Hi Stijin. I have just stumbled across your Channel. I am in awe at your level of knowledge of jazz and high level of proficiency at all aspects of piano. Your transcriptions are so clear and uncomplicated- so lucky us to have the benefit of them for free. And I appreciate that you do not include a long and boring lecture at the start of each segment - your expertise speaks for itself! Thank you so much for all this.
So 1) a song I didn't know about that 2) is excellent and 3) I really want to play and 4) a fantastic arrangement to get started on. It's a day ending in -y in Stijn Wauters World. You will be in trouble with all the other songs I'm supposed to be working on!
Actually you can decide for yourself! Just try both options, and usually there will be one option that sounds and feels better.. Very often the melody will determine whether to play 1-3 or 1-7. And sometimes both options are possible, and in that case you can choose the one that works best for you..!
Darn that dream feels so weird to me harmonically, can't seem to grasp it. Could you maybe do a wholde video on it? This is very helpful too though! Thanks man you're the MVP.
Sure, you can play them with a bass player. Most bebop pianists (including Barry Harris), and others like Horace Silver or Sonny Clark often use shells in the LH. Shouldn’t be a problem!
Thank you! When you have a long note in the melody you can easily repeat the root or one of the guide tones to keep the time or to fill in the gap. Or you can repeat that melody note. There are no strict rules. You can even leave some space by not filling in the gap (for example with a bass player).. Hope that was of help..! :-)
This is great! On half diminished chords is there a rule of thumb to use to choose between voicing the 3rd or flat 5 if you do one or the other but not both?
Hi, there are no specific rules for the thumb. Usually I would play the guide tones with my thumbs, but that’s certainly not always the easiest possibility (depends on the melody and on the previous chord.). But to answer your question, on that specific Am7(b5) chord with the Eb in the melody, it’s quite difficult to play the 3rd in the RH (out of reach), so I choose to play the Eb instead. Normally the system as shown in the video would work on most chords, but sometimes you have to look for another solution.. Hope that answered your question..? :-)
@@StijnWauters The expression "rule of thumb" that Craig used means "a rough and useful principle", not "a rule *for the* thumb". :) I think Craig's question was more "Do you play the flat 5th instead of a 3rd or 7th to keep the flavour of the diminished interval?" Thanks again and again for your super helpful tutorials. I realise the amount of work you put in them and I'm very grateful for that, as are many others!
@@StijnWauters If I ever become anything of a Jazz pianist it will be largely due to your channel and these excellent lessons of yours. The only other channel that comes close is "en blanc et noir," which explores Baroque Improvisation. Thanks a million times over.
