"Blue In Green" Tutorial: Play Jazz Piano Like a Pro
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Blue In Green Tutorial
In this lesson we arrange the tune "Blue In Green" for solo jazz piano performance. Blue in Green is the third track on Miles Davis’ album ‘Kind Of Blue’ which is the best-selling jazz album of all time. The album is worth checking out if you haven’t already.
We arrange the tune in the style of Bill Evans who was the piano player on this iconic jazz album.
Blue In Green - The 10-Bar Form
The form of Blue in Green is very unusual. The 10-bar form is much shorter than most jazz standards, and is even shorter than a 12 bar blues. Because the form just contains 10 measures, it is usually repeated many times in a performance.
Applying Altered Harmony & Altered Jazz Chords
In this lesson we explore and apply altered harmony and chord alterations. The melody contains many of the interesting upper extensions and alterations which makes this a great tune to apply the theory.
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Piano in this piece always makes me think of a rainy day, when Miles comes in, I imagine him as school kid after a bad day on the doorstep locked out wailing for his mum.
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I literally went crazy with your class, my mind exploded and now I hear myself as a true pianist, thank you very much, excellent class, I really advance a lot,
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Finally a simple tutorial for my all time favorite piano jazz composition! You're my hero
No problem - glad you enjoyed the tutorial :-) PianoGroove
Iv waited 6 years for this tutorial 😨thank you
+Daniel Kelly Thanks Daniel, I'm glad you finally found it! Here's another lesson that specifically applies upper structures to Blue in Green - bit.ly/blue-in-green - It is part of PianoGroove Pro but you can watch the intro to get a flavour of what's covered. Cheers, PianoGroove
+PianoGroove cheers man thanks For that. the Herbie minor 11th voicing tutorial was also very awesome! the progression you played reminded me of mos def - respiration and that's a track iv wanted to be able to play similar to for a long time. Thanks for the knowledge :)
No problem dude. You can find more full length free lesson here: bit.ly/get-5-free-lessons
You can also download the full transcription here: bit.ly/blue-in-green-transcription
Cheers, PianoGroove
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May we have a tutorial for Almost Blue? Your videos are top notch and thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I just love the sound of these cords and the texture applied.
So rich in tonality
You´re the MAN!!! Thanks so much for sharing without charging anything! It would be worth the money though! Keep up that great work! Cheers from Vienna, Austria!!!
Thanks Christoph... it's great to hear you enjoyed the lesson. You can get 5 free lessons here: bit.ly/get-5-free-lessons - so be sure to sign up for updates if you haven't already :-) Cheers PianoGroove
Thanks for this! I’m a guitarist with a goal of becoming equally proficient in piano. I’ve been obsessed with this tune for a good while and I’ve already transcribed and taught myself how to play the outro Bill Evans does on the original Kind of Blue recording. I adore the sound every time I hear myself reproduce his masterful composition. I believe this will help a lot in my attempt to start improvising on the tune. 😊
His work is amazing. But the most motivating thing is that it does not save first level information for a more select place. Congratulations from my heart. I want to be a pianogroove member definitly
great video you´re the best in youtube jazz piano tutorials , i´ve been learning so much from you so just want to say THANKS!
Hi Mario, no problem and great to hear that you are learning lots from this channel. If you have any questions with the material just let me know :-) PianoGroove
this is great, thank you. I think it's really a bill evans song, but miles made it famous.
thank you. fantastic teaching and opening up of voicings, theory and possibilities. :)
What would I do without this thank you never got an opportunity to Learn.
One of my favorite songs...
The only minor issue i had was --- enharmonic. Notes shown ( for A7, for example, showed a Db intead of C#). But, your explanations - were exemplary!!! Thank you very, very much.
oh shit harmony is so fucking cool.... its everything
Excellent explanations of movement and chord structures. Love it. Will try to apply some if this to my playing.
I've learned 5 songs in 30 minutes because your instruction is really excellent. I play 4 instruments, and I have a solid theory background. If your could get someone to play james booker and dr. John stuff, that would be my jam.
Glad to hear on your progress.
For Booker/Dr John material, check out our New Orleans blues courses with Jon Cleary, Josh Paxton, and other New Orleans players: www.pianogroove.com/blues-piano-lessons/
Really great video - clear instructions for hacks like myself. I am checking out all your videos and learning a lot. Many thanks for your generous FREE offerings! Looking forward to a follow up to the Blue in Green tutorial which was excellent. Keep up the good work and don't be dissuaded by the negative comments.
Best tutorial on this song. Thanks a lot.
thank you great tutorial of a great song, and love your clear explanations of the intervals and voicings. :)
One small correction: It's not Miles Davis's tune. Bill Evans wrote it, Davis took credit for it. He gave Evans only $25!
Perfect beautiful harmony.
5:53 timestamp for my own use. Many thanks! 9:15
it is excellent how to explain, teach and above all the very good taste that employs adapting roots of great masters like K.Barrn etc ... extraordinary ..tank you GREAT MASTER
the best teacher... God bless you...
Thanks alot! Perhaps my favourite jazz standard, Bill Evans' is the goat.
Thank. You. So. Much. Helping. Learn. Too. Play. This. Masterpiece.
You play a beautiful version, thanks for this
SO BEAUTIFUL. GREAT TUTORIAL ! THANK YOU !
Very, very lucid.
Lovely. Awesome tutorial on my favorite piece on KOB.
INteresting and good voicings
jazzpeter1 - I was thinking this is so bloody marvellous - I can't even begin to imagine how one could improve on it. Every voicing carefully considered - and cool!
It feels like watching a once great empire crumble and return to dust in slow motion.
Really beautiful chords. Thanks!
Thank you so much!
you make great videos keep it up!
Thanks man glad you found it useful! PianoGroove
I learned so much from this video bless.
excellent coherent lesson thankyou very much
thank you very much, very good tutorial, i like it a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!! you are awsome!
Best videos out there man thanks!
Really good tutorial, its a great style of teaching for anyone from beginners and upwards :) thanks a lot for this
+Ginge Alex :P Thanks Alex, glad you enjoyed the lesson buddy! You can find more challenging tutorials over on the website: bit.ly/jazz-piano-lessons Cheers, PianoGroove :-)
BLESS YOU!
Nicely done--enjoyed the tutorial
Awesome tutorial, really helpful
Hi, could you make a tutorial for Ellington's In a sentimental mood? Also thanks a lot for Blue in green. Amazing and heavenly chords bro.
Brilliant! Thank you!
Perfect...tyvm🎶🙏🎶
muchas gracias!!! excelente tutorial.
This guy teaches piano and haven't heard about Bill Evans? The melody is Miles' but it was Evans who put all those wonderful chords there, which is what makes this piece such a classic.
I heard that it was the opposite (Miles for the chords and Bill for the melody), but one cannot exist without the other (melody and chords) ;)
You got it the other way around buddy.
thx a lot dude .. you make me happy :)
0:25 that F-Eb-A stretch in the left hand! How is that possible?
Can you explain when and why you seek spread or compactness
Got me here, subscribing right now :)
Very informative thank you very much!
Thanks man glad you enjoyed the lesson. There is a Blue in Green Impro lesson on the PianoGroove Pro Course. You can find it here if you're interested: www.pianogroove.com/jazz-piano-lessons/improvising-blue-in-green/ Cheers, PianoGroove
Many many thanks !!!!!!
Nice!
very nice!
please make videos of pedal technics.
Thanks!
Amazing
Glad you're making more videos!
+tomerzx same
So pretty much the 9 for all the chords is sharp? Because it is such an interesting sound!
What keyboard are u using.? Sounds nice.
Que genial 👍🏻😃
Could you do some harmonic analysis on this please?
Fantastic lesson my favorite jazz piece ever! Just a question: the only Real Book 1 I can find on Amazon is of the Real Book 6th edition; is this the same book with a different title? Thanks again!
Is it weird I'm trying to play these chords (with the notes played all at once) on bass guitar? 😂 Piano sounds much better with this of course. Just trying to familiar myself with jazz songs
Where can I find your video of soloing ideas over blue in green? I really enjoy following you on so much!!!
I’ve never played the piano before. This is my favourite of all time. Realistically, could I play this?
Look up and learn the basic chords for the song without the rhythm or embellishments before you watch this I think
Excellent!!! :)
There are a lot of 'wrong' notes in this piece. How would they have chosen which wrong notes to play? Just instinct and experimentation?
I would guess the real book requires us to read sheet music?
Very nice channel.
Can you tell us what scales are best fit to improvise above NeoSoul chords, minor and minor 9ths ?
Top notch! I'm learning a lot from you about how to make interesting variations of jazz chords.
Just one point: I'm convinced I'm hearing a Gm11 for the first chord of the original _Blue in Green_ recording and not Bbma7, contrary to what the transcriptions indicate, i.e. I hear a G under the Bb: ua-cam.com/video/PoPL7BExSQU/v-deo.htmlm17s (I admit that my speaker attached to my laptop is poor so maybe I need to listen again to my vinyl disc-bought, I think, way back in 1965 😮-and check, when I find the time to purchase a decent hi-fi.)
_EDIT: Just listened again with my earphones, and it is in fact the bass that sounds the G (And what exquisite bass playing!! Is it the first time I've fully noticed that??). In fact, the pitch-choice by the bass for the first chord of the ten-chord pattern remains consistent throughout the whole ballad. So you have: g-a-d-c-(b)-b flat-a-d-e-a-d._
_No doubt about it: the first chord is Gm11 (or Gm13 if you count the melody note). This also fits with the supposed origin of _*_Blue in Green:_*_ Miles handing Evans a slip of paper a year earlier with just the chords Gm and A+ written on it, and telling him to go away and see what he could do with that. Thus, the first two chords of the structure, echoed again in the middle (and also modulated in chords 7 & 8)._
really good tut,just what i was looknig for. do you do any more on kind of blue or bill evans
Hi Bill, glad you enjoyed the tutorial! The PianoGroove Pro course contains a lesson on improvising over this tune: www.pianogroove.com/jazz-piano-lessons/improvising-blue-in-green/ - If you enjoyed this lesson, learning to improvise over the chords is the next step :-) Hope this helps, PianoGroove
Great video, and break down of very textured voicings. Ive spent all day studying this vid. Just realised
you sound a bit like Karl Pilkington. Which is a bonus.
Thanks Matt glad you liked the tutorial :-) PianoGroove
Where can we listen complete Songs from you?Without tutorial?
I thought the first chord was Dminor7 or 9 not Bb
Yeah, thats the first chord of the intro. But after the intro when the "actual song" starts, it starts on a B flat.....but you could always get philosophical abt it and say that a B flat Maj chord is essentially just another voicing of a D min chord and vice versa.
Hey, my copy of the real book has a completely different score for the chords of blue in green; it goes 'G-7, A7#9, D-7, Db7b5', and so on.
doomcreptus lmao same here but the covers torn off so I don't remember which version it is
Are you serious? I give up, this dude rocks!
What's the chord progression in numbers please?
Where’s the lesson on improvising over blue in green?
Help please. Beginner here but why is there an A on top of the Db7. I understand the 25 but is there a reason other than coloration. Sorry if the question is dumb.. Thanks for a great vid!
Hey... first of all, there is no such thing as a 'dumb question' - we are all students of jazz. Which bit of the lesson are your referring to? Please post the exact time you are referring to in this format.... 0:00 and I will explain to you in detail - Thanks, PianoGroove
Thanks! :) Ok this is the first spot.
ua-cam.com/video/XaZC9pDM_F4/v-deo.html
Is the A on top just melodi perhaps? If i write it i get an A#..?
ua-cam.com/video/XaZC9pDM_F4/v-deo.html
This one i don´t understand. I get it to minor 7 with a 6th on top..
Thanks again. Learning alot!
You mean Bill Evans' Blue in Green.
Mike Davis just re made it 🤷♂️
Dude my hands are massive and it still hurts to get that first chord
I dunno if it's easier but you could play a Gm13 instead. That's what I do and it still sounds pretty good.
14:02
Where's part 2?
Hi There, 'Improvising Over Blue In Green' is available as part of the PianoGroove Pro Course: www.pianogroove.com/jazz-piano-lessons/improvising-blue-in-green/ Cheers, PianoGroove
Are you from Manchester?
Yes I am from Manchester originally. Cheers PianoGroove
Sweet, finally found someone from my city/our shitty city :)
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supa dupa fly
first chord should be Gm13
+David Beebee Hi David, I do cover that towards the end of the lesson: ua-cam.com/video/XaZC9pDM_F4/v-deo.html&t=16m59s . It depends which lead sheet you are working off :-) Cheers, PianoGroove
+PianoGroove
They got it wrong in the real book, if you listen to the recordings the bass is always on a G. Of course you can reharmonize it as you like ;-)
When are they going to have a new "Real Fake book"? And not a reprint? So many tunes need to be added......and some excluded.
Small hands won’t be able to do this 😂
Sry but it's the wrong voicing.
Compare it to the original.
Hosenbund Records sounds correct to me, what chord don’t you think is rightmost.? Post the correct voicing if you know it
That's not how Jazz works bud
@@lala20112 tell me how does jazz work?
@@raeleo359 I meant the original comment, but that being said I know it sounded harsh. Learning the exact voicing a specific player played for a song isn't the same as the "right/wrong voicing". The exact voicings of a player can teach you how they approached a song and that has its value, obviously, but Jazz isn't meant for you to blatantly plagiarize. You should explore your own path for approaching a standard and develop your own voice. Transcription helps develop that voice by teaching you how players you liked played the song, but again if you perform it that way you aren't really playing Jazz. The video was a tutorial for the first steps on approaching the progression everyone gets for this song, so the OC's comment was uncalled for in the first place. If this was a Debussy piece or even some random pop song someone wants to learn, that's when the exact voicing would matter.
Sorry , the fingers are just too weird.
But the explanation is Very good
The first chord is wrong. It's a G-13, not a Bblyd. Never take the Real Book seriously.