Beginner's Guide To Jazz Improvisation

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In this jazz piano lesson I show you how to improvise. We'll cover 'chord tone soloing', approach patterns, enclosures, rhythm, and how to practice improv.
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@jazztutorial 2 года назад

What video would you like me to make next? Please let me know the exact title you'd like to see, and specify what you'd like me to cover.

@Leomusicalheart 2 года назад

Upper structures 😎 👍🏼 🎶

@tagonminmyat7302 2 года назад

Please make more videos on the subject of ear training and transcribing songs.

@Leo-lp4zh 2 года назад

More approach patterns that you have not covered previously would be great! Your explanations are fantastic.

@aorden 2 года назад

Excellent. Next, I would like to see you take a complex tune (Stella by Starlight) or something like that and break down the harmonic structure (key centers, deceptive resolution, modal substituion) and your approach to improv on a more complex structure.

@HarmoniqMusiq 2 года назад

Easy steps to reharm.

@user-mp2ls7ck8c 7 месяцев назад

I've been a classical pianist for over 10 years now, and I've always thought jazz is impossible. This video was so perfectly clear and simple I was shocked at actually succeeding to implement this. Thank you so much!

@TheFertoledo 2 месяца назад

So low iq if you've been playing classical 10 years and can't figure out jazz

@archsys307 Месяц назад

i been a classical ballsist for 10 years

@JJ-zo7jv 8 месяцев назад

Literally 20 seconds in and I know this is gonna be a game changer

@akcel1211 2 года назад

I learned more in twenty minutes than in several hours! You are a genius at teaching! Everything seems so easy when we listen to you play and explain with passion how to do it. Really, what a talent!

@ikozbari Год назад

What he said…..

@Komatik_ Год назад

No lies detected.

@TehSilencerzz 2 года назад

By showing these tricks you have demystified a lot of jazz improv for me! Thanks alot!

@jazztutorial 2 года назад

That's great to hear Fred! Thank you. Do you have any other requests for new videos?

@TehSilencerzz 2 года назад

@@jazztutorial Hi Julian, I still haven't seen a lot of your videos, so I have plenty to work through at the moment. Thanks again!

@MrBadboomer73 2 года назад

@@jazztutorial one thing I’ve wanted to learn is how to play a non jazz song in a jazz framework. Take a song like Happy Birthday or Yesterday or whatever and show how it can be reframed in a jazz style. Show how you can vary the degree of complexity you take in a jazz approach. Can any song be reframed like this? Can Metallica be re-interpreted? Do you have to stick with the standard jazz chord progression through out or can you swing back and forth to suit the original song? Are there any techniques to employ to make sure you are taking the audience with you as you improvise around the root melody?

@brianwillett6534 5 месяцев назад

Finally!! Somebody made jazz understandable for me. You, my friend, have opened up a whole New World to me. I’ve been playing piano for 50 years, and I’ve always wanted to play jazz, but I would get confused anytime I started. So once again, thank you.

@aktasluna 2 года назад

I am a classical pianist & composer and I am so interested in playing jazz. I improvise everyday, sometimes it sounds jazzy sometimes very classical and sometimes quite contemporary. Your videos and sheet music help me a lot. Thank you very much dude, I am just so grateful to you. You know how to teach!

@kieranmckerracher5885 Год назад

Same here

@JoelElias2_1 Год назад

Hey ik this comment is one year ago but if you got any good videos that teach classical improv please tell me 🙏 I like jazz but personally I would like to go in the classical pathway

@filoue2583 9 месяцев назад

@@JoelElias2_1idk video yet, but me i take a scale, usually it's gonna be mimor or change a scale for it's sound more classical, like scale C, i change E to E flat and A to A flat and everything sounds good, for the melody of the left hand i do arpegios or chords/break chords, right hand just do everything you want in the scale, trille, chords, some chromatic if you want, octave. I hope it would help you, if you have any question, i can try to answer it. (And sorry for my bad english, im french)

@Trapgodvegeta 9 месяцев назад

Samee

@milesdoodling1054 2 года назад

This is the man who finally made me understand what modes are, I highly recommend you subscribe to his channel! Thank You!

@jazztutorial 2 года назад

Miles! It's so good to see you in the comments again. How are you doing? Thank you for your kind words

@Leomusicalheart 2 года назад

We missed you maestro 😊 👍🏼 🎉 glad to have you back! Greetings from Peru 🇵🇪 😃 🙌🏼

@jazztutorial 2 года назад

I missed you too Leo! I've had my hands full with a new baby but all is well. It's god to be back! Thank you for your kind words.

@xyzct 2 года назад

Very generous of you.

@achintyasinghbaghela1582 2 года назад

this is the single, greatest guide for imrpov I've come across on youtube, really thankful for this

@filipzawadzki9424 2 года назад

This is best improvisation tutorial I'm aware of. Now it seems way more approachable. Thanks 😊

@jazztutorial 2 года назад

Thank you Filip! If I'm going to teach a subject, I want to aim high and do the very best I can imagine. I'm so glad this one helped you. Let me know if have any future lesson requests

@maxin7036 2 года назад

Thanks for making peoples life better

@gennadygefter4011 2 года назад

Everything seems so easy when we listen to you play and explain with passion how to do it. Really, what a talent!

@BellchambersMusic 2 года назад

Great to see you on another superb video Julian. Your clear, no unnecessary frills attached approach cuts through to the chase and are fabulous for players and teachers.

@Robert-ts2ef 2 года назад

You are the best jazz teacher on the Internet and if I was a younger man who had lots of time on his hands, I would endeavour to try and learn to improvise as you teach it but I always got stuck on trying to play inverted chords quickly enough that I gave up in frustration. Still great to watch you though. 👍

@jazztutorial 2 года назад

Thank you so much Robert! I completely understand. To be fair I crammed years of learning into a 20 minute lesson here, but I'm so pleased you enjoyed watching : )

@back-seat-driver1355 Год назад

do not give up! Being not the youngest, i understand the problem! Practice steadily without overly enthusiasm will improve by time. I discovered a huge motivation could hinder the progress. good success and luck!

@danf8172 2 года назад

This is amazing, I was having so much trouble figuring out where to start and getting overwhelmed by scales but this feels so much more clear now!!

@kathiefleming2830 2 года назад

You are inspiring me to keep trying. How can my 4 1/2 yr old grandson be better than I? I’m glad he his. Has a great ear

@pgtips4240 2 года назад

The content you put out Julian is second to none! You completely demystify complicated subjects and make them accessible to those willing to just practice. Thanks for this amazing video.

@pmlb477 2 года назад

If you are serious about learning more, I highly recommend Julian's paid classes! I've done them myself, but I realized I wasn't quite ready for the time commitment. As soon as I can, I plan on re-joining! The lessons are so clear, and honestly just show the insane amount of time and effort that he's put into making jazz a lot easier to understand! Thank you!

@JCCuddy1 Год назад

I concur. I started the paid classes but had to drop out due to work commitments. I plan on rejoining as soon as I am able. Julian is an excellent pianist and teacher.

@davesattic1047 9 месяцев назад

Wow! I have been trying to get jazz improv under my fingers for years with lessons that were over my head and you made it so simple.I sat down at the piano after this short lesson and got immediately. Thanks

@CounterRhythms 2 года назад

This is one of the most helpful videos I've seen. You've really made certain things more clear in my mind. Thank you!

@roydelvallecsb6278 Год назад

This is unbelievable. The pace at which you teach is just makes it perfectly clearer for me. Thank you!

@ajperron658 2 года назад

This was an absolutely fantastic dive into improv. I have about 13 years of classic local music training but after starting jazz this was the one thing really holding me back. This is super helpful for making it sound great while still letting you understand the theory!

@adrianmwalija2204 2 года назад

Used to think I needed to memorize all those different types of scales to be able to improvise but now you have made my life simple.Awesomeness

@cjvanhofwegen 2 года назад

Learning to solo and improvise is extremely difficult. In this video you unlock the way to get started in a very clear and simple way and you give very useful tools! Awesome!

@adamyohan 2 года назад

Great to see you back bro

@hansramirez6564 2 года назад

i'm watching this for the second time and holy smokes i cannot stress enough how much the half step approach and the enclosure approach has helped me. thank you so much

@AndrewSmith-wh3lo Год назад

This is an amazing video. In twenty minutes you've given me a couple of years worth of keyboard practice exercises. I started piano in lockdown aged 55 so I am in no rush to learn to read/write music but I like the fact that you provide extension tasks for those who have those skills. Thank you so much. Andrew

@richardjordan6518 2 года назад

I think Julian just took me from a beginner jazz pianist to a professional in 19:45 seconds... God Bless you sir for your kindness and sharing with us!! Gonna digest your vids for sure!! Thanks for teaching with such clarity! I feel like this vid could be titled "Pro Piano for Beginners!!" Hehe!!

@SharpPC1248 2 года назад

Fantastic collection of improvisation techniques blended into a single video. Excellent!

@marcopepe4046 2 года назад

Hi Julian. It's always a pleasure to see your videos, extremely clear! You created my bases when I started to learn the piano 4/5 years ago. Many thanks, have a nice sunday!

@Erny1389 2 года назад

trying to learn improvisation for a about 6 months, this video is the most useful that i have come across! Amazing job. Absolutely brilliantly done!

@gildaschecker4918 Год назад

All these exercises are absolutely phantastic: easy to understand and it sounds so good and really professonal. I can't wait to practise tomorrow. Thank you, Julian, so much and best wishes to you for the new year!

@pensive_ Год назад

Fantastic thanks. This just proves the point that keeping it simple is the fastest way to develop. Too many teachers try to make ill begotten money and will try and mistify the obvious in order to throttle the max $ out of a student. I used to teach jazz guitar decades ago. I always tried to do exactly the same simple but fast track methods such as he does in his ii V I (vi) examples above. My biggest problem was that students expected it to be really difficult and was their biggest obstacle breaking the mindset that it MUST be diffcult.. This demonstrates it fantastically.

@zebra3girl110 2 года назад

This is massively helpful! I've been primarily a classically trained piano player for many years but have been wanting to dive more into jazz and gospel. This video was very clear and provided great tips that were easy to understand. Thank you!

@wildhorsemusic1111 10 месяцев назад

Wow I'm only 1/3 the way through and you unlocked a musical universe for my mind. Multitudes of thanks!

@sandrahabr884 2 года назад

Your videos are very educative and helpful! Thank you for the effort you put into this video and thank you for all your valuable information

@jean-paulbalmann6257 11 месяцев назад

Thank you my dear friend. I'm frenh. I don't speak english. I Côme from Island of Réunion in Indian Océan (proximité of Madagascar) My Département is French. Merci infiniment. You are à véritable pédagogue. Thank you very much. I am Flutist and your l'Essonne is 👍👋 A bientôt. JEAN-PAUL

@christophercoughlin9493 Год назад

I'm a guitar player but these tips are just as valuable for me. Thanks so much for your good work!

@norbertmunch5809 2 года назад

Hi Julian, as always, a great video with an excellent and well understandable explanation on the approach patterns for basic Jazz chord progressions as the II V I. Many thanks!

@chloetumong7604 2 года назад

Thank you so much for this video! I’ve learned a lot in a efficient and fun way, and now I just can’t wait to improve my jazz solos and pimp them up a bit.

@Turtlpwr Год назад

Oh my goodness this explained things more clearly than I’ve seen in years. Could never get my mind around any of it until now. Thank you

@biscotte5794 2 года назад

I love your videos ! Thank you so much for your clear explanations, you're such a good teacher ! I'm discovering a new world, I enjoy now trying to improvise ! I thought I wasn't good enough... it just makes sense to know how it works. Great job Julian !

@freddyluckily6286 2 года назад

This lesson is very helpful. Great visuals make the lesson very clear and easy to understand. Excellent work!

@jazztutorial 2 года назад

That means so much for me to hear. The visuals take the longest, but I believe they are essential to learn jazz theory

@joshuabaker7411 2 года назад

I have always had an interest in jazz piano, but was always too intimidated to ever try. Thank you for making this accessible to me. You are a great teacher

@leighallannewton Год назад

I've needed this set of ideas on improvising for over 40 years. Now I have something clear to practise. Many thanks.

@MarkinaMD 2 года назад

Hi Julian! That's the most understandable explanation for me! Thank you very much!

@chriszablan2260 Год назад

Thank you so much for your time and effort put into this video! It has been so helpful with some improvisation i’ve been struggling with. My next step is making some more interesting left hand comping!

@marloncharles7328 2 года назад

Always enlightening on the musical journey..love and respect.

@qsd1987 2 года назад

Thanks Julian, I have been set me free through your tutorial from what others RU-vidrs made look very complicated. I've been wanting get out of my simple and blues way of playing over the past 23 years. Jazz always looked sophisticated and way beyond my skill set but here I am doing what I only dreamed about over the years. I only watched your clip above twice and I'm finding myself entering the wonderful world of jazz. Your teaching and communication skills are exceptional. Thanks again friend.

@wayneyeargain9064 2 года назад

Great explanation of jazz, I'm going to learn this , I think I'm a jazz fan now. Never really understood any thing about this before, always just seemed like a lot of complicated chords.

@antoniojoya2254 2 года назад

Excelente Maestro, gracias por ese regalo

@daviddavis5177 11 месяцев назад

This was beyond helpful. Thank you. I’ve learned more about improv in this video than in the last 15 years I’ve sought to learn. Thank you again

@roddonegan1623 2 года назад

Exactly what I have been looking for, for a couple of year now. Totally brilliant. I get it !!!!

@cn1577 2 года назад

The best 19:45 minutes lesson on RU-vid. You deserve a Medal in teaching. 🥇 This video is very helpful. Tks Julian & Best Wishes 💝

@kaichalmers7029 2 года назад

Well one thing that I admire in this video is your approach regarding your communication. You are very specific, the ideas are precise and clearly conveyed. 😀

@awightman1221 Год назад

This tutorial was the BEST!!! I already have the chops to do a lot of damage with this, I just never knew the jazz formula and honestly didn't know there was one. This is MIND BLOWING!

@colinrees9473 2 года назад

Julian this video is absolutely brilliant, thank you so much..

@fredrickmendelsohn606 2 года назад

Julien this tutorial is the best explanation of improv that I have enjoyed. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us, love your teaching style.

@danielcarlheister680 Год назад

Wow Julian, great video. I am a professional jazz trombonist and have been wanting to learn to improvise on piano. This is the most concise and helpful video I have ever seen on the subject. Thanks

@lan9012 Год назад

OMG! This is so far the best and easiest tutorial for piano improvisation I found online. Thank you so much! ❤

@violetatio3224 10 месяцев назад

I just learned how to form the extended harmony from the natural key and learned and understood Jazz Thank you very much.

@ASDPOWER 3 месяца назад

And suddenly it all clicks and i understand jazz!!!! awesome lesson seems so easy when you say it lol!!!

@BeWellAndResonate 2 года назад

I'm new to piano, and of course therefore new to jazz piano. I'm finding your videos tremendously helpful. I like to get some understanding of the scope of what is to be learned and "mastered" eventually. Just the way my mind works. Thanks for the videos. I'm in no hurry to put it all together, but it's nice to hear what's waiting for me to play with down the road.

@broggsey 2 года назад

Phenomenal video for me at this point in my practice

@zackmartinez7912 2 года назад

Thank you Sir! This Actually helped me a lot. I will continue to improve!

@vandilsonmorais4539 2 года назад

Dicas excelentes !! Obrigado por compartilhar seus conhecimentos!!!

@tedturner03 2 года назад

This is the best video on - “how to” improv on the web! Period! I have seen them ALL!!!!! You really are the best teacher on the web. Bravo and thanks!!!

@masambeni Год назад

This was by far the most helpful video I have ever seen on how to improvise. Thanks so much! Now to the piano to practice what you have taught me

@JoelBursztyn 9 месяцев назад

Thank you very much for this wonderful video!! I read the comments and I agree with all them!!

@sydrose13 2 года назад

This is a very important lesson for people trying to get that bebop sound but stuck in playing scales. I wish I had a video like this when I was learning these ideas, would have saved me a lot of time with just playing the major scale or modes not looking at chord tones or chromaticism

@justinebach5387 Год назад

The most honest lesson about Jazz on RU-vid.

@cesarjcastellanos 2 года назад

Me encanta la explicación, a pesar de que no hablo perfectamente Inglés. I like your videos. You are a great teacher

@garreth4137 7 месяцев назад

Thank you for this lesson. Learning piano improv is such a fun journey, and videos like these make it manageable to keep on progressing and finding new things to do

@violetatio3224 2 года назад

Jazz improv exhaustively and clearly explained . Need to practice as you showed in this video. Thank you very much.

@teodorocromberg 9 месяцев назад

You are the Prometeus of jazz, Julian!! Thanks a lot!!!

@jasyn5667 2 года назад

good stuff man thanks for passing this on

@jazztutorial 2 года назад

Thank you Jason! Do you have any future video requests?

@jasyn5667 2 года назад

@@jazztutorial For years I was confused on how to get sharp and flat extensions to sound well. It's not very wise to use them as lead tones but rather use them as a harmony accompanying the lead tone. Most people show you how to build the dominant chords with flat and sharp extensions but don't show you how to voice them to sound amazing. You did point out in this video on having a stronger lead tone with certain notes in the chord. Your videos have helped me a lot through the years.

@FunkiGLoungeCafe 2 года назад

Thank you for this video!

@susannekalejaiye4351 3 месяца назад

All of this is so useful! I'm especially in need of the rhythm AND the talking with the pauses and the jumps up or down from previous! really useful

@lioneltall7219 2 года назад

Wow! 🤯 This is actually really helpful. Thank you sir! 🙏

@ericstephenvorm 2 года назад

Absolutely brilliant! Really excellent instruction. Thank you SO much for taking the time and energy to put these lessons together. I really truly appreciate your instructional style. Cheers!

@delbroox 5 месяцев назад

Amazing video I played piano for several years and approached jazz but in a bit of a chaotic way. Having these guidelines is great. Great job

@yodahetafesse9181 2 года назад

That's awesome!

@osamubenny1466 9 месяцев назад

Thanks...this is what I have been looking for years. The way you teach is amazing.

@thriftylady662 2 года назад

Wonderful teaching. I'm brand new to jazz but desperately want to learn. Your calm style and well explained lesson makes my fingers itch to be up and "at it". Thank you 😁

@deetissera1492 2 года назад

Amazing! I have just checked out a couple of your videos and now have an idea of what and how jazz music is played ! Although i have studied classical piano i could never attempt to play jazz ! Going through these videos i feel i can uncover the mysteries of Jazz music ! I have also just downloaded some of your suggested materials ! There is hope for me ! Thank you so much for the great work you do !🙏

@naitbyeva 2 года назад

Perfect, awesome!!!!! Love your work!!!

@Mullorporlan 2 года назад

Hello Julian. How nice to see you again and explaining those very basic concepts about jazz improvisation. I have been subscribed to your channel for a long time and whenever I am lost I turn to those invaluable advice, because they will always be with me. Continue to delight in your teachings, especially to those of us who still struggle so hard to get the fingers of their hands to hit the correct key; you know what i mean. Thanks for everything, friend.🤩😷

@jazztutorial 2 года назад

Thank you so much Gerado! I'm so glad my videos are a go to resource for you. That's what I try to do, and I have many more yet to make. Let me know if you have any future lesson requests?

@matthiaszielinski2343 4 месяца назад

I learned classical piano and was always impressed by jazz improvisation but it seemed so far away. This was such an eye opener, thank you!!

@anthonysilva5312 2 года назад

Nice breakdown !

@emery1057 Год назад

Absolute best video to intro to improvisation I’ve ever seen. I took a course on improv and it was very similar to this. But this is so good!!!

@niconiconnu 2 года назад

This is awesome man. I wish I had seen these types of tutorials a bit sooner haha. Every time I played a solo in my high school band I would always just use the blues scale. Yeah sure it sounds good, but it doesn’t always work and it kinda gets boring! Your tips about the “whole step above” and the “half step below” and the “enclosures” were so good. I’ll really try and master these as it they sound so good when you play them!