Incredible content man! Glad to have found your channel, just know that you are helping a lot of pianists to enjoy their playing and improve at their instruments. Thanks a lot and God bless you :)
I bought your rhytmic excercises pack, and that was my first connection to you channel. This kind of videos cover so much great tips and tricks and our on point and fast. Big support!!
Hey, awesome! Thank you for your contribution in the realm of art and music! By the way I love the way you present and explain the material, you are great musician and truly have the ability and talent of teaching! Thank you again, it is very interesting, clear, digestive and educative your videos. Good luck✌️👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏
Hey, thanks Arutyun. That means a lot to hear! I appreciate you letting me know. Keep practicing and I'm very glad to hear all the information is helpful to you.
Hey, great videos. Do you take requests? Theres one I'm working on right now that I would like if you could break it down. It's a little complicated one,
I’m only 2:09 into your video, but already I’m looking at your use of the 6/9 chords and thinking, “Noah’s studied the Barry Harris Method!!” Might I be correct in that observation?
Hey man, great stuff, thanks. Just wondering if you have a video that addresses the pentatonic shapes you're using in your right hand improv? I'm really keen to add that sound to my playing but I'm yet to have anyone explain it to me fluently. Thanks again from Melbourne, Australia.
Hey Theo, great question- I actually think it's easier than it sounds. The great thing about these substitutions is that they really work regardless of what the other musicians are doing, and it's really up to the guitar player to either 1) follow what you're doing or 2) leave you the space to change the chords! Make sense?
Hey what's up Ramon! That's a really great question. So, sometimes I'm guilty of using the terms interchangeably, but here's how I would define the difference: -Substitutions are short chord replacements inside a progression, regardless of any bass or root motion. You still end up in the same places, you just might sub out a II-V and get to the I differently. -Reharmonization is especially important when speaking regarding a melody. You can simply substitute chords, but they might not function well with a melody note. When you reharmonize, you change one chord for another chord that still works great with that same melody. For example, if you have a G in the melody and a G7, you could change for an Em7 chord instead, and this would reharmonize the melody. However, overall, I really think of substitutions as a type of reharmonization, like they fall under the umbrella of reharmonization. Not 100% sure if that's the most technical way a theoretician would describe it, but that's my two cents! Does that make sense?
Hi Noah. I was playing the piano right now and there was a chord , but minor, I mean , an Am. I stuck on this for at least 16 bars for impro. How can I adapt your lesson for minor chords? thanks
Hey Christianne, you can actually try using the same intervalic patterns for minor substitutions- move your chords up in minor thirds, or up in whole steps and see how it sounds.
Hi! Wonderful video. Does it work to change chords on the left hand keeping the bass playing in C? For example, a Cmaj as you said. I play C and then Fm6. If the bass player keep playing C ok, right? Even If I move to C, Eb, Gb, A as an effect? Thanks a lot
Hey Christianne, yes, exactly. Even if the bass player keeps playing the same thing, the point of this exercise is that you can use these chords as substitutions on top of the bass line.
where's that lick from that you played at 2:48? I heard peter martin play the same thing in one of his videos. I'm wondering if it's from somewhere in particular.
Hey Christianne, thanks for your question. I don't have a specific PDF that covers this at the moment, but I will be talking about it more in depth in a really awesome course I'm working on. I can't say too much now, but shoot me an email if you think you may be interested! JazzPianoConcepts@gmail.com
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