Herbie Hancock: No Such Thing as a Wrong Note | MasterClass Moments | MasterClass

One night on stage, jazz legend Herbie Hancock played the wrong chord. Then Miles Davis started to play.

There were no jazz teachers on the South Side of Chicago, so Herbie Hancock taught himself. Now, he’s giving you the music lessons he never had. Sit down at the piano with Herbie, winner of 14 Grammys and an Oscar, and explore his approaches to harmony, composition, and improvisation. In his class, Herbie teaches and plays note-for-note as he demonstrates the sounds that inspire him and learn to perform like a legend.

Herbie Hancock’s jazz career started in his family’s living room, listening to his favorite records and trying to play along. Now, he’s one of the most celebrated musicians in the world. Join Herbie at the piano as he shares his approach to improvisation, composition, and harmony. Gain access to 10+ original piano transcriptions, including 5 exclusive solo performances.

In 20+ lessons, Herbie teaches:
• A human approach to music
• Improvisation
• Learning by listening
• The two basic jazz forms
• Piano basics
• Piano exercises
• Composing
• Recomposing, rearranging and reinventing
• Working as a composer
• Chord voicings
• Rhythmic musicianship

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[dannydimercurio]

Best advice a musician could ever receive.

[ericanderson]

The quote from Miles that encapsulates this is " The note next to the one you think is bad corrects the one in front of it " .

[erxfav]

This is a true understanding of a musician.

All true musicians know this..
Living in the moment is key

[depositiveone]

One of the greatest advices Miles Davis once said was. "Never fear mistakes, there are none." Even jazz vocalist Jon Hendricks once said, " In jazz there's no such thing as mistakes, there are only opportunities." Greatest advices, ever.

[stefano-tqns]

And Miles took that weird chord as an occasion just to open our mind to new and undiscovered expressions😍

[alvinfrazierTV]

Meeting him earlier this year was a highlight in my life. Very gracious brother.

[BealsReels]

Wow. That anecdote could apply to so many different situations in life.

[billypistol]

What a nice guy. Lookin´like 50 while reaching his eighties in 2020

[RonCarterBassist]

Always wonderful to hear from Herbie. 🙌🏾🙌🏾

[acwatercolors]

Such a genious musician, and such an humble man, thanks Herbie Hancock.

[SixStringSteve]

Thx for posting. This is timely advice for me. Whenever I play a 'wrong' note, I stop recording the session and start again. However, some of my best work has been done at 3am when I don't care to start over, I'll just find a way of justifying what I just played and carry on.

[watchman]

A lesson for life! ... leaves me breathless

[tonywhite]

That's why it's called greatness.

[uroko]

Great lesson. By the way, if Bill Evans was still alive, I'll purchase all of his master

[razzerraw]

What was the chord? Was this ever recorded!

[kurthakans]

I just Love the way he explains this scenario

[yccmzimmy]

Wonderful share! that is simple, in the end, but a dead truth that should not be forgotten!

[TheFusedplug]

Great endearing person. It was circa 1983 when I first heard Rock It I was almost 10 years old and in 1985 May parents.bought me Headhunters album on cassette for my Sanyo personal cassette player (I didn't get a Sony Walkman which was kinda sad but the Sanyo was brilliant quality anyway).

I'm 50 years old and still learning about life and music from greats like Herbie Hancock. Thank you. I think his mind is definitely laser focused much like Lennon and McCartney. It wasn't all about the money back then imo

[ColinBrain]

What is it that they say? Play it once; it's a mistake, play it twice; it's jazz. Haha

[mlowack]

Moving words! Makes me want to hear that chord (plus the solo).