My Favorite Things: Journey Through The Real Book
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- Опубліковано 2 вер 2022
- A jazz piano lesson to help you learn Rodger’s and Hammerstein’s jazz standard “My Favorite Things.”
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Famously recorded by John Coltrane 0:09
Reaching a place of understanding with jazz standards 0:20
Passing along lessons from Billy Taylor and Harold Danko 0:32
The Sound of Music movie and Broadway show 1:02
Coltrane’s version 1:21
Connecting the dots from Broadway to Jazz 1:44
Coltrane’s career in 1961 2:06
The 1930s - 50s jazz repertoire of Broadway tunes 2:22
1960s jazz musicians moving away from the standard repertoire 3:07
Modal jazz 3:48
Miles Davis’s advice to John Coltrane 4:06
Looking for a hit song 4:21
The Broadway show The Sound of Music opened in 1959 4:37
(I meant to say “My Favorite Things”) 4:48
2 reasons why Coltrane may have played “My Favorite Things” 4:51
Interpreting a popular tune modally 5:52
Finding our own interpretation 6:12
A traditional jazz waltz treatment of “My Favorite Things” 6:16
Jazz waltz soloing 6:44
Modal soloing 7:09
Deciding which way to play the tune 7:31
Beginning with a modal vamp 8:08
The 1st ‘A’ section 8:26
Extending the vamp between sections 8:42
The 2nd ‘A’ section 8:50
Adding an upper “overtone” 8:53
Another modal interlude 9:07
The 3rd ‘A’ section, in E major 9:14
The bridge/ending section 9:33
Beginning the solo, following the chord changes 9:55
E Dorian 10:11
Switching to the G major scale 10:21
Transitioning to the key of E major 10:27
Back to G major 10:35
Hinting at McCoy Tyner’s LH quartal voicings 10:44
A composite rhythm between the two hands 10:51
Legato phrasing 11:00
A Coltrane Quartet-like texture 11:08
Semi-Bebop 11:17
Faster, modal lines11:24
A left-hand countermelody 11:29
Quasi-Stride 11:32
LH shell voicings 11:35
A traditional jazz waltz style, for the E major section 11:40
A Billy Taylor-style run 11:52
Referencing the tune’s melody 11:56
Developing the rhythmic motif 12:00
Bringing the chorus to a conclusion 12:04
Quarter-note triplets under tremolos 12:12
Back to the jazz waltz groove 12:21
Repeating a fast motif over LH quartal voicings 12:30
Playing the main melody 12:38
Doubling each melody note 12:42
A lighter, higher sound for the E major section 12:47
Suddenly more rhythmic 12:54
Inversion of the melody 12:59
Developing the motif 13:02
Returning to the main melody, embellished 13:04
Softer and more reflective, Gmaj7/Cmaj7 13:21
Ending with a playful motif 13:39
Don’t compare yourself to others 13:45
Developing your own approach to “My Favorite Things” 14:08
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Looking ahead 15:09
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Absolutely fantastic! Thank you!
Thanks Daniel - have fun with your music :)
I've been away from this channel for a few weeks...I'd forgotten how damn well this guy plays (and explains it, too!). Always inspirational and motivational. Thanks, Ron!
Welcome back, David!
I have found when playing this tune live most people are enchanted by the original / movie version with nice lush jazz voicing.
That's helpful to know, Adam, and it makes sense. The Coltrane version has a very 60s vibe that went away from the feeling of the movie version.
This is on my very short list of No Don't Start It Now You Have TOO MUCH to Work On As It Is Shut Up I Do What I Want songs. THANKS A LOT RON! :)
A long title for a short list!!!
Continue you work my friends! You have a good influence in my playing!
Good luck with your music :)
Thanks Ron for yet another enthusiastic and informative presentation. The lessons provide me a much needed anchored voyage through the book as opposed to my default of only seeking out and playing tunes that inspire me at particular moment.
Thanks great, Zeesboy! We all need to constantly branch out and learn new things.
You found the sweet spot for this song. Well done!
Thanks Eric, that was what I was aiming for, although you found the right words to describe it.
Thanks! Very nice. Seemed like you could have gone forever.
I really liked ending on the C and G major 7s.
Yes, I could have!
Great, Ron! Love how you take so many mini journeys within a song. Shows how adept you are at this jazz language.
Yes, there are so many possibilities with these great tunes!
Thanx, Maestro 🌹🌹🌹🌹Super shirt w a great color, btw.
Yeah - a Christmas color for this song.
Really great. Just ordered your improvisation book to help me on my journey. I hope to achieve the kind of freedom you have and truly express myself (while having fun) :)
Thanks Petey! Yes, it's possible - at every level of experience.
Красиво!
Thank you!
Beautifully played🔥🌹🌹🔥
Thanks, Brenda!
¡Aplausos! ¡Muchos aplausos!
Thank you Hector!
Awesome, thank you!
Thanks Rémi!
Hey Ron, hope you're okay and just having a few weeks off - God knows you deserve it!
I've never been that convinced by this (Real Book) version of My Favourite Things. Sure, Coltrane realising that the melody can be played with a major-key background is a cute musical pun, but I don't find it musically rewarding.
Heretic that I am the chord progression that I find best suits this very nice tune is: Em7 * F#m7 flat 5 * Em7/G * Am6 * Em7/G * F#m7 flat 5 * Em7 - Em7/D * C9 flat 5 (this is a doozy of a cool harmonic chord) * Am7 * D7 * Gmaj7 * Cmaj7 * Gmaj7 * Cmaj7 * and then a chord I jot down as F! (which is F7 over F#, and makes a nicely spicy discord resolving into the) * B7 and then repeats.
I like that chord progression! Thanks for the good thoughts. It's been really busy here lately plus I had Covid. Feeling better now so I'll start posting again soon!
@@rondrotos8347 Thanks for the response and the compliment. Look after yourself and you don't need any more excuse than that you wanted to take some time off your journey.
Very curious to know what Shorter's Mysterious Traveller sounds like without all the electronic funk that I associate with it. A really tough one - I don't touch it. But no hurry, just glad to hear you're in a good place.
Good timing! I had already made this video and it's now posted.
Love it! One of my all-time favorites - I really enjoyed hearing how Coltrane and Tyner made it their own. Quartal voicings... very cool!