Ray Charles - Hit The Road Jack - Blues Licks Piano Lesson

[cwose]

great! awesome! i really didnt expect singing :D

[joamorim]

parabéns...muito bom...

[micapotter]

thank you

[Torcida1950ful]

Thanks dude!

This vid' is great!!

And you are realy good player!

[TheMostViewedVide0]

awesome.

[costly10000]

hey you are tne new ray charles

[chocolaterain14]

Sheet Music? PLease i want to play it for school like how you started in the beggining. Thanks

[MrJaidanG]

dude what were the chords you play? coz my voice is kinda like yours .. and it has great synergy with those chords

ps. I want to learn the chords on guitar .



[AuXXKeyz]

@MrJaidan he plays G Dm, C,Bb, Aaug7

[AuXXKeyz]

@MrJaidanG sorry no G

[extremedude97]

Thanks it helped a lot :D amazing lick

[williamhrivast]

gracia por los tips que has colgado para los que aueremos seguir aprendiendo. sorry no puedo ingles :-)



[IncRapper]

WOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

[mmontesbr]

Great sound, man! Is this de Yamaha P95? Headphone output to preamp and digital interface?

[Chaltje]

NOO I WANT A WHOLE COVER:( please make!

[RFDlic]

Forget about the wrist. It's all out of the fingers my teachers told me. So my fingers won't get tired. Nice lick!

[diogomorgado]

jesus, this is for professionals only eheh i am simply incapable to play this.. maybe one day

[madeleineph]

Good playing, not exactly a "lesson"

[MartinPantovic]

Hey I have the same piano!

[MyGuitars0nFire]

I want to learn more songs like this, what type of music is this? I get its blues but when I look up blues I just get a bunch of boring major 12 bar blues. Any advice? I like this minor stuff.

[chaserox1]

I thought your singing was legit like perfect jazz voice

[REALKAIN]

you shouldn't be singin sorry bro^^ nice playin

[djanuszewski1985]

nice lesson on the blues scale but not really hit the road jack lesson.

[patto61]

What a great way to teach , great vid

[iDissectMusic]

very nice!!

[bourgi220]

hey i really love your voice. Is there a video where you sing the whole song?

[Tcho2100]

Nice

[mobirishman]

Hey Chris thought I would revisit this tune great job with the tutorial! I am a Bass Player who switched to Keys about 2yrs ago. Any Ideas for the old Debert McClinton tune Everytime I roll the Dice? I am playing some pretty basic stuff on it but would love to hear your take on it...MOB

[BBHRalle]

nice lesson thanks

[Bosniansniper1]

No more no more

[mfeij]

Nice licks, but why don't you play Dm | Dm7/C | B_flat 9 | A9 ?

[sweetcheeks4242]

cheers mate!

[mtssaleh]

showwww

[mgzagza91]

awesome everything!!!

[SpartanRL999]

AMAZING. ;)

[MrFlews]

you have a great voice :)

[maxikon11]

muy bueno

[metteus96]

I'm practising so hard to learn this! It is reaally difficult, but practise does master I guess (:

[MrWeedpatch]

Damn you are good man, I'm enjoying the lesson......

[MrMioumioum]

Il se gave ! J'suis fan ! :D

[MICKEYMOUSE1813]

i like it a lot

but it's just way to fast for me i'm sorry xD

[place910]

this is most excellent

[ZulfiqarShaharudin]

cool :)



[RedZode]

Soft hand :$

[TheNuclearApparition]

That. Is. Amazing.

Can you please show more of the tutorial so we can play the entire thing?

I've tried slowing down the video and trying to copy it but....alas it hasnt worked.

Love this version (by far is the best on youtube) and would be amazing to play it myself.

[zerogds]

That's reeeally really nice. Thank you for that.

[MrAlexxluis]

my boy, you're great !! Could you post a lesson on "Chain of Fools" by Aretha Franklin, please?

[chreuneubeul]

VERY GOOD !!!!!!

[Kwabpiraat]

Thanks!!! you've helped me so much!!

[MiiaxFam0us]

That's easy ? xD

[JasmineRebeccaHort]

lol i didnt realize at first but you have the same piano as me XD

[Airbourne92]

thanks a lot

[SuperFFC]

This isn't the D blues scale, this is the Dm blues scale. I'm sure you know, just so the viewers don't get confused.

Still, fantastic licks and tutorials. Great stuff mate, all sounds very nice.

[manni62]

Hey Chris, you're the real deal. This is a super lesson. Thanks a bunch!

[GeromeMouawad]

oh fuck, i give up !

[poppy7i8]

How come you didnt play the song in its original key?

[swissdaddycool]

G.R.E.A.T SoUnD

[Fendertastic]

Man you make that keyboard feel organic.

Great job!

[SpottedKneeGrow]

That was awesome.

[Zauberstern81]

I love that! You play so great and you have a good voice! Great work!

[MarkPhelan1]

You the man!

[Mennomaster112]

Uhm. the song is in G#

You play in D

thats way to easy bro.

[Zargator08]

@Mennomaster112 u really dont know the definition of music. Ray charles would laugh at you lol

[morbrow]

Cam you send the music of chords for the stuff you played in the beginning, the left hand, and the third lower riff that you did? It went by too fast for me to get everything but it sounds so great. Thanks!

[vaidulisbudulis]

Can you a add a music sheet of your version????

[bananasbee7]

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[bananasbee7]

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[TheAssirampiano]

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[Zarifany]

AAAAAA WOW!!!

[95Emely]

Hi,

You are amazing,

Did you have the notes of this song for me?

Bye Emely

[MrJamrock2100]

hi nice tutorial but can u teach the  cords all am getting is the lyrics

[AwesomeMan2696]

this is kinda off topic. but what kind of keyboard is thiss?

[Disisluke50]

This only works if you have a keyboard, not just a piano :(

[eivrab96]

1:23 you say use two fingers, but how many are you using in the video? ;-)

[Pepituh1]

@eivrab96 well, i know i use two fingers too get your mom happy...

[FKRAPCITY]

@chrismarx85 i'm finding the trill really hard should it take practice or should i get it straight away? just wondering if i'm doing something wrong. im using just my wrist like you said but finding it hard to get power behind each note. thanks

[malicokan]

thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you FOR YOUR VIDS !!!!!!

[ardit20018]

xD musst der singen!

nervt! :D

[ryeblues]

just great!

[jediah556]

hmph. not the best one in the world.

[gemcool16]

Could you please show the last part that you learn slower somewhere as its hard to see where your fingers go the crushed blue bit i meant thanks L(

[gemcool16]

Could you please show the last part that you learn slower somewhere as its hard to see where your fingers go.... thanks

[rockerdanmatt]

1:13

[suddendeathXP]

@rockerdanmatt lol ur not sure what kind of fingering situation your gunna get into .... XDDD

[malburg13]

great singing and playing of course

[Mandarinni]

Your voice is completly amazing ! I can fall in love of her ! And you play piano like an angel ! Oh god, pleeeease continue :')

[88spaces]

You are an amazing piano player. I get jealous watching you.  But I love your videos.

[16mysa]

thank you!!!!!

[16mysa]

think you!!!!!!

[NathanR92]

killer vocals man. amazing

[TheBlubberlayla]

oh thank you so easy to understand :)

[coolchicnfriends]

your hands are sexy and your voice sounds hot. ooo lawdy.

[Thebarbienegra]

Thanks!

[jediah556]

hey you the white version of ray charles?

[PlushieClock]

AWESOMe @___@

[portablepro101]

your e just awsume OwO

[krootki3]

just awesome

[beaugos28]

Ray Charles ll :D

[zamton]

I have a question: Thank by the way! Are all blues scales following the same pattern? I mean are the second note always 3 away from the first and the third is always 2 away from the second etc? So you can figure out all blues scales?

[offthewallschool]

@zamton - exactly! you just have to transpose it up. meaning shift each note the same distance. The distance from one note to the very next note is called a half step. My free chords 101 course talks about that and major and minor chords. I think it would help you with transposing!

[zamton]

@offthewallschool Ok thanks a lot! And yes I will look it up!

[TheAviator333]

I love your voice and your style !!

[hatenewbz]

I learnt pretty fast the parts for each separate hand.

But I have troubles syncronising my hands to get them mixed together.

Any suggestions?

[hatenewbz]

Hey Chris! Do you mind making a video of you singing the complete song?

I can almost guarantee you'll have loads of views, just because you play brilliant.

[KMSex1]

У меня такое же пиано)

[punimer2]

i can't get the trill to sound any thing like your's and i sware i'm rolling my wrist. are there any other tricks to get it to sound good and not crap like my trill

[jelsaleh]

Hey can you upload a video of singing the whole song? would be great!

[SabbaSchiev95]

can you give me the sheet of this piece? i can't find it anywhere on internet...please

[Donut1337]

What i really wanna know is why you use that c# while playing the actual song? Just cause it sounds good?

[chrismarx85]

@Donut1337 - Hey! In music, the ONLY reason to play it a certain way is because it sounds good :)

That note is what changes the chord from a dominant7 or minor chord. In the blues it sounds cool to go back and forth between major and minor like that. flat 3rd to major 3rd.

[twinkletdenoyo]

@Donut1337 actually the answer is, c# is taken from the chord Amajor. which happens to be the dominant of your dminor key. In this song he used augmented A7. it has c# in it man.

[TheUGoMusicChannel]

@Donut1337 Considering the blues scale is actually the Pentatonic Minor scale (which is itself based on a common Melodic Minor scale) PLUS the blue note, you can do almost anything you want, it's a musical choice and music is an art and you can't always comply exactly to the rules (in this case, to the scales) when you are making art, sometimes it's up to you, just pay attention to what you feel. (C# is included in the Dm Melodic Scale).

Greetings from France. Hugo.

[julmarko]

You have really nice voice! :)

[NinjaOutfitInTheWash]

This is perfect. JUST PERFECT GAH thank you!

[skipsassy1]

I've been playing 20 years or so, retired lawyer and very, very bored so I'm back at it just blues you and musicguru12 are the best teachers on the whole internet for advanced playing. You are even easier since you have blue notes to verify riffs. Thank you I've just started with you. There are only a few great improvisation players since Steve Winwood isn't teaching us. It takes muscle memory and a heck of a lot of practice to you other students just starting out. I'm 53 and played at 15.

[SNamurSuhaila]

soooo gooood !! it´s so clear!! thanks!!

coud you explain me what you do with the left hand in all the song?? thanks!!

[SNamurSuhaila]

soooo gooood !! it´s so clear!! thanks!!

coud you explain me what you do with the left hand in all the song?? thanks!!

[SNamurSuhaila]

soooo gooood !! it´s so clear!! thanks!!

[SNamurSuhaila]

soooo gooood !! it´s so clear!! thanks!!

[merijntje1998]

leuk!

[TheTacxon]

great man! you really teach very well, im learning it

[ReezyBagg]

hello from where i can got the sheet for this song ?

[IanCanefire]

excellent. Thanks for this.

[Djsora555]

Look in your left hand.it looks like you are an Indigochild

[al3xb777]

too good man. i feel kind of bad for jacking your style here, because its awesome. i had to learn it though, great and challenging tutorial. it would be cool if you could go more in depth with it though, like more in depth with the licks(theres more than just the licks you showed). also, a little left hand/ right hand type thing that you play before the licks would be cool to learn. but GREAT tutorial though!

[trelovac]

Man, that's so cool!

[thethyregod]

45 people are not playing the keyboard

[NymDivInMotion]

cool! im learning this!! ^^ thank you

[dmitcalf]

Really love this vid. Watched it about a million times. Only had 10 view when I started :) There is a lot more going on than just the three licks you show us and thats what I like - a bit of a challenge. Any chance of a longer version for all of us Ray Charles (and your) fans?

[chrismarx85]

@dmitcalf - hey dmitcalf! I'm working on some dvds now with better quality videos. There will definitely be some more hit the road jack on the dvd. Would you want more licks over hit the road jack? or to learn more of the melody on piano (rather than singing?)

[dmitcalf]

@chrismarx85 Hey thanks for the reply. Its the licks I like but an improv over the melody would be fine too as I am not much of a singer. Let me know when the DVD is ready.

[chrismarx85]

@dmitcalf - yeah! that would be great!

i'll send an email out to everyone who is on the fastpianolessons com list and then maybe post a youtube video about it

[kenzy6666]

sounds like a song theyd play at a fancy bar

[TheBernas24]

WHATCHA SAY!!!?

[kenzy6666]

this is probably the cathiest song ever

[TapeTard]

nice, your a good singer and good at playing the piano ! :)

[MatsPT]

Fantastic!

[meinfertz]

..very good for learning without buying piano sheets, fast of course for piano players with experience thanks

[meinfertz]

très bon, rapide pour apprendre...sans se prendre la tête avec des notes et des partitions.merci

[Phyrex999]

Nice. Easy lesson, easy to pick up on. Looking to get into blues some. Thanks for the start :)

[youtub5036]

@chrismarx85

Sorry but your opinion is so wrong, you can hear it from miles away and i heard it the instant he played it. I play this song by ear so i found out the chords through listening to the song. If you play songs by ear and have what they call an absolute hearing than you know this. I guess either you dont or you worry about those black notes and thats wrong again, the strenth of this particular song lies in those black notes.

[chrismarx85]

@youtub5036 - thats a good point. Every key has its own subtle but unique sound. However, there are lots of reasons to change the key of a song (aka transpose), even though it changes the original color of the song.

[Woodeewoo12345]

@youtub5036 hey you're a douche haha

[alternate352]

@youtub5036 how can you hear it from miles away instantly as he hits the notes because sound doesn't travel in an instantaneous motion you know it only moves around 750 mph.

[youtub5036]

@chrismarx85

Sorry but your opinion is so wrong, you can hear it from miles away and i heard it the instant he played it. I play this song by ear so i found out the chords through listening to the song. If you play songs by ear and have what they call an absolute hearing than you know this. I guess either you dont or you worry about those black notes and thats wrong again, the strenth of this particular song lies in those black notes.

[jamesfelix303]

THAT WAS BEAST

[Lukesky18]

aaaaaaaaaaaa no, lo q toca este muchacho es tremendo, la puta madre

[cpestolis]

Great lesson, thanks.



[annapapadimitriou123]

youre amazing thank you :D

[nodrog102La]

really good job - thanks for sharing!

[Hamfantasy56]

Great !!!!!!!! thanks for giving your usefull lessons !!!

[CookaFoo]

Love it man, nice work

[rafaluk2]

It'd be great to see some tutorial for the left hand. I'm not sure what excalty you play...

[Iamtubuler]

Great video and excellent camera placement. Thanks for putting the notes on the screen that is very helpful. Your a talented teacher, singer and player. Thanks for posting!

[wylecoyotski]

Very nice lesson - thank you

[elysium735]

I'm just learning to play piano, and this is immensely helpful.

I already know guitar pretty well, but I've always just played by feel so I understand very little about scales and keys and music theory in general. Learning piano has forced me to go back and understand every little thing, it's like being a beginner again.

This lesson is so detailed and perfect, man. You broke everything down to an understandable level so quickly. This is going in the favorites :)

I wish you took requests.

[93piotr1993]

I love it!

[jade0alomy]

Sooooooooo good ! Magnifique !

[EvaMysticable]

You missed the D# in the octave..

[sk84everkl123]

ich love this version

[alienwarelaptop100]

Your the MAN!

[TheBleixxe]

Can you give me the notes, or you play it without notes?

[PianomanDenmark]

very nice thanks

[MsHate2]

wooooow :D love it <3

:)

[alice20762076]

Thank you for the cool lesson. I wish you could do it more slowly so that I can follow it thanks anyway.

[koenigseggccr007]

great tut, keep up the good work ;)

[wolfo0205]

*crushed blue notes sorry

[wolfo0205]

This is awesome man! I'm having trouble with the crushed blues scal though? I'm not sure what order to play the notes in?

[chrismarx85]

well some of the other tutorials are really helpful and pretty, but this one is my favorite :)