Kylan plays Ruby, My Dear by Thelonious Monk

This is a semi-improvised take on Thelonious Monk's Ruby, My Dear, loosely based on his own version, as well as Bud Powell's. It's performed on a Roland FP-3, with the sound recorded using Audacity, and the video edited with Avidemux, under GNU/Linux.

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• Thelonious
• Monk
• Kylan
• ruby
• my
• dear
• bud
• powell
• art
• tatum
• foundring
• jazz
• piano
• stride
• roland
• improv

[ugottheblues]

what type of scale is that that you keep descending really fast on

[foundring]

@ugottheblues at what time (or times) in the video are you referring to?

[jdsowa]

probably the most impressive thing on youtube.

[foundring]

Probably the most exaggerated comment on youtube! but thanks!!

It's nice to know people are still enjoying this video, the first thing I put up on youtube. But I'd like to think I've improved a lot since!

Thanks again!

[toastiepenguin]

I think what FunkmasterRick was trying to say about the performance being "sped up" was that your semi-improvised portion of it was more like "how many notes can I hit before the next measure ends". Not that you sped the video up or anything.

I'd have to agree with FunkMasterRick, if that is what he meant, because your improvised parts seem to get in the way of the essence of Ruby My Dear.

Otherwise you can play really fast and have really good "by the book" playing.

[foundring]

I pretty much agree with everything you said. Although, this was almost 4 years ago and I probably would approach this piece much differently now.

That being said, it was never meant to be in the style of Monk...I was trying to play Monk in my own style, which is exactly the weakness of this video.

[RetroElectroville]

Dude, I'm buying you a keyboard stand!

[mihmus]

very skilfully, but it's not Monk...

wrong mood...

anyway your technics is great!

[mihmus]

@BRazor92

notes is one thing, but the moods are quite another.

[BRazor92]

@mihmus I can tell he quoted directly from Monk in 1:17 though. I am trying to transcribe that recording currently.

[ftblfreak15]

KYLAN!!! its chad you taught me piano for a little bit! just watching some videos and thought i would look you up. me and my other piano teacher just started working on elite syncopations. its going really good so far.

[94jmills]

give me your hands

[jobmd33]

I think I hear a lot of whole tone ("deer in the forest") descending scales which Monk liked to use. at 1:18 for ex. Correct me if I am wrong.

Good news is that there are only two. Bad news is that the fingering takes practice to get fast and clean.

[rpsinfoman]

Love It!!! You ever do "Afternoon in Paris" ?

[slyme1711]

fantastic ! my favorite rendition on youtube, BRAVO !

[ugottheblues]

@foundring and at 1:55

[ugottheblues]

@foundring like at 1:50 and i think a couple of other times