Jazz Piano/Madlib type

[Maksone]

Hey everyone.

I've been making beats for awhile, but I don't have too much musical knowledge. I know the basics like names of keys or whatever from when I was five, but I can't actually play the piano.

I've been really feeling Shades of Blue from Madlib and a lot of the other stuff he plays.
Does anyone have any tips for learning piano in this style? Keeping in mind im a full n00b.
The one song that really gets me going is "Please Set Me at Ease" off Shades of Blue.

Thanks a lot

 

[Kind Of Good Chin]

http://www.chordmaps.com,
http://www.apassion4jazz.net/scales2.html, http://www.outsideshore.com/primer/primer/ms-primer-4-2.html,
http://www.musictheory.net/index.html, http://www.angelfire.com/fl4/moneychords/lesson.html, http://www.looknohands.com/chordhouse/piano/

Save all these in your Favorites, And find more sites of your own, watch videos on Youtube.com, Download computer musictheory books, fake books, tutorials and you'll be just fine.

 

[Maksone]

Thanks yo

 

[nEpHyS]

errr


madlib doesn't "play" any instrument, he only did remixes...


so basically you were asking how to play like Bill Evans or Thelonious Monk...

 

[Maksone]

He played on Shades of Blue, and on a few of the tracks he did with MF Doom.

 

[blue_lines]

lol wtf? madlib does play instruments. he plays keys drums and bass.

 

[TWJMusic]

Samples

I've been really feeling Shades of Blue from Madlib and a lot of the other stuff he plays.
The one song that really gets me going is "Please Set Me at Ease" off Shades of Blue.

That is a cool album for sure. Yes Madlib DOES play, but I'm almost 100% sure that the song in question is definitely a sample. Like the above poster, check out some of the great jazz improvisers like Monk and Bill Evans. If you check the album credits, it should tell you where the sample/idea came from.

PS. I forgot, that IS a remix album so it should list the sample.

 

[MattM]

If you have the time, maybe find a teacher or take an intro to piano class and tell the teacher your goals. That's what I did and I only wish I had learned to play the keys at a younger age.