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7 жыл бұрын

Thrilling Solo Play - in a Simple Manner.
We use two simple, nice sounding and easy-to-remember hand grips (licks) on the piano to play a thrilling modal jazzy blues in F minor.
A Non-Scale Approach to Jazzy Blues Improvisation. Great Sound with Simple Tools.
In the end of the video Erik and I will play a Slow Modal Blues to show the techniques in practice.
Play Along in all 12 Keys at the KZfaq Channel "NewJazz Backing Tracks":
/ @newjazzbackingtracks
Here is a Link to the Blues Song in Fm with Bass & Drums only:
• Slow Modal Jazz BLUES ...
Some Ideas about the Dorian Scale in this video are based on Stuff from this jazz theory lesson from NewJazz:
• How to play Dorian Mod...
Drums: Erik Frandsen
Technical Support: Jonathan Prehn
Teacher, Keys & Production: Oliver Prehn
Warm Regards
Oliver Prehn
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@errol8505 4 жыл бұрын

I remembered watching this video a few years ago. Recently I started watching it again . What a powerful lesson . My advice to ya'll is to watch this video in chunks. Practice these chunks on different days. Don't try to practice the entire half hour video in one sitting, break it up over days. Oliver you have always been a great teacher and inspiration. I learn so much from you over the years and I'm glad to be one of of your Patreon subscriber.

@NewJazz 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Errol, for everything!!! And yes, this old (and a little odd, but forever valid) lesson is very comprehensive and should be divided into chunks when practicing. Thanks for your thoughtful input!!! Warm regards from Oliver

@Eliviery 4 жыл бұрын

Hello, Oliver. One more "jazzy blues personalized Portuguese translation" done! And, as always, your lessons are powerful, such as the God things. You're a man of God! Thank God for your great lessons.

@NewJazz 4 жыл бұрын

Your great work is now approved and published. Thank you so much for your hard work :) :) :) Warm regards from Oliver

@dkvladutu2 4 жыл бұрын

precisely my thoughts

@thanhthienluong1562 3 жыл бұрын

Very inspirational feelings and sounds -softly and gently.Thanks

@hgn2217 6 жыл бұрын

This is the 2nd encounter with your KZfaq tutorials! This lesson is simply BRILLIANT !!!

@jessalvo6375 5 жыл бұрын

You and your grip method of teaching jazz piano is the best. You are inspiring a lot of us even if I just turned 71 years old. Before you, I learned the point system when I was 30 years younger and I have searched for anything better than that. You are the best. Thank you.

@cjoarder 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice. You nicely break down complex items into smaller chunks for beginner like us to understand. Thank you very much for the tutorial. God bless you!!

@arthurrosch5378 2 жыл бұрын

Oliver, the sheer amount of WORK you do is astonishing. Yes. Even thrilling. You do it for the love of it, we know. We are all grateful.

@tegetegede 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! A true service to humanity: helping people make beautiful, expressive music

@FCBayernKiller95 3 жыл бұрын

Binge watching your videos, feel like becoming the greatest pianist on the world just by watching you :D

@RicTester 6 жыл бұрын

The thing that is great about your lessons is that I can understand them - and use the concepts. Thank you from Australia

@Hannah-rl3ng 6 жыл бұрын

Incredible teacher you are...

@jessacuna Жыл бұрын

GRRREAAT! LESSON! LUV THE DRUM CONVERSATION UNDER YOUR SOLOING!

@vincentbernolin1943 6 жыл бұрын

One of the most interesting channel on KZfaq about Jazz impro. Your « avoid scales - pattern approach » is exactly what I’m practicing actually. Your « handgrip approach » is really a gem. I cannot believe I learn so much from a 25’ video after having played piano for 40 years. To every person who is reading this comment, I would like to say : don’t be fooled by apparent simplicity, this approach is very, very much more powerfull that it looks like! And don’t forget to look at the other videos of course, they also are worth the time spent ! Many, many sincere thanks for all this excellent content !!

@michelschubnel722 3 жыл бұрын

at last! I have exactly wath I need!!! thank you sooooo much

@yvesbrulin1079 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent video. The best I have ever seen about this topic. Thank you so much !

@user-dj2tr1xh9w 3 жыл бұрын

КАК ВСЕГДА ИНТЕРЕСНО.КЛАССНО!!!

@iescalante 3 жыл бұрын

Its so nice to have these tools now in my brain and fingers.. Thanks a lot!

@HARIZtoteles 6 жыл бұрын

best jazz piano lesson so far.. many thanks very clear xplanation

@rubinromeo4125 5 жыл бұрын

It is an excellent way to practice and be free.

@hotli3s 5 жыл бұрын

Even for me, an absolut beginner on the piano, its an enormous pleasure to play around with your exercises and sounds , you are creating in your lessons. Thank you Oliver

@patrinerice9152 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you from the bottom of my Heart

@lucassantosbarbosa6296 6 жыл бұрын

What a nice video. I've never watched a blues tutorial that synthesized so many things and ease so much the brainwork to play a solo. Contratulations!

@kers9507 7 жыл бұрын

Excellent lesson with a lot of interesting stuff. High level concepts brought on a very clear and simple way. I enjoyed this lesson very much.

@NewJazz 7 жыл бұрын

This lovely and very clear statement from you surely encourage me to make more videos. Tanks a lot :) By the way, love your video about quartal voicing! You got a fan and subscriber :) Cheers Oliver Prehn

@kers9507 7 жыл бұрын

NewJazz Happy to give a little bit in return by sharing the video on quartal voicings. Love the fresh and original approach in your video lessons.

@melvinkauahi9742 6 жыл бұрын

thijs weerts ioiî

@Bigdrum2 6 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, that is great stuff too :-)... You guys make a concert pianist out of me in three months .....Ingredible.

@makhabanedeepsoul8972 5 жыл бұрын

This is very cool and understandable

@ArtRodent 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for making me not feel intimidated by the music I 'm trying to learn to play. You have the knack of easing into the knowledge of all the keys. Great stuff !

@ArgoBeats 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, Oliver. THank you for sharing your knowledge and make it simple and clear to understand!

@pierrecohenmusic 6 жыл бұрын

You are amazing! Such a different way to approach theory and improv concepts. Makes it so much simpler!! Thank you!

@munetmbsc 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful! I gotta watch this many times.

@user-rh9zm9pv6u 6 жыл бұрын

Great! Thank you for your lesson.

@gmlouis33 4 жыл бұрын

Sounds more like a bluesy jazz than a jazzy blues ;) At any rate, as a blues pianist, this lesson was just what I needed to nuance my solos with some Jazz!

@alexandersmollett3539 7 жыл бұрын

Just as in the description... Great sound with simple tools! A real wow! Thanx!

@afonsocastro5288 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for all your lessons and for the amazing way you do them!!

@joehernandez5600 6 жыл бұрын

Another amazing lesson. Glad I found you. I play guitar. Can’t wait to translate this concept to guitar.

@adambowers7482 7 жыл бұрын

Well this has changed my life

@mackenziebowles2443 7 жыл бұрын

his videos are just incredible. especially for me who's a real beginner. engaging and very easy to understand. thank you so much, Oliver!

@millcroft1759 6 жыл бұрын

Great stuff.I love simple patterns you can move ...and play with.This is a quite like the 5 boxes approach in guitar.Bravo.

@PaulRodericks 5 жыл бұрын

High calibre piano stuff and that too free. Express my gratitude for letting us download to try and learn the new methods to modes and improvisation. Tks and may u prosper in all ways.

@Harpiano 6 жыл бұрын

amazing criative lesson

@mariojanio4772 6 жыл бұрын

man, you really saved my solos, I have no words to thanks your lessons!! Thank you so much!!

@Jervo 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your advices and tips.

@alexr1587 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! Great approach, I was looking for something like this for years!!!!!

@maracuja55 6 жыл бұрын

Intéressant

@jorgeneri 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing. You are the best music teacher of all time...

@rafalvarezsevilla 4 жыл бұрын

these things are genius, just take patterns from different modes in different orders, you could check this stuff easily with a table of modes, very inspiring, thank you!

@eugenebrown3281 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@davidthornburg8116 6 жыл бұрын

Thank You so much ! Great teacher and a very well put together lesson !

@carlosastudillobarraza4810 6 жыл бұрын

What a great lesson. Thanks from Chile!

@nqobilendiweni111 Жыл бұрын

This is beautiful, thank you Oliver.

@SmallPigMan 6 жыл бұрын

This video was very helpful and inspiring, thank you!

@Myaccountishacked 6 жыл бұрын

Excellent! Maestro NewJazz, thank you!

@MrJorvik 6 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Thank you

@SebastianGordonMusic 6 жыл бұрын

I can't sleep now because of you ... Tons of great lessons ! :D

@DreamTVai 7 жыл бұрын

I don't belive this! your videos are gold. Thanks very much and make more pleaseeee!!

@rik-keymusic160 6 жыл бұрын

brilliant teaching skills and playing skills!! Thanks again!

@eneojoechajohn6625 6 жыл бұрын

I love your lesson

@zachwatson83 6 жыл бұрын

You are a genius. Thank you for this!

@kankan7940 7 жыл бұрын

eXCELENTE tUTORIAL ....THANKS VERY MUCH BRO

@hectoraguilar770 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your lesson. Fantastic lesson

@marcofarina9299 6 жыл бұрын

Un approccio geniale complimenti! Grande lezione!

@nicholaseb1351 6 жыл бұрын

This is gold

@MrFLAVIUS12 7 жыл бұрын

Increíble !!

@gtsipejr 7 жыл бұрын

Very Kool!

@cciliebh1524 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for great lessons, -I love your approach to explaining improvisation! I will look forward to see your upcoming videos on chord progressions. 😊

@NewJazz 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Cæcilie and thanks a lot - great you can benefit from the lessons! It will still take some time before we get to the chord progressions - we need to get through some other stuff first. But we should definitely have something about chord progressions after those videos - I surely hope you have patience :)

@CarlosHernandez-tc9wr 3 жыл бұрын

Gracias

@JagaCorp 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!!!

@nsandor72 7 жыл бұрын

Great lesson. Fender Rhodes sound is great also.Thanks

@shelbypereira 7 жыл бұрын

a very original approach to improvising over the blues, first time I see this. Easy to learn and very nice sounds! Sounds like a genuine blues, but in fact the approach to achieving the blues sound is completely different than just learning some licks and the bues scale.

@Marel_project 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for lesson. Gbu

@gatolocomclay 6 жыл бұрын

You have an amazing channel. Thank you!

@michaelaldrid 6 жыл бұрын

Oh god this so good lowdy

@nair.bakunawa 6 жыл бұрын

This is really top quality content. Thank you so much

@LarrySiden 6 жыл бұрын

I love the sound of Bill Evans! I've been learning on guitar some of his tunes and tunes he played.

@NewJazz 6 жыл бұрын

Yes, Bill Evans has a very soft and sensitive touch on the keys that I like very much ;)

@gertzpalma 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@stasifromrussia5844 7 жыл бұрын

wow! that`s cool

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Oliver! Very interesting!

@RobertoBojorgesA 7 жыл бұрын

Incredible useful and tasty lesson Thank you so much

@RanBlakePiano 3 жыл бұрын

This is a new approach .i usually listen away from instrument but this is cool

@MrHarpad 7 жыл бұрын

Its not stupid blues. Its magic blues.☺Interesting an lovely stuff!!

@Sev826 6 жыл бұрын

Yo, I think its really important that at the start of your videos you give a demo of what your teaching sounds like

@SaxophonistDubai 6 жыл бұрын

Man, you are genius ,,!, thank you very much

@richard9480 6 жыл бұрын

Many thanks There's a lot to take in for this jazz piano novice but I am going to watch this video again and practise those grips. It's an amazing voyage of discovery!

@NewJazz 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot :) You don't have to grasp it all. The video is build up in steps starting easy and ends up in an advanced level. The idea is that you can just stop the video when you have enough and save the last part for later ;) Many regards Oliver

@jcharos7672 7 жыл бұрын

I need to watch this about ten times.

@NewJazz 7 жыл бұрын

I hope you can use some of the piano grips and their positions in your music ;)

@jcharos7672 7 жыл бұрын

I'm going to try.

@manuelcaceres8592 5 жыл бұрын

very nice :-)

4 жыл бұрын

these classes have been an advanced level college ....

@balybaloo 3 жыл бұрын

thank you very much ! i ignore i could take it off ! thanks again from vichy /france and carry on...

@thomasfritz8589 4 жыл бұрын

I wisch to have had the lessons 50 years ago!

@udomatthiasdrums5322 6 жыл бұрын

cool stuff!!

@damianifoto 4 жыл бұрын

very good videos. Tnks

@arthurcwlau9307 6 жыл бұрын

I like Bill Evans. More on his style if possible. Really want to pick up any song and turn it into a jazzy Bill Evans style piece. Thanks.

@bittechslow 7 жыл бұрын

You guys sound so good.

@NewJazz 7 жыл бұрын

So glad you like the sound of the simple & slow BLUES ;)

@daunierthompson8978 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, I've been wanting to learn this stuff so bad and no one ever shows it

@francescomanfredi 7 жыл бұрын

Best tutorial ever! I will try it also on my guitar

@NewJazz 7 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot :) I have spoken with several guitarists who tells me that the techniques also works on the guitar. Maybe you have to alter the grips a bit, but the main ideas are the same ;) Actually I think that the guitarists are much better at thinking in grips. The pianist thinks more in scales, because in the music school we learn the scales and music theory with the piano keys as foundation. But the pianist can, as the guitarist, also benefit very much from thinking in grips.

@PIANOSTYLE100 7 жыл бұрын

As guitarist and pianist i walk both world and both instruments. I think pianist think in grips too. if i play a descending c scale i start out with fingers 5 2 1 (cge) then 5 31 (g ec) then 5 21 ( e cg)

@Naqsipsaq 6 жыл бұрын

I love that idea! Grips! very intuitive! worth every penny :)

@liamwarden5835 2 жыл бұрын

I‘m gonna try go through all your video tutorials Oliver. See you on the other side!

@user-mm3ly5yk3o 6 жыл бұрын

Я человек простой вижу идео Оливера - ставлю лайк ! )))

@anthonysilva5312 5 жыл бұрын

Subscribed

@PIANOSTYLE100 7 жыл бұрын

just subscribed you are among my top choices to watch. liked and subscribed. Long time player and teacher started teaching guitar at 16.. was into Chet Atkins in those days and found out about tab years later.. i would put the needle on and of the record...trying to pick up the lick. My jazz ear is more inside outside inside.. Thelonius made up the rules as he went. Also alot of people dont know that Mr. Guitar had a Music teacher for a dad and was highly versed in various music styles.. Chet played violin and had to go to guitar in the family band. When he came to Nashville they didnt accept him at first similar to what happened to Brent Mason. .

@m.l8698 2 жыл бұрын

"playing solos is all about being stupid" 😂 This is so powerful!

@Makeeba3611621 3 жыл бұрын

Excelente clase magistral, gracias por pulicarla. Muy bueno, con su perdón me permito sugetirle algo. Sería posible colcar el texto de las traducciones un poco mas arriba, para poder ver los dedos. Porque los misos tapan el teclado y no permiten ver los dedos. Gracias. Un fuerte abrazo desde Venezuela

@NewJazz 3 жыл бұрын

Hi, thank you so much and I'm sorry about the subtitles. You can turn them off and on in the video settings (they are just an extra layer added by KZfaq). In all my latest videos I have made the subtitles single-lined, so they should be visible only below and not on top of the keys... Warm regards from Oliver

@newtonlkh 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for doing all the smart work so we can be stupid!

@NewJazz 2 жыл бұрын

Haha... Improvising Music is all about being stupid - not thinking too much while playing. That part is also quite easy for me ;) Cheers from Oliver

@369g6 5 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍

@abh7449 6 жыл бұрын

Great lesson(s)! What video would you suggest as the best 'starting' point for your pentatonic method. I'd like to begin at your conceptual step-one, and follow the overall sequence if there is one. Thanks for sharing this approach. Really very cool!

@NewJazz 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot :) There is no partikular order in the videos. You can see each of them them isolated. I started up giving them number 1, 2, 3 and 4. Then I gave up on the numbering - it gave no sense. Most of the videos concern the pentatonic hand grip, but in different aspects. More videos are coming up soon :) Enjoy :)

@PhillipYewTree 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Oliver. I really enjoy your clips. Inspiring. Would you please consider the view of your key board. On my iphone, most of the screen is a view of the drums, and a the text to the left. The view of your working keyboard is a small proportion and always easy to see the notes you play. However, i really do appreciate your presentations. Thanks

@NewJazz 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. And thanks for your useful input 😊 Best regards Oliver