Hi dear fellow Musicians :) In this other lesson we add the left hand chords as well; ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mOCyAo5ZfIw.html Enjoy :) Many regards from Oliver Prehn
Mr teacher you are the best all the time 🥰 really I was enjoying what a magnificent explanation for all musicians and different levels , thank you Sooo much 💞 happy new year mr Oliver Best Regards and wishes for you 🙏🏻
I’m a guitar player but I learned about improvisation more from this video than any guitar video tutorial I’ve ever seen in my life. Thank you very much.
One thing I learned from Sir David Gilmour about breaks, in an old interview: During some solos, he plays only when breathing out. This assures his playing has rests like a vocal line might. This is something that has helped my playing immensely, as it's something very simple to practice, yet it requires some concentrarion(Which prevents you from overthinking your lines and therefore encourages you to play more intuitively and trust your ears and fingers)
I think Miles Davis coined this as well in his autobiography; brass players and singers naturally have to make breaks to breathe in so mimicing that with guitar works very well and sounds natural to the ear.
Yep, you are absolutely right!!! David is a real master in creating spaces. And besides, his tone is unique and phenomenal. I love his guitar work also a lot!
Moadot720 bus driver is bis real job, music is "just his passion".... Imagine that even that way he is incredible better than any teacher that I ever knew!
I'm a guitar player and I learned more about jazz here than from guitar videos. And what's more, this video ENCOURAGES me instead of overwhelming or worse, discouraging me to play. "Be cool, have fun." I love it. Thank you Oliver for this music education gold.
Was a city bus driver in Montréal for 18 years until 1998, piano is my hobby and I really enjoy your classes. I just wish the Internet came earlier for me to learn all this and get way better than I am. People say I have a nice sound, but deep inside I know I'm missing in part the drills you're showing us thru your videos. I became lazy and transpose my keyboard to stay mostly in C, so that's limiting. I now just have to retire from my latest job and start practicing to stay alive! Thank you so much. Donation to follow. Regards, Pierre.
Thank you so much for your really nice message - I surely hope that you regain the musical fun and motivation. And I've got you very generous donation - thank you so much!!! Many regards from Oliver
This is simply incredible! The step by step approach is revolutionary. And starting from rhythm with two fingers is genious. I've been a big fan of your lessons but you've really aced yourself with this one from a pedagogical point of view. Looking forward to what you come up with next!
This video is the positive answer to “can I play piano if I only played guitar”. As a former guitar enthusiast not finding in the guitar a nice choice for jazz, I find this video a huge motivator. In guitar (unless you study like a pro) you rarely are aware of theory behind, just “oh this arpegio sounds good over this chord”, “cool I can substitute this chord with this one” and then lookup the shapes in some catalog/app. Thanks for this. Exactly what I needed to get started without a too frustrating learning curve.
It is unreal how well a grasp this person has at presenting, explaining, showing, and incrementing through these concepts for complete beginners. I have been playing a while, but enjoyed following along very much and have never been apart of such a great lesson before.
I'm 69 and never learned really playing piano although I owned several in my life. I often started to learn but lost motivation soon. Watching your lessons gives me hope to learn at least some improvisations technics. Now arctic winter ahead I will use the dark time to practice and get in flow with jazz sounds. Most motivating lessons I have found in youtube in the last years.
Man, you did my day. I'm gonna pay for this excellent lesson, hoping you'll be able to be a full time musician really soon. Probably one of the best lessons I've ever been taught in my entire life. Kudos.
I'm a self taught pianist and have been getting into jazz and always wondered how that sound of playing "outside" was made. This opened up things that weren't clear to me. Thank you
I have been "playing" for a long time and no one has ever explained what's going on in Improvisational Jazz this way...I want to thank you for so much clarity and this video...it will "Change" the way I "plat"...smile
a topic that seemingly never gets talked about in music theory and classes. i am just about discovering this myself at the moment and it seems to have a lot to do with the essence of musicality in my eyes. a great video which helps a lot, thank you!
Dear Oliver, you are fantastic in didactics. For someone who never sat in front a keyboard, after going through the 10 steps, he is able to improvise his own jazz music. Congratulations for your work in music. I wish I could see a similar practice in guitar!!!!... Nilceu, from Curitiba, Brazil
you legit just saved my life i need to play a jazz piece to get into jazz band and i only have a week AND i have improvise :< i had no idea how to improvise before this
This is such a good breakdown! I never thought something as complex as jazz improv could be explained in a simple and digestable way. I wish I found this sooner!
They are people born in this planet 🌍 to teach others !!!! Is their mission !!!!!!! I will contribute on PayPal .... I even don’t play yet piano ( but looking to learn as I did play bass .. and guitar long time ago ! ). And learning music is an anti ageing drug !!
@@NewJazz well am happy to donate ! You take tremendous of your time to explain properly with superb videos ! This is something you can proud of man !!! am just looking now to buy an electric piano is Black Friday here !! Big discount !! , with the aim to learn compose , modify some, tune , that I am listening to , your video about scale is fabulous ! I am in the medical field what is important to know : researches have found that learning new stuffs for seniors and particularly dance 💃🏾 is the best way to prevent any brain diseases such as Alzheimer ... ..I hope I will be able to play independently with my hands 🥵...” they looks so linked ... together 😊😊 ..
Watching your videos i realized that we don't really pay attention on stuff we (maybe) already know and we don't really use them in our playing!! I am happy i found your channel, it's unlocking areas in my head in a perfect way!
There's something hypnotic about your voice and tone, makes your lessons sound like fairy tales. It gives out a warm feeling of security. I don't know how old you are, but to me you're like Santa Claus that brings a new toy you want to try right away. Thank you!
This is great stuff, thank you very much! It may seem like an half-an-hour lesson, it actually is a roadmap for a lot of evenings fun with practice. I'm glad you didn't dive into theory about scales and such, since there is already so much great material about it. However, not a lot of lessons help me with a schedule, something I can work to and keep me busy for more than a couple of hours. You have a calm way of explaining and have certainly added excitement to it!
Oh my God I have never seen anything like this before. I'm struggling with some fixed patterns and I am restricted to "known" areas on guitar fingerboard. You have just changed my point of seeing the whole music concept. This is so great.. Thank you!
Dear Mr. Prehn, Thank you so much for this video, it is one of the best lessons I have seen on the internet. Everything is explained perfectly, and the playback is absolutely superb. Moreover, you insist on the essential elements, not only in jazz but also in music in general: the silences. Finally, I congratulate you wholeheartedly for your courage, your devotion in spite of the necessity to practice another profession than music. I can guarantee you (but you certainly know it in your heart) that by simply listening to this lesson we understand that in addition to being an excellent teacher you are a magnificent pianist.
Thank you so much sir. You're not the other musicians who uploads a short vid and upload the remaining vids to their website with a monthly subscription or like the others who sell their sheets. God bless
Thank you so much. My work is based only on voluntary donations - NO PAYWALLS - I believe Music should be for everybody and we should share our ideas out in the open, free and public - in this way Music will grow and evolve ;) Warm regards Oliver
Oliver, you are among the best music teachers I have come across - your lessons are always carefully thought out and beautifully presented. With your lessons you will continue to empower musicians of all levels for many years to come. Thank you for your gifts to the community!! I will show my gratitude by sending you a modest donation.
Thanks a ton, for making a complex thing into such simple concept... I've been struggling to improvise all these days, these simple ways makes me have more fun and learn at the same time... Cheers
Great! I'm gonna practice these exercises for a little while until I get it right. I don't have place to go around because the coronavirus, so I will get fun practicing in my room alone with not boring times! Thank you very much! Greetings from Tijuana!
Thank you so much, I thought I've never understand improvisation since I've played classical piano for so long but you've helped me realize the tips I needed.
Grandi lezioni le trovo molto utili e musicali….hai feeling da vendere, anche quando parli…sei geniale!! Le mie dita cementate si stanno svegliando.. grazie
You are blowing my brain! Exactly what it needed. It has been rhythmically stuck for too long. I feel this is already clearing away the tangled undergrowth, to reveal a path to progress along. Thanks, Schaun
This is great! I'm a long time self-taught improviser on the keys, and I found this to be an inspiring video with a lot of great technique all in one place. It also reminds me to leave more space when I solo -- I tend to be too much of a rocker/shredder, and it's good to be reminded to step back and let your playing breathe a bit.
I think the 462 people who pu the thumb down do not appreciate and do not realize how much time you spend to make those videos which are really absolutly high quality lessons ! So very well done for your job !!!
You are a most gifted teacher. This is the best instructional video on how to learn to improvise that I've listened to and I've listened to a lot. I love how you build one skill on top of another. Your personality puts me at ease and gives me confidence that this is actually something I can to. Thank you!!!!
Bravo maestro ! Great practical and progressive explanations that sound musical. I enjoy the new sensations that your teaching allows me to experience. Thanks for the great work, Oliver.
The best understanding with visuals and a pace we can all work with. I will practice this for the month. Storing this technique in the memory bank. Thank you for the deposit.
who are Oliver??? I was walking in the darkness and you just put ligth on my way... Thank you very much . I don't know How I can describe your lessons.. just great...!!!
Another winner. I can't say how necessary this lesson was to me, even if i already do all or most of this, analyzing it that way helps gain consciousness, balance things out. When you played all the notes on your five-finger grip (ironically because you were talking at that moment about leaving tones out) I noticed how good it sounded as a chord. I guess it's a Cm7 suspended fourth but that would be a taboo voicing because the one and three is in there, demonstrating that one should always see what happens when guildelines are broken. In this case playing your handgrip together and cluster chords instead of sparse (leave out notes) voicings. The main thing I can apply this to is now having an easier way to go "outside" and back in again, like a map. After over half an hour I still haven't checked or cared that much what the actual progression is except that it's a few bars in (maybe) C minor, and I'm gonna do that right now. It was exactly right for you to avoid that whole aspect of it. Thank you thank you. Very smart lesson
Thanks a lot :) Yes, the grip is actually a great sounding chord. In the next lesson (I hope it will be ready between Christmas and New Year) we actually use the grip in the left hand to play the chords while we improvise with the right hand. Happy Holidays and Happy New Year :)
I've been watching quite a lot of your videos and those are really amongst the best piano lessons one can find on RU-vid, I just wanted to thank you for what you do!
Thanks a lot. I haven't tried it yet (will do right after writing this comment), but already now I am quite sure this is one of the best guide on RU-vid on how to improvise jazz on the piano.
What day are you available for our next trombone lesson..I mean..Damn you're amazingly the best and has taught me more about improvisation than any lesson I've ever experienced. Cheers to my #1 channel for many lessons to come.
Grazie, Oliver, bellissima lezione! La tua capacità esplicativa non ha eguali sul web... ma neanche nella vita reale, tra gli addetti ai lavori, là dove, invece, sembrano tutti molto gelosi del loro sapere. Grazie a nome di tutti noi, davvero molte grazie! Thanks, Oliver, a great lesson! Your explicative capacity is unparalleled on the web ... but not even in real life, among the insiders, where, instead, they all seem very jealous of their knowledge. Thank you on behalf of all of us, really many thanks!
