Piano Lesson – “If I Ain’t Got You” by Alicia Keys – Intro Only
Hi guys! Here’s another piano tutorial for what I think is one of the best piano intros ever written! I am sorry if you can’t see the notes I am playing. I don’t know what the camera is picking up because I’ve been blind since birth. However, I tried to describe things as clearly as I could. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask. Please feel free to like/dislike, comment, and subscribe. Thank you in advance for any possible feedback.
‘It Don’t Mean a Thing if it ain’t …’ – jazz piano lesson
‘It Don’t Mean a Thing if it ain’t Got That Swing’ – Ellington. This was recorded first in midi format, and annotations added later. It was improvised in the quirky style that is sometimes used by such people as Harry Connick Jr, Jessica Williams, and of course Monk- with the deliberate ‘stumbles’ in time, the cluster discords that sound like mistakes, and the deliberately stilted time. I tried to copy this simple, primitive, naive style. Also, I have small hands, so the stride style is simplified with no stretches, and can be played with the Left Hand root and chords contained within an octave. A clearer to see video in stereo, is downloadable at www.bushgrafts.com or try the Higher quality version here – http – but why do Youtube raise the original volume level to cause clipping on the higher quality version of the video – if the original video was OK, surely that can be controlled when converted?