Block Chords Lesson - Dick Hyman

[anitadavideduo]

I'd like to play piano just to get that block chord sound!!

[floatershaw]

wow

[sinsagoodmansbrother]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge... I'm going to give this a try tomorrow. Are you always playing triads in your right hand or do you occasionally play intervals?

[MrKompaMan]

I love you!

[Destruction9394]

There is something beautiful about hands and music,

which I can't describe

it makes men laugh and makes men cry

it sophisticates

and masticates

all noun time

[zzangjjy91]

Oh my you are amazing

[howahya]

The correct spelling for the word you're referring to is 'hymen' and, besides, his birth name is Richard anyway.

Either way, it's completely irrelevant, this guy's a legend at teaching and playing!

Thanks Dick! 

[phubans]

What kind of parents would name their child Dick Hyman? Were they completely oblivious to anatomy and word play or were they just being facetious?

[ztjam01]

This is great, do u have this stuff written out anywhere??

[demianshima]

Do you have the sheet music of this chords progression?? I'm very interested.

[bassmaster947]

I wish there was book with all the different harmonizations

[Dfrankjazz]

Dick Hyman fans, you're invited to a live master class with Dick Hyman and Dave Frank about Dick's music and career. Includes 2 new great solo performances by Dick, loads of interesting conversation and 2 *burnin* duets by Dick and Dave. Type in "Dave Frank" Dick Hyman in Youtube.You will enjoy this!!

[chriscadenhead]

mouth wide open...is this a vhs? anybody know where we can aquire such knowledge ?

[homePicShow1]

Love a bit of drop 2

[cesarbr777]

Great Video. Everybody ambitious with This Thechnique, must check MILT BUCKNER.

[homePicShow1]

I was wondering about seeking out the CD-rom on Amazon.

I'm a bit confused though as the one I found seems to be £40, for CD's of him playing tracks where as what I really want are the tutorials.

What would anyone recommend

:)

[Falzetto]

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!!

[pvscreama010]

BLAZE!!!

[1vovka]

thank you sir



[cocovi]

Thanks a lot Mr Hyman!

[TrummerMav]

wow!!!

[fsmontgo]

There is a book called "The Jazz Piano Player" by Mark Levine which addresses this style of playing. It's easier to absorb when you can set the pace. Dick Hyman is right on...just moves fast if it is new to you (:

[asdertert12345]

Don't get mad at me but...ahh i don't care thumbs down me to oblivion, but great musicians a rarely great teachers

[samuso86]

very good but what chords are he using?? 'c, d diminished, f minor, you don't have to use an f minor chord, you could do this', what? 'or as differently as this...' how and why is it different? all sounds great but a deeper analysis of harmony is needed here for people to really understand it

[Spimp4]

@samuso86 i believe he was doing a C6 chord, then a d full diminished, then a c6 chord again except it is inverted where the chord starts on the third, the E. then an f minor, a c6 where it's inverted where he starts on a G, then an a minor, b diminished and then a c6 again.

[RratsArtStudio]

Fantastic! I will study all your lessons and share them with friends. A shared love for playing the piano.

[mikejackson4ever]

Dick Hyman, you are SOO awesome!!!

[JLorz84]

Block cords are a difficult chapter of piano impro, but this video is so encouraging!

[20gilbert20]

What a brilliant and articulate man. His intelligence is staggering, and his playing is sublime.

[greob]

Too bad the video goes out of sync.. better than nothing I guess.

[pianoordie1010]

I'm so happy I found this (and other Dick Hyman) posts! This is a real help to anyone interested in playing, from the beginners to the advanced.

[wteo340]

Thank you mann

[pyannaguy]

Can you believe how much pop music has devolved, generally? Of course, there are some terrific young players and writers, but generally, there's such a dearth of melody and an ignorance of anything deep and sophisticated.

I like all kinds of music, I'm not a snob - but it's just such a crappy, manipulative star system, now, run by greedy suits who don't give a damn about anything but money.

Oh, well....I still have fun just playing and learning. This Dick Hyman guy was brilliant.

[crazypianolady]

Thank god it's not just me! It all seems to be about the beat. I'm sure there's new stuff out there, it's the record companies that churn out the same stuff to make a quick buck.

[pyannaguy]

I love good rock & roll and all kinds of simple, soulful stuff, but so many of the big pop stars, now, are just kids with really shallow roots. In the Old Days, even just the average guys in an average dance band had to be able to read well, and be able to play some fairly involved melodies, etc. Now, you're often lucky to even see a musician onstage. It's a dozen freaks jumping around in their underwear, in sync, behind some other freak singing a few notes over the same couple of chords.

[3wrongnotes]

i dunno, i see quite a few new pop artists who are talented musicians but they arent publicised in the same way because they dont appeal as much and therefore make less money

[pyannaguy]

You're right, 3wrong. I acknowledge the part about lots of good young players & writers, but, you're right again - they're not pushed by the suits who own the "Fame Machine." They keep the public dumbed down, and "hearing with their eyes." It's why great jazz players get no play while kids who learn a few chords and focus on their looks get chosen to make millions. The Jonas Brothers come to mind. And, Oh, God....Britney Spears rolls on! Could Coltrane even pay his rent, nowadays?

[thphaca]

I always had a feeling I was borin into the wrong generation. It seems like modern music has conformed into a small box that seems to be shrinking and shrinking. No one bothers with experimenting with new ideas. They all just feed off of the very fundamentals of music composition. It's pathetic how an ameture carbon-copies are ruling the music industry. The sad part is, music is still degrading gradually. All we can do is preserve the material of the legends and hope new pioneers arise.

[theroyalpriest]

Did anybody else notice the humor in the name DICK HYMAN?? LOL

[wteo340]

Now that you mentioned it, I laughed uncontrollably for a few seconds. Hmm.. that could be his stage name .. ?? Sure is a good way to attract attention! This guy is a piano god.

[theskankinponch]

@theroyalpriest hahahaah omg i thought it was a joke at first! who would do that to their child?!

[doanythingfordethklk]

@theroyalpriest I noticed, only when I bought one of his records...

[moderatoe]

@theroyalpriest lol

[homePicShow1]

@theroyalpriest hahah filthy

[Kaalec]

@theroyalpriest Grow up.

[MichaelRushMusic]

@theroyalpriest I don't get it. Please explain.

[illuminatioracle]

@theroyalpriest nope. what about the name Penis Cherry?

[awfulguitarplucker]

@theroyalpriest rofl! the man form the Jazz Islands! XD

[silvermediastudio]

@theroyalpriest No, what is it?

[Deologic34]

I love the way he voices his chords. It showed me somewhat how to paint a more jazzier picture in chording on piano as well as arranging horn or sax parts. Beautiful.

[balist0]

Dick Hyman oh lawd!

[SillyLilyAllen]

What more could you ask for? A great piano lesson and some serious innuendo!

[yngdragon1]

Great lesson. Would you mind spelling out the chords in the right hand scale.

[pedro1escobar1]

he recorded that one cause he knew theres gonna be youtube in the future.

[cobrafarmer]

Swingin, daddy-o. Thanks for the video.

[LockmanTom]

When you harmonize the C scale several of the notes of the chords are not diatonic to the C scale. How do you choose what chords to play? On the second step, you play a D dim which is playing outside the C scale.

[vindikation]

The "real" diatonic block chords I think would only use white keys. He mentions there are many variations, so I'm guessing the D dim and Fm are variations he is talking about. It is confusing to me as well.

[misterriddlez]

just think the melody must stay on top. The rest outside of knowing and understanding basic chord structure is just feel and taste.

[ollystevenson]

The idea he's using here is that every other chord is a V chord, G7b9, which is also Ddim, Fdim, Abdim,Bdim, the other chords are inversions of a C6.

[tsunekotsuneo]

great...!!

[Modes9]

It sounds like Lennie Tristano and Bill Evans.

[mharbaugh]

George Shearing!

[gerhardia]

Listen to George Shearing and have a look in his

original piano solo transcriptions.

You can learn it too...

Gehardia from Germany

[vivazapata74]

thank you a million times for posting

[shadowwar88]

Has anybody got some hints to practice this, or should I just practice with the old rule: everything in every key?

[gerhardia]

Try it with piano-lessons...

The rules are not too difficult.

Have a look at George Shearing `s solo piano

transcriptions of standards.

Greetings from Germany

[petzaman1]

lol i agree

[neothomist1275]

You a FUUUUUUCCKKK.

Great lesson, thanks for posting.

[ibbyron]

I love the videos of Hyman. Very informative. Please keep them coming!!

[vicky789v]

thank you sir.

[mackabra]

its great to play christmas songs in block chords

[mybluebucket]

LOL... first thing I did was play Jingle Bells.

[misterriddlez]

I'm having a panic attack!!!!!!! Good stuff

[jmnpinheiro]

EXCELLENT!

[yunzo]

Great Stuff.... Where can I find this CD-Rom? Would really love to have it.

[Vayshen]

Sweet, awesome post! I have trouble with understanding blocked chords; this helps alot!!

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[ankhaton]

GREAT GREAT GREAT STUFF

EVEN FOR ME

NOT READING NOTES

tHANKS