This is absolutely brilliant lesson. I'm just wondering what it tells about me that the most useful piano video for me is not "do like this" but "stop doing this".
Jonny.. I don't always post a comment , - but when I do it is ALWAYS to say Thank You for your generosity, your expertise and mostly your truly superior way of teaching these lessons to a world full of students and hobbyists each of us coming to you at various skill levels and with different "needs" from our playing. The more we practice, - the better we succeed.. Thank you for setting us up in the right direction !!
These are some very good tips that I feel like I haven't heard anywhere else. Some were helpful reminders of things I felt like I knew but had forgotten, and others were all new. Thanks for this!
Nicely laid out! I studied with Ray Santisi, and among his cool voicings and harmonizing tricks, his number one rule is to avoid minor 9th as best as you can! 1. Chords too low: There's sort of a "scientific rule" to this because of the resulting sum of all the overtones. You can google "low interval limit" and find the chart for it, although it's not a hard-fast rule for a piano player (or guitar), more of a guide for arrangers, it's good to know. 9. ah the infamous Kenny Barron voicing 10. This is more about understanding chord notation. There's also polychord notation, and some arrangers/copyists put slashes/arrange the chords diagonally, some use a horizontal line/stacking the chords vertically (that's why it's also called stacked chords). If arranged diagonally, it might not be the player's fault, I think the chord quality at the bottom (denominator slot) needs to be written as well. 3+11 Another solution that I think piano accompanists should learn is to also harmonize the melody, having the melody as the top notes. Not the entirety of the melody, just the main notes of the melody, and the step after that basic step is to not always follow the melody either.
Brilliant overview of general chord-“mistakes” and suggestions for a different approach. Very useful for both beginner and advanced pianists to make accompanying more attractive! Thanks Jonny & team! 👏
Thank you Jonny for an outstanding lesson that describes my journey in music, thank you so much for sharing and explaining each point carefully and passionately. GBU🙏
Great lesson! Most helpful for me were 7, 8, 9, 11. I’ve made a note to rewatch those and practice each technique. Thank you for these practical tips!!
Great tips which are easy to follow. What I need help with is how to fit my keyboard part into a group with guitars and singers (no drummer). So I'm trying to provide the bass with left hand and riffs in the guitar gaps with my right hand. All of the sheet music and you tubs seem to be just as solo accompaniment, not part of a band.
Egads...Mistake #6 JUST DESCRIBED MY ENTIRE LIFE! Okay...MOOOOAR INVERSIONS KEVIN. Thanks Jonny, you always inspire me man...keep up the great work. I was going to build videos showing folks how to play old style gospel hymns, but now all I really have to do is point them to you and let them figure out which style they wanna do it in. You just saved me time!
by the by...I love how Jonny just casually plays a three-note chord with his left hand spanning MORE than an octave. He just knocks it out like it's nothing. I can BARELY get a 9th (one note above the octave). Yer killin me man...
Have to place bugreport here. All short live examples on corresponding PWJ page and at PWJ site in general always have a freeze between third and fourth second. Very annoying
Thank you for this video! I share a free bite by bite “learn to read music” program on my RU-vid channel in the hopes of making music literacy accessible to all!
