Art Tatum lessons-2 finger runs RKJP56

[Criticalperspective2]

The interesting this about this video, in my point of view, is not the run in the right hand but the walking tenth which alternates with stride in the left hand

[edlieren]

Thank you very much. I've spent about a year trying to get these down since I first saw this video. Your version of aint misbehavin is great!

[johnnynoirman]

Your such a good teacher my friend,,

Thank you for sharing..These runs are beyond great!

[j3anph1l1dd3]

Really, Really fantastic post.

[jjburnt]

Great video , very informative and so well explained ! Thanks!!

[michelrav]

Wow!

[WembleyFats]

Great  - even the budgie was diggin it !! Thanks for the info and insight.

[weisserstein]

This is great. Thank you so much.

[Winelighter]

At last someone who knows what its about. Thanks for sharing it.

[ChrisLilly32]

wow how long did it take u to get this? My style is Gospel. I could use alot of this while playing behind the preacher and even more stuff

[joshuacross07]

THIS DUDE IS KILLING WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Dolphidood]

I love playing the piano fast!

[JONOPOTTS]

Thankyou for these wonderful lessons! 

[Harmonixx13]

Very nice! I had to stop watching and respond. Just connected G-F-Db-B descending run you play around 4:34. That's a pattern I first encountered in Nicholas Slonimsky's "Thesaurus". That book has lots of adherents in the Jazz community, famously John Coltrane, Howard Hansen's book also has a lot of Jazz applications. I

[Harmonixx13]

Nice! I had to stop watching and respond. The G-F-Db-B descending run you play around 4:34 is a favorite device I encountered studying Nicolas Slonimsky's Thesaurus ...I think he called it Tritone Progression. .. interpolation of one note. Lots of things can be done with intervals.

[sm12hus]

what was that left hand stuff you did ascending on the em7flat5?

[sm12hus]

what was that left hand stuff you did ascending on the em7flat5?

[rkjp56]

@sm12hus

That probably was the A7th run going up with the L.H.2 finger runs #3 explains this one.

G,A,A#,C#,E,F,G,A,A#,C#,E,F,G,­etc.

[ALTERED13TH]

Thank you so much. Wonderful lesson. Tatum was a piano god. I have been into bop since high school but recently started listening to Art Tatum and I love the birds in the background.

[mrshojoji]

Thank you so very much!!!

[rkjp56]

@mrshojoji

My pleasure!

[nikodr]

Thank you for these superb videos!i am a classical trained pianist,when i played most of Art Tatum's transcriptions something was missing from my phrasing and sound,after seeing you i understood what was missing,now my sound will be so much closer to Art's.

You are godsend person.Thank you so much for sharing those beautiful secrets about Art.I really hope you put more.

Kind regards

Nikolas

[rkjp56]

@nikodr

Thanks! Hoping to do more in the future.

[JazzKeyboardist1]

did you hear that the economy is so bad, Santa had to cut back to two ho's?

[7notemode]

You're telling me stuff I have never seen. Absolutely terrific tutorial! I'm going to try that fingering right now!

[bigstriderman]

Your parakeet digs it!!!

[JazzKeyboardist1]

sorry, I meant to imply that I have stolen alot from Riccardo Scivales' book, the right hand according to Tatum, ekay music inc,,,, AND from you too,,,like alot of people, I can't force myself to practice for very long until I just start jamming,,PS After we got married,, my wife quit her "'job" of helping me combine sex with happy hour piano playing,, (that used to be more fun than when I played at Montreux with a college band lol)

[gingervytis]

Thank you! Does it help to get a band aid for the little finger? ;-)

[rkjp56]

@gingervytis

Your welcome! Nice sense of humor. That was a BBQ accident as I remember.

[gingervytis]

@rkjp56 I have been practicing these 2-finger runs, which are more difficult than they appear! Thank you again for your excellent demonstration. My father knew O.P., who is said, was asked "Do you know Tatum?" O.P. replied, "Yeah, he calls me son".

[MrTea4u2]

Wow, you got that Art Tatum style down. Glad to know he passed his genius on to someone. This is just what I have been searching for. You just can't find this kind of stuff in any book. Thanks for sharing some of his techniques.

[LMR5878]

God Bless u Brother

[rjh55ify]

thank you love your playing just learning about mr tatum found your lessons fun way to learn put you on my subscriptions thanks again

[963821]

this fellow is terrific - who is he?

[joeymanko]

I keep watching Roger, and it makes me smile. I have to believe that Art would play "Makin Whoopee" the same way.

There is no doubt, God just taught these to him, as no one ever did this before him. JOE

[vindikation]

Great stuff thanks for sharing!

[hackblob]

Thanks so much for a really great lesson! You show how important the fingering is to the sound.  Must try these out!

[tropicvibe]

Wow, thanks for this but for some reason I think using thumb, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th seems to be easier, I might be wrong tho.

[rkjp56]

Yes it may be easier,but you will not have the Tatum sound. Those runs have a sharp percussive non lagato sound. Your fingering is classically trained and will not acheive this . Worse yet you may have to pedal it. You can hear the difference a mile away. Sorry, don't want to offend you,but there is a reason for everything.After a while of practice you will love the feel.

[mikeisapro]

@rkjp56 Man, jazz piano is so hard for me, and you're right it's probably my classical training :(

[thekeyboardologist]

Simply AWESOME. Art Tatum was WAY ahead of his time. Now I must practice.

[Modes9]

Art Tatum was truly a musical mad scientist. Thanks for the demonstration!

[courageux28]

You are very generous. Thanks!

courageux28

[MartinRichter100]

You are an outstanding pianist as well as a wonderful teacher. Your accent sounds like you are not far from me in Steeler country.

Keep up the brilliant work!

[rkjp56]

Thank you sir. My daughter lives in Pitts.I live in the next state over.Can't say I am a big ravens fan.

[jazztacalentito]

Gracias por tu video, me ha ayudado a descifrar mejor las peripecias de Tatum, Te mando un cordial saludo desde Andorra.

Jordi Barceló

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Give Polly A Cracker So I Can Liston To You Better!

[rkjp56]

Have mercy on her. She is old & grey and probably won't live much longer.But I know what you mean.

[Morahman7vnNo2]

Okay, than what happened to your pinky on your right hand? That's a bandage right?

[rkjp56]

Yea Robert, That's the G turn as described on Dick Hymans video. EDC#D,AGF#G,CBA#B,etc. In the old days Art used DC#D,GF#G,BA#B,etc. at fast speeds.

[robertmazzo]

Oh man. I can't believe I didn't recognize it. I sat down and learned the G turn from he Hyman video. Thank you brother. - Bob

[robertmazzo]

RE: the art tatum elegy ascending riff at 4:12. Could you break that down ? Thanks - Bob M.

[ollyollyolly20]

Amazing! Thank you.

[Kolef88]

rkjp56, thanks for posting your lessons. I have never seen or heard the Tatum runs explained as well as you do. The unorthodox fingering of these beautiful runs is really cool. Keep up the great work!

[FonkyLynx]

Thank You very much..

I'm a beginner on keys...5 stars

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[snakekid33]

I greatly admire you passion for Art Tatum and jazz piano. Nowadays, this is a dying art form. I've been looking for these runs for a long time now. Thanks very much for sharing them.

Marek

[cc17201]

hey, is there another fingering for the black keys, those seem a lot harder, 3121 seems like a jump to me, lol. My thumb slides of the black keys really bad

[rkjp56]

Im sorry---dont know another fingering. You can try 1212. It may seem ackward at first,but practice in slow mo and it will fell better every day. Maybe it has something to do with the shape of your thumb.(anatomy)???I don't know. Good luck.

[Well108]

Sounds a bit like Thelonious too. <:o

[rkjp56]

cool by me.One thing about it,I think Monk inspired Parker.But not crazy about his solo piano.(Monk that is)

[Well108]

I think it's mainly because Monk also did the run that you're teaching in this video (which is wonderful, btw)

[madmelodeez]

very informative videos keep it up!

[mysticman07]

wow! thanks a lot!

[oscar7557]

Thank you so much :)