A Sweet Chord Progression To Help You Learn To Improvise
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This is a great chord progression for you to learn and practice improvisation. It consists of four chords in the key of A minor and has a slight jazz feel.
I take you through some ideas for what scales you could use to solo with which include the blues scale, and also the dorian scale. I show some ideas using both these scales.
There is also a backing track made exclusively for this video which consists of a band, with no piano, playing through these exact chords. Go and check it out and have a go improvising over it! The link is at the top of the description.
If you have any question just leave them in the comment box below and I will get straight back to you.
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That chord run at 4:40 melted, man. So good.
Ikr?????
Jamming chords (bob marley)
also the progression of Misty morning by Bob Marley
Yessss
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Probably the most comprehensive series of piano lessons on youtube. No nonsense, visually digestible and perfectly timed. This should be the standard for all videos like this.Thanks for sharing!
Thanks man! I appreciate the kind words 🙏
Wish you every success.
Thanks! 🙏
nowhere near your speed of improvising, but thank you so much I literally found myself having such a fun and expressive moment just jamming out and next thing i knew half an hour flew by.
That's what it's all about! Using music to get into that flow state - makes me happy to hear 😀
@@Piano_Pig D9 shouldnt be there on blues scale chord? A m blues notes havent f# for D. Can anyone explain me please? Im beginner..
The A minor 7th chord progression in the beginning pairs nicely with the blues scale’s melody, I learned that scale in band class and I didn’t realize the importance of learning proper chord progressions until recently, I paired it with the blues scales and it’s an easy way to improvise some songs. Great video I learned a lot I practice with this video and refer to this video when I have to remember the finger placements
Dude, really enjoy your piano lessons. I've decided to spruce up my piano (guitar is my main instrument). While there's some good lessons on TH-cam, yours really stand out, because they're really interesting and digestible - enough to bite off and practice in each lesson. Great teaching and thank you!
Thanks man really appreciate it! It's the comments like this that give me motivation to keep making more! Glad you're finding them useful! :)
same here...guitar player learning piano via TH-cam. piano pig is tops.
Yeah gotta say I agree. I love your teachings mate. Oh great swine of wisdom
D9 shouldnt be there on blues scale chord? A m blues notes havent f# for D. Can anyone explain me please? Im beginner..
@@Piano_Pig D9 shouldnt be there on blues scale chord? A m blues notes havent f# for D. Can anyone explain me please? Im beginner..
Thanks
Thanks David, much appreciated! 🙏
I'm gonna echo what so many have already said: THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!! Because of this video, I'm able to finally put all of the Jazz theory I've been learning into practice! I have so much more freedom on the piano now, because I finally know a little of what I'm doing! Once again, thank you! Keep doing what you're doing!
It's my pleasure bro! So happy you found this lesson useful - keep it up 😀
I love your method of teaching. I play and compose by ear in a simplistic way. Now and then I find I'm somewhat short on a variety of chords so your video's are a God send. Thank you
I feel obligated to extend my gratitude to you for all these videos for free.
I am 24, have always wanted to play the piano, and just purchased my first keyboard. I've been practicing every day because I really do love it, and I want to develop this skill as much as possible.
I made a youtube playlist for piano vids, and it almost entirely consists of your videos.
I love your videos, as they're both informative and easy to digest. My best wishes to you on your career, and thanks a bunch!
Thanks friend, that means a lot. Happy to hear you're enjoying the videos and finding them useful 🙏
Came in not expecting much. Left with my jaw on the floor and a groove in my step. Subbed!
Same here!
I used this today with a nice hiphop beat and I loved it. Thank you so mutch. You are awesome!!!!!
Basically crave you by flight facilities, really like that song.
TheMAU5SoundsLikThis YES
Great content. I have been playing for 40 plus years and on Christmas eve I lost my left index finger due to infection. It was and still is quite a blow. I am relearning slowly but surely. This channel gives me great finger exercises to practice. Thank you so much
That bluesy (or jazzy??) song at the end - man, I loved it so much!
This video means so much. My jazz teacher recently just passed away and the last thing he taught me was the dorian scale. He never got to teach me on how to improvise with it, but after seeing your video, i feel like i’m starting to understand. Thankyou 🙋🏻♀️
First time on the channel. My impression after first chords: can this guy even play piano? My impression after hearing the blues improvisation : holy shit! I want to one day be as capable as he.
perhaps play the last part first as well as the ending to give people the finished product so they get it!!.....then they will try...this is only meant to help...you are a fantastic instructor!!
thanks so much for this! I’ve been a classical pianist for nearly a decade now but recently Ive really gotten in the mood for learning jazz, and this was really fun to improvise with! Idk how far youtube videos are gonna get me but it’s a nice start.
I really appreciate you playing in the end! It gave me some ideas for some tricks :)
Oh, Simon! You have helped me soooo much with this video! I have been trying to improve my solo improvisation in A minor for the last two (2) years. Thank You!
Awesome! Good to know I've helped you improve, that's what it's all about :)
Piano Pig is my new hero - incredible playing.
This chord progression sound like Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely" progression. Great job, thank you, sir.
Here to verify that this video is still fantastic and relevant in Nov 2019
Thanks, Nicholas! Much appreciated 😀
Going strong in 2020
Did you guys think that musical Concepts will change that much in 3 years
barfbag5000 it seems plausible for them to assume that
Wow really thought this chord progression was outdated in 3 years thanks for keeping us updated. You are a hero man.
I can watch PianoPig videos all day and not bother to touch the keys. Thanks Simon.
Haha I'm not sure that's the goal but I'm glad you're enjoying the channel 🤣🙏
Thank you for being one of the few channels to play more than talk!
Because of you, I understand how chord progression works. Now I can make a lot of beats!
OMG so beautifully u have played. I enjoyed lot nd also tried to grasp the right hand finger tricks. But Left hand chord we can play. But playing with Right hand notes along with left hand really tough nd tough. So much of ur time nd put all ur efforts to learn this. Hats off to u sir. Let us try to learn slowly.
You certainly earned my subscription with a concise and very teachable tutorial. I really get a lot from the improvising at the end. You seem to have a great knack for pacing the lesson as needed. Thank you!!
3:40- this is just for myself
Been listening to this on repeat for the past hour and a half
Thanks, loved this one
You are the best teacher on youtube. Thank you! Do you ever gig in NYC?
great improv dude! some really creative licks in there
Not sure if they are ghost notes, but that A Dorian riff right before 4:40 has some amazing fill and that E you hit harmonizes so well.
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Yooo that sounds like the main progression from Stevie’s “That Girl”! Dope!
no. it are the Jamming chords (bob marley)
I thought I was the only one who recognized that!
WOW! Why does the A dorian scale fit so well? (theory question)
This is soooo sweet! Great work and play ♥️ greets from Berlin
This channel is so helpful!!!!! Easy simple no bullshit and straight to the point
That progression sound so great soulful great thanks.
Hell nah its 2023 and this thing hits hard. Mans the piano GOAT
Hey, really a great lesson! Thanks a lot! Am enjoying playing my first chords and first improvising steps on the keyboard, making me very happy! :-)
love this progression I have had so much fun using the backing track on my roland piano, more like this please.
wwowwww. If I had found this video 2 years ago id be such better shape. you're the man dude!
Best piano lessons, they are straight forward with good examples of the chords being used , thank you !
Thanks, Adam! Great to hear you're enjoying the videos!
Thanksssssss
Chanel is so understated, your videos are so simple but informative! Keep it up
Thanks :)
@@Piano_Pig God is in the simplicity, stay away from the complicated. The devil is in those complicated details!
Bravo. To me the best piano tutos on TH-cam
Thanks friend, that means a lot! 🙏
I love this channel to easily sound better at piano although my main instrument is trumpet i use some riffs and patterns for my improv in others like trumpet, sax, guitar, and sometimes bass
Your lessons are so inspiring . Thank you Simon ! Looking forward to being a member soon. Learned much already, mostly: that I can perhaps do this !!! Big Thank you ...
Wow your videos are really good thank you so much for your time, they're full of knowledge and very understandable way of teaching. I'm applying some of those lesson to play the bass as well thank you so much. Moises from Burlington North Carolina USA.
If more Piano teachers were like this, there would be less Guitar Players in the World, too many already!
Great. Wonderful tips. Sooooo thankful!
You are one of the best piano player/teacher, I ever saw before. Go on with this stuff. Nice week. NAMASTE
Thanks man! Much appreciated
Nice!! This will be my new jam in 2021-2022 xD thank you!
Fantastic lesson, lots of great ideas 👍 thank you for sharing.
Dude you are THE BEST INSTRUCTOR out there. Keep it up. I am a fan, a student and most of all a SUBSCRIBER!!!
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Clear, concise and to the point, thanks for sharing 👍
Good info for any level. There,s always room for different styles and perspectives. This is Way 1. altgeld gardens. Carver Class of 1985 .under John PateJr. and Curtis Prince. One of the Baddest Bands in the State
thank you for the lesson. love it. Take care bro.
There could be just a whole video for lots of awesome chord progressions like this and right hand scales that goes with them.. This is great
Glad you like it!
Nice I'm glad I know at least a bit about piano now gonna jam out now
Heck.. Anything one can learn for Free is the Best Learning.. So Keep the coming that we'll be waiting.. Thank You..
My pleasure :)
Great chords, many thanks! Wonder what chorus one could come up for such a cool sounding verse?...
Wow...great pointers....thanx!
4:45 Excellent!
Still sounding smooth and pretty ! My man!😎
My word that sounds heavenly, you are really good at this!!!!!!!!!
Excellent lesson, well-paced, clearly set out, & very accessible. Thank you for this & the free backing track.
My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it :)
What a great, convinient, simple and interesting way of teaching you use .. I blindly subscribed and I'll be so dedicated to your tutorials .. so keep it up dude 👌
Thank! So glad you're a fan of the channel :)
Saturdayyy, in the park
a wonderful piano channel, great 😊
Terrific.. so much fun. Thanks for another great video.
Glad you enjoyed it :)
Thank you very much for your great lessons!
Super soulful
I’ve just discovered your channel. I like the style of presentation. The keyboard work with voice over is .encouraging. Thanks for creating this.
Fabulous! Thank you!
Yeah you got the feel. Thank you
The e 7 alt appears to be E7 #5#9. also it's a good thing to to notice how close a c major 7 is is to an e minor 7.. c major 7 is (c e g b) and eminor7 is (e g b d) just good to how closely chords are related to each other. I learn every day new things. I have had many private lessons in the past but generally classical music at the sub university level does not go deep into chord theory..The average jazz musician has a respectable knowledge of music theory both playing and theory. If we are in c, we can go to e minor 7 b5 in an instant. e g b.
Very right you are! You could think of Em7 as a rootless voicing for Cm9 - very similar chords indeed... it all depends on what the bass is doing!
PianoPig yeah the em7 ( e g b d) is right next to the e minor 7 b5
(e g bb d) This I a really comfortable cord to make . I think it's in Georgia on my mind.. fma7. (face) to eminor 7 b5.( above) to a7 ( e g a c#)
This is brilliant!
sweet! I'm gonna learn this!
Really helpful. Thank you!
Pretty Awesome! I like this style of chords, but not get used to play. This video is so useful for me to go into blues style.
Sounds good man.
Just figured out that this chord progression fits with almost blue by Chet baker
E. K Yes, thought I was the only one that noticed! :D Chet is awesome
Thank you for your great vids. Much appreciated. Going through this I see it can be played slow and cocktail style, it appears. My sense of rhythm is not so hot so I like the slower pace.
It's just a chord progression - it can be played in whatever style and whatever speed you fancy 😀
Hello! Thank you so much for this tutorial! This will surely help me to learn jazz improvising. Also wanted to tell you that your videos really stand out from the lot, and I'm just wondering why I wasn't subscribed to your channel since. Following you from Benin, West Africa.
Cheers (and keep up the good work),
Elyel.
Thank you! Much appreciated, glad you're enjoyed the videos 😀
Man. I am really pigging out on your videos! thank you very much!
Good to hear you're enjoying them bro 🐷🐷🐷
Great videos, thanks a lot for the lessons!
Dude is sick with the keys damn
Great! Thank you so much!!
Great chords
Thank you for this clear tutorial. I'm following every steps and write down notes💪 A big help for those wanted to learn to play piano🙏
Glad to be able to help :)
this sounds great
Just starting out but always fooled around with my piano. I think I’m ready for something serious. I’ve been ready.. wish me luck!
Good luck!
Good luck bro!
Greetings from Venezuela👍
Lovely chords
Instead of all blue, can you please use different colors for the treble versus the bass clefs?
still playing this for people, with my own small improv melody. thank you and asking for MOAR
Saturday! In the park!