As a long-time rock and pop pianist looking to expand my jazz chops and repertoire, I have to say this is by far the best series of instructional videos on the subject that I've found.
@KentHewittpiano888 жыл бұрын
I'm glad to hear that and I particularly appreciate that you are telling me. Otherwise I would know. Thanks!
@KRISNAMUSIK8 жыл бұрын
every day im wathcing this video and all video of you mister kent , its all nice and best
@ds-nb4ln6 жыл бұрын
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@j100xtra6 жыл бұрын
Kent - Thank you for yet another great piano lesson. I know that I speak for all of us that are learning from you in these videos, but please keep up the great work. You are a gifted educator and performer, and you are making the world a better place one lesson at a time.
@KentHewittpiano886 жыл бұрын
Hi Doug, that's a beautiful comment and greatly appreciated. There's always mixed feelings about one's efforts.... and your affirmation is very helpful and appreciated. Keep watching, writing to me, and swinging!
@noblenotes272 ай бұрын
My mother played stride piano at home not professionally . And piano and organ in the church .That was of course in the 50"s and 60"s, Fun stuff.my dad played Banjo in the Minstrel shows in Ohio and produced.
@KentHewittpiano88Ай бұрын
I'm glad to hear...it's a privilege for you!
@allanhenderson71458 жыл бұрын
This stride lesson is just what I need. One of my 2016 goals was to learn "enough stride" to be dangerous..... and I'm headed down the path you just explained.
@KentHewittpiano888 жыл бұрын
+Allan Henderson Many thanks, Alan. I'm glad my videos is helpful to you. I'm coming out with a new video soon that will break down the stride techniques in more detail and hopefully will help you to become a better (more dangerous) stride player. Thanks so much for the support! Kent
@deepdive1338 Жыл бұрын
Great way to put, enough to be dangerous, I'm gonna use that
@legoguy234512 ай бұрын
kent, you are a legend, so much to learn from you
@KentHewittpiano88Ай бұрын
Thanks for telling me...very helpful!
@randomvideowatcher4 жыл бұрын
A man was walking home from the liquor store and fell down....he had a broken fifth.
@KentHewittpiano884 жыл бұрын
I dig you, my man!!
@pandow13 жыл бұрын
Thanks Kent for the descending scale stride exercise. More interesting than cycle of 5ths and easier to improvise over.
@KentHewittpiano883 жыл бұрын
Thanks for telling me, Paul!
@Stafmans3 жыл бұрын
Hi Kent, these exercises are very helpful, constructive, easy to understand. Thank you so much to make pianists aware how stride is built and has to be constructed. Greets from Belgium
@KentHewittpiano883 жыл бұрын
You're very welcome!
@zacharykoplin65433 жыл бұрын
Think I found my new favorite genre of music! Thanks for the left hand!
@KentHewittpiano883 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it!
@MrRichulan5 жыл бұрын
I have a shortcut to this lesson on the desktop of my computer, so I can practice daily! Thanks so much, dear Kent!
@KentHewittpiano885 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you liked the video. That's a great idea...I have many shortcuts on my desktop...now finding what I want takes some searching.
@philburpalooza88 жыл бұрын
What a nice PRACTICAL game plan for building a stride piano technique! I honestly think I am going to WOW myself in just the next 365 days! Thanks.
@KentHewittpiano888 жыл бұрын
Such a cool statement...you just made me very happy...thanks!
@colorred53835 жыл бұрын
philburpalooza8 aaand?? How has it gone? Have you made it?
@davisgloff2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much! I've been trying to do what amounts to just playing the most difficult levels of stride with lots of mistakes. Your method of taking it in stages is exactly what i needed. Thanks especially for the printed out versions of the exercises on your web page.
@KentHewittpiano882 жыл бұрын
You are so welcome!
@bethechange20247 жыл бұрын
Not only was it helpful, it was brilliant! I appreciate this both as a music teacher and a student at the RCM of Canada. The way in which you layer the development by building upon increasingly more complex harmonies while supplementing the melodic development is inspired.
@KentHewittpiano887 жыл бұрын
Hi Glenn...thank you for your astute comment and I really appreciate hearing from another music scholar. You help me to make what I do really worth all the effort . Thank you!
@albertolapiz66695 ай бұрын
Very nice piano technique tutorial. I Love it. Thanks a Lot for sharing your ability in playing the piano
@KentHewittpiano885 ай бұрын
Great comment...thanks so much!
@AstronoGeek7 жыл бұрын
I though i had big hands...
@KentHewittpiano887 жыл бұрын
I only have a good spread in LH. My RH pinky is bent , so I can't do what I used to be able to do.(duputren's contracture)
@vt27886 жыл бұрын
Kent Hewitt Hey,I am a doctor and I think that is managable with a minor procedure!
@thelordofducks34966 жыл бұрын
Astronogeek ici ? :o ich bin suprised
@boidoh6 жыл бұрын
And you know what they say about small hands.
@syncopated6 жыл бұрын
My dad had the same affliction and would get it snipped every once in awhile. Good as new. Comes back slowly, though.
@jepmaster82833 жыл бұрын
I've always loved and wanted to learn to play stride. Art Tatum and Oscar Peterson and Tom Brier have inspired me since childhood. This is my first ever stride lesson and I'm already starting to get phase 1 muscle memory down! Thanks for this great lesson!
@KentHewittpiano883 жыл бұрын
That's awesome!
@jazzutako8 жыл бұрын
This is really helpful!! I cannot thank you enough. God bless you!
@KentHewittpiano888 жыл бұрын
+jazzutako Many thanks. Comments like yours are appreciated very much!
@giannagiavelli50987 жыл бұрын
Kent is the KING
@rogerparkhurst5796 Жыл бұрын
I like it. I have used a Stride style since I was 15, 50 years ago, because that was the root style my Grandmother played( a product of her learning from the 20's). Thank yo for showing me alternatives...showing my Granddaughters now!!!
@elreyfederico6 жыл бұрын
Thank you very helpful I'll put my my best effort to get it to play some of this at 63 I know I won't be easy I'll give it all my whatever I have left thank you
@jimjmcd5 жыл бұрын
I know what you mean--I was 63 once myself. Just a kid with a dream. But at 73, I've pretty much gotten over the idea that that's old or that age, per se, is an obstacle to anything. Sixty-four is a really good age to knuckle down and start getting on with things. Like Music! Yeah! When you and I were kids, we didn't have anybody like Kent to help us out with this stuff; now we have. Talk about lucky!
@LokeyeMC6 жыл бұрын
Pretty much the most amazing lesson I've come across for stride piano. I've learned so much from Kent's videos but this really takes the cake. Especially while I'm reading WAIL, the biography of Bud Powell. This video really adds a lot to my practice times where that book leaves off!
@KentHewittpiano886 жыл бұрын
That's the best comment yet, Lokeye (love the handle). This is not authentic stride or ragtime like Joplin. There's guys doing that better than I ...but I tried to make this practical for people learning a style...and hopefully they will go on to study the masters.
@gulfmountain2 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Kent! This is a super helpful practice...may take me a year but am determined. You're a wonderful pianist, no doubt about it.
@KentHewittpiano882 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for the nice comment!
@julianingendaay769511 ай бұрын
I just discovered this and am happy at the work that lies ahead. Many thanks
@KentHewittpiano8811 ай бұрын
You're very welcome!
@TjEdwardzАй бұрын
I like this , going back and learning stride technique
@KentHewittpiano88Ай бұрын
Glad to hear it!
@canefan176 жыл бұрын
Best jazz KZfaq tutorials out there. Especially for beginners like myself Who have been playing for less than two years.
@KentHewittpiano886 жыл бұрын
Thanks for telling me...please check my playlists for more Beginner lessons and easy piano lessons: kzfaq.info/love/dmjw5sm9Kn83TB_rA_QBCwplaylists
@patrickdevlin85533 ай бұрын
This sounds great. Thanks! Can't wait to get home and try it out
@KentHewittpiano883 ай бұрын
Hope you enjoy it!
@ArtRodent5 жыл бұрын
This is how i'd like to be able to play, yet never has it been explained so carefully. Your passion and ability instills confidence to learn how it's done. Thanks so much.
@KentHewittpiano885 жыл бұрын
I'm very happy that you told me that...and it helps me tremendously...to know that I'm on track. thanks!
@ArtRodent5 жыл бұрын
@@KentHewittpiano88 Yes, your site is 100%. Faultless and full of hidden gems to this newbie. Best regards.
@teegees8 ай бұрын
I love practicing techniques that sound great thanks for composing this beautiful little piece!
@KentHewittpiano887 ай бұрын
You're very welcome!
@derrickboatman1560 Жыл бұрын
I love this video I've been wanting to learn some Chico Marx style and I think this is a good foundation to start with i play by ear so hearing all the chords really helps because I relate to guitar chord progressions as far as reading music thank you I appreciate your video and I would love it if you have any Chico skills to post one of those lessons
@fiklonz3 жыл бұрын
Wish you a blessed year, Maestro!! Many thanks from Italy.
@KentHewittpiano883 жыл бұрын
Happy new year!
@francescocorvi14588 жыл бұрын
Wow best tutorial ever I've improved my skills in just a few hour of practice
@KentHewittpiano888 жыл бұрын
That's so great to hear! Thanks for telling me and keep watching!...kzfaq.info/love/dmjw5sm9Kn83TB_rA_QBCwplaylists
@flintlong29373 жыл бұрын
This is great! I think it's a helpful, and useful exercise to get everybody, "getting those sounds!"
@KentHewittpiano883 жыл бұрын
Glad you think so!
@DuncanAppleby6 жыл бұрын
I've played classical piano for 20 years, I'm just starting teaching myself jazz! This tutorial was a great intro to stride, thanks for making it!
@KentHewittpiano886 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment, Duncan, and I'm glad it is helpful to you.
@jadonclifton4 жыл бұрын
This is so awesome. My personal favorite kinda jazz. It’s the closest thing to a time machine
@KentHewittpiano884 жыл бұрын
Great comment...much appreciated. If I had a time machine I would have lived and played in the 40's and the big band era.
@paulakellyrogers7 жыл бұрын
The very best teaching on stride piano, you aren not only a talented entertainer b=ut generous and gifted teacher. LOVE YOU. THANK YOU. I totally understand now I just need to PRACTICE! Practice Practice..... Thank you again for blessing so many of us out here!
@KentHewittpiano887 жыл бұрын
My Pleasure and without your generous and positive feedback, I would be nothing!
@seatedabove8 жыл бұрын
All you lessons are producing growth and motivation ,i will be ordering some of your materials as a way to show appreciation for your non soliciated labour of your love of teaching Thank you J C
@KentHewittpiano888 жыл бұрын
Thanks for watching and taking the time to write. I enjoy what I'm doing and I also learn a lot through the process. So I expect that I'm growing too. But without comments and feedback like yours, it would be all fruitless. So many thanks! www.kenthewitt.com/id31.html
@codetech55985 жыл бұрын
Kent, this is a great exercise. The right hand melody, the steps which build upon the previous steps (but are complete in themselves), and the neatly written free download sheet music all combine to be a very useful high quality lesson.
@KentHewittpiano885 жыл бұрын
Thanks for telling me, Code, it's very helpful to me to have the positive feedback.
@beadguru99 Жыл бұрын
Your style of teaching is just how I like it if only I could figure out the chord voicings==Jane
@KentHewittpiano88 Жыл бұрын
You can do it! This exercise is written out on my website.
@laura_whittle2 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much Kent…! I loved this video…! My Great Grandma played stride piano so well, I’d love to learn this style as I love it and I have a very fond early memory of her playing our very “honky tonk” but beautiful piano. Could you expand on pieces or repertoire to play in stride style…? Could you give a list of one or two pieces besides Scott Joplin and rags…? Or great stride players to listen to…? Thank you so much…!!! Love from 🇬🇧😊
@KentHewittpiano882 жыл бұрын
Thanks, write to my email for more detailed info. Also watch this video on a stride lesson I made. :kzfaq.info/get/bejne/kNukhLyXy8zVaKc.html
@pterraff6 ай бұрын
Thank you Kent! this was a great exercise
@KentHewittpiano886 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@pioter917 жыл бұрын
My dear and most favorite teacher, thanx to you, i finally, after all those years of hardship - thinking that it was a lack of talent that i couldnt play jazz, find it now easy and understandable....and to be more pathetic ...You saved my Jazz life :) :)
@terryalvarado17542 жыл бұрын
Nice stride exercise, great melody.
@KentHewittpiano882 жыл бұрын
Thanks for listening
@dangfd55111 ай бұрын
Beautiful lesson Kent! You give such a clear demonstration of how you can progress starting from one note to building up harmonies and octave/tenths stride movements. For me as a beginner, its a really slow process and it’s hardest to wrap my head around inverting chords, dropping notes, removing notes, altering notes, or just shifting the basic structure from 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 when building notes and thinking about voice leading. I still feel like I’m at a point where I need to shift my pinky down a half step to find the b9, and it’s already too late. I feel like I’m making too many calculations! Starting with a simple line cliche like in this progression, it helps to understand the voicings and that they shouldn’t always be with a root as lowest note in bass. You also had me an enlightening moment going from the C chord to the E7. I tend to automatically think of octave or tenths relative to root note. If I see E7, I think E G# B D / 1 3 5 b7 voiced in that order, right now it takes too much time for me to then rearrange or alter those intervals. It started to make sense seeing the chromatic movement in your excellent progression that a 10th could also start from the 3rd or 5th relative to its root. 🙈🙌❤️
@KentHewittpiano8811 ай бұрын
Hi...it seems like you have the right approach to learning jazz piano and improving. You might want to check out my playlists, and start with the beginner series. You want to master the basics first and then move on to other subject matter that interests you the most. You have to "self teach".....that is always the best way, www.youtube.com/@KentHewittpiano88/playlists
@gusgas4122Ай бұрын
Hi Kent. Amazing material. Thank you so much for sharing. Regards from Buenos Aires
@KentHewittpiano88Ай бұрын
Thanks so much!
@pattynorcisa33527 жыл бұрын
Love it...you always take every exercise to the next level. my learning ear has grown tremendously more than ever. I'm so blessed to have you as part of my passion
@KentHewittpiano887 жыл бұрын
Sweet...without you and others this would all be futile...so I thank you.
@elizabethlee85396 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Kent, for this tutorial. I have been playing Classical and Ragtime piano for years but have not made the leap to playing without notes. This helps me get started!
@KentHewittpiano886 жыл бұрын
It will bring joy into your life!
@pasta87937 жыл бұрын
hey this video is amazing! I love your teaching style. This video is very well thought out and organized. I appreciate the fact that you give a progression for people to practice their way up. Thanks for the video and thank you for the sheets
@KentHewittpiano887 жыл бұрын
That's great feedback and support for what I'm doing and very helpful to me. So thank you and Christmas blessings!
@PIANOSTYLE1007 жыл бұрын
I play this style by ear and often use other styles because it is by ear..seeing it wrote down allows to analyze and reinforce my note reading..great vid ..I read along and mentally play it.
@KentHewittpiano887 жыл бұрын
Playing by ear is superior to playing by reading notes!
@PIANOSTYLE1007 жыл бұрын
since the ultimate goal is to play I would agree with you....but unfortunately my ear is not perfect... reading music opens up that missing element
@KentHewittpiano887 жыл бұрын
That's how it works for me too...because it is an intellectual process as well...although Erroll Garner had no problem with that!
@jedzulaybar87618 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this Kent! This is literally what I've been looking for recently. Hows about a more indepth look into jazz turnarounds for another lesson? Thanks a bunch Kent, you're a godsend!
@user-su7ks5sj4f3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the detailed and clear lesson. I really liked it despite the fact that I am from Russia and do not know English.
@KentHewittpiano883 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much for your comment! I apprecaite that! Write to me if you don't know how to, use the translator in sub titles.
@stevepethel68438 жыл бұрын
You are the best instructor.Thank God for you..Great playing and lessons every time....pure consistent performances.
@KentHewittpiano888 жыл бұрын
Wonderful comment and compliment...this keeps me going. Many thanks!
@mt-nv4jd4 жыл бұрын
That's a fabulous tune you wrote for the exercise. Very nice.
@KentHewittpiano884 жыл бұрын
Thanks, that sort of thing is easy for me, everything else is difficult. Swing loose!
@maymeltother28183 ай бұрын
Good lesson. Very helpful. Thanks for your effort.
@KentHewittpiano883 ай бұрын
Thanks for telling me!
@spinelldete8 жыл бұрын
This is really great! Thank you very much for not showing that you can play jazz but for explaining how you do it. Big difference!
@KentHewittpiano888 жыл бұрын
I think you've nailed what I'm about. So thank you for the affirmation...I can't tell you how helpful that is for me!
@marcosromerapiano5 жыл бұрын
Hi Kent,,,,sending you a BIG hug from Brazil...Thanks and Congrats!! you are A huge Master!!!
@KentHewittpiano885 жыл бұрын
Great comment and hugs to you!
@mkrznar7 жыл бұрын
Some of best jazz lessons on KZfaq! Excellent work.
@KentHewittpiano887 жыл бұрын
Much appreciated!
@ejohnsondebaufre4 жыл бұрын
Kent, I am not a pianist (sadly), but I found this tutorial immensely instructive in helping me understand the importance of stride as a musical innovation--something I needed to understand better for a small exhibit on the Harlem Renaissance that I am working on. Thank you so much for this wonderful tutorial!
@KentHewittpiano884 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Eric. Please send me a link so I can check out your exhibit...I'd be very interested in that, and will pass on the info to friends in NY. I can also recommend watching anything by Dick Hyman....he's one of the greatest stride/ragtime players still living today. Also check out this seminar: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/p7SWqdl3t7vNgnk.html
@chrisSkordPiano5 жыл бұрын
I wish i had a teacher like you when i was kid man that was a very good break down of stride!!!
@chrisSkordPiano5 жыл бұрын
really enjoyed the wrap up at the end made me tap my foot!! thats what stride is !!!!
@KentHewittpiano885 жыл бұрын
Yes, I played in a mall... free style, but when I started playing in rhythm, I saw people tapping their foot!
@codecoderedred3013 Жыл бұрын
Man this smells like a Sunday morning coffee 🤩
@KentHewittpiano88 Жыл бұрын
It is!
@francoranieri35895 жыл бұрын
Thank you Kent for sharing these beautiful lessons. You are THE teacher!
@KentHewittpiano885 жыл бұрын
I really appreciate the affirmation...very helpful!
@stevepethel68435 жыл бұрын
A million thanks again Ken you are a blessing and great guiding light...
@KentHewittpiano885 жыл бұрын
Thanks and many blessings.
@uncleric37975 жыл бұрын
You're video lessons are a great supplement to my piano teacher.
@KentHewittpiano883 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@michaelpisani55385 жыл бұрын
You wow’d me again Kent. Your stride piano tutorials and exercises are What I’ve been looking for. Actually, all of your tutorials are excellent. Mike
@KentHewittpiano885 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much, Michael...please write to me again and tell me how you're doing!
@Buckleupbucko Жыл бұрын
7 years later and it’s STILL a great tutorial
@KentHewittpiano88 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for telling me!
@johnmartin68236 жыл бұрын
Hi Kent, great lesson, I have been messing around with stride for about a year doing the octave 4 note chord thing, new to jazz, finding it hard to understand. This lesson has helped immensely and I would appreciate more lessons like this on stride. Thanks for all the great lessons.
@KentHewittpiano886 жыл бұрын
John, I have a few more lessons on stride on my playlists. kzfaq.info/sun/PLFuMibnl_h5ZTgWWA7reUvigMFfZJw4qP Start with All Of Me
@Eoinh905 жыл бұрын
I absolutely love the turnarounds in the left hand.
@KentHewittpiano885 жыл бұрын
Explain them to me... so I understand!
@Eoinh905 жыл бұрын
@@KentHewittpiano88 Hi Kent, It's mostly in your wrap up at the end, where you improvise a bit. For instance at around 12:42 and 12:56. The right hand is also interesting for sure, but those left hand turnarounds are just gorgeous. Would like to learn more about those!
@KentHewittpiano885 жыл бұрын
I see what you mean now, the chromatic approaches to the 3-6-2-5-progression. Thanks!
@mainemanayuh5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, Kent, for posting this. I wasn't really looking to learn the style so much as to just find an example of it, but your video motivated me to make strides to learn stride! Thanks for the print material also.
@dietrichrei4672 Жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! This step approach is very helpful and inspiring!
@KentHewittpiano8811 ай бұрын
You're very welcome!
@angelsolis22113 ай бұрын
Thank you for the stride tutorial
@KentHewittpiano882 ай бұрын
You’re welcome 😊
@neilmacgregor16237 жыл бұрын
A great starting point for someone like me trying to learn stride. Thanks for the video.
@KentHewittpiano887 жыл бұрын
I'm happy that you wrote to me and that this videos has been well-received. Thanks!
@garekbushnell34544 жыл бұрын
I've been wanting to play music in this style for a while now, but I didn't know what it was called! I just saw a video that referred to the style as 'stride' and so I searched stride and it led me straight to your turorial. Thank you very much!
@KentHewittpiano884 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you found me. I'm not an authentic stride player ...there are a few on KZfaq. At one time I could play Joplin. Glad you liked it.
@macantoParis8 жыл бұрын
As always, clear as water, thank you much Kent for this step by step lesson. Really like the melody you used as an example.
@KentHewittpiano888 жыл бұрын
+Antony Farsy Antony, thanks a lot, your comment is very helpful as I am trying to get better at this and I don't use a script so clarity is an important point to me.
@JAKENMK2 жыл бұрын
Yeeee this is great stuff ! I learned guitar pretty well via KZfaq tutorials so I like to think I have an eye for a quality bit of learning material, anyway, I started playing piano this year in much the same way and I think your lesson here is solid gold ! 🍻
@KentHewittpiano882 жыл бұрын
Awesome, thank you!
@benroman20758 жыл бұрын
Hi Kent, what a great way to learn how to get left hand independence. Thank you.
@KentHewittpiano888 жыл бұрын
+ben roman Hi Ben . You're welcome.! That's a perceptive comment and I appreciate very much that you are letting me know. You are absolutely right! Kent
@nicolanuzzo71064 жыл бұрын
Great exercise! The melody is catchy so it's a pleasure playing it over and over to learn better. Thank you.
@KentHewittpiano884 жыл бұрын
Glad you like it! It's my melody, I used to compose a lot over the years, but not in recent years.
@estebancastellanos72794 жыл бұрын
This video is incredible thanks a lot. Obviously it will require tons of work, wish me luck.
@KentHewittpiano884 жыл бұрын
Best of luck!
@calebraysilcott94712 жыл бұрын
I love how you broke this down!
@KentHewittpiano882 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@guillermoyt892 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much. This video was very helpful.
@KentHewittpiano882 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@yvonneormsby97863 жыл бұрын
I love this style and looking for a new challenge on the piano and this is it. It looks so interesting. Thank you very much. And I'll start practice tomorrow and let you know.
@KentHewittpiano883 жыл бұрын
Great...thanks so much for telling me...good luck and enjoy practicing!
@glopetegui8 жыл бұрын
Dear Kent, thank you very much for this exercise. It was very helpful, in particular to see how one can develop the technique from the simple version to a fuller one. Also, I think the exercise is the right length (not long) to keep one motivated and focused.
@KentHewittpiano888 жыл бұрын
+glopetegui Thanks for the positive feedback. It is very helpful to me to know that my pacing is good. This turned out to be a more popular video, I'm not sure why. I've done other step-wise videos.
@chriss64736 жыл бұрын
This is an excellent tutorial, thanks for posting this - the level is just right for me. I've wanted to learn some stride piano after dabbling with some Scott Joplin rags as a kid. The sheet music download is also great, although I feel I should learn these by heart to really benefit. Thanks again!
@KentHewittpiano886 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Chris, I'm glad you find the exercise useful. It's always best to memorize at least some of your music. Best way to really get good at this is to learn some Joplin rags and develop your concepts and technique with "the real thing".
@Aupheromones4 жыл бұрын
This was fantastic, and exactly what I needed at this point in my progress. You are a great teacher and musician, and you write some beautiful music, it was really amazing to watch you explore the idea in different ways and degrees of complexity. Thank you so much!
@KentHewittpiano884 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the great feedback...it helps me to know I'm on the right track!
@ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes6 ай бұрын
A guy listened to so much music his ears started ringing. It was a Major pain!!
@KentHewittpiano886 ай бұрын
I understand totally...too much music. Just hang in there...come back the next day!
@ShinyFlakesShinyFlakes6 ай бұрын
@@KentHewittpiano88 serious question do a lot of people have trouble playing tenths? I have small hands and it’s impossible for me to stretch that far. Will tenths as broken chords suffice?
@mgtnlouis49407 жыл бұрын
Aux Champs Elysées, Aux Champs Elysées, à midi ou à minuit, haha, it sounds like it .. great vidéo.
@KentHewittpiano887 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@michaelow-yong12793 жыл бұрын
For all who are keen on learning the technique of stride piano, you gotta first know that this requires a very good understandingof harmonic principles. This technique starts off like swing but it doesn't end there. Instead, it progresses on to subtly obscuring the rhythm style but yet supporting time signature & harmony. Also, this requires broad left hand chords to keep the changes. I must say very very few players use this technique nowadays. Oscar Peterson, Teddy Wilson, Hank Jones are some of the authority in this technique. Go search their solo recordings on this technique.
@thirsima3 жыл бұрын
Great lesson and really nice progressive exercises! Thank you so much! :)
@KentHewittpiano883 жыл бұрын
I appre4caite the comment and affirmation.
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@ceroth56255 жыл бұрын
Kent thank you for your wonderful gift and for sharing these lessons.
@KentHewittpiano885 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for the affirmation...that's helpful to me, and I'm grateful.
@JOUA14006 жыл бұрын
The opening of the exercise is reticent to the 'Bach Air' IMHO.BRILLIANT!
@KentHewittpiano886 жыл бұрын
I'll have to check that out...thanks!
@retrocool6 жыл бұрын
Really helpful, breaking down the possibilities for improvising in a stride style. Also, it’s a beautiful tune you’ve written there.
@KentHewittpiano886 жыл бұрын
I wish I could have accomplished more as a composer, so your compliment is deeply appreciated, retrocool. Thanks for the comment and It's cool to be retro.
@leongfongonn69687 жыл бұрын
I found this very helpful. Thank you and bless you for sharing. I have wanted to play like this for years and now l will do it with the help of your video.
@KentHewittpiano887 жыл бұрын
That is very gratifying to me ...so bless you for telling me.
@tomarmstrong1281 Жыл бұрын
That was a wonderful tutorial.
@KentHewittpiano88 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for telling me!
@pianojazztustin58117 жыл бұрын
Ken, you're an amazing instructor. Very much appreciate your lessons.
@KentHewittpiano887 жыл бұрын
That's Mark, I appreciate the compliment!
@lawrencetaylor41012 жыл бұрын
Merci beaucoup for this. Your lessons are very helpful.
@b.i.s.o.n.bristolscreenwri3058 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this! My piano vocabulary just opened up almost overnight!
@KentHewittpiano888 жыл бұрын
+B.I.S.O.N.: BRISTOL SCREENWRITER NONSTUDENT That's great to hear. Thanks for telling me and I'm glad to know that my videos are helpful!
@deyanmatos5677 жыл бұрын
discovered your channel a few days ago, and i just needed to see this exercise to know that i'll be learning a lot from you, great content and great teacher, thanks for doing this
@KentHewittpiano887 жыл бұрын
Deyan...Much appreciated comment...please subscribe and check out my playlists, (go to channel page) for content that interests you.....and a sincere welcome!
@leongfongonn69687 жыл бұрын
Love it. I've learnt so much just watching you play. Your videos are excellent! Thanks for sharing. God Bless you
@KentHewittpiano887 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the comment and God bless!
@mongkutTube7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for such a great lesson on stride piano Kent! Your videos are very well thought out. Wish I had a teacher like you when I was learning piano in my younger years.
@christopherrobins82624 жыл бұрын
Very good I am doing the exercises now, many thanks.
@KentHewittpiano884 жыл бұрын
I appreciate your telling me.
@johnsmith-mv8hq Жыл бұрын
This looks like it's a great lesson! You can bet I'll be trying it out later today. :) Thank you.
@KentHewittpiano88 Жыл бұрын
This exercise has been popular...I hope you will try it.