Here’s a video of me performing “Embraceable You” - one of the jazz standard tutorials you can find in the PianoGroove course. Big thanks to @Dan for filming and editing this awesome video.
“Embraceable You” solo piano arrangement…
Learn to play this tune…
Embraceable You is one of my favourite jazz standards. You can find a 2-part tutorial on this great tune here:
white shirt, black suit, grand piano in a beautiful room… impressive
lovely playing , for my taste i just hope you get some more madness in the playing … just my taste… a bit frustrate at the end because the crazyness not happen … maybe for next performance .
but this video was made in a special purpose maybe?
Cheers James We’re raising the bar and there’s going to be plenty more on their way. It’s a revolutionary evolution of music tuition and collaboration we’ve got going on here and I’m loving the involvement of you guys within this community
Haha yep there could certainly be more madness in there!
I like to accentuate the more subtle aspects of my performances, such as clever inner voices, often moving in contrary motion to the main melody. Sometimes I don’t even realise I’m doing it.
I could certainly go to town and reharmonise the heck out of the changes, but when I play ballads solo, I feel a ‘due diligence’ to pay homage to the original changes and melody.
For a bit of fun, I will record some audio this week and post it here in this thread. The same tune, but with some interesting twists… stay tuned @Pierrot
Yes I’m not really going for ‘madness’ when I play ballads in this kind of setting. The quartal voicings I play in the C section of already a little ‘out there’ for my ears!
But ‘each to their own’ as they say - one of the things that makes the jazz genre so unique is the diverse range of styles, tastes, and ways of expression that live within the broad genre itself.
For me personally, that is precisely what makes the genre so exciting to explore. Everyone has their own sound, their own influences, and also specific sounds or styles of playing that pique the interest of our own ears. Fascinating stuff.
This is an emotive, close your eyes kind of performance by you Hayden, one that you just allow to seep in and provoke a few tears. Thank you for sharing, and props to Dan for the videography that is as masterful as your playing!
I agree it’s nice stay true to the original song when playing in this kind of style.
I find this with a lot of Gershwin’s music, his harmonies are so delicately created that they don’t need much reharmonisation to create a beautiful arrangement.