Simple HAND GRIP for thrilling IMPROVISATION with all 7 MODES

Introducing a great triad based HAND GRIP to do thrilling PIANO IMPROVISATION over all the 7 MODES.

By using a hand grip we make the Modes much more thrilling and gripping instead of just playing the Modes stepwise up and down.
Furthermore, it becomes much simpler and easier to do a jazz improvisation. I’ll show you how.

By the end of this lesson we'll improvise thrilling modal jazz by blending several modes which makes our sound much more colorful and organic.

Translations of the English subtitles to Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French by Edgardo Solano from Colombia. Thank you so much Edgardo!!! You can turn on the subtitles and choose a language in the video settings.

All NewJazz lessons are free, public and for everybody. If you want to help me keep going you are so much welcome to make a small voluntary donation at either
You can also just give me a nice like - moral support is also great support!!! Thank you so much :) :) :)

Many warm regards from Oliver Prehn
University Master degree in Music & Multimedia

Index
00:00 INTRO
01:30 HAND GRIP definition
04:16 the MODES as degrees
06:36 the MODES in same key
10:03 POLY MODAL improvisation
12:00 OUTRO

[rastarito]

I use this hand grip method all the time. It made my life easier. 😊

[Alan-zirs]

Thank you so much Oliver your piano lessons give that sense of freedom

[jayy]

Thank you Mr O,
my go to guide through my intro to jazz

[anthonywoodhouse]

this is the only jazz channel I will ever watch.. THANK YOU!!!!

[FlavioFerreiraAbrao]

Please, do not ever apologize! You are the absolute best, and you're the reason why I became so good at playing the piano after years of blindly reading music scores. If I could ever meet you in person, I'd have so many questions, but also a lot to thank you for. Maybe you can answer this one: After going through most of your guides, now I can easily navigate through pentatonic scales. There is a specific pattern in improvisation that works really well, but I cannot understand why it works so well! Let's say you start at the classic Cminor pentatonic. For some reason, the chord progression I-VI-IV-VII works so ridiculously beautifully, and it allows you to easily continue the improvisation 1 step down using the same pattern, until you're back to Cminor. Eventually, you can shift a fourth using your simple hand grip technique, and continue with the same pattern, to go through the other half remaining steps. The same however, does not sound remotely good if you're starting on Cmajor. On Cmajor, I noticed that a very easy pattern would be I-VI-IV-V, and then you can easily go to IV, instead of back to I, changing from Cmajor to Fmajor almost without even noticing the change. My question is, WHY?! And are there other patterns that you'd recommend that would allow me to navigate through different tunes with the same lack of effort of the pattern that I mentioned? My understanding is that when I'm navigating through major scales, I'm rotating through the circle of fifths counter-clock wise, Why is is that I cannot do the same, but clock-wise? Is there any specific pattern that makes this job easy?

[garretthartshorn]

How this brings so much positivity into my life is unthinkable. Thank you, personally.

[BugsyBologna]

You are an absolute gem in the world of quality content. I gotta comment and like for the algorithm. I hope your lessons reach many more.

[craigdouglas]

Thank you. No one explains modes like you do. I believe you understand this like no other. After decades of only seeing limited application of church modes to jazz impro I now see something I have not seen before. Again. thank you!

[livingroomviewing]

While I have greatly enjoyed these videos, they have made me painfully aware of just how rare the true teacher is these days. If you could teach how to teach as well as you teach how to understand music, the world would be right as rain in a few generations.

[mikebaird]

Thank you from Texas!! I am so glad I found your channel!! I love your approach to teaching jazz solos. Just beginning my piano journey in my 60s. No desire to play basic children’s songs nor play in a band. Enjoy playing by myself. Your video walking in the woods listening to the birds was spot

[Elias]

I discovered you today while looking for a more advanced jazz piano teacher and I am speechless!
So high quality incredibly and easy to understand.
Easy new subscriber❤

[JAZZER]

Just when i thought all possibilities were exhausted. You really do well with this sound. Thank you.

[guioconnor]

Amazing, thanks a lot for this.

Your lessons are amazing I look forward to them every time.

[baritonomarchetto]

One of my favourite lessons so far Oliver!

[ifiwasyouiwouldntbe]

This is a great way of looking at modes over a static bass. Thanks for the awesome videos!

[tunisieprotection]

Merci c'est genial, d'ailleurs tout ce que vous proposez c'est super bien!!!

[paulcookseymmh]

Thanks Oliver, your lessons have helped so much with my songs and compositions, it makes composing much easier and you can hear when it sounds good

[jonathanh.]

Man, when I'm finally good enough to drop a jazz album. I'm going to credit you on it :D

[HereToday]

What a great lesson You have given !, thanks a lot

[AwareLife]

Thank you Oliver. More gems from the master...🙏