Stride piano lesson 1

[34rodzilla]

String cheese thanx

[prezmoment]

I ve been a pro piano player for 40 years and i want to say: thank you for the book and video.. You are a great teacher.. Also, the theory intro to your stride book is THE BEST i've ever seen!

[arikast]

@prezmoment Thank you so much!

[Maafa1619]

Why are white people so in love with everything that black people used to do? 

[arikast]

@Maafa1619 If you really want to tally the stats I think many more people admire/study/emulate Mozart, Bach, or Chopin than Waller, Johnson, or Lambert. Personally I admire the hell out of all these artists. Some were white, some black... who cares, I just know good music when I hear it.

[prezmoment]

@Maafa1619  "WHY" questions usually don't lead to any real knowledge and often say

more about the person asking the "WHY" question. Plus, I dont know tons of white people who like hard bop. Get over the racisime du.

[cameronroytaylor]

Thank you Ari. Greatly Appreciated!!!

[hiro009able]

super useful

thank you!

[eyeargan]

Hi Ari,

I have just ordered your book! Will you be making more videos?

- Erik

Montreal

[imexru2]

This is really cool // thanks for sharing your gift of this awesome style!

[claitontesch]

I love this style.

[theregsband]

could you please tell me the chords you are playing. This video has helped me a lot!

[arikast]

@theregsband The basic pattern is something like this:

Eb Bb Eb/G Gb-dim Fm7 Fm7/Eb Bb/D Bb Eb

Note that the Fm chords (which function as a II) are fairly interchangeable with Bb chords here (the V), so sometimes I play them that way instead.

During the final piece, I inserted a C chord into the mix. Technically speaking I temporarily tonicized the Fm by playing its own V, which is C. So the final chords became:

Eb Bb Eb/G Gb-dim Fm C Fm Bb Eb Gb-dim Fm7 Bb Eb

Hope this is helpful :)

[elkwolf]

@arikast doesn't the second chord have an ab in the base?

[arikast]

@elkwolf Yes you are right -- in the original chord progression I used Ab as the second chord, but then later in the video I migrate to using Bb there instead. The results are fairly similar, since in either case it leads us to the same third chord (Eb/G), but it's fun to add slight variations like this to keep the tune from "getting boresome" as Waller would say.

[elkwolf]

@arikast I liked this video a lot. I just bought your book. Thanks!

[whoadude51]

Thanks! Doing my right hand on the beat before really put things in the clear for me

[maxtubatube]

Very good tut... thank you so much

You should really put a link to your website in the description. :)

[maxtubatube]

Good tut... thank you so much



[Crashortsofevil]

Thanks a lot for this! I'm trying to get my friend to play in a more 1920's style for our musical, and this is a perfect way to get it across to him!

[Solcius123123]

Very helpful ! Thank you so much

[eljugadorloco]

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[andhesback]

Thanks for this. Mind telling me what chord progression this is? It's actually really pretty and I'd like to play around with it while I'm practicing.

[claitontesch]

very handy, thanks!

[klrietmann]

Just today I kinda finally found the confidence to play a left hand chord followed by a bass note - the "schoolteacher" approach you demonstrate at the start. Nice to see where you go from there - hadn't really found a vid that really begins from the very basics, thanks much! Will check out your site by and by, too.

[92elrtv2]

very helpful thank you

what are the chords that you are playing?

[arikast]

Absolutely you have my blessing to use in your radio show! And feel free to use audio clips from the companion website (stride piano tricks) too.

What's the title of your show? Is there a way for me to hear it? Thanks for the nice feedback.

[PatrickJHKeenan]

Would it be alright if I played audio from this on my radio show? I host a show in Winnipeg Canada called "Let's Go Jack I'm Red Hot" and it is a semi-historical thing about dixieland jazz and beyond. Segments of this would help my listeners distinguish this from Ragtime music.

[PatrickJHKeenan]

Wonderful explanation of what I only half-knew by feel. Thanks a billion.

[KingRat355]

Wow! Never seen things this way. You let small and understandable things build up to the swinging stride sound.

[arikast]

Vielen dank! I'm very happy to know I've made a difference for someone trying to learn this difficult style... that's exactly what I hoped to accomplish, so hearing this makes it all worth it for me.

[Liedealist]

Thank you so much for this excellent lesson. You make my stride fun possible, finally!

[mxyzyptlk]

Ari Kast presents some basic stride techniques/tricks clearly and simply. His relaxed openness - let alone the material he reveals - makes his teaching a treat to follow.