A very humble yet effective teacher. One who gives so freely without any pretence. I'm a jazz pianist & yet I've gained much. Respect Tony. It is a pity the UA-cam algorithm doesn't give your videos the attention it deserves.
FANTASTIC lesson here. I learned this tune awhile back with my jazz teacher and found this to really help in several ways: 1. Very straightforward breakdown of all scales and sections. 2. Really helpful tips in various places, like using G pent over the C maj 7 and avoiding those Fs and roots. 3. Excellent explanation of diminished scale applications. Approach to diminished scales has more depth than most similar materials and shows ho important this is to practice. Thanks for putting this up, and especially the study guide materials. All of the demonstrations and materials make the concepts very clear and are right on point to clarify stuff I've learned in the past. This is really fun stuff and enjoyable to learn this way.
Having watch several great pianists I definitely find Tony’s approach refreshing and presented in a clear and concise manner. Thank you very much Tony. Every time I watch you more lights go on. Truly inspiring with impeccable playing.
i am an aspiring jazz pianist. I wanted to get used to all the dissonance of the chords and the spice of jazz and realised that I haven’t heard enough. who are the pianists i can listen while beginning this journey?!
Thank you so much. I am always struggling with which Scale/Mode i can/should use on a specific Chord or Pattern. I hope i can find more about this in your excellent teachings here on YT. Thanks again 🙏🏻
Hey really appreciate your videos, this is my first comment since you since you said you like reading comments for ideas. Do you have any advice on playing ideas with just the mixolydian scale over the dominant 7 chord? I can improvise a bit using the chord tones, but I'm not that good of using or thinking of the basic diatonic modes when I improvise. I haven't even started to try improvising using the altered scale, should I just start with the altered scale ideas here anyway?
Yet another great video, Tony! I hope this comment finds you after so much time has elapsed since you made this video, but I have a question. You play an Ab scale over the Gm7b5 chord of the 1st ii-V-I. Is that dictated by the presence of the b5? Can you therefore play all b5 passages by using the major scale of the chord a half-tone above (like Ab is a half-tone above G)? Or does it only apply to ii-V-I situations? I find these relationships very intriguing, like, how you can keep going up by minor 3rds, even on the more complex "box" chords, and have it still retain its sound.
In the last 20-30 seconds of this video, you're moving a lot of chords in a melodic fashion (block style). Are these drop 2 voicings or something else? Thanks as always for the great lessons.
On Gm7b5 your great Art Tatum-Lick why not substitute d to Em7b5 and than Hexatonicly: E-A-DBbD-A (going to tritone mirror image) AbDbGb-D-Gb-Db...?this came to me,it is night here I am gettinmg inspired by your lessons1
Hi again Tony. Don’t mean to bother you. But you came up with chord chart so quick. Now I’m looking for I love you porgy. Studying a Bill Evans transcription and can’t find the damn song in any of my 3 or 4 large fake books. What edition do you have???
A very humble yet effective teacher. One who gives so freely without any pretence. I'm a jazz pianist & yet I've gained much. Respect Tony. It is a pity the UA-cam algorithm doesn't give your videos the attention it deserves.
FANTASTIC lesson here. I learned this tune awhile back with my jazz teacher and found this to really help in several ways:
1. Very straightforward breakdown of all scales and sections.
2. Really helpful tips in various places, like using G pent over the C maj 7 and avoiding those Fs and roots.
3. Excellent explanation of diminished scale applications.
Approach to diminished scales has more depth than most similar materials and shows ho important this is to practice. Thanks for putting this up, and especially the study guide materials. All of the demonstrations and materials make the concepts very clear and are right on point to clarify stuff I've learned in the past.
This is really fun stuff and enjoyable to learn this way.
Having watch several great pianists I definitely find Tony’s approach refreshing and presented in a clear and concise manner. Thank you very much Tony. Every time I watch you more lights go on. Truly inspiring with impeccable playing.
Brain + Experience + Heart = magical lesson. Thank You !
Wow! A quality jazz piano tutorial aimed at this standard is rarely found. Well done and thank you for all your clear explanations.
A Master class in II-V-I scales. Much appreciated Tony.
So useful and clear. Great playing! Thank you for sharing your knowledge
Tony, love your videos. Played guitar and bass since my teenage years, new to piano. You've made all the difference, thank you!
Worthy of close study!!!
You have really amazing clear videos! I don't understand why I haven't looked more at your videos, I always learn something new! Thanks
My favorite jazz teacher
Excellent video!!!! Excellent discussion of diminished scale. Chord scale theory ain't so bad after all!!!
i am an aspiring jazz pianist.
I wanted to get used to all the dissonance of the chords and the spice of jazz and realised that I haven’t heard enough.
who are the pianists i can listen while beginning this journey?!
Thank you very much !Thank you for giving away your great lessons for everyone..amazing!
Thank you for uploading this vid., Tony. Great tutorial. Especially liked some of those Art Tatum RH ideas. I'll have to work on those :-)
Great and very helpful videos you have. Thanks for it!
Great Jazz tutorial 💙😀
Thank you.
I know a nice thing on C7-diminished scale: Hexatonic-scale C-F-Gb-B-C-G-Gb-Db or EbAb-A-D-Eb(back)-BbA-E etc...
Fantastic ! Great explanation of improvisation !!!
Great channel. Thanks
Thanks Tony. You got me started on jazz piano!
Really enjoyed this video!
Love this, Tony! Many thanks for all your great work, and for your lovely esteem in my jazz piano books!
Thank you so much. I am always struggling with which Scale/Mode i can/should use on a specific Chord or Pattern. I hope i can find more about this in your excellent teachings here on YT. Thanks again 🙏🏻
I have a playlist on scales, but I will do a video that covers some common progressions and what scales work best.
@@TonyWinston That would be awesome. Thank you so much ✨
Great video! Thank you for sharing!
Was playing along with good ole Frank Vignola and instead 2 bars of Ab7, He put a bar of Ebm7, which is I guess the 2 thats a lot like 5
Thank you so very much doc Tony for the sheet music I really appreciate it. Wishing you the very best always sincerely Teddy.
Thanks, Tony. Fantastic lesson!
Thank you so much for this video!
Good blues
Excellent content, very productive lesson!
Awesome!
during octatonic stuff, i tried in the left hand E-Bb D-Abresolving toG-Db RH ATriad or(#9 Lick) G-Db :RH:F#story etc..
Very nice video. Helped a lot! Keep it up!
Thanks again for another great video!
Cool video. Thank you !!
How are You Tony? Best regards from Reinhard, (Germany) Thank you for tutorials.
Doing well, hope all is well with you. Working on Corcovado tutorial today.
Great instruction. Thank you so much.
Thx so much, very insightful and useful.
so nice !!! excellent!!!
Amazing!
Buenisimo
Hey really appreciate your videos, this is my first comment since you since you said you like reading comments for ideas.
Do you have any advice on playing ideas with just the mixolydian scale over the dominant 7 chord? I can improvise a bit using the chord tones, but I'm not that good of using or thinking of the basic diatonic modes when I improvise.
I haven't even started to try improvising using the altered scale, should I just start with the altered scale ideas here anyway?
Amazing, as always, Tony. Who was your teacher, btw?
Yet another great video, Tony! I hope this comment finds you after so much time has elapsed since you made this video, but I have a question.
You play an Ab scale over the Gm7b5 chord of the 1st ii-V-I. Is that dictated by the presence of the b5? Can you therefore play all b5 passages by using the major scale of the chord a half-tone above (like Ab is a half-tone above G)? Or does it only apply to ii-V-I situations?
I find these relationships very intriguing, like, how you can keep going up by minor 3rds, even on the more complex "box" chords, and have it still retain its sound.
When you use a pentatonic scale for the cmaj7 that is not a C pentatonic, it is a G pentatonic scale. Otherwise this is great!
Yes, G penta is correct , thanks for catching the error.
Thanks....
Hexatonic:F#-B-E C-F-Bb(I learned this from Freddy Zomer a saxophone player)
In the last 20-30 seconds of this video, you're moving a lot of chords in a melodic fashion (block style). Are these drop 2 voicings or something else? Thanks as always for the great lessons.
Drop 2, yessir!
On Gm7b5 your great Art Tatum-Lick why not substitute d to Em7b5 and than Hexatonicly: E-A-DBbD-A (going to tritone mirror image) AbDbGb-D-Gb-Db...?this came to me,it is night here I am gettinmg inspired by your lessons1
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18:50 "penta shit" :-)
on Maj7th chords I like GAA#B D-D#-E is that wrong?
Hi Tony. I can’t find the lead sheet for this tune in any of my fakes books. What edition are you using in your lesson?
bit.ly/3dIeter
Thank you so much!!!
Hi again Tony. Don’t mean to bother you. But you came up with chord chart so quick. Now I’m looking for I love you porgy. Studying a Bill Evans transcription and can’t find the damn song in any of my 3 or 4 large fake books. What edition do you have???
I've vot a chart. I'll link to it tomorrow
Thanks again Good night I will check tomorrow
Do you offer lessons via Skype?
Not yet. But I take requests, what would you like to see a video about?
You don’t have heart you just have orogressions
I do, but not when I'm demonstrating concepts .. try this video ua-cam.com/video/WhXKzYus0XQ/v-deo.html