How to play on RHYTHM CHANGES: a 35 minute course. Featuring Anthropology and Oleo. The Jazz Ranch.
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- (Advanced concepts) An In -Depth lesson on "I Got Rhythm" (George Gershwin) and how to play on Rhythm Changes (chord progression). Includes performances and breakdown for I Got Rhythm, Anthropology (Parker) and Oleo (Rollins). Analysis of chord progression, variations on chords, voicings, and comping. Extensive discussion and demonstration of improvisational techniques.
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01- Introduction
1:43 I Got Rhythm played
2:25 Chord Progression explained
3:32 Comping with bass line
4:43 Comping in Spread Voicings
5:16 Comping with Rootless Voicings
6:23 Comping Rhythms
6:55 Altered Voicings
6:10 Anthropology played
8:56 Anthropology played w/ metronome
10:08 Variations on Rhythm Changes
11:44 How to practice Anthropology melody
13:00 Left hand comping for Anthropology
16:10 Improvising on Rhythm Changes
18:48 Eighth Note Exercise
20:11 Scales for improvisation
22;57 Horace Silver improvisation concepts
24:10 More improvisation ideas
29:29 Oleo played
31:51 Oleo plaed w/ metronome
32:19 Improvising on Oleo
35:04 Improvising up tempo
35:47 Closing remarks
Thanks so much, Kent! So usefull and appropriate to stimulate feelings AND understandings :) Very nice and inspiring playing also by the way....See you soon
Glad to hear this!
You are so a good piano player Kent , i enjoy hear you playing , i would like had been started with all of this jazz stuff much earlier in life !
I'm enjoying listening with a focus on the rhythm of Mr Hewitt's solos. I mentally transcribe the rhythm only, without regard to the melody, and try to anticipate/sing the rhythmic figure in ba-da-ba-dah nonsense syllables. Like we hear Kent doing. I think it's a good mental practice to hear Kent play the little motif once and I try and recognize/learn and sing it back on the 2nd and 3rd time in the phrase.
I always sing my solos, audibly or otherwise.
Thanks Mr Hewitt
Hello Kent, It's always a pleasure to see you here!
"Ruthless like a D9" - Loved that typo!
Ha Ha...I tied to correct all of them...but I think I'll keep that one...just add a b5!!
Thank you very much for this Mr. Hewitt, I have a feeling I'll be returning to this video for a while hahaha. Amazing work as always Maestro
I appreciate your kind words.
Omg. Thanks a lot for sharing that with the world. Wow!!!😅
Thanks for the comment...so nice of you!
It's always SO much fun to hear you play, KH! You sound like YOU'RE enjoying it, too!! 🥰 XOXO - M
Great breakdown
Thank you!
Hi Kent. Thank you for this re-upload. When I first encountered Anthropology a few years back, it was too early for me for bebop : I didn't understand the language and, even worse, I was so eager to absorb all kinds of information that I didn't know how to approach such a tune. This dense video gave me a good reason to go see my teacher and tell him I wanted to give Anthropology a second chance, and oh my, I discovered that when you really take the time to absorb the melody with single bass notes in the LH, the entire process is so enjoyable and I can feel the progress rocketing day after day.
Thanks a lot !
All the classic bebop tunes will help you to learn the vocabulary of improvisation in jazz. Keep up the good work, and thanks for the comment!
Very nice !
Thank you! Cheers!
I'm going to have to rewatch while I'm at the keyboard... especially the part where you showed different comping voicings for different scenarios - when you're accompanying a voice/melodic instrument, when you're accompanying a bass, and when there are both. That's good practice, even if lately I mostly encounter that need when multitracking my own melody and bass...which only means I've got to get out more😮
Thanks for the video. It makes sense that some really foundational stuff was covered in earlier videos, and I've been learning it like picking from a salad bar - and focusing more on the freshest selections. Except, with videos, there's no need for a recency bias, as there might be with lettuce😂
So good, Kent! Thanks for being a good influence.
Merry Christmas and a healthy, peaceful, happy 2024.
Inga from Germany near Munich✨️
Thank you kent!!! Wonderful Xmas present. I remember this tutorial. I put it in my kent Hewitt folder about 5 years ago. My how time flies! That folder is the largest I’ve saved. You ard the best. Merry Christmas to you. Bro
very helpful material, Kent. Thanks so much.
Superb tutorial! Merry Christmas Kent!
Thanks so much!
Fun fact: The Flintstones theme is rhythm changes. If you hear a song and think it might be based on rhythm changes, see if you can sing the Flintstones to it; if it fits, it’s probably rhythm changes
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I remember watching the video when it first came out, I tried hard but I still can't play it. Looks deceptively easy but its not. Maybe I need to let go of the melody and just focus on the chords.
This hat is really saying it for me. What is the brand?
You may want to check on the horses. They don't seem to be moving!
Ha Ha, we give them Valium this time of season, so they don't go off flying with Rudolf.
😂😂thanks a lot 😅😅
More tutorial like this 😂😂 such as...bebop a complete course 😅😅