Lady Bird: Journey Through The Real Book

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A jazz piano lesson to help you learn Tad Dameron’s jazz standard “Lady Bird.”
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Tadd Dameron’s “Lady Bird” as an essential jazz tune to learn 0:00
The musical form and tonal structure of “Lady Bird” 0:15
Learning jazz standards in a complete way 0:55
Learning about Tadd Dameron 1:22
Miles Davis’ tune “Half Nelson” as based on “Lady Bird” 1:57
Tadd Dameron as pianist 2:20
How to play jazz piano if you don’t enjoy soloing 3:02
Embellishing the melody during the piano solo 3:21
Thinking “orchestrally” at the piano 4:27
When was “Lady Bird” composed? 4:53
The beginnings of Bebop 5:16
The “Prebop” period of the Late 1930s/Early 1940s 6:32
Swing Era riffs in “Lady Bird” 8:07
Were the flat 5’s in the original version of “Lady Bird?” 8:34
Miles Davis’ use of the flat 5 in Dave Brubeck’s “In Your Own Sweet Way” 10:33
The “Lady Bird” turnaround 11:01
Using the turnaround as an intro 13:08
Harmonizing the melody with big band-style block chords 13:22
“Jazzing up” the rhythms a little 13:50
Using a pedal tone on the turnaround 14:13
Continuing the pedal tone under the improvised solo 14:17
Playing the chord roots in the bass 14:29
Left hand rootless voicings 14:44
Left hand shell voicings 14:57
Developing a short motif 15:10
Longer right hand melodic lines 15:19
Playing faster notes in the solo 15:41
Returning to a simpler rhythmic feel 15:54
Block chords in the style of George Shearing and Milt Buckner16:05
Alternating block chord phrases with bass notes and chords 16:31
Single-note bebop soloing 16:57
Contrapuntal textures 17:25
Playing a left hand “bass” solo, with right hand comping 18:17
RH trills and flourishes over a LH melody 18:45
Harmonizing the tune’s melody with block chords 18:56
A softer feel, with chromatic inner lines in the voicings 19:10
Reharmonization 19:28
A more playful feeling 19:17
Repeating the turnaround for the ending 20:02
Playing the flatted 5th to evoke the tune’s melody 20:13
Explaining the ending 20:19
Learning “Lady Bird” and “Half Nelson” 20:48
The importance of enjoying what you can play and making the most of it 21:57
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Enjoy the journey, and "let the music flow!"
Ron

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@ezzeldakroryable Месяц назад

Lesson is great full of fantastic ideas and the upper camera is so good

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 Месяц назад

Thanks!

@budland2459 2 года назад

Thank you. It helps me a lot to study.

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 2 года назад

Good luck with your playing :)

@benninda 2 года назад

Another fantastic mini-lesson - thank you for that. And for the stunning performance!

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 2 года назад

Thanks Dana - it's a great tune to play!

@Aiden456live Год назад

It’s crazy to me how you’ve gotten this far into the real book and essentially giving us piano lessons on every song. I seriously appreciate your dedication, your videos have definitely helped me improve as a jazz pianist!

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 Год назад

Thanks Aiden - it's helping me too :)

@song4night 2 года назад

played with such a beautiful feel and springy tempo! loved it!

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 2 года назад

Thank you :)

@rinuadegbite8571 2 года назад

Thanks for the lesson , always a pleasure to learn new things!

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 2 года назад

I'm glad you liked this, Rinu - I feel the same way about learning new things!

@glennbrown2830 Год назад

Gonna dig this out now, might be a bit behond my dexterity.... but leaning curve.....great tutorial always makes me want play.. Thanks Ron..

@thomassawicki2065 Год назад

Hi Ron Playing Ladybird , the other thing that came to mind is that the turnaround is a substitution for: C Am Dm G7. Using b5 subs. Eb for Am. Ab for Dm. Db for G7 .

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 Год назад

Yes, exactly - they're tritone substitutions. Thanks for mentioning this!

@cianosbach 2 года назад

Thank you, again

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 2 года назад

I'm glad you're enjoying these :)

@JohnWilson-gb2jr 2 года назад

I loved your bit on embellishing the melody in soloing , made think a lot! Another great video , many thanks Ron!

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 2 года назад

I'm glad this is expanding your perspective on improvising, John. Check out Lester Young's solo on All of Me in his recording with Teddy Wilson.

@musicmovement 2 года назад

Wonderful lesson! this tune stumped for years!

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 2 года назад

Thanks Marc - mission accomplished! Have fun with it :)

@aorjogborne870 2 года назад

So very inspiring. Thanks for all these great videos. I really feel that I’m making progress using the ideas you are presenting. Talks are really interesting and motivating!

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 2 года назад

Yep - that's the goal! Congrats on your musical progress :)

@rachelgilders130 Год назад

So enjoyable watching you play!

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 Год назад

Thanks Rachel - much appreciated!

@jazzsecrets 2 года назад

Great

@steveha2865 2 года назад

Tadd Dameron also wrote the beautiful "On A Misty Night" and recorded a great album with John Coltrane. Thanks for the historical perspective on these tunes. Great work.

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 2 года назад

Thanks, Steve, I didn't know his album with John Coltrane. He has such a deep musical intelligence that everyone wanted to work with him. Similar to John Lewis.

@steveha2865 2 года назад

@@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 The Coltrane album was called "Mating Call" ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-zEc5qDBohlc.html. I meant to add that you are doing the jazz world a real service with this series. Please keep it up.

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 2 года назад

@@steveha2865 Thanks, Steve, these early Coltrane albums are wonderful and often overlooked. Thanks also for the support and kind words. I'm trying to pass along a way of looking at these tunes that seems to be gradually disappearing.

@brendaboykin3281 2 года назад

Thanx, Maestro 🌹🌹🌹

@thomassawicki2065 Год назад

At 12:43 you see the light, that is the whole cool thing about the turnaround . The pedal G plays throughout while the underlying chords change the function of the continuing G note. You should mention that the G is the b5 of the Dbmaj7 . And it answers the b5 melody notes in measures 4 and 8

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 Год назад

Good points, Thomas - thanks!

@brendaboykin3281 2 года назад

Thank you, Ron, for your encouragement on the creative journey. Lots of gems in this one:background on Tadd, inside memories of Billy, AND... your thoughts on the CreativeJourney =digging into and enjoying and using what you already have as the basis for anxiety-free growth. Wisdom, creative Guru, Wisdom. I NEEDED THAT!!!! Blessings, JazzBrother, Blessings. 🔥😎🔥

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 2 года назад

Thank you so much, Brenda! We'll all in this together :)

@alandynin1087 2 года назад

Hi Ron I always enjoy your sharing of the jazz historical context of these pieces ! Another piece from 1939 that makes use of the “bebop phrase”, or something similar, is, as I’m sure you know, Take The AcTrain ( yes, it is a minor 6th interval instead of a tritone,but close enough). Take The A Train is an extremely well known standard nowadays - likely one of the most instantly recognizable, for the general public, of early bebop inflected tunes - and I wonder if it was similarly popular in it’s day. If so - Maybe A Train helped establish the recognizability of the bebop phrase to the populace of it’s time (?) Just a thought… Anyways - Peace, Love and Jazz from a fellow jazz pianist and teacher ( and wannabe jazz cultural historian ! )

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 2 года назад

Hi Alan. Yes, you're absolutely correct about Take The A Train - I thought it was from 1941, not 1939! Ellington's In A Mellow Tone used the b5 in the very early 1940s, but it's more like a blues note in that tune. Ellington and Strayhorn certainly were a bigger influence on the beboppers than is generally spoken about. Max Roach told me that he actually played a gig with the Ellington band in his early days.

@ericmitchell9331 2 года назад

Hi Ron, thanks for the great lesson. In re: the E natural in bar 4, I've heard a number of recordings where they went to the F instead, following your idea that it might have been the original note.

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 2 года назад

Thanks Eric! It's interesting that players have recorded it with the F. I've never heard that, but it makes sense, right? Lady Bird is a nice hybrid of Swing and Bebop.

@ericmitchell9331 2 года назад

@@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 One detail I also learned from this lesson, Bebop is rhythm, rather than just fast notes over chord changes. I've never thought about it, but it makes total sense. I really dig your lessons, please keep them coming!

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 2 года назад

@@ericmitchell9331 Yes, Exactly! Total rhythm. A very specific feeling of energy.

@rachelsmename6 2 года назад

Ron, I'm really enjoying your Real Book tunes explanations and they're helping. I normally play solo piano, but now using rootless chord voicings with this song and others to learn to play in a trio setting. In a trio setting, can I add RH harmonic notes, such as the 3rd and 7th , and extensions below the melody, even though I'm using rootless voicings in the LH? I notice that many use a single melody line.

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 2 года назад

Yes, Rachel, this is a good idea! Use any chord tones you wish, not just the 3rds and 7ths. The exclusive use of 3rds and 7ths is waaaaaaay overemphasized in much jazz education these days. Have fun!

@rachelsmename6 2 года назад

@@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 Thank you so very much! This is very helpful!

@carlosrodenas61 2 месяца назад

I haven't managed to find a version previous to the Real Book version with the b5 on bars 4 and 8. This makes me think that those b5 are mistakes (or at least choices) in the Real Book version.

@rondrotoskeyboardimprov9453 2 месяца назад

Hi Carlos! Even though that's a logical train of thought, all the recordings I've heard have the b5. Have a listen and see what you find. Good luck with your music :)