Learn to Play Jazz Piano

Here's an example of the Bill Susman teaching jazz piano from his collection of piano instructional videos. This is from his Holiday Collection - jazz arrangements of 12 great Christmas songs. www.musicenthusiast.tv

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[playlikeme]

Not sure what you mean by "where's the jazz part" but jazz is typically defined by a combination of 3 things - the types of chord voicings and added notes such as dominant 7th, 11ths, 13ths and so - otherwise called alt chords. Secondly is the rhythm which often (but not always) is swing oriented, and lastly with improvisation based on the chord changes between the various players. Obviously in a instructional preview, going in depth into each of these topics is difficult. More on the DVDs

[mrdipallins]

PEDAL....PEDAL......PEDAL PEDAL PEDAL.

ok thanks i think we get the picture, the attitude is not appreciated.

[playlikeme]

@mrdipallins

Sorry I posted a clip where Bill was emphasizing pedal.  But, you'd be surprised how many beginning and even OK piano players just don't get or remember where to pedal.

[TheeOutlaw]

Shouldn't that G6 include a fifth? Maybe I'm confused but otherwise it seems exactly like an e minor triad in first inversion. EGB

[playlikeme]

Respond to this video...

It could but if you think about the breadth of the interval, I think playing a 5th and a 6th together can cause the sound to get muddy. Best to play the root, the 3rd and the 6th. The 5th sound really doesn't add anything to the sound of the chord. Having said that, playing the 5th would be a matter of taste.

[playlikeme]

Sorry Bill has an accent. Guess you would have to have grown up in the midwest to understand that people do speak differently around the world.

[Booziable]

Doesn't it make you proud that the most amusing thing people can think of right now is the fact that when he says "root" it sounds a bit like "rut"?

[FateMan22]

G6 chord 8-)

[gcastro44]

Thank you very much. I'm a classical pianist (bachelor of music in piano) but stupidly didn't take any jazz classes/lessons in college. I want to start playing jazz as well and YouTube and books are my only resources. This vid is great!!!!

[CapnCreamsicle]

lol bill sussman is the dudes name from weeds

[beroncable]

if you really want to learn piano this is the only thing you will ever need. period.

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[ScrapeNow]

omg...watching this video was MIND blowingly enlightening. all this time I wondered how to make those jazzy chord sounds and thought it was completely arbitrary and based on musical ear and talent, now I see there's a real mathmatical methodology....great video.

[nikob381]

@mrdipallins Hahaha that's not attitude, that's instruction

[TheDestinationSound]

good lesson but i really wish it was in a higher quality than 240. hard to see the sheet music when in full screen

[SrDeuche]

PEDAL



[LIAMABARRONE]

I stopped watching this because there is no such thing as a rut, I can't find the rut of the chord.