i want to be to play like like maestro Hession and fats so bad it hurts....OHHH that minor drag piano solo drives me nuts that i cant play it..........one day can only hope!
Wow never thought about it any deep but that interrupted base line is like the secret of stride. That and the tenth instead of octaves and the fast right hand. All those things makes it too hard for me to ever play James P and Fats.
Don't be discouraged by the difficulty of the elements of stride piano: if you can hear it you can, with time and work,play it. Stride technique, like Chopin, is not an overnight accomplishment-it takes time and patience. Don't try to rush the process-play the figures as slowly as you need to make them accurate. Accuracy before speed is my credo.If speed comes before accuracy you will sound like an old player piano roll off the track-believe me, "it is better to sound good than to look good".
Your comment made me think very deeply about what that "secret" of stride could be: it is not just about tenths, or a fast right hand-rather it is a combination of many elements.I will address this in a new video very shortly.
Would You Say The Ragtime Is The Standard Form, From Which Your Supposed To Improvise? Cuz To Me It Begs To Be Improvised With It March Format (Many Repeats = Many Improve Opportunities).
Classic ragtime (Joplin, Lamb etc.) does not encourage improvisation. Early jazz/ragtime (Blake, Roberts,etc.) thrives on improvisation. Although many classic rags may be in march format, the writers did not feel that improvising the repeats would improve the original statement. Eubie Blake's opinion was "state the original melody, respect the composer's harmonies, then play it YOUR way"..two schools of thought-let me know which one you are attending.
i want to be to play like like maestro Hession and fats so bad it hurts....OHHH that minor drag piano solo drives me nuts that i cant play it..........one day can only hope!
brianradomski 2 years ago
Wow never thought about it any deep but that interrupted base line is like the secret of stride. That and the tenth instead of octaves and the fast right hand. All those things makes it too hard for me to ever play James P and Fats.
KingRat355 3 years ago
Don't be discouraged by the difficulty of the elements of stride piano: if you can hear it you can, with time and work,play it. Stride technique, like Chopin, is not an overnight accomplishment-it takes time and patience. Don't try to rush the process-play the figures as slowly as you need to make them accurate. Accuracy before speed is my credo.If speed comes before accuracy you will sound like an old player piano roll off the track-believe me, "it is better to sound good than to look good".
jazznbear 3 years ago
Your comment made me think very deeply about what that "secret" of stride could be: it is not just about tenths, or a fast right hand-rather it is a combination of many elements.I will address this in a new video very shortly.
jazznbear 3 years ago
Would You Say The Ragtime Is The Standard Form, From Which Your Supposed To Improvise? Cuz To Me It Begs To Be Improvised With It March Format (Many Repeats = Many Improve Opportunities).
Morahman7vnNo2 3 years ago
Classic ragtime (Joplin, Lamb etc.) does not encourage improvisation. Early jazz/ragtime (Blake, Roberts,etc.) thrives on improvisation. Although many classic rags may be in march format, the writers did not feel that improvising the repeats would improve the original statement. Eubie Blake's opinion was "state the original melody, respect the composer's harmonies, then play it YOUR way"..two schools of thought-let me know which one you are attending.
jazznbear 3 years ago
I'm Attending (the respectful "their way") School and Hope To Drop Out (or Graduate), And Graduate In The (not quite as respectful "My Way") School.
Morahman7vnNo2 3 years ago
Does that mean that one day you will be able to quote Frank Sinatra: "I Did It My Way?"
jazznbear 3 years ago
Yes, Some How I Will.
Morahman7vnNo2 3 years ago