Probably one of the best explained, clearest lessons I’ve ever seen. As a guitarist, (and a real butcher pianist) I play a lot of 8 & 12 bar blues. One thing I’ve noticed over the years, most of the piano players that have jammed with me or the groups I’ve been in, always seem to struggle playing simple turn arounds like these. Not sure why that is?? I’ve only met a couple of keyboardists ever, who could really hold their own in a 12 bar turn around, or especially a swing type shuffle. Your playing sir is fantastic. Well done!
I will say it again, you are an amazing piano teacher! As a 71 year old dude I have so much fun playing runs and riffs and turn arounds! And chord progressions! Greetings from me in Denmark.
There are tons of folks teaching Blues / Boogie Woogie on RU-vid. Many of them are really good at playing, but very few can break things down into small enough increments that allow me to learn something new from each lesson. The only other Boogie Woogie RU-vidr who teaches like you is Flint Long, and I really enjoy his simple "down-home" method of speaking and teaching. You are an accomplished pianist yet passionate about teaching simple step-by-step ways to learn the piano regardless of music genre. Thank you so much for putting so much effort into providing such great lessons. BTW - I have had to refrain from jumping from one lesson to the next without thoroughly learning the one I'm on. That's because I can't wait to see what you teach next and I love to hear you play...lol
These videos are a godsend, Jay is fabulous! For those struggling, try what I've done to help when I struggle: 1) slow the speed of the video (hit the gearwheel at the bottom of the video and select 0.75, 0.50 etc and to deal with rythmn, 2) where I wasn't getting the timing of chord stabs or where a note falls relative to the bass note, I put the notes into notation software and play it back to see if it agrees with Jay's playing of it. Big issue here though : software that can't handle swing. You can try making the 8ths into triplets, but it doesn't feel quite right and is too complicated for some phrases. Better to use more expensive software, but I persevere and once I work out which notes R and L coincide, it works with a bit of practice. My bugbear is whole-bar basslines. I add the RH and often then the bassline is repeats of beats 1 and 2, not the whole 4-beat bassline. I had to record myself to confirm this was happening! So I try to watch my LH, though the RH often goes off! But that's what keeps it interesting I suppose! Any tips would be gratefully received! 🤣
The biggest thing I learned from Jay was in one of his early Boogie Woogie lessons, where he stressed learning ONE bass pattern so well that you could converse with someone while playing it. I still remember the line in his tutorial that said, "Play it over and over and over... you get it." He said, "I played this line for an hour each day for a few days straight until I could play it without thinking about it." Playing the same line for an hour is a challenging thing to do! Especially starting slowly to ensure that each note is correct before speeding it up a bit or moving to the 4 chord, then the 5th and then altogether... over and over and over and over! This makes all the difference for me. I can then focus on timing in the right hand, first with simple chords and then with fills and variations of the same chords like Jay showed in this video. I live alone, so I can't converse with someone, so I decided to do something else, like dusting the piano or reading a book while still playing the bass line. I now have a repertoire of 5 different bass lines I can use because I did the same thing with all of them and only added a new one after thoroughly learning the preceding one.
Jay, you might just finally bring me to my years long dream of playing improvised Boogy, having so much fun just sifting through all your vids! Gonna run down to the piano to begin :)
This is some killer information. i learned a ton today. that "quick to 4" idea and the 4 then 5 on bars 9+10 sounds fresh I like all these lessons with some bass and drums added. I practice with a beat as a metronome, so this is much more at home for me. that LH at 9min where you use the top note root vs the usual bottom is pretty cool. this was a great video, for me at least.
have been playing organ a few years, still consider myself a novice, especially since left hand co-ordination is weak. This tutorial video opens up a whole lot of possiblitiies, have to see how can apply to songs the band plays (mostly 60s rock). However it goes I see fun ahead
@@jayacoustics9150 besides helping me get my hand independence, I am looking to use this technique to help me get better with classic (60's) rock and possibly doo wop back up. had my first keyboard lesson at age 66 after first bout of lung cancer got me off the floor
Fab stuff Jay, loved the part where you switched to E sounded like Little Richard Great Gosh Almight, and like that left hand from 5:50 looks tricky but cool
Superb hand independence overall but I especially like the last groove( best for last). Hope I can get there someday. You have enlightened me to the root 6 chord and how nicely ( and easily) the 4 and 5 9th chords play. Thank you🙂
amigo muy ilustrativo tu tutorial solo que por favor no alcanzo a ver bien lo de la mano derecha podrías hacer un tuto. De la armonía en mano derecha x favor no ablo inglés saludos de tu alumno de México
I thing that after some lessons you forgot the beginners and you play piano for advanced Players. Otherwise I cannot understand how it is possible for us to read what you write what you play, your hands, your fingers, the passing chords you play etch. Keep doing the Magnific and unbelievable work who am I to say that it is not so
this was a very basic lesson. this was chord progressions not "what is a c note" Jay could not survive if all he taught was level1. i already learned level 1. what about me and the other people who practice hard and are learning from these videos? This may just not be the correct video for you yet. look at jay's other videos. you can also stop/rewind/play at 1/4speed this video. dont be so lazy and help yourself a little bit too..and KEEP PRACTICING! lol. you will get there. best of luck.
@@jjrusy7438 You are in a hurry my friend to say something. I respect Jay as a piano player, I respect his great work. I also respect all the piano hard workers like you. I think that all the greats must respect all of us the LAZY (really how you know this), adult beginners. The only thing I asked from Jay was not to downgrade the quality of his lessons and lost customers like you, but to slow it down a bit in order to gain viewers like me.
Hey John, I totally agree with you and in my view you were in no way criticizing Jay, who is just awesome. All you did was ask for a slow down for those of us who aren't up to this kind of speed. jj rusy is wrong to insinuate that guys like us are lazy. On the contrary, we are motivated to ask our mentor (Jay) for additional help. Bill
