I just want to remind everyone that this was written by a blind man at a time when this musical style was still nascent, as he was in the process of inventing it himself
And black and lived in the ghetto in the 50s AND he's the greatest living or dead musical savant so the odds were not stacked in his favor AND his music is catchy AND HIS MUSIC is clever AND HIS PRODUCTION AND DRUMMING SKILLS ARE ALSO AINT NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT ALSO HE WAS IN A MIND ALTERING COMA WHICH EVEN FURTHER UNLOCKED HIS SOUL TO SEE THE TRUTH OF WHAT MUSIC CAN BE AND WHAT IT CAN ACCOMPLISH LIKE IF A ALIEN CAME TO EARTH AND WAS DESTROYING A CITY AND STEIEVE WONDER WAS LIKE "We can stop this martian threat, we can stop him with the power of music!" IT WOULD WORK STIEVE WOULD WIN THEN HE WOULD SAY "I guess his species wasn't from Saturn" AND NO ONE WOULD LAUGH BRCAUSE NO ONE LISTENS SATURN OFF SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE EVEN THOUGH ITS A BEAUTIFUL SYNTHY SOULFUL TUNE
Probably the best guide I've seen on playing the actual riff PROPERLY! Thank you. I've seen this played incorrectly so many times (I include myself in that btw) - I even saw Prince play it at an after-show party; it was close, but not quite there. He managed to get away with it though ;)
Already been said below, but after watching a bunch of players give their best take on the clav parts, this is the first tutorial that 100% nails it. Thanks!
Strangely enough, Lenny Kravitz's 'Always on the run' has a similar pattern as part 1, regarding the two guitars playing interlocking sections of one guitar riff that has become legendary too. This tutorial made me take to keyboards: thank you so much, Jack Stratton!
you are great! I even found the original tracks of the mix (3-4 clavs) and still it was messing my head to figure it out how exactly he does it. I believe you are 90% spot on. thanks!
I love this tutorial, thank you so much. I'm a beginner piano player, and I'm practicing this. The timing is so hard, but challenging and FUN. I love this song! Greetings from Spain.
I could listen to that riff for hours the way you have it going! Damn! Those are some excellent deductions, also, regarding why it sounds like more than one clav but isnt. That totally makes sense.
Wow! I've never enjoyed electronic drums so much. What a pair it makes with your playing! It really hits me at 75% speed too actually :). Might I ask how you made the drum track?
This is fantastic, inspired me to learn it. I found one thing different, which is that Stevie clearly holds the octave Eb right before the right had crossover. And also, the ending of the riff rhythm is a bit different that what is done here although it does seem he mixes that up each time its played.
Ok duder ... This little tutorial, everything vulf for that matter... Definitely doing the most! Would love to hear your take on "Child of vision" supertramp!
This is the most accurate interpretation of "Superstition" that I've seen so far on YT. Good work! The ideas here match both the isolated clavinet tracks and the videos of Stevie Wonder playing the song live.
By the way, the right hand chord, the one you call "tapping", might also have a Gb on top some of the time. If you watch the clip of Wonder performing at the White House it's possible to see him playing those Gb's. Also, when I used the Snippz app to listen the the isolated studio track at slow speed, I thought I could discern the G flats on some of the chords. Your mileage may vary...
Man I read this video title as "How to play superposition piano" as if that was some fancy term for the 2 hand playing where 1 hand is percussive, it's only when he mentions Stevie Wonder I'm like "oh man I think that reads SUPERSTITION" fun times
Some notes about the production: I can confirm that there are two and only two clav parts. They took a split signal from the clav to feed directly to the console and a guitar amp, with both a close mic and room mic on it. The delay is from feeding the signal from the repro head of the clav amp track to another track DURING recording (no reamping). The echo track was also monitored off of its repro head and fed back to the record head, to feed back on itself. There isn't much compression (if any) on it, but he plays pretty hard, which makes it more percussive. P.S. There's a lot of very WONG "how to" videos about this song on YT. Yours is the most accurate I've seen.
Hey, a beginner question: Im looking for a not to expensive keyboard (up to 400€) with waightet keys, does anybody have a recommendation, to be able to play all this he is showing in this tutorials, like for example which one is used here, with the short keys. and which software do I need, ? :) Much Thanks, Im motivated to play all this :)
It's a Korg Microkey 61 with a wood adhesive decal on it. link: www.korg.com/us/products/computergear/microkey/page_1.php (61 key one) No idea where to get the wood decal, sorry.
I think this is an excellent arrangement but I’ve being listening to a slowed down audio of the isolated Clav from elsewhere on UA-cam and I don’t know where folks are getting this idea that there are multiple Clav tracks. I’m not finished yet but I’m hearing possibly one track with a dotted 1/8 delay. I can’t yet play it though. I don’t think Stevie is playing as many keys as people think.
So playing Superstition is very simple. You just need four hands, two clavinets, an impeccable sense of rhythm, and Vulf compressor.
Crunge92 vulfCOMPRESSION!
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7 clavinet parts
Love this comment.
Don't be so superstitious.
I just want to remind everyone that this was written by a blind man at a time when this musical style was still nascent, as he was in the process of inventing it himself
😂
Sublime! What you say is The Magic. This is the best Tuto
Newton is to calculus as Wonder is to clav funk
And black and lived in the ghetto in the 50s AND he's the greatest living or dead musical savant so the odds were not stacked in his favor AND his music is catchy AND HIS MUSIC is clever AND HIS PRODUCTION AND DRUMMING SKILLS ARE ALSO AINT NOTHING TO SNEEZE AT ALSO HE WAS IN A MIND ALTERING COMA WHICH EVEN FURTHER UNLOCKED HIS SOUL TO SEE THE TRUTH OF WHAT MUSIC CAN BE AND WHAT IT CAN ACCOMPLISH LIKE IF A ALIEN CAME TO EARTH AND WAS DESTROYING A CITY AND STEIEVE WONDER WAS LIKE "We can stop this martian threat, we can stop him with the power of music!" IT WOULD WORK STIEVE WOULD WIN THEN HE WOULD SAY "I guess his species wasn't from Saturn" AND NO ONE WOULD LAUGH BRCAUSE NO ONE LISTENS SATURN OFF SONGS IN THE KEY OF LIFE EVEN THOUGH ITS A BEAUTIFUL SYNTHY SOULFUL TUNE
@@corncobjohnsonreal What
You've heard of slap bass well this is slap piano
Most clavinet playing in a nutshell
THAT'S THE MAGIC!
Probably the best guide I've seen on playing the actual riff PROPERLY! Thank you. I've seen this played incorrectly so many times (I include myself in that btw) - I even saw Prince play it at an after-show party; it was close, but not quite there. He managed to get away with it though ;)
Bill Hader have some serious clavinet skills
gfmgma hah
Nono, this is jewish legend Jack Stratton
Lmfao
I can't unhear it
shit now i cant unhear it
We did feet one pair through Tonto btw.
WOW i knew i was barely scratching the surface
Wow it’s really you!
@@Vulf missed him by 11 months. So close😆👍
@@Vulf Someone kinda isolated the clavinet tracks if it can helps:
ua-cam.com/video/U5wsWeKbyYA/v-deo.html
Through TONTO for filtering?
Already been said below, but after watching a bunch of players give their best take on the clav parts, this is the first tutorial that 100% nails it. Thanks!
Vulfpeck should cover superstition.
YES
God please
With Antwuan on vocals, this would blow my mind.
letMeSayThatInIrish and play it very slowly! that would be epic
they do it in some of their concerts
Strangely enough, Lenny Kravitz's 'Always on the run' has a similar pattern as part 1, regarding the two guitars playing interlocking sections of one guitar riff that has become legendary too. This tutorial made me take to keyboards: thank you so much, Jack Stratton!
'Always on the run', such a great funk-rock song. Kind of forgotten one, but every time I listen to it I'm like uoooouh this is heavy, this is awesome
Everyone seems to have their own little way of playing this tune, I definitely borrowed a little something from this
you are great! I even found the original tracks of the mix (3-4 clavs) and still it was messing my head to figure it out how exactly he does it. I believe you are 90% spot on. thanks!
I love this tutorial, thank you so much. I'm a beginner piano player, and I'm practicing this. The timing is so hard, but challenging and FUN. I love this song! Greetings from Spain.
Wow the sound is so amazing, almost feel like guitar chords ! Love it!
Thank you so much fr this. I'm 68 years old and have been doing bastardized versions of this forever and finally with your tutorial I've got it right.
I understand exactly 0% of this but I can't stop watching
Only the booty can understand the funk! The mind cannot.
@Kasper Kleine Tank you good
Awesome! Extra thanks for showing how you're coming up with the sounds, I was drooling over the tone.
THAT'S THE MAGICCCC
“The chicken pickin’ pickup”
Vulfpeck's nearly square aspect ratio makes me nostalgic for the turn of the century and I didn't even know that was possible.
d-did I just buy and download NI scarbee clavinet? it all happened so fast please send help
haha! ur an pupperino :) :)
Oh yes. IMHO Scarbee has the best Wurli A200 and Rhodes MKI around too. Except for maybe Keyscape..?
I could listen to that riff for hours the way you have it going! Damn!
Those are some excellent deductions, also, regarding why it sounds like more than one clav but isnt. That totally makes sense.
THEYAAAETS THE MEYAAAGIC
Great video, thank you! "That's the magic, THAT'S THE MAGIC!"
I was looking for good way of playing it and my beloved Jack Stratton is here to help !!! Vulfpeck is the shit !
Wow! I've never enjoyed electronic drums so much. What a pair it makes with your playing! It really hits me at 75% speed too actually :). Might I ask how you made the drum track?
instructions unclear, stared at sun with telescope to become blind.
Well Stevie is blind so that's a good start.
lol i gouged an eyeball and tried to sell it online
that's step one done
This is fantastic, inspired me to learn it. I found one thing different, which is that Stevie clearly holds the octave Eb right before the right had crossover. And also, the ending of the riff rhythm is a bit different that what is done here although it does seem he mixes that up each time its played.
Thank you! Helpful as always :) Really appreciate you guys taking the time out to do these things for the fans.
Wow! Stevie is a real genius.
Oh. My. God. Fantastic breakdown, Brother Vulf. FINALLY!!! MAGIC!!!
I love the enfasis *Thats the MAGIC!*
MMMMMMMMMMM, Crunchy.......
omg thank you. been trying to figure this out forever.
This is AWESOME information! Gotta go try it on my keyboard......
"that's the magic!" ~ Vulf
THAT'S THE MAGIC !!! :)
I knew Stevie was an early adopter of Vulf Compressor
WOW you are geat for discoverng the way the tune was composed by the genIUS.i THANK YOU SO MUCH DON
where is my vulf sans what is this blasphemy font
May the tan bomberjacket last throughout the ages!
You are real clav virtuoso. Which VST clavinet u use? if it is not secret?
Ok duder ... This little tutorial, everything vulf for that matter... Definitely doing the most! Would love to hear your take on "Child of vision" supertramp!
That wood case is dope‼️
Thanks, this tutorial was simple, straightforward and great!
This is the most accurate interpretation of "Superstition" that I've seen so far on YT. Good work! The ideas here match both the isolated clavinet tracks and the videos of Stevie Wonder playing the song live.
By the way, the right hand chord, the one you call "tapping", might also have a Gb on top some of the time. If you watch the clip of Wonder performing at the White House it's possible to see him playing those Gb's. Also, when I used the Snippz app to listen the the isolated studio track at slow speed, I thought I could discern the G flats on some of the chords. Your mileage may vary...
that's the magic ..... THAT's the MAGIC!
Man, u are funky! Nailed it.
Thank you ! That helped me figure it out after all these years!
Mutton bi phase and tape delay
Man I read this video title as "How to play superposition piano" as if that was some fancy term for the 2 hand playing where 1 hand is percussive, it's only when he mentions Stevie Wonder I'm like "oh man I think that reads SUPERSTITION"
fun times
Such expressive hands.
Almost sounds like a reggae guitar rake. Cool use of a ghost note, Stevo!
DANGEROUS ATTACK! Oh Jack and 5 years later I am laughing about it. IMMORTAL!
Awesome tutorial
May I ask what model you are playing ?
Why I am here Im a drummer
So is Jack!
I am not even a musician
Your profile picture combined with your comment actually made me die of laughter
A piano is just a really big drumset, if you suspend all logic and reason.
I watch Harry Miree and I can’t keep a beat to save my life. Sound respects sound my guy
Awesome video and playing brother, thanks!!
You played this better than Stevie did on the original record!!!
Thank you so much Jack! I'm getting ready to play for a Halloween concert and this song was so hard to figure out. Great tutorial :)
I knew it was complex, but um. Damn Stevie!!
I fully understand you are in love of Stevie's Sesamestreet version. There he did this magic trick...
The original recording is done in 2 tracks guys, relax
Luv it👍🙂 Plus how the hell dya get David Lynch to narrate the video?
That's the MAGIC!
I love what your doing , could you make me a midi file. I would deeply appreciate
Thanks! What a riff!
"That's the magic! " 👍
How do u learn all these funky Rhodes and keyboard parts
This makes total sense. Thanks man.
Thank you so much. I always played it wrong :-) you're amazing
Vulf compressor working extra hard on this one...
these are great, can we get some bass tutorials??
I don't know how many humans you must sacrifice to play as well as Joe Dart, but I'm sure UA-cam wouldn't allow it.
What you say is correct. The original keyboards tracks should be found on the net. For what i remember there are 5 or 7 different parts....
What midi controller is that being played on?
Hi. Great tutorial. What sort of keyboard is that? Thx.
Also trying to figure this out!
Turn that gulf compressor on before playing, remember
this i s so good fella!
Without the tongue clicks to fill the rhythm, this would all be the hot dookie cave smears of bonobos in heat in a heated cave.
Some notes about the production: I can confirm that there are two and only two clav parts. They took a split signal from the clav to feed directly to the console and a guitar amp, with both a close mic and room mic on it. The delay is from feeding the signal from the repro head of the clav amp track to another track DURING recording (no reamping). The echo track was also monitored off of its repro head and fed back to the record head, to feed back on itself. There isn't much compression (if any) on it, but he plays pretty hard, which makes it more percussive.
P.S. There's a lot of very WONG "how to" videos about this song on YT. Yours is the most accurate I've seen.
Do I know you? I personally recorded this material with Malcolm Cecil. It’s close but I don’t think it’s totally there :-)
Spot on. Jack is da man
which midi keyboard is that, a fellow keys player paintedfoxes wants to know
In the studio he would probably have a loud amp for the attack.
Very nice
LOVE THIS!!!
Anyone know what midi controller that is? If that’s a midi controlller
Looks like korg microkey, fitted into wooden case.
Yep I think it’s a korg microkey, I have one as well
microKEY2*
that's the magic !!!!! hahaha
Hey, a beginner question: Im looking for a not to expensive keyboard (up to 400€) with waightet keys, does anybody have a recommendation, to be able to play all this he is showing in this tutorials, like for example which one is used here, with the short keys. and which software do I need, ? :) Much Thanks, Im motivated to play all this :)
Whick keyboard is he using here is what I wanted to know, , basically. :D
@@svenkrey650 i think its a korg microkey with a custom wood case
You are the best! So many videos of others full of crap
0:49 holllyyy SHIT
That's the magick!
dang that wood mini midi controller looks slick, what is it?
It's a Korg Microkey 61 with a wood adhesive decal on it.
link: www.korg.com/us/products/computergear/microkey/page_1.php (61 key one)
No idea where to get the wood decal, sorry.
Very Good! lesson perfect!
awesome
i think this is my favourite video on youtube
I think this is an excellent arrangement but I’ve being listening to a slowed down audio of the isolated Clav from elsewhere on UA-cam and I don’t know where folks are getting this idea that there are multiple Clav tracks. I’m not finished yet but I’m hearing possibly one track with a dotted 1/8 delay. I can’t yet play it though. I don’t think Stevie is playing as many keys as people think.
love that chirp
What type of piano is this?
Please answer this for me what keyboard do you use
He’s using a Korg microkey in a custom wooden case by the looks of if
Can you do a tutorial on "You Haven't Done Nothin'"?
Amazing!!