How to play piano like Philip Glass

Friendly greetings! It is Torley again!

Today is I'm gonna show you how to play the music of Philip Glass.

Or more accurately futn music that is like, similar to, appropriates, even ripps of Philip Glass.

Now one of the simpliest things about Philip Glass here is ascenado.

You often notice in much of his music there are repeating figures.

Such as

[plays melody]

that's simple.

Or [plays melody], or [plays melody].

So you've got two, three even four notes.

There is variations on this there is different kinds of time signatures.

But that's the basics.

And next is harmonic chord progressions.

He has created a chd industry out of very very simple harmonic faundations.

I shall show you.

[plays melody]

Ok that is A minor.

Than F major — [plays melody].

And than C major. [plays melody]

And then E minor. [plays melody]

And he does this over and over and over.

And that is the music of Philip Glass.

Now there are a lot of variations that can be created around such themes.

[plays melody]

And variations like this.

[plays melody]

And again.

[plays melody]

Sometimes a few variations cns and it goes crazy like to-do-do-do to-do-do.

[demonstrates that in melody]

So before you ever get into playing or interpreting Philip Glass ask yourself

does it have a da-da da-da da-da or

ta-da-da ta-da-da ta-da-da or ta-da-da-ta-da-da.

Because if the answer is “no” then it's likely not like Philip Glass!

I'm not making this up!

You just listen to just about anything he has done.

For example, there was a piece on Battle Star Galactica

from "The Metamorphosis" piano solos and it goes like this.

[plays melody]

And then, what heppens next is?

why golly! [continues melody]

Just like that.