To start, I'm no musician. But still, Cory made me in tears on some of those "contexed harmonics", where we can feel the root to something bigger than us. He is literally transcribing pure, raw emotions through music. You can't get any simpler explanation than that. This solo is, from my point of view, a self-contained book that has within itself an introduction, a development, and a climactic conclusion. All this, with the amazing "emotion-to-music" translation, through Cory's mind. Thanks to him, we can all appreciate and feel those complex vibrations (it's only that after all!), goosebumps, and/or tears. To top it off, this solo is ENCAPSULATED within a band that is overwhelmingly (beyond words!!!) skilled and tight. Those horns and percussion. It's simply blissful and pure. It is amazing what humans can express outside of our own minds. I hope heaven sounds like this when I die. In conclusion, you managed to transpose and show us what Cory meant. All of it, in a super slow motion way. You are a doctor of music: You've dissected each emotion, note by note, for us to enjoy and comprehend its complexity. Hats off to you, JPS.
Love this. Would be useful if we could get a glimpse into why he does certain things not just what he does. I know it's tough to justify why musicians do what they do, but sometimes I don't know why they move in certain ways they do. Or why they use X chord vs other possible voicings
Not a pianist but I can imagine part of this is simply background and how they were taught and where. From my understanding he was raised in the church and idk if you've ever been to a black church but if you have you can imagine the flexibility required to follow a preacher while they're mid sermon.
in hindsight its because its something hes played in the past. no solo is really 100% spontaneous as much as it is a very fragile balance between intense study/practice and submission to a state of flow
Let go of this line of inquiry. Honestly, I think that's the best way. If your desire is to play, let go of it. What you can do is learn the names of things, what the "structure" is, a way to remember it and organize it in your head. Then you can listen, and you can associate the name with the thing aurally. Then, you develop your vocabulary to the point where your imagination can traverse these objects and reconstruct them in ways you've heard people play and evoke certain sounds. Disclaimer, I'm saying this as someone whose only about 2 years deep into trying to learn as an adult, but as far as I can tell trying to learn the "why" rather than the "what" is fruitless.
I don't read music, I play by ear, yet I enjoy hearing about the theory beind it all, even if I don't necessarily understand it all. I did take a few theory classes when I was in college, quite a number of years ago, and that at least gave me a basic understanding of chord structure, tonality, relative pitch, and a little bit about scales as well, although I don't necessarily think about those things while I'm playing, b/c it's all just spontaneous and "in the moment!" - But since I consider my musical abilities to be a gift from God, I'm not necessarily trying to understand all of what I'm doing, instead, I just enjoy playing b/c in doing so, I feel that I'm showcasing the good Lord's mighty spiritual gifts, and power. Again, thank you for the analysis, can't wait to check out Part II. Peace 😎
Thanks Marquis for the comment! I agree with you, play first and learn the theory second. It’s cool to check out the theory, but don’t feel like you can’t play if you don’t understand all of it. Sometimes it’s just fun to hear about it as you say. Glad you enjoyed!
Holy crapping hell, i turn the volume up to hear your barely audible whisper talk and BAM! C sharp straight to deaf town. Why can music channels never get the narration and music balance right? Sorry, great video, those high notes were just brutal tho
To start, I'm no musician. But still, Cory made me in tears on some of those "contexed harmonics", where we can feel the root to something bigger than us. He is literally transcribing pure, raw emotions through music. You can't get any simpler explanation than that. This solo is, from my point of view, a self-contained book that has within itself an introduction, a development, and a climactic conclusion. All this, with the amazing "emotion-to-music" translation, through Cory's mind. Thanks to him, we can all appreciate and feel those complex vibrations (it's only that after all!), goosebumps, and/or tears.
To top it off, this solo is ENCAPSULATED within a band that is overwhelmingly (beyond words!!!) skilled and tight. Those horns and percussion. It's simply blissful and pure. It is amazing what humans can express outside of our own minds. I hope heaven sounds like this when I die.
In conclusion, you managed to transpose and show us what Cory meant. All of it, in a super slow motion way. You are a doctor of music: You've dissected each emotion, note by note, for us to enjoy and comprehend its complexity.
Hats off to you, JPS.
Thank you so much! Appreciate the comment!
Thanks for breaking this down ! This helped demystify this solo haha
Glad it helped!
I'm surprised this doesn't have a million views. Great job man.
Thanks for the comment!
Kind sir thank you so much. I am dreaming to play that on guitar before i die, you helped so much!
Sterling idk if you remember me, but we played a few gigs like 10yrs ago with a band called Cincopation! Crazy small world, hope you're doing good :D
Love this. Would be useful if we could get a glimpse into why he does certain things not just what he does. I know it's tough to justify why musicians do what they do, but sometimes I don't know why they move in certain ways they do. Or why they use X chord vs other possible voicings
Not a pianist but I can imagine part of this is simply background and how they were taught and where. From my understanding he was raised in the church and idk if you've ever been to a black church but if you have you can imagine the flexibility required to follow a preacher while they're mid sermon.
in hindsight its because its something hes played in the past. no solo is really 100% spontaneous as much as it is a very fragile balance between intense study/practice and submission to a state of flow
Let go of this line of inquiry. Honestly, I think that's the best way. If your desire is to play, let go of it. What you can do is learn the names of things, what the "structure" is, a way to remember it and organize it in your head. Then you can listen, and you can associate the name with the thing aurally. Then, you develop your vocabulary to the point where your imagination can traverse these objects and reconstruct them in ways you've heard people play and evoke certain sounds. Disclaimer, I'm saying this as someone whose only about 2 years deep into trying to learn as an adult, but as far as I can tell trying to learn the "why" rather than the "what" is fruitless.
this is great thank you! Whats the lead sound if you dont mind me asking?
Awesome.
Thank you! Cheers!
I don't read music, I play by ear, yet I enjoy hearing about the theory beind it all, even if I don't necessarily understand it all. I did take a few theory classes when I was in college, quite a number of years ago, and that at least gave me a basic understanding of chord structure, tonality, relative pitch, and a little bit about scales as well, although I don't necessarily think about those things while I'm playing, b/c it's all just spontaneous and "in the moment!" - But since I consider my musical abilities to be a gift from God, I'm not necessarily trying to understand all of what I'm doing, instead, I just enjoy playing b/c in doing so, I feel that I'm showcasing the good Lord's mighty spiritual gifts, and power. Again, thank you for the analysis, can't wait to check out Part II. Peace 😎
Thanks Marquis for the comment! I agree with you, play first and learn the theory second. It’s cool to check out the theory, but don’t feel like you can’t play if you don’t understand all of it. Sometimes it’s just fun to hear about it as you say. Glad you enjoyed!
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Thank you for watching, Elvis!
Wow just wow
11:35 gaaahhhh you absolute tease!! How dare you leave it there!!
Great vid tho haha
Deus abençoe
thanks!
Thank you for watching!
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@@jazzpianoschool it still give me 404. Thanks for the analysys it's really inspiring!
Holy crapping hell, i turn the volume up to hear your barely audible whisper talk and BAM! C sharp straight to deaf town. Why can music channels never get the narration and music balance right?
Sorry, great video, those high notes were just brutal tho
This is not the whole solo.