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My first "McCoy Style" video was so well received I decided to make another one. I have placed some annotations in the video and hope that the enhanced midi keyboard view will help with deciphering the various techniques I use. As with my previous McCoy style video, here are some basics: 1. Know your pentatonic scales in all 12 keys. If you need to review these check out the pentatonic tutorial done by Volvoxburger - watch it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVYky3cNC_Y Practice different patterns in the right hand using these scales and try moving in and out of different keys. 2. You can move in and out of different keys as long as you end up at the tonal center at key points or as I call them "landing zones". These typically will be the first beat of a 4 measure phrase. 3. 2nd inversion triads (there is a typo in the video) can be effective in the right hand when used in combination with stacked 4ths in the left. 4. Much of McCoy's improvisation is rhythm based - that's why he has dynamite drummers and very solid bass players. Vary the rhythms of both hands. Check out the section from 3:30 - 3:36 for an example of this. 5. Anticipate the upcoming chord in the LH by playing a line in the RH based on that upcoming chord in beat 3 or 4 of the preceding measure. Production Notes: The backing track was created partially with Band-in-a-Box with additional drums (crash cymbals) and bass added using the Roland FP-4. The MIDI keyboard on the screen is from a program by PGMusic (makers of Band-in-a-Box) called PowerTracks Pro Audio. The notes played on the keyboard are captured using the program Camtasia and resized and placed in the proper position using the video editing program Adobe Premiere elements.

Channel: Music
Uploaded: May 18, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Author: Lot2learn

Length: 0:06:51
Rating: 5.00
Views: 21,364

Tags: Roland FP-4 McCoy Tyner Jazz Piano Solo instruction learn trio bass drums coltrane miles Roger Friedman

Video Comments:

featureG (Monday 5th of January 2009 08:48:40 PM)

Is it really true that You were never allowed to go outside and play with the kids until all that "Practicing" was completed. After all, who had to pay for them "inexpensive" lessons? No arthritis for this dude !

Fagleboo (Friday 26th of December 2008 01:37:59 AM)

That's a lot of pentatonics

GreggaryPeccary (Monday 22nd of December 2008 03:30:51 PM)

I always thought Chick was the shit, but now I dicovered Mccoy... Dang, what a master!

GreggaryPeccary (Monday 22nd of December 2008 03:19:10 PM)

That was awesome, even without the tutorial aspect it would be a great vid. Thanks for posting

yagamei (Friday 19th of December 2008 03:35:11 PM)

This is a great lesson, and I'm a guitarist. As far as Jazz masters go, I take more than my share of inspiration directly from pianist McCoy Tyner. He is simply incredible.

Lot2learn (Saturday 20th of December 2008 04:20:31 AM)

Thanks for your comment.

OscarTatum (Friday 19th of December 2008 02:16:34 AM)

Wonderful! You really catched the MacCoy feel! I really think you're among the very best players on Earth. You play McCoy better than he does himself now. What I prefer is his Inception-Fly with the Wind period, (and this song reminds me Fly with the Wind, in the style) That brings a few questions: 1)Is it a song from your composition? I love it. If yes congratulation again. 2)How do you display Midi Keys above? What software do you use? 3)What software do you use to mix both videos?

GreggaryPeccary (Monday 22nd of December 2008 03:20:55 PM)

"catched" = caught

erflaz (Tuesday 9th of December 2008 06:16:23 AM)

ti sto facendo le lastre,anche il tuo video di So what mi sta aiutando.

Lot2learn (Sunday 30th of November 2008 07:35:57 AM)

Thank you. ;-)

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