Peter Martin shows you how to fix three common mistakes people make when playing Wayne Shorter's classic standard "Footprints." For full length piano lessons with Peter Martin, check out https://www.openstudiojazz.com/piano ======================================================== What's going on? Peter Martin here for Two Minute Jazz. What is that? That's the correct introduction to "Footprints." It's a wonderful tune from Wayne Shorter that is often butchered. But we're gonna fix that today....

Brazilian jazz pianist Helio Alves shows you a useful tip on how to get a great texture for your bossa nova piano playing. For full-length piano lessons with Helio Alves, check out https://www.openstudiojazz.com/brazilian-jazz-piano ======================================================== Hi everybody, Helio Alves here with Two Minute Jazz. One great texture for playing bossa nova piano is to play the whole groove in your left hand, and play the melody (or solo) in your right hand. An...

Edu Ribeiro teaches you the technique he uses to play one of the most common drum patterns in Brazilian jazz: the maracatu. For full-length drum lessons with Edu Ribeiro, check out https://www.openstudiojazz.com/brazilian-jazz-drumming ======================================================== Hi, I am Edu Ribeiro and welcome to Two Minute Jazz. I'm here now to talk about maracatu. Maracatu is everything from the Northeast of Brazil, from Recife. And it's so hard to play on the drum set because...

Did you know that you're probably practicing pentatonic scales the wrong way? Peter Martin shows you an exercise to fix your fingering. For full length piano lessons with Peter Martin, check out https://www.openstudiojazz.com/piano ======================================================== What's goin' on everybody? Peter Martin here for 2 Minute Jazz. Want to talk to you about pentatonics. I've got a brand new exercise for you over C minor, or E flat major, however you wanna think about it....

Helio Alves shows you how to imitate the percussion instruments that are essential to a tight baião rhythm. For full-length piano lessons with Helio Alves, check out https://www.openstudiojazz.com/brazilian-jazz-piano ======================================================== Hi everybody, Helio Alves here for Two Minute Jazz. The baião rhythm is a rhythm from the northeast of Brazil and has this basic pattern played by percussion instruments and accordion that's very important for this...

Modern Brazilian jazz monster Edu Ribeiro demonstrates how to take the samba school to the drum kit. For full-length drum lessons with Edu Ribeiro, check out https://www.openstudiojazz.com/brazilian-jazz-drumming ======================================================== #2minjazz #openstudio #eduribeiro #jazz #drums #happypracticing #brazilian #samba Website: https://www.openstudiojazz.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeyOpenStudio Instagram:...

Tired of using the same old piano voicings when playing ballads? Peter Martin shows you some new shapes to shake things up. For full length piano lessons with Peter Martin, check out https://www.openstudiojazz.com/piano ======================================================== What's going on everybody? Peter Martin here for Two Minute Jazz. Hope you're doing well. Got a quick tip to you today on diatonic fourth voicings. Just playing around a little on "If I Should Lose You" and I was just...

Edu Ribeiro reveals an exercise he created to add some swinging 16th notes in samba patterns. For full length drum lessons with Edu Ribeiro, check out https://www.openstudiojazz.com/brazilian-jazz-drumming ======================================================== Hi, I am Edu Ribeiro and welcome to Two Minute Jazz. When you see the 16th note written like a samba pattern, and you have just something that's so different, that when you have to play that rhythm. And the exercise that I created to...

Edu Ribeiro shows you how to combine different traditional Brazilian rhythms, including the samba and baião. For full length drum lessons with Edu Ribeiro, check out https://www.openstudiojazz.com/brazilian-jazz-drumming ======================================================== Website: https://www.openstudiojazz.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeyOpenStudio Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyopenstudio Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeyOpenStudio

Patterns might be a dirty word in jazz, but Peter Martin shows you how to play them without making it obvious. ======================================================== What's going on everybody, Peter Martin here for 2 Minute Jazz. Wanna talk to you about patterns, which is a little bit of a dirty word for me, but there I said it. But I want to talk to you about how we can play patterns, without them sounding like patterns. Now, a pattern is anything that's repeated, it could be anything that...

Ulysses Owens, Jr. reveals his go-to fills when playing with a big band. For full lessons with Ulysses Owens, Jr., check out Open Studio: https://www.openstudionetwork.com/project/fyb-overview/ ======================================================== Website: https://www.openstudionetwork.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyopenstudio Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeyOpenStudio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OpenStudioNetwork/

Peter Martin shows you a simple left hand comping technique that can add another layer of groove to your playing using only the root-5, 6, and 7. ======================================================== For full length piano lessons with Peter Martin, check out www.openstudionetwork.com/piano Website: https://www.openstudionetwork.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyopenstudio Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeyOpenStudio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeyOpenStudio

Ulysses Owens, Jr. shows you how to keep time on the snare using a technique from one of the great innovators of jazz drums: Baby Dodds. For full lessons with Ulysses Owens, Jr., check out Open Studio Network: https://www.openstudionetwork.com/project/fyb-overview/ ======================================================== Website: https://www.openstudionetwork.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyopenstudio Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeyOpenStudio Facebook:...

Peter Martin shows you different movements and scales you can combine to add variety to your voicings. ======================================================== What's going on everybody? Peter Martin here, just wanna talk a little bit about two-handed voicings, use of fourths that can be so useful. Just playing around a little bit over "Autumn Leaves." And especially when you combine them with other types of voicings, maybe even kind of block chords situations. Kind of traditional stuff. And...

Ulysses Owens, Jr. shows the techniques he uses when playing at a fast tempo. For full lessons with Ulysses Owens, Jr., check out Open Studio Network: https://www.openstudionetwork.com/project/fyb-overview/ ======================================================== Website: https://www.openstudionetwork.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyopenstudio Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeyOpenStudio Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OpenStudioNetwork/

Peter Martin provides some examples of taking inspiration from hand drums for your comping. ======================================================== For full length piano lessons with Peter Martin, check out www.openstudionetwork.com/piano #2minjazz #openstudio #petermartin #jazz #piano #happypracticing #2handed #rhythmic #comping Website: https://www.openstudionetwork.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyopenstudio Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeyOpenStudio Facebook:...

Ulysses Owens, Jr. gives a tutorial on how trading fours can help you when playing with a band. For full lessons with Ulysses Owens, Jr., check out Open Studio Network: https://www.openstudionetwork.com/project/fyb-overview/ #2minjazz #ulysses #owens #openstudio #jazz #drums #tutorial #tradingfours ======================================================== Website: https://www.openstudionetwork.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyopenstudio Twitter:...

Peter Martin shows you how to add passing tones to your lines to get a more authentic bebop sound. ======================================================== For full length piano lessons with Peter Martin, check out www.openstudionetwork.com/piano #2minjazz #openstudio #petermartin #jazz #piano #happypracticing #bebop #passingtones Website: https://www.openstudionetwork.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyopenstudio Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeyOpenStudio Facebook:...

Geoffrey Keezer shows you how to spice up your solos by switching up the rhythm. ===================================================== (piano music) - Hey, this is Geoffrey Keezer for Two Minute Jazz. I'm gonna talk to you about alternating between triplets and sixteenth notes. Now this is something you can do in your solos to really give some rhythmic spice, so you're not just playing eighth notes all the time. An easy way to practice, you know, get a little metronome like this, start slow,...

Ulysses Owens, Jr. demonstrates the essentials of what it takes to play the drums with brushes. #2minjazz #ulysses #owens #openstudio #jazz #drums #tutorial #brushes ======================================================== (rhythmic drums beating) (hi-hat clinking) (brushes tapping) (brushes sweeping) - The brushes are my favorite thing to play. It's one of the most sensitive ways to play as a drummer and it's one of the coolest ways to really create amazing textures. When you play the...

Peter Martin shows you how to spice up a tune by paying attention to phrases within the composition. ===================================================== For full length piano lessons with Peter Martin, check out www.openstudionetwork.com/piano #2minjazz #openstudio #petermartin #jazz #piano #happypracticing #vocab #ideas Website: https://www.openstudionetwork.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heyopenstudio Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeyOpenStudio Facebook:...

Geoffrey Keezer provides some insight into how he emulates bass players with his left hand. ===================================================== (jazz piano music) - Hey, this Geoffrey Keezer for 2 Minute Jazz. I'm gonna talk about playing bass lines with your left hand really briefly. I feel like when I listen to music, my hands, my right hand might be listening to the right hand solos of Herbie or Bud Powell or Chick or Wynton Kelly or McKoy, but my left hand, at the same time, is...

Ulysses Owens, Jr. shows how to play a foundational drum pattern in jazz: the spang a lang. #2minjazz #ulysses #owens #openstudio #jazz #drums #tutorial #spangalang ======================================================== (fast cymbals jazz beat) Hi, I'm Ulysses Owens, Jr. with Two-Minute Jazz. Spang-a-lang. That is the pattern that swing, jazz rhythm was born out of. Spang-a-lang, spang-a-lang, spang-a-lang. (plays drums to the rhythm) If you break down the quarter note, one, two, three,...

Peter Martin shows you 2 triads you can use to add some gospel flavor to your playing. ===================================================== (soulful piano music) - What's going on everybody? Peter Martin here for 2 Minute Jazz. Hope you're doing great. Just wanna talk a little bit more about getting that gospel sound, that gospel feel, that gospel sensibility into your jazz and groove playing. I'm gonna give you just two triads. I'm gonna give you - they're already out there! We're looking...