly. You have a unique teaching style. It packs a lot in yet still drills down to the core of the concept.
@WalkThatBass7 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Rex. Yep, I try cut through the bs wherever I can.
@rexchidgey79117 жыл бұрын
I'd like to think that's partly because your an Aussie
@Guilhermeabcd4 жыл бұрын
I'm a drummer with little to no experience in music theory that started listening to fusion and now i'm going backwards to bebop and post-bop. All these names and concepts are very hard for me to understand, but your videos makes it very easier to me. Music is my second passion, so i don't have the time needed to grab a 500 page book to satisfy my curiosity. Thank you very much for you content.
@KahurangiSteez Жыл бұрын
this is really interesting, i'm a self taught guitarist and i just don't really understand chords at all. i cannot solo to chords, i solo to the key. so i guess that means im a self taught horizontal improviser. the interesting part is that it turns out all my favourite coltrane albums are from his horizontal period. that's a really cool thing i learned just now, thanks.
@Kweesh5 жыл бұрын
Came for a simple explanation of sheets of sound, left with new ideas to think about. Awesome explanation, thank you.
@camthesaxman3387 Жыл бұрын
Great explanation! It would've helped to include audio examples of Coltrane playing this stuff to get a better idea of what it sounds like.
@PIANOSTYLE1007 жыл бұрын
I had a guitar at the office. had a friend stop buy grabbed the guitar proceeded to play an intricate fast jazz chord melody lick.. I liked the sound .. told him where did you learn that he said you taught it to me.. he retaught it to me.. it came back fast... I enjoyed this video obviously a high level of knowledge and lot of study and woodshedding.
@BopWalk7 жыл бұрын
Very interesting! I didn't know you could catagorize his years like that, I guess his experimental period is a bit wild for me to understand. I find his "Horizontal Period" more fascinating.
@WalkThatBass7 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I tend to agree. Though his experimental period did nevertheless influence the direction of Jazz (especially Free Jazz and especially in Europe).
@TsushimaMasaki7 жыл бұрын
Great analysis and explanation as always. Now to listen to "On Green Dolphin Street" and put it on repeat.
@WalkThatBass7 жыл бұрын
Thanks, mate.
@TheJoergenDK6 жыл бұрын
Excellent explanation! Thank you very much. This is worth the effort - a little bit difficult, but definitely worth it!
@hiddenblade9997 жыл бұрын
Brilliant video and explanation! Thank you so much for taking the time to post this! BTW ive been hitting your site to refresh on certain topics. its really well done and extremely useful. keep up the great work! ...this nicely describes Coltrane's signature sound. Who knew it could be described in theory (transcribing him seems impossible)!!! After hearing your explanation I am even more in awe of his playing.
@WalkThatBass7 жыл бұрын
Cheers, mate. The website took me a bit of effort, so very chuffed you like it.
@Louis-sm5ws7 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your videos "X explained", they are very interesting and your approach is very clear! You say at 13:15 that Coltrane plays the G major scale, he indeed plays the notes of the G major scale, but he must be thinking "A dorian" instead of "G ionian", because the way he organizes his notes strongly suggests an A scale. But that's just a little bit of imprecision in a huge amount of good work! Keep your videos coming!
@WalkThatBass7 жыл бұрын
Ah yep, I see it. Starting and ending on A. Good pick up. Thanks for the clarification.
@PIANOSTYLE1007 жыл бұрын
rocker louis good observation. Coltrane was amazing.
@audreywalker14262 жыл бұрын
Nice careful and patient analysis. Thanks.
@innocentoctave7 жыл бұрын
Very clear exposition.
@WalkThatBass7 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Paul.
@marioborg49527 жыл бұрын
Thank you ... such a thorough explanation. really enjoyed it! I will definitely look into more of your clips ... keep posting
@WalkThatBass7 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Mario. Will do :)
@titajohn72232 жыл бұрын
Precise and clear. Thanks!
@ultramother3 жыл бұрын
Awesome lesson. Thank you very much. This helped me a lot
@jansestak9543 жыл бұрын
great vid. really helped me, to understand this term
@adrianhigh4210 Жыл бұрын
IIn other words. although he is almost insanely clever.there is no way that John Coltrane has "got that swing"? So what does it mean? And what (precisely)is there to enjoy about sheets of arhythmic sound. with most choices covered. Brilliant explanation Thank you. Its almost JC attempting "white noise' on the saxaphone. to my struggling.uneducated but unconvinced ear!??
@alexkerby12274 жыл бұрын
You're just brilliant
@enudenud7 жыл бұрын
great video as always ! Thank you again !
@WalkThatBass7 жыл бұрын
Thank you kindly, good sir :)
@viscioushattermaid44105 жыл бұрын
Excellent video 👍
@slmjkdbtl2 жыл бұрын
I wonder if there is any technical difficulty to play modal jazz if someone already mastered this
@YukonDan Жыл бұрын
Am-D7 over G7? I've never heard of that kind of sub, can you explain that to me?
@viscioushattermaid44105 жыл бұрын
Do you have a video discussing Coltrane’s techniques he used for free jazz period?
@WalkThatBass5 жыл бұрын
Yep, I talk about it here: www.thejazzpianosite.com/jazz-piano-lessons/modern-jazz-theory/free-jazz/
@PIANOSTYLE1007 жыл бұрын
also Coltrane music is my new standard on the piano...right up there with Oscar Peterson.
@WalkThatBass7 жыл бұрын
Fantastic. Both Jazz Greats.
@marcotabory56067 жыл бұрын
@ Walk That Bass do you have a pdf of the graph that list all the diatonic chords of all modes in all keys?
@WalkThatBass7 жыл бұрын
I do not, I'm afraid. Do you just mean the Major Scale modes? If so, that's not too hard to work out. There are only 12 major keys, and each has 7 modes based on each of the notes in the scale. My website gives an example in C Major: www.thejazzpianosite.com/jazz-piano-lessons/the-basics/modes/ If you mean modes derived from all other scales as well - melodic minor, pentatonic, harmonic minor, diminished scale, etc. - then no - that list would encompass every single possible scale (of which there are 24,576, incidentally...)
@estebanvenegas894 жыл бұрын
you may find some pictures in google. I saw this at the modal interchange video from music with myles
@johnnyjaime1232 жыл бұрын
The Coltrane solo he mentioned 🙂: m.kzfaq.info/get/bejne/pdWDZcxnmpPam2w.htmlm59s
@004asv7 жыл бұрын
gr8 m8 !
@WalkThatBass7 жыл бұрын
Cheers
@JS-dt1tn6 жыл бұрын
he had many sperate "periods" as well, and many of them overlapped. Even with miles davis he was playing "sheets of sound".
@twistedparadoxELITE7 жыл бұрын
F over C7 doesn't sound bad at all for me
@twistedparadoxELITE7 жыл бұрын
No I mean as a goal tone. I quite like that sound.
@WalkThatBass7 жыл бұрын
It's all subjective, in the end. It also depends on voicings and context (i.e. the natural 11 sounds good in a Blues context, for example). Everybody hears music differently and likes different things - some people even like Reggaeton (I'm told).
@twistedparadoxELITE7 жыл бұрын
Haha. Yeah, jazz is entirely subjective. Love your videos dude.
@WalkThatBass7 жыл бұрын
Thanks, mate.
@frederickkrug54206 жыл бұрын
Not over Maj7 But over Dom7 I don’t mind it
@ramseymodiri27524 жыл бұрын
isnt this song in F? every version ive ever heard is in F
@4words6syllables6 жыл бұрын
Informative, but would have appreciated a different angle. You only used the piano I think to play 2 chords. Keep it up!