Ave Maria (Charles Gounod) - jazz piano improvisation

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Ave Maria - jazz piano improvisation. First piano solo, then with a simulated bass and drums. A (much better) version is available (free) at http://web.newsguy.com/dougmck
along with a lead sheet, a transcription, and the midi file recorded with the video

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Music

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• Ave
• Maria
• jazz
• piano
• improvisation
• learn
• play
• Doug
• McKenzie
• Bach
• Gounod
• lesson
• improvised

[SkilledKeyboardist]

This is not true improvisation. Its all sheet music.

[jazz2511]

You are wrong.

This was improvised just from a leadsheet (melody with chord symbols only. If you had read the information on the video, you would see that the transcription was of my improvisation - I recorded it as a midi file as I recorded the video and a computer program later translated the notes I was playing into (more or less) readable notation and I added these to the video.

Doug

[elyachar]

I am speechless

[profjair]

Wonderful!!Thanks a lot.

Hugs

[lksong2041]

great commentary; real good stuff for beginners especially who have some background in music theory to look over and learn some common patterns of improv

[hi19hi19]

Wow, I love this video. Many people put beautiful music on YouTube... far fewer also explain what they are doing as they go. The comments you put on the various passages and techniques are really interesting, thank you so much for this! And it goes without saying that I like the song itself, too ^_^

[Bronzebk]

BRAVO!!! Was never a Jazz Fan till I heard this... Beyond EXCELLENCE!

[buddingtonparker]

This a very beautiful interpretation in the true style of Bill Evans , of whom I very much admire.Thank you for this post!!!!!!!!!!

[pianistlover2008]

I loved it...esepecially de solo piano part!

[roberthlubnaomi]

very nice and soothing!

[greob]

Ah, very interesting. I skipped this video back then. I'm happy to have stumbled upon it again. :)

[allsem]

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