00:00 - Intro 00:43 - 5 Pillars 01:04 - 1. Technique 01:22 - Up Exercise 04:22 - Down Exercise 05:30 - Recommended Keys in Order 06:02 - Timing Chart 06:30 - 2. Harmony 06:40 - 5 Essential Jazz Chords 07:31 - Block Exercise 08:17 - Broken Exericse 08:46 - Make Your Own Pattern 09:33 - Mastering 1 Key at a Time 10:11 - 3. Scales 10:34 - Up Exercise 12:50 - Down Exercise 13:22 - 4. Lead Sheets 13:36 - Fly On By 14:04 - Chord Shells 16:51 - Work on 1 Song every 2 Weeks 17:36 - 5. Improv 18:06 - Find the Key 18:53 - Major Blues Scale 19:30 - Sample Solo 20:06 - Conclusion
I’m a classical pianist and have recently begun to wonder if I’m even »fluent« in my instrument at all. I was obviously trained to play repertoire across all eras, but jazz and improvisation is generally overlooked. So, to compare it to a language, it felt like I was able to read sentences and texts, but not speak freely in my own words. My technique is not bad at all, but when I first tried to improvise it felt like I was sitting behind a piano for the first time in my life. You wouldn’t believe what a catastrophe it really was. Your videos are really helpful to get the fundamentals down. Thanks a lot!
Total hobbyist amateur, here, but I did pass Grade 7 piano years ago at the RCM. Frustrating to be glued to the page or expected to rote memorize things and rely on muscle memory. I want to understand everything while I'm hearing it. Trying to improvise sounds like crap when I do it.
i've performed classical pieces from chopin ballades to beethoven sonatas but i just started jazz and i sound like i just touched a piano for the first time ever. thanks for this lesson!
This is truly one of the best piano learning channels out there! Really fantastic explanations I am a classical musician, who never knew how to get into Jazz. Thanks to you, Jonny, I now have a clue!
You are great teacher for jazz piano! It really helps me! Thank You for lessons! Greetings from Latvia (East Europe country), Rīga city. With huge respect ILvars
Awesome tutorial. Before I was just jumping around to different UA-cam videos with great content but random content so my head was just spinning around totally confused as to what to do step by step. Now I have some structure in my practice. Thank you very much!
BRILLIANT! Thanks JOHNNY. I’m so glad l found you.. l’m a classical pianists; but l do know my theory about modes. I’m a jazz nut ( OSCAR PETERSON RULES😆🥹!!!). You’re one of the best teachers on this. If not the best!! I appreciate your lessons. BRAVO MY FRIEND! Thank you soo… l love picking other peoples brains; there’s always a different way teachers go about showing pupils what it’s all about. THANK YOU FOR YOUR AWSUM PERSPECTIVE; these l can play. I have played professionally; but not good enough for me. I learnt to play rock guitar, & teach it. Played in a lot of bands; but my heart lies in jazz. AGAIN; THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH. Great stuff. Love it!! THANK YOU AGAIN!! 😃🎹😈✨
Fantastic! I've been a pianist for 40 years and I've had some really lousy Jazz teachers. No focus. Just, "learn the chords, scales and play what you want... it's improvisation." I have no idea how to structure my practice to take my playing to the next level. Your lessons appear to be very helpful!
The guide I’ve been missing while using your wonderful service, Jonny. Thank you so much! One thing to check - is it ok to contain left hand exercises by chords mainly? In classical, you do the same stuff for both hands, but here we rather do chords on left and soloing on right. Makes sense to me but just to check.
Thanks so much for the video! I’m a little confused by the “practice the 5 chord types for C for 5 weeks, then move to F, etc…”. For learning scales, it feels like it would be better to practice all inversions of diatonic chords of C, then move on to F, etc… But I guess it’s not clear if you would play full or half diminished. Otherwise, It seems like we wouldn’t have the resources to play a 251 in the key of C until you’ve made it to week 57 (Dm7) for example. Or maybe those specific skills are practiced in other pillars and this pillar is more just focused on an individual chord and it’s 5 different qualities? Anyway, I hope all that makes sense. I’m just a beginner trying to wrap my head around theory and practice the most efficient way so thanks again!
That's actually what I was thinking lmao, I'm not gonna split it up like that because I don't think it would take a whole week to learn all of the inversions of 1 chord in 1 scale, instead imma probably either do what you were saying or just learn inversions in all scales of each type of chord
Many ways to build a practice to suit goals time and level. My own included 251 major and minor progressions every day. I may stay a day or weeks on that with a repertoire for the scale I am practicing. Let's say I am learning Autum Leaves Gm. My focus would be to practice 251 major Bb and Gminor. Triads 7ths voicings, inversions..that I would use for playing Autum Leaves. The same for other keys . But we can focus to begin with in C F G Eb Bb an their relatives. Most of jazz use them. It is just an example but hope it helps.
Hi Johnny... Tnx very much for ur lessons as always. Quick ques re the mode theory u mentioned...each mode starts from the respective note of the scale. But if u play C-Dorian it will be i ii flattened iii iv v flattened vi vii i right?
Its great info but one small input from me would be is to listening to jazz and try to play what you like. Transcribing…No scales or chord are going to get you to sound like a jazz musician! But the technique is also important…
Hi Jonny, Unless I misunderstand, your video is great until the latter part. It sets the scene clearly, then just ends. ( Transpose using NUMBERS, not INTERVALS.) It does not cover what comes next or what to do next! Am I correct to assume that the next step is to select any other major key you want and then use the original numbers in the newly selected key to perform the transposition? I hope my question is clear? Please assist. Thanks, Edwin Michael.
I'm still an amateur piano player. I can't read a vista or anything but I know a few scales fluently and I know most chords.. and music theory. But I want to be better att fluently improvising jazz
So I own a 1927 Steinway Baby Grand, and I have a degree in jazz studies for Trumpet, but my piano playing skills are minimal. Loved the video. I am thinking about following you and your lessons, but my piano is in the middle of my house and I don’t want to play it and disrupt everyone around me. I have a basement studio where I could put an electronic piano I could hook some headsets to to jump on this and learn. My goal is for my family to not hear me play for a year, and then surprise them. What electronic piano for $500-$1000 would you recommend for someone like me to purchase to put in my studio?
Hi, always interesting to watch your video..... By the way, what software do you use for the display of keyboard with notes/chords on screen? Any link available? Thanks
I'm a member. in pillar 3 for scales, what is the fingering for the different modes such as Bb of the key of F? starting from F the LH is usually 54321321 then 4321321 and the RH is 123412312341234.. thx
at 7:44 I just wonder why the first inversion in bass and treble are laid out differently. Isn't there a right way? Having them look different bothers me if I don't know a reason for it. There are so many different note patterns, why make them look different if they are identical?
00:00 - Intro
00:43 - 5 Pillars
01:04 - 1. Technique
01:22 - Up Exercise
04:22 - Down Exercise
05:30 - Recommended Keys in Order
06:02 - Timing Chart
06:30 - 2. Harmony
06:40 - 5 Essential Jazz Chords
07:31 - Block Exercise
08:17 - Broken Exericse
08:46 - Make Your Own Pattern
09:33 - Mastering 1 Key at a Time
10:11 - 3. Scales
10:34 - Up Exercise
12:50 - Down Exercise
13:22 - 4. Lead Sheets
13:36 - Fly On By
14:04 - Chord Shells
16:51 - Work on 1 Song every 2 Weeks
17:36 - 5. Improv
18:06 - Find the Key
18:53 - Major Blues Scale
19:30 - Sample Solo
20:06 - Conclusion
Sir I am following your piano classes can I get special classes
I’m a classical pianist and have recently begun to wonder if I’m even »fluent« in my instrument at all. I was obviously trained to play repertoire across all eras, but jazz and improvisation is generally overlooked. So, to compare it to a language, it felt like I was able to read sentences and texts, but not speak freely in my own words. My technique is not bad at all, but when I first tried to improvise it felt like I was sitting behind a piano for the first time in my life. You wouldn’t believe what a catastrophe it really was. Your videos are really helpful to get the fundamentals down. Thanks a lot!
I UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY ! Ha!
Total hobbyist amateur, here, but I did pass Grade 7 piano years ago at the RCM. Frustrating to be glued to the page or expected to rote memorize things and rely on muscle memory. I want to understand everything while I'm hearing it. Trying to improvise sounds like crap when I do it.
+1 so, so much
i've performed classical pieces from chopin ballades to beethoven sonatas but i just started jazz and i sound like i just touched a piano for the first time ever. thanks for this lesson!
Thank you for watching!
A Jazz course in 20 minutes. This is what is really is. Tou are a great teacher Jonny.
Thank you so much!
I have been jumping around at different beginner jazz piano videos for YEARS! This laid it out so perfectly!
Thank you 👏🏾
You are the most organised jazz pianist I have ever seen on YT. Love your videos ❤
This is truly one of the best piano learning channels out there! Really fantastic explanations
I am a classical musician, who never knew how to get into Jazz. Thanks to you, Jonny, I now have a clue!
Amazing lesson. This exercise alone might take a lifetime to master.
These videos are gold for self-taught beginners like me! Thank you so much!
Very good, Jonny! Thks. Hugs from Brazil.
You are great teacher for jazz piano! It really helps me!
Thank You for lessons!
Greetings from Latvia (East Europe country), Rīga city.
With huge respect
ILvars
Thanks for watching from Latvia!
Thank you for this! Awesome starter guide for getting into jazz
Waw, this really sounds great !
Thank you this lesson I've got some homework now.
Wow bro thank you so much for the lesson you are a champion
Your presentation with just phenomenal
Awesome tutorial. Before I was just jumping around to different UA-cam videos with great content but random content so my head was just spinning around totally confused as to what to do step by step. Now I have some structure in my practice. Thank you very much!
Jonny you are really a good teacher , your explanations even tells it all . Wooooooow that's very very very inspiring and amazing
So helpful! I am a guitarist, and I dabble in piano...if I get more serious, I will enroll at your site...tremendous teaching technique! 😎👍 Thanks!
This is so helpful and inspiring! Thank you Jonny!
Thank you!!
This channel 🙌🏾
Wonderful tips to play Jazz, I love it.
always so great, thanks Johnny !
I enjoyed your lessons and I learned alot.
Amazing, I really like your videos, thanks
I wish i had seen Pianowithjonny when i was young... he's a g r e a t teacher and pianoplayer!!
Thank you!
thank you so much, real fabulous!! from argentina
Very helpful!
I am loving the Jonny❤❤❤
You’re the best, Jonny!
BRILLIANT! Thanks JOHNNY. I’m so glad l found you.. l’m a classical pianists; but l do know my theory about modes. I’m a jazz nut ( OSCAR PETERSON RULES😆🥹!!!). You’re one of the best teachers on this. If not the best!! I appreciate your lessons. BRAVO MY FRIEND! Thank you soo… l love picking other peoples brains; there’s always a different way teachers go about showing pupils what it’s all about. THANK YOU FOR YOUR AWSUM PERSPECTIVE; these l can play. I have played professionally; but not good enough for me. I learnt to play rock guitar, & teach it. Played in a lot of bands; but my heart lies in jazz. AGAIN; THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH. Great stuff. Love it!! THANK YOU AGAIN!! 😃🎹😈✨
Woooowww beautiful information 🎉
Thanks my invaluable piano teacher. This is so helpful ♥️💞
Brilliant Jonny
Merci. I'm a beginning piano player. But now I'm an enthused beginning jazz piano player with a great roadmap.
Thank you sir very intersting you will hear from soon..
wow....you're great...teacher. Thank you.
The whole video is excellent! Thanks!!
Thank you very much, it's a great video and everything explained so clearly!
Fantastic! I've been a pianist for 40 years and I've had some really lousy Jazz teachers. No focus. Just, "learn the chords, scales and play what you want... it's improvisation." I have no idea how to structure my practice to take my playing to the next level. Your lessons appear to be very helpful!
Thanx, Maestro 🌹🌹🌹🌹
That was a really solid video, thank you!
Thank you so much!!!!
You are the best piano teacher I have ever seen Jonny! Thank you so much for all these videos!
Very helpful tips! Thanks man! 👍
Exceptional Jonny! Mérida-Venezuela.
Really clear for someone like me with basic music knowledge!
Great lesson...thanks Jonny..
always excellent !
Super helpful!!!!!!
So good!!!
Excellent basic, but comprehensive practice guide to mastering the building blocks of Jazz Piano. Thank you!
This is beautiful. There's so much packed into one video to keep us busy for a long while to come. Thank you Jonny.
The Best on UA-cam⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐🔥
Thank you Jonny! Great class.
The guide I’ve been missing while using your wonderful service, Jonny. Thank you so much!
One thing to check - is it ok to contain left hand exercises by chords mainly? In classical, you do the same stuff for both hands, but here we rather do chords on left and soloing on right. Makes sense to me but just to check.
So great ,thanks a lot for yours tutoriales ..
I would do the magic 3s and 4s early on. Thats certainly how I learn progressions, Eb, E, Ab, A and two others
I will try ❤
Thanks so much for the video! I’m a little confused by the “practice the 5 chord types for C for 5 weeks, then move to F, etc…”. For learning scales, it feels like it would be better to practice all inversions of diatonic chords of C, then move on to F, etc… But I guess it’s not clear if you would play full or half diminished. Otherwise, It seems like we wouldn’t have the resources to play a 251 in the key of C until you’ve made it to week 57 (Dm7) for example. Or maybe those specific skills are practiced in other pillars and this pillar is more just focused on an individual chord and it’s 5 different qualities? Anyway, I hope all that makes sense. I’m just a beginner trying to wrap my head around theory and practice the most efficient way so thanks again!
That's actually what I was thinking lmao, I'm not gonna split it up like that because I don't think it would take a whole week to learn all of the inversions of 1 chord in 1 scale, instead imma probably either do what you were saying or just learn inversions in all scales of each type of chord
Many ways to build a practice to suit goals time and level. My own included 251 major and minor progressions every day. I may stay a day or weeks on that with a repertoire for the scale I am practicing. Let's say I am learning Autum Leaves Gm. My focus would be to practice 251 major Bb and Gminor. Triads 7ths voicings, inversions..that I would use for playing Autum Leaves. The same for other keys . But we can focus to begin with in C F G Eb Bb an their relatives. Most of jazz use them. It is just an example but hope it helps.
Wow, it's really helpful. Thank you very very much, Jonny 🙏
Sangat bermanfaat, terima kasih Jonny 👍
Hi Johnny... Tnx very much for ur lessons as always. Quick ques re the mode theory u mentioned...each mode starts from the respective note of the scale. But if u play C-Dorian it will be i ii flattened iii iv v flattened vi vii i right?
great advice, only i don't promote mechanically running up and down scales. it gets ingrained.
At 3:14 Jonny throws in a Gflat when it's written as a D# on the sheet music. Am I missing something? Typo? Sounds good anyway!
I can read the notes and I would say that I am a low intermediate player. Are your classes for someone at my level?
Best Video on youtube!!! :O
Its great info but one small input from me would be is to listening to jazz and try to play what you like. Transcribing…No scales or chord are going to get you to sound like a jazz musician! But the technique is also important…
Hi Jonny, Unless I misunderstand, your video is great until the latter part. It sets the scene clearly, then just ends. ( Transpose using NUMBERS, not INTERVALS.) It does not cover what comes next or what to do next! Am I correct to assume that the next step is to select any other major key you want and then use the original numbers in the newly selected key to perform the transposition? I hope my question is clear? Please assist. Thanks, Edwin Michael.
As I understand,after you play C maj blues scale with diatonic cords of C major,you continue with scales based on circle of fifth.
So,C,F,Bb etc...
I'm still an amateur piano player. I can't read a vista or anything but I know a few scales fluently and I know most chords.. and music theory. But I want to be better att fluently improvising jazz
Dear Jonny, can you please tell which fingers to be used on the relevant notes in chord inversions please
So I own a 1927 Steinway Baby Grand, and I have a degree in jazz studies for Trumpet, but my piano playing skills are minimal. Loved the video. I am thinking about following you and your lessons, but my piano is in the middle of my house and I don’t want to play it and disrupt everyone around me. I have a basement studio where I could put an electronic piano I could hook some headsets to to jump on this and learn. My goal is for my family to not hear me play for a year, and then surprise them. What electronic piano for $500-$1000 would you recommend for someone like me to purchase to put in my studio?
Casio Privia! Great keyboard, with semi weighted keys. Headphone jack too
Hi, always interesting to watch your video.....
By the way, what software do you use for the display of keyboard with notes/chords on screen?
Any link available?
Thanks
Is that F# a notation error in the Dm7 diatonic UP exercise? Seems like a Gb in that spot would be contextually correct.
I'm a member. in pillar 3 for scales, what is the fingering for the different modes such as Bb of the key of F? starting from F the LH is usually 54321321 then 4321321 and the RH is 123412312341234.. thx
Cool
Love this! Do you know of any place I can download lead sheet pdfs for free?
at 7:44 I just wonder why the first inversion in bass and treble are laid out differently. Isn't there a right way? Having them look different bothers me if I don't know a reason for it. There are so many different note patterns, why make them look different if they are identical?
Thank you. I hope to you play it with slowly
If Following this program/pillars religiously, how long till you don’t suck.
(Also I’d ad predictive ear training and a different album a day)
🔥🔥
Is D major really the rarest of keys that we use?
I am sorry, I do not see where I can download the sheet music in this video. Thank you.
Finally I understand those silly scale name
What about ear training?
How is this the first time I’ve heard of Chord Shells 😵
Has anyone done this and has it worked???
It`s funny ... the guy says these are "the most common keys you see when you play jazz" and then shows all the 12 keys ...
C ? I need help
Vying moo
Jonny
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Great lesson! Thanks Jonny!!!