@MangoldProject, I slowly practiced my left hand against a metronome following this pattern. And not only did I learn this stride style, but it feels like this helped develop much stronger hand independence
Indeed. This puts quite a bit of pressure on the left hand and is the basis of more advanced jazz playing styles, where the hand tends to jump between playing bass in the lower registers and chords in the middle registers (made most famous by Art Tatum, I believe).
I really appreciate your lessons - and particularly this one. Living in deep Mexico, I have no chance to get in contact with other pianists and you are my virtual piano teacher since almost 2 years. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
Thank you again ....always interesting and informative ...I was taught a bit different by playing the tonic with my pinkie , moving up an octave to play the first and third leaving your hand in position to play the alternate bass ( 5th) with your pinkie . Works on majors and minors well but the choice of where to best interject 6ths, 7ths and 9ths was never taught ...Admittedly using the full chord and double bass sounds so much better ...as always , thank you for sharing ..
I have a jazz flute background and I'm continuing with the piano basics we were taught. This tutorial is so well done! I finally understand what we only had time to touch on and your teaching style is top notch. Thank you :)
You're right Simon - this is ragtime. For anyone interested, I suggest listening to Dick Hyman - Ragtime to Stride Lesson. This, for me , is the definitive appraisal of Ragtime v Stride - with some swinging Stride playing thrown in. I also have learned from elsewhere that the term 'Stride' was not immediately conferred upon the orginal artists who developed the style (Waller, etc). Joplin predates the Stride development - you could never describe his music as Stride. Stride is a swinging style, not present in the orignal ragtime pieces. I claim to have a little knowledge as I play both ragtime and stride and have done so for many decades, although not as well as I would like!
I have been following for a long time - now I own a beautiful acoustic - and all of a sudden - tension in my fingers - can you please give me a link to exercises - I have straightened the position of my pinky - wha a relief - thanks - you are amazing 🤗
@@Kinobambino Scott Joplin was an American composer and the preeminent composer of ragtime music. Maple Leaf Rag and the Entertainer are particularly famous compositions. James P. Johnson was another famous American pianist. He played in the stride style and he's a key figure in early jazz. Best known for "The Charleston".
Thank you so much sir 🙏 I found what I want....is there more techniques like strides ... please enter the name of techniques in comment because I don't know how many techniques exist to play piano it will be more easy if all techniques name provided by you ...I can search and play ... thanks again for your efforts 👍👍🎵🎼🎶🎹
I actually think I understood that, on a definion and listening level. And I have NEVER played a piano or learned a note! WOW YOU'RE GOOD! I hope you're rich. You certainly deserve to be. Dutch/Belgian?
I find this video helpful, I just have a question. What if I want to play melodies on the right hand, I find myself concentrating on the right hand too much that I need to look at the keys I'll press and neglect the left hand in return, missing the right note after the jump on the left. How to deal with this?
I'm pretty late to the party here, but if anyone sees this and could answer my question I'd be very grateful: should the pedal be used at all when playing stride? And if so, what's the best way to implement it, just by going for legato with the melody?
This is not stride piano. Joplin played ragtime, not stride. Stride was popular in the 1920s and 1930s, originating in Harlem. Ragtime was popular from the late 1890s to the late 1910s. Ragtime and stride are often confused because ragtime uses a striding left hand. Stride Piano is a little less confining than ragtime because there is more room to improvise and less repetition. Some stride pianists were Fats Waller, James P. Johnson, Willie "The Lion" Smith, etc. Hopefully that helps 😁.
I always thought they where the same like this gentleman but it is slightly different. So like it was said Joplin=Ragtime Waller=Stride. They are similar but slightly different like Jazz and Bebop
+Mark McKibbin Not really, they're actually very simple. In the key of C you'd see a lot of C, G7, F, F7, A7, D7, E7 (not in this order). There are also more minor sounding stride pieces. You many times see simple 5-1 progressions or 2-5-1 progressions.
You're right. Scott Joplin was the king of ragtime. Stride came later and grew out of ragtime. Stride is basically a fancier version of ragtime with more distance between the bass notes and the chords in the left hand, and fancier figures in the right hand to act as a counterpoint to the lower bass notes in the left hand. On youtube, you can check out the videos of Stephanie Trick to get a good sampling of stride piano music.
Unfortunately not ... But I'm thinking of doing a similar and more modern version of this video at some point, and might give a broader historic perspective.
" stride piano is mostly associated with the composer Scott Joplin" Youre worng here, I ve never heard people mention him as the main dude of stride. Thats probably because he did not Play or compose in stride. He was a Ragtime pianist.
