Summertime (George Gershwin) Tutorial & Analysis | The Jazz Pursuit

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Learn Jazz Standards Series: Summertime (George Gershwin)
In this video we look at how to play Summertime. We break down the structure, harmony and melody to make it easier to learn and remember, as well as jazz piano voicings through the chord progression. This video also looks at tritone substitutions and V - I cadences, with examples at the piano.
Video created by Jacky Naylor
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[@fredhystair5789]

Great. You make things cristal clear !

[@alainvosselman9960]

It's so important to learn to play pieces. The fun thing is that you can see theory coming together in a practical sense and certain chord sequences or sets such as 1/5 or 2/5/1 become real tools to understand harmonic sense of drive.. and also when you try to make music of your own. Pieces like summertime truly show you all the building blocks of music wrapped up in an easy listening tune. Nice job on using the 'layer' approach, it makes so much sense !

[@TheJazzPursuit]

Thanks very much Alain!

[@evelynyturralde4113]

Excellent clear and gradual explanation. I like how you start with the very basic foundation and little by little add more chords in between to embellish and make more interesting, along with the reasoning of why they work. This tutorial came at the perfect time for me, as I'm going to transcribe this piece from A minor to F minor, to make it more easy to sing for a chorus I accompany. It's easier for me to think of the Roman numerals than thinking "major third down from E" et cetera. Thanks!

[@TheJazzPursuit]

Thanks for the kind words Evelyn!

[@ChifuniroMusic]

I doubt if there is another better music theory teacher than you. Thank you very much
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Thanks for the kind words! 🙏🏼

[@callummoodley6311]

Underrated channel

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Thanks!

[@adamantoszewski3498]

Superb explanation of chordal harmony, thank you.

[@TheIzugec]

You made my day with this video! Absolutely perfect progression in difficulty. Thank you, and I hope you bring us more of these!

[@TheJazzPursuit]

Thanks very much!

[@TheIzugec]

@@TheJazzPursuit I've had an absolute blast practicing this and I got to the point of last charts. However I got a little dopamine dip when I figured that this is not what you present at the beginning/end. I get that it is advanced and there are many voicing and stuff but I would be happiest person if you could at some point explain stuff at the boss level that you are playing at. Since it sounds absolutely fantastic. Anyway, once again, thanks a lot for this, cheers :)

[@nintendoalvaro]

Amazing content, thank you very much!!

[@TheJazzPursuit]

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[@romankoteczky6154]

These are amazing. Thank you

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Thanks Roman!

[@deangray9552]

you tube is one of the greatest invention in these days for musicians, This because some teachers not only visualize the theory, but also demo the evolution of the standard practical development of advanced pieces from simple and humble beginnings . Some of us used to pay $ for this . lol

[@mcwulf25]

Thanks, great lesson, great song.

[@TheJazzPursuit]

Thanks!

[@1horton3]

Perfect
Thanks

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Thanks Paul!

[@davidkelly1220]

Super lesson cheers 🍻

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Thanks!

[@tripp8833]

I'm a beginner jazz guitar player and I've been seeing a ton of content online but this is perhaps the most helpful video. The mix in theory with examples and explain everything in a basic way... thanks so much! I really like your teaching method

[@TheJazzPursuit]

Thanks for the kind words! Glad you found it helpful!

[@anitaherz208]

DEAREST MUSICIAN.YOU ARE SIMPLY THE BEST!!!I'm a singer witch sang this song adlibitu,and you put me in the bars with the cords to follow so nice&clear.I hope to prove more my music understanding. Through your teaching.
Thank you one more time.

[@frankfazio2569]

Great lesson. Nice to see the development of the progression. Thanks!

[@TheJazzPursuit]

Thanks very much Frank!

[@gbbpainting243]

6:45

[@lowseng8724]

Very good thk a lot

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Thanks very much!

[@maganda288]

You did it again.
Thnx👍

[@danielbourbaki]

Very pedagogic progression and explanations : it open the door to me !! I still have a trouble with my partition that begin with a Am/Dm cycle : it sound good but just different of yours...

[@TheJazzPursuit]

Thanks Daniel!

[@danielbourbaki]

That's it : I understand my error !! My lyrics+chords is in Dm and the Am is for the two notes before the 1st bar 😇😇

[@emresimsek7394]

There is a lot of things to learn huh I should work on it

[@sayonara6301]

At 11.24, E chord with Am base so as not to keep it passive , can it also be applied if it was a 5/4 chord , where in the key of C,
It would be : F, G/F??thank you

[@Antonio-ti2he]

How are you counting the harmony notes that you are playing?

[@Debangshuification]

My real book puts a b F#min7 in bar 7 before B7 and i cannont make sense of it. Can anyone help?

[@gianpaoloscrivano8300]

F7 is the substition for B7... Why do you place it for Dm?

[@imparatore9377]

How did you decide to use Bø instead Bm?

[@charlesgoldsmith6410]

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[@TheJazzPursuit]

Thanks!

[@ummagumma7826]

At 16:04 how come you don’t play the flat 9? It’s just an E7. Shouldn’t there be an F note?