piano improv

[kiyka]

I've been playing piano for a few years, but I don't know any music theory. Any tips on where I could begin?

[fuckoverload]

Not too shabby.

[noblesiner]

Really dig it. Sounds like a funky mellow jazz thing.

[faiserhosen]

reminds me of "peace piece" by bill evans in a way. That and Vince Gurardi (bad spelling)

[urganodevotaton]

SUBLIME!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MelleB90]

Maple Story anyone?

[herrbasan]

Piano is, as an instrument, very easy to learn, even easy to master. But it is THE tool for composition, and that is the part that is almost indefinately complex. No other instrument is so inviting to explore music.

[Aaronthegreatest]

@herrbasan easy to learn? for whom? <.< if you mean relative to other instruments....well I can't even give you that, since personally I found learning trumpet easier.

[Ricosophy]

tecnically the guitar is physical and alien at start, the piano is soft and digital, but(!!)

the guitar is player (if u finger pick) in a 4 fingers suppporting 4 fingers digitation (the other 2- thumb in the neck hand and tiny finger in body hand, theoreticaly dont play);

in the piano u got 10 fingers that have the ability to play independently ( depending of ur virtuosism) while in the guitar u can only play 6 notes at a time, in intricate composing, that is the piano's technical challende :P

[MelleB90]

@Ricosophy Awesome people use the thumb on their fretting hand for bass notes ;]

[Ricosophy]

@MelleB90 indeed :D

[000whiterabbit]

so what happened to all the radical stuff.........eat my wafer and stuff

[Luthien15]

this was lovely <3

[sullenspoken]

Reminds me of the Reign of Kindo.

[handmiadenofgod]

Very nice.

[ThisBoyTV]

Yeah you showed up on my updates!

[theunforgiving]

would go very well in a game of the Sims 3

[DampEgg]

You should make a video talking about how you got into playing, how you learned ect. If you've already made a video or already explained it then could somebody point me into the right direction.

[annatar3]

i like

[TheBlackwaterDemon]

I really enjoyed that. Very tasteful and consistent, but still musically adventurous.

[HEAVYWATER23]

i wonna hear u play at the Waldorf Astoria

[mydoggotshavedtoday]

You. Are. Awesome.

[5jeanbittersweet]

caressing the spine of your muse again?

[InstrumentalArcanum]

release a coffee shop album...

[niriop]

And in a moment I was in New York, sipping fine wine and chatting about the current state of the stock market...

[AncientAtheist]

A couple of strange little transitions but, hell, it's improve, right? Nice playing.

You going back to the long hair? 

[Pulchism]

you should do more noodles

[BornInAsphodelMeadow]

who the hell disliked this?

[ozmoroid]

Nice!

[JLMoriart]

That's some tasty stuff man.

[xxxThePeachxxx]

Ahh nice. Good to see a piano video again!

[rileed]

This is wonderful!

[CriminalQueer]

This is gorgeous! =O I didn't expect this at all. But then I've only been following you for a month or so.

[flyingfisbeefilms]

I hate you! I can never get my hands to work indepentally......I've been playing keyboard for over 40 years and my brain just will not split my hands and I can't spell indepentally correctly - or have I? Sigh.

[Whatever4690]

For some reason charlie brown pictures come to mind,but great performance.

[MasterGhostKnight]

Great performance.

[digital103]

It makes me think of Keith Jarrett, which is definitely a good thing!

[bobbyatopk]

ah im jealous. i always feel like i should have started piano instead of classical guitar. i think its better for understanding theory and composition/ improvisation.

any way i liked it, it was coherent in terms of having some central motives etc.

[Ricosophy]

@bobbyatopk the classical actually allows a method of understanding of tonal construction that in the piano take much more maths and theoretical support as opposed to starting only by visuals- guitar. in my view- guitar- more intuitive and faster start at understanding theory , piano-wider harmonic spectrum, (10 fingers against 6 strings, if not using elbows :P)allowing then a wider compositional structure, the guitar balances this loss , by winning in expression :P, still got to love them both!

[myjizzureye]

@Ricosophy You are forgetting that a cat can jump on a keyboard and hit a perfect note. You just "push the button" hard for a loud sound and soft for a soft one. If this seems way more difficult than guitar then i don't know what to say. I use all 10 fingers on guitar. I was playing my first song badly on guitar in 20 mins, I was playing my first song convincingly on piano in 2. The most difficult to master in my opinion are woodwind instruments.

[ravenslaves]

@myjizzureye Maybe...but let's face it. How many times did you bend a string to the needed pitch when you missed it the first time (they get really pissed when you try that with a piano, by the way)? At least with the Sax, when we fuck up we call it "Jazz" and are praised for our guts and style (or you play so fast that no one can catch it...like Bird did).

[handmiadenofgod]

@myjizzureye Agreed. When I began playing guitar I was very discouraged because my strings buzzed and the chords sounded awkward, when I began playing violin the intonation was awful and I generally felt sort of hopeless, but when I first started playing piano, the things I played, though simple, sounded fine, aside from the usual beginner screw ups.

[myjizzureye]

@handmiadenofgod Bingo, this dude gets it.

[Ricosophy]

@myjizzureye but that was not what u mentioned first, u are now talking of technique, when firstly u talked, and thats what i talked about too, of how much each of the 2 instruments is a good "teacher" of music theory",this is a totally diferent discussion, surely not the one i talked about, and technically, they are uncomparable worlds myj,, ill write down in a 2nd comment what i think, but this is definitely not what i talked about.

[myjizzureye]

@Ricosophy Basically what I am trying to get at is spastics can play piano awesomely. Autistic kids hammer out tunes just like their writers but I dont see them doing the same with stringed instruments. I have seen many pianists who know every scale in the book yet cant just play along with a band to a song they haven't heard. I know countless guitarists who really dont even know that they "know" a scale but have no trouble playing anything they hear. Its subjective, just saying piano is easy.

[corksmusic1]

Really enjoyed that - I heard so many different composers and styles. It really sounded like you in music (which of course it was)

[2bsirius]

Delicious improv...



[MusicByInterval]

You're welcome!

[hasumedic]

Great ;)

[gothatfunk]

i like it.

[JohnsTheGuest]

Now... play it again. ^^

[ICharmaine]

Nice!

[Roobitz]

late night, groovy style, flying high

[kitrana]

dude when this turns from improv to a full on song you have got to post it

[dewinthemorning]

I could listen to this for hours. Very enjoyable. I had forgotten how much I like piano music.

[ONESPECIES]

Great stuff. Now to completely own our mesmerized brains you need a good bass player and a kick ass drummer :D !

[CeaselesslyCurious]

Very soothing...glad it went on for over 6 minutes!

[zapo147]

lol so many off key notes though, but you have talent waiting to be appreciated

[bonnie43uk]

i cant work out if the slight off key bits were deliberate or not .. thats the beauty of modern jazz. ..we'll never know.

[MilitantPeaceist]

@bonnie43uk

Many were augmented & diminshed chordial passovers or at least they fit that pattern 8)

[bobbyatopk]

@bonnie43uk im pretty sure they were. he did a chromatic ascending bass at one point and repeated some of the same chromatic patterns. unless its like the old jazz joke; i if you play the wrong note, play it again!

[RevDevilin]

Jazz nice

[t3tsuyaguy1]

Wow. There is definitely something in your head that wants to come out. I was transfixed, waiting for it to form. Keep going guy. You've got something to say, or some questions you need answered, or something.

[windexfighter77]

This would be perfect to listen to when building houses on The Sims. Sounds a lot like the original Sims' soundtrack.

[EruditionNut]

@windexfighter77 LOL! So true!

[TheJorjj]

@windexfighter77 I was thinking that haha

[ChaosIncarnate7]

Nicely done, sir!

[FeatherOfTheWindow]

You should make your own CD.

[Wally773MTG]

MORE!!! DO THIS MORE PLEASE!!!

[havic5]

i listened to this, then got to inspired to listen to that session you played on where you played my chart "mass extinction event" at berklee. groovy.

[crankycactus]

wonderful transitions! beautiful sound!! thanks nick!!

[amazinglyuncreative]

Does anybody else think that it sounds like George Winston (in the good way)? By the way, amazing Nick.

[usertube1101]

Nick, I envy you in every single way. Great work, never hesitate to do another one of these.

[TheGameHippo]

"Baby, you're a fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiirewooooooo­rk!"

[ChelseaHysteria]

Why does is feel like Christmas Eve in a Starbucks...? :P

[TragedyZ]

damn, I'm going to have to watch this like 50 more times

[mugipoptarts]

Anybody who disliked this must be some sort of wretched troll. You're fantastic.

[shawnsonium]

Inspirational, dude. I can't improv worth one shit, but I'll be damned if this doesn't make me want to try.

[Divergedwoods]

have you ever considered pop stardom?

[thatkamikid]

Wonderful

[palace486]

you fucking rock! <3

[devchelle2]

Schroeder!

[theatheistgal]

I know one more comment.. I really needed to hear something like this today. I only played this 3 times..lol

[LtShock]

*claps*

[SandySweet575]

that was great!:) I got mad respect for people who can play, my fingers are like arthritic talons when it comes to piano..O_o

[theatheistgal]

@o0NotDarkYet0o teaching can be hard after a while of playing.. sometimes you just know.. oddly.. sheet music can be taught but style and such cannot be. :)

[JacobShulman]

Have you studied?

[theatheistgal]

beautiful.. wish I didn't give up when I was younger..you rock.. :)

[johngeetar]

I love me some modal jams.

[xxhellspawnedxx]

Quite enjoyable, well done :)

[StabbyRaccoon]

Nyk make keyboard sex in video on youtube now on jun 13 2011 with much vigor. RAWK!! :)

[CollosusXC]

Wow, really nice.

[mpalssonur]

Awesome!



[xxxTayaRoisxxx]

Great job Nyk, it was beautiful.

[ryanmail2004]

gay

[xxxTayaRoisxxx]

@ryanmail2004 you're an asshole.

[jussts]

@ryanmail2004 How brave of you to make a youtube comment your method of coming out of the closet. I salute you.

[anibalybarrarojas]

@ryanmail2004 oohhhh. good come back. very witty. like a four year old crying "nooo you are"

[ryanmail2004]

@anibalybarrarojas lmao its basically the same thing you said.