2 Essential Jazz Piano Exercises

Подписаться 471 тыс.

Просмотров 23 тыс.

50% 1

Become a PianoPig member at bit.ly/PianoPigAcademy
In this video, I show you two essential exercises for developing your jazz piano skills and technique.
Exercise 1 is all about diatonic 7th chords. This is great for improving your ability to see all the possible chords within any given key, as well as your general technique.
Exercise 2 is all about shifting between different scales smoothly. This exercise can be infinitely developed but this is its most basic version. This will help with your technique as well as your general navigation of the instrument.
Use these as a warmup for the next 3 months, and you'll continue to see huge benefits across your playing.
*******************************************
PianoPig is an online platform for piano lessons in HD, covering scales, chords, soloing and more. For beginner, intermediate and advanced players.
PIANOPIG MERCH: bit.ly/PianoPigMerch
Let's connect...
FACEBOOK: / pianopiglessons
INSTAGRAM: / piano_pig
*******************************************
TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:00 - Intro
00:45 - Exercise 1: Diatonic 7th Chords
03:19 - Exercise 2: Chromatic Scale Shifting
06:17 - Summary

Опубликовано:

26 июл 2024

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 43

@bootsieragansings Год назад

I love diatonic 7 chords- they so soothing to my ears. 💜

@cskeys9297 2 месяца назад

Thank you sir ❤

@mrmadamhy Год назад

Great set of exercises well explained I'm in!

@hensonindembukani5528 Год назад

Awesome, I love that technique.

@culturedslob 8 месяцев назад

These exercises have utterly humbled me

@noeljones854 Год назад

Thanks G💯

@adrianpolley9419 Год назад

Thanks Simon, will give it a go. 😉

@ShenSang Год назад

Very useful information. 👍Great lesson . Thank you 🌹🙏

@christloen4077 Год назад

Yes!!

@lekingm5642 Год назад

very nice video and interpretation well done my friend good evening leking m

@richarpadilla1891 Год назад

Great video as always Simon ! I'm following your advice, trying to make melodic lines using the notes of a scale,i'm practicing this over some progressions from your own tutorials ! ,i'm a classical trained pianist, this have been hard for me , thanks for your advice !

@Piano_Pig Год назад

That's great to hear Richar! Keep up the good work 🎹🐷

@coloaten6682 Год назад

Great, everyone's favourite, scale exercises! 🤣 j/k...these do actually look interesting :)

@Piano_Pig Год назад

They may not be the most exciting thing to practice - but they are very effective at making you a better player

@LoveAllReality 2 месяца назад

Jazz Hanon 😊

@user-fn8fm2vl6w Год назад

As with all Jazz exercises, how fast should you play these to still be able to apply the technique in actual playing ? I feel like if you play the arpeggios as quickly as you in the video, it just becomes muscle memory for this one exercise. Thanks

@Piano_Pig Год назад

Start off very slowly! If you're playing these exercises and keep making mistakes, then you're practicing too quickly!

@Joe7pack Год назад

Simon, great tutorial. You packed some really powerful exercises into a short and concise video. Bravo! My only problem, I'm Jewish, we don't eat pork, is Piano Turkey or Duck ok?

@Piano_Pig Год назад

That’s man! I don’t eat pigs either - they’re pretty cool guys 🐖

@debford2836 Год назад

Thx Simon. In terms of using the exercises as a warmup - assume I don't have any other warm up exercises - how long would you suggest doing this each day before starting in on whatever else is on the practice agenda?

@Piano_Pig Год назад

Depends on what your goals are, but I recommend spending around 20% of your total practice time on things such as these exercises.

@debford2836 Год назад

@@Piano_Pig that helpful 🙏

@debford2836 Год назад

*is 😊🎶

@Joe7pack Год назад

I noticed that when playing the appegios in exercise 1, it appeared that you were alternating between using your middle finger and ring finger. So it's ok to use either fingering?

@jonahdavid8887 Год назад

Would you alter the fingerings for the diatonic 7th chords as you changed the keys?

@Piano_Pig Год назад

Yes, some keys require the fingering to be changed. But many keys will have very similar fingering

@jade8538 Год назад

Hi Simon -- quick question: On exercise # one, in your left hand you ascend using the fingering 1-2-3-5, but descending you're using 5-4-2-1. Any particular reason for the switch? (Love your site!)

@blissrae-ul3qk Год назад

Two things: Thumbs are actually both 1. So ascending is 5-4-3-1 and descending is 1-2-4-5. Now for your actual question. Piano fingering is a very personal thing that has been deliberated over for a long time. If you watch Simon he actually switches his fingering up a bit depending on the chord/key. Like if he has to hit an F# that would just be a bit uncomfortable with 2 (index finger) he may use 3 (middle) instead. Some pianists (Herbie Hancock, notably) use one fingering scheme for every chord and key. This is very consistent but you need to either be fairly dexterous or have at least mid sized hands. The main thing is to experiment and watch pianists you like and take note of the choices they make based on the context of the music. If it feels good to play, you can do it consistently, and it sounds good too, there is no reason to change anything. Otherwise, take information from the pianists you admire until you develop fingering models that work for you. This is the perfect way to start!

@jade8538 Год назад

@@blissrae-ul3qk Thx for that. Yes, I realize thumbs are both 1; I mistakenly had the ordering incorrect -- I meant 5-3-2-1 and 1-2-4-5, which is what I thought I saw in his LH when I slowed the vid down. But your larger point about fingering in general is well taken ...(and I had no idea Herbie used one fingering scheme for every chord and key.) Thx!

@blissrae-ul3qk Год назад

@@jade8538 No problem! It's an easy mistake to make, I have for years haha. Herbie is great, that tidbit came from his MasterClass if you are curious. Happy playing :)

@maestrodito Год назад

The struggle to "think" the chord starting with the 7th always make my brain stop to figure what chord I'm in. like start with B but you're in c7+ chord, not B something So brain pain

@Piano_Pig Год назад

Brain pain is good - just means you’re getting better