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  • Its a decent riff, although your timing and finger precision is a bit off.

    Still very moody and nice :)

  • Hello, Im trying to learn jazz chords, and i am an absolute beginner in jazz music. I just began recently, what kind of excercises would you recommend to get used to some jazz chords? These videos are awesome! Ive tried to implement some jazz chords into a song the other day, Cm(major 7) etc. but I keep going back to just basic chords naturally. I want to play more chords with a different tune, not just the same ones over and over again.

  • Nice video. thanks.

  • I found your great videos yesterday. I decided to study them all :D

    but some of them have wrong pitch and I can't understand English at all, so all I can do is believe in my ears X3

  • nice!

  • "PERFECT pitch" is a misnomer. It's really "LIMITED pitch" and when it comes to jazz it can actually be a hinderance.

  • Nice instrument, I always liked the YDP series .. thinking about getting the 160. What are your likes/dislikes?

  • hello. i was wondering what chords you played at 1:33, 1:34, and 1:35? thanks

  • Love your mellow sound. All on the same page musically. Love it when it all comes together like this.

  • would you like to do a song with me?

  • It's not what you play...but how you play it.

  • Been playing guitar for a year and a half I'm pretty decent at blues and jazz now just got a piano hopefully I'll be able to give this video a shot in a few weeks

  • You should try to record the piano song directly. ("Line" input in your sound card)

  • u r one smoothe dude on the board!

  • Thank you very much for this video lol i found thee original chords anyway

  • What would be a big help is if you write down the chord progressions in the notes. ex:

    LH Em7 (1,5) RH GM7

    LH CM7 (1,5) RH F#M7

    et.

    This would be very valuable. I am trying to teach myself accompaniment and your work is helping. Do you have actual Accompaniment videos of popular songs like Seal's "Rose" or George Michael's "Father Figure" or Elton John?

  • nice chords men i love jazz

  • Nice, taught me some new sounds

  • thank you for posting this.

  • thanks uve helped alot. upload more!!!

  • This is awesome!!! Thank you so much!!!!!!!!!

  • at 2:15 do you say Picasso chord?

  • goddamn you english and black people for being the best musicians! :(

  • How do you do that run when you go across the piano? Ive tried to figure it out but i cant get it. You got a lot of talent keep it up Ive grown up listen to good jazz music.

  • @italysfinest7731 Which run do you mean? Can you give me a time reference?

  • @MusicGuru12

    me too wanna know abt 1:22 run :)

  • @MusicGuru12 @58 Seconds when you start to do the run.

  • @MusicGuru12 The run you start at 0:58 

  • @italysfinest7731 the run is done in a particular key. all u do is improvise within the key.

  • @italysfinest7731 this guy is amazing

    im tyring to gather or grow old as i go along and die with good jazz as well

  • Thanks for sharing your skills!

  • at 3:00 this chord is just Am9 you may have been confused by the voicing

  • I'm sorry for being so direct, but for me and anyone else watching who has perfect pitch, this video is useless. Why did you have to have to use a mechanical transposition on your keyboard?

    It's really too bad, because I would have loved watching and maybe learning something.

  • @skybart

    I do apologise for it before the video so it's not like I did it on purpose. At least you can see some of the voicings visually. You'll also note this was made 3 years ago. My more recent uploads may satisfy you more.

  • @MusicGuru12 Don't worry, Brotha! Nobody has "perfect" pitch. It does not exist. The fellow hassling you may have perfect "RELATIVE" pitch but I gotta call crap on the "perfect pitch." I find it hard to believe that anyone could be born with the ability to perfectly recognize something that changes with time. When someone says they have perfect pitch I want to ask, "Were you born with a more modern 440hz perfect-pitch or a more traditional 435hz ?" :)

  • @TheSalesmenBand Actually, it's possible to identify even the frequency for those who have perfect pitch. And perfect (or absolute pitch) pitch means that one is able to tell without any reference at all! But I agree that the other comment made by skybart was extremely uncalled for!

  • @TheSalesmenBand

    You are wrong - perfect pitch does exist. I know a guy who has it, and I have tested him on it, comparing Baroque tunings and modern tunings and asking what note this is and whatnot, and beyond a shadow of a doubt, he has it. *I* have relative pitch. *Most* musicians have relative pitch. Perfect pitch is *rare* but it exists.

  • @TheSalesmenBand I beg to differ. I have perfect pitch. Now your point about 440 or 435Hz. For me, I can tell you when a single not is out of tune, and by how much (not in Hz, just aurally lol). So to me, I hear a difference when its 440 or 435. Nether is wrong if it is Intended to sound as it does. some pianos are tuned different anyway ie. a Db sounds like C.

    However, Skybart Is talking shit. I can both hear the notes at "Natural" pitch and imagine what it would sound like with no sound.

  • @MusicGuru12 ha dont worry about it bro. your doing great. and it really doesnt matter if it was shifted down. it still sounds the same, exept the pitch. but yeah its watever man.

  • @skybart Hahaha what an asshole you are. We're so sorry you have fuckin perfect pitch and therefore can't work around an off-key transcription. If you have perfect pitch, why can't you just figure it out by listening? And way to just rip someone to shreds for trying to contribute some jazz education to the world. You suck.

  • @skybart Get off yourself. You're not being direct, you're being pretentious a-hole.

  • @skybart Hey with all respect I strongly disagree with what u said. Doesn't matter if you have perfect pitch or not, he is showing you the chords and the voicings, later on you could take them back to the original key..it's as simple as that.

  • @skybart maybe if you had a ear you could just figure it out. really not that hard as its only like one pitch up from the regular

  • @skybart Keep in mind I only have relative pitch, but I would imagine that even though you have perfect pitch, you could still derive some use for this video. It could not possibly be that hard to transpose what you are hearing to match what you are seeing. If you can't do that, just stop looking at the stinking video and listen. Jeez.

  • @skybart i have perfect pitch too but dude its only a whole step flat so it should be pretty easy to transpose

    do u play piano?

  • @skybart What the fuck? You have perfect pitch but you can't transpose? If you had perfect pitch, why would you even be searching youtube videos to "learn something?" You have no idea what perfect pitch even means. Fucking idiot.

  • @skybart Oh Im sooooo sorry that this video is useless because you have perfect pitch, now you know how hard it is for the motherfucking rest of us

  • you need some better voicings man. those are more contemporary, imo. try some chordal chords, rootless chords, and scale chords. Also, work on substitutions and changing tonal centers. Many jazz pieces change tonal centers at least once in a piece. technically it's an a minor pentatonic. Parallel fifths are something you're going to want to typically avoid, and they're all over the place. they have a very, very strong flavor to them, which is often quite too much for jazz. not too bad otherwise.

  • Nice :))))

  • Very nice. Excellent chords and technique

  • some parts reminded me of dancing in the moonlight :)

  • good

  • hi man,,,,i would like to add more chords to this circle,,,Dm, Gm,D,F,Bb,A,,,,,,i wanna kno what more chords i can add,,,pls if u can help me ,,,,man ,,,,tnx,,,,,

  • Hello, i would like to thank you for all your videos. You are a great teacher . I improve my level thanks to you.

    Jp form FRANCE.

  • Yo! i have same piano!

  • realy cool

  • how can u play lie that! seriously im tryin to writer a song like that and cant get my head round it!

  • Sounds like Steely Dan to me...in other words, it sounds frickin great!

  • Couldnt have said that better myself :)

  • very cool dude..bless!

  • thx. nice lesson :)

  • BRUV!!!! I LOOOOVE What Your Doing Here Man, Some Sweet Sounding Chords Man, Serious. I Sing, And As Soon As I Herd This I Just Made A Sweet Lil Jam To Myself Loool. Would U Mind If I Used These Chords 2 Make A Song?, If I Do, And By Any Chance It Is A Hit (I Wish) I Would Be More Than Happy 2 Put Your Name In The Credits Loool. Keep Doing What Your Doing Man

  • Cool Jazz. Yeah, it sounds like Weather Channel music. Nothing wrong with that.

  • hey bro great video but can you put up a video on techniques or a lesson on how to move your hands and fingers that fast? it would be really helpful man..thanxs

  • Can I have your hands please?

  • @pwnoftheages forget his hands, id rather have his piano brain!

  • nice dude!

  • I can't seem to get the right voice for this song, kinda troublesome cuz i love the sound of it.

  • Nice lesson

  • very nice ben.thanks a lot.

  • can you tell me what voice you are using? it sounds a bit like an e-piano but I'm not sure.

  • Yeah that's a nice E-piano sound. Really depends what keyboard you have though, to get the sound you want.

  • kool u have the same piano as me

  • is that whats called a Jazz 2-5-1 Progression?

  • good example of a 2-5-1

  • Thank you this was very helpful

  • you are a monster!!!

  • I liked the kind of vibes sound of this :)

  • good!!!

  • this is helpful with learning some nice sounding jazz chords and techniques. nice work, too bad you haven't wrote some sheets for this exercise. Its just easier to follow on paper I think.

  • nice chords man!!! real smooth.. only need to play your licks in the right hand lil bit more smooth!

  • dud if id be a millionar someday , id sitt you somewhere in my manssion playin this alday ^^

  • Amen to that, but he'll probobly end up being the millionar. nice video

  • so I c ure basically using the D7 chord most, I do the same thing XD I also use G7 a lot

  • I'm a beginner at this...can anyone tell me what's the exact musical term for that chord at 1:15 that is used to fill in for the next one...it's kind of a transfer chord as I call it...I listen to a lot of these in jazz,gospoel,soul and rnb music,

  • Am9

    The A minor 9 chord also has a 7th in it and is inverted in it's 3rd inversion:

    G B C E in the right hand.

    In the left, the notes A and E are played.

    Hope this helps.

  • thx so much..really easy to follow :D

  • is there any tutorial that teaches u how to play self-compose songs with the help of few chords? ( like ppl who doesnt learn piano can play very well very quickly and play like pro)

  • fine!

  • Hey take a look at my piano composition! I would like some feedback! /watch?v=Xq1IQC3fgxc

  • Hey please take a look at my piano composition!  It was nominated for 3 different awards! /watch?v=Xq1IQC3fgxc

  • wow amazing lesson thanks so much iv'e been trying to get into intermediate lessons and this is just what i was looking for. 5/5

  • Dm7(9) C7M(9)  Am7(9) GM7(9) FM7(9)

    you could use like a A7(+5) in the end, to antecipate the Dm7(9)...

  • pro!

  • Sounds like Steely Dan!

  • what are the basic keys or what scale are you using the the right hand runs that you are playing

  • mostly min pentatonic or a "blues scale"(add the #4 to the pent.) the pentatonic is a highly useful scale.... perhaps the most useful scale in tonal music. learn it, love it!

  • very smooth man :)

  • It's like Yamaha demo song nr.4

  • excelente muchas gracias!!!

  • I don't know english but with you I learn jazz piano. Thank you for that...

  • Very nice job and nice chords!!!

  • please upload a viedeo where you just playing it sounds great!!!

  • Thanks for sharing your song. I got it down now.

    :)

  • 2:54 isn't that Am79 chord?

  • yes, it would be noted like that cus it has a strange voicing but...

  • Nice to play, it simple but can't play Dm9

  • Where you located??

  • very very nice and useful!

  • Nice presentation...

    The "F#" is added to the "C" scale.

    Thanks for the tips!

  • Try adding every note to C. Play a CM7-A7#5b9-D7-G7#5. Typical jazz progression

  • Thanks it's really simple and nice

  • Those were nice chords,but I think you're transpose button was two levels off from C

  • Heh. Key of C. Gotta love those white notes.

  • Nice work. Cool vamp and the licks are really nice and accessible. Using 5ths in left prevent the temptation of double octave bass. Good idea man.

    See ya!

  • Music AS is a bastard to do...

  • nice voicings.. you often use the fifth in the left hand... I should practise these voicings a little more. Usually I use Bud Powell Voicings (7th or 3rd in the LH)...

    But when you play the 5th in the left hand, why you double it in the right hand? You could just ommit it...

  • man i want to learn jazz so bad, i got a piano im on it everyday but i cant think of a jazz song to play dammnit :(, btw i love ur song u made up ur good

  • Cool. I love the way you voicing. Are you studying in music school?

  • Both Music AS and Music Tech AS :)

    Thanks for the comment.

  • this is nice. what do u think of mine?

  • I'd love this on a Hip-Hop beat!

  • i like this:] its pretty cool!

  • The chord you aren't sure of is an A Minor 7 followed by a a G Dom 7. There is nothing wrong with what you are playing but it is all very basic jazz voicings. If you are serious about playing I think you could benefit from drilling all scale, chord, and basic voicings through the circle of 5ths. You would then know what all the chords are and have many more options open to you. i.e. Dom 7b5, Dom 7 Alt, Altered scales, modal scales and chords based on them, etc. Good Luck to you!

  • Hey, thanks for the comment. You'll notice that I uploaded this a good 18 months ago. You'll be glad to know that my chord knowledge has improved somewhat since then :P

    I added some video annotations explaining the chords I wasn't sure about.

    Thanks.

  • the chord you were not sure of is Am9 can also be played with a walking bass line A, B, C, Db, D, F#, G, Ab, A with your righthand dropping the G in the Am9 chord to the F# :) (D bass)

  • Thanks a lot, it was very useful to me. Keep posting!!

    Best wishes!!

  • no problem man no need to be sorry

  • It is very beautiful!

  • damn dude... very nice...

  • So glad I found your video's - absolutely excellent - thanks a lot.

  • great

  • sounds like horse with no name by America

    sounds good, my friend

  • very very very very goooood.....

  • Man OMG this is very radical!!! ive been experimenting with advanced jazz chords for the longest i wonday i hope to achive this level of playing but awesome my friend

  • that's what i call jazzy

  • wonderful..just amazing

  • I've gotta learn that and mix it up. Nice man keep it up

  • sounds totally great - I wish I could play like that

  • Maaan, how old are you again? cool :)

  • sweet could you show me some more chords around in the A minor area please i understand the 1-3-5b & the rest of the song like minor and Major chords but i didnt get the diminished chords that you did at 2;50.

  • Hey guys! Just wanted to post the chords in text, so you wouldn't have to figure them out: Here they are: F7/D(omit3)---em7/C(omit3)---C 4.2/A(omit3)---F#ABD/G(omit3)- --am7/F(omit3)...Sorry about the next to last chord. There really is no way to write that without you throwing in an extra note accidentally, so I wrote out the R.H. notes Left to Right. Good luck!

  • This is so cool and easy. It sound fantastic.

    Thanks Musicguru12

  • nice

  • Really good! Amazing how a few simple chords can sound so good. That chord was pretty much an Am7(9) at 2:54, or CM7(6) whatever :)

    keep it up!!

  • Hey guys! Just wanted to post the chords in text, so you wouldn't have to figure them out: Here they are: F7/D(omit3)---em7/C(omit3)---C­4.2/A(omit3)---F#ABD/G(omit3)-­--am7/F(omit3)...Sorry about the next to last chord. There really is no way to write that without you throwing in an extra note accidentally, so I wrote out the R.H. notes Left to Right.  Good luck!

  • Thank you! It's so annoying trying to figure out chords by watching

  • cool

  • you're a very creative musician and I really admire that. Good job man

  • Very very nice =)

  • very nice!!!

  • ur awesome dude!!!!!

  • nice playing for jamming along on my violin. Play it again sam!

  • man this some nice jazz stuff

  • Thank you for he chords!  i need some inspiration of different chords for jazz! ill go to my piano and try it out right now:P

  • beautiful....

  • coool

  • oh ... :D a little mistake at 1:28 .. ahah!

    dont worry ... It happen to the bests!

    Oh! and by the way! I've learned to play that song ... :P

    but I use other kind of instrument cauz I have a synthetizer ... :P

  • Haha. It was a creative note ;) I think it kind of worked actually :P

  • Nice chords MG!

    I would call the change part:

    a minor 9, G Major 9, F Major 7. (am9, GM9, FM7)

    Great sound in Yamaha!

  • That is correct, yes.

    Thanks for the comment :)

  • hey you make it easy to comprehend to an "old head" like me! keep em coming! thanks!

  • Hi I'm 12 years old, and I just composed a fairly nice jazz riff on my piano, thanks to your lesson.

  • very nice...

  • god bless your heart

  • its not hard to play a song like that but to compose it is different. well done great song.

  • First of all you're doing a great job teaching like this over the internet! I just wanted to add that the first chord in the 2nd section is a Am9, followed by GMaj add9 and finally FMaj. Great job and very kind of you to share these techniques!

  • damn...LOVE IT...

  • Thanks for sharing this lesson. Keep teaching in youtube :)

  • NIce playing

  • nice played man!

    watch my videos plz!

  • This is nice. I like the way you explain the various chord voicings.

  • Excellent video.

    Thanks

  • you tutorial is very gud! thank you so much! im currently trying to start learning jazz,so im juz looking out for useful tutorials and i found yours,very good!

  • very helpful tutorial. thanks vermy much, this piece did impress many guys over here ^^

  • awesome, how long have you been playing, i like your song

  • Nice playing!

  • thanks buddy... keep teachin more lik dis... God bless ya...

  • Thanks for sharing this lesson. Wich to continue

  • keep posting! u rock! =)

  • thanks. I love that transposition in D