Tip: Use G dorian and E Aeolian, that will create an extra common tone: the note E natural. Also try E minor blues, that will give you the Bb so another common tone :) Final one, the G harmonic minor to get the F# which is common to E minor. :)
dude, i've been a pianist for 32 years now, and this is exactly how i do things in my mind when i improvise - be it jazz, blues, rock or pop. great job explaining it. best video on improvising, IMO. i tell my students: if you don't know your scales (not fast, just knowing them), you don't know anything about music except how to dance to it.
The rudiments 2 and 1/2 ..3 And a 1/2.. All 12 scales can be learned in one day. The major scales are key to everything . Even the Minors ultimately are a variation of their relative scale I try to practice every scale , at least every few days.
Flying lotus just shared this video on twitter and I’m so thankful that this exists. I’ve been wanting to get into improvising but have had no clue where to start with any of it. This is fantastic information and it makes me want to practice these exercises every day! Subscribed for sure.
This video is absolutely amazing. I've been struggling for years trying to wrap my head around this topic even attending a week-long jazz seminar. Thank you, thank you. I've had an epiphany thanks to you. Wonderful !
I have a great 'ear' which is a blessing and a curse. I hear the notes of a chord but I am illiterate in structuring my solos. I'm gonna play this video a lot
I'll have to say this is one of the best explanations of playing on chord changes I've ever seen! a lot of work to be done well worth it! Now it begins!
Nobody, nobody, nobody has been able to answer my questions about how to start improvising like you, my dear Sir. I’ve watched tons of videos, I have lessons twice a week, I have a stack of jazz how-to books. You have saved me from total frustration and my practicing will be joyful from here on out. Thank you for that gift. You literally changed my life. Electric cellist here.
man your track record is AMAZING, these lessons blow my mind every time plus you are so humble despite the crazy accomplishments in your life... you are making the world a nicer place imho, thnx for all of this
Thank you so much, my friend.... your words have truly moved me and touched me. Im happy I can offer some help to this many people in the world, on a distance. I really appreciate you taking the time to write me here. Thank you...
Ruslan, I've been waiting for someone to explain improvisation and chord changes the way you do. It was a brilliant presentation, so clear that I understood it all. Now the work begins. Thank you so much!
Excellent clip. Great job. I have subscribed as a result of seeing how enlightening your explanations are. I’m a 70 year old clarinet player who returned to his instrument after a hiatus of almost 50 years. I’m studying to improve my improvisation, having never been much of an improviser in my youth. And I’m loving it!! I think you might just be the vehicle to take me where I want to go. Thanks!!!
Oh Ruslan!! It is almost unfair that stuff like this exists for free here, and from a virtuoso such as yourself! Thanks a lot for that! Well, playing over chord changes!!! That’s always been a mystery to me, even though I have a very good ear and can play almost as soon as I hear the first chorus, but making it really good is very tough man! I play Sax and have searched the internet up and down for a method like yours, and I have finally made it home. There are a ton of videos and methods out there that address this very subject, and we are always expected to do the hard work. That’s fine, but I have never seen a method that is so intuitive and logical and complete, regardless of the time it could take to master! You see, I don’t mind putting the time to practice, as far as I am confident I’m on the right path! Thanks again, I’m off to subscribe to your channel now, see you there! Ashraf
Ashraf Dahab thank you for the kind words my friend! I’m so very happy that this is of any help to you. I agree, many of us are not putting hard work in, not because we are lazy, but because the path ahead is unclear and we don’t know the precise steps to take and the exact things to sweat over!
I know what you mean. There is so much to jazz and music in general. He has given us a golden roadmap. As you say..you spend all kinds of time.. but without a vast amount of time, we find ourselves going in circles.
Hi Ruslan, I have a lot of appreciation for your generosity, honesty (if one wants to get better you have to put in the work) and methodology. I am now a subscriber and I hope from time to time I will have questions for you.
Thank you for this lesson! I just don‘t know which minor mode to take. I have seen that you mostly avoid the 6 in your improvisation as to let this question unanswered. For me, in this particular situation of Am Em, the dorian scale sounds better.
Hi, I wanted to thank you because this is some information that i have been looking for all of my life. I have one question though. Can you point me in the right direction to find out which scales go with which chords? I am a self taught guitarist who has been noodling around using the minor pentatonic and the major scale with mediocre results. I understand what a mode is and I can figure out the notes in them but my problem is that I don't know which ones to use in different situations. For example you said that G Aeolian works over G minor. I realize that this is a complicated question and I am a real beginner at this and if you could recommend a book or a source that could get me started I would be very grateful
Great video series. I'm a !little late to the party but I was looking for a back-to-basics review of major and minor scales to recharge my musical batteries. I first viewed one of the later ones in this series, and found it so helpful that I decided to view all of them in order, starting here. Thank you very much for doing this. Coincidentally in just the past few days, a developer in the Gospel genre released a FREE app which plays the Major and Minor scales in all keys and tempos, with 4 different optional rhythms, and the ability to add or remove a full backing band, use just one instrument at a time like drums, and add or remove the actual scale notes. Its called 'Scale Junkie' and is available from both Apple and Android stores for download. Ive found that following and applying your lesson plans, accompanied with the optional rhythms and instrumentation on this App to be very useful to me, and perhaps may also be to others. Anyway I thought I would mention it.
I’m a guitar player and your explanation of playing over changes in this fashion was excellent, easy to understand and transferable to guitar. Thank you!
Guitar player since about 12. around 15 remember putting the needle down on the record and trying to learn the next Chet Atkin Lick.. I didn't have a Gretchen. my dad had gave me a Sear Silverstone. The high fret action toughened up my fingers.
In short, brillant lesson, thanks for sharing. Its like you knew what you had to be doing over the chord changes with the notes of the chord, but this video just clears it all up about what specifically needs to be done, it validates years of thought. Plus, when you see someone flying over an improvisational line, you don't always appreciate all the hard work, preparation and analysis they have put in to understanding the piece before they go and improv over it. Thanks again. Appreciated and GREAT. Vince
WOW! I had almost the same aprouch of learning, but never did it for long time. Now you confirm that it works, and I believe it works! Of course we need a lot work here, but it's investment in ourselves. Thank you, soulmate! Will go practise now! :) Greetings from Lithuania!
Totally.. I try to have a spiral notebook ..and pen on hand. When you write something down you remember it better. Its not an accident teachers said for us to write on the board.. I will not talk in class a hundred times.. we learned how to spelll. Correct Grammer,. As I think back I was runner up in a school spelling be..lol My mother wrote every down and that is good habit for music..
I love your editing. And I love the no-nonsense idea presented here. It's funny when you don't leave anything out, the tone can come across as kind of sarcastic... but I love it. It makes total sense.
Hello, thank you for these videos on chord changes, they really are useful! Although, I'm a bit confused about some things so I have a few questions. On one chord, let's say Gm, how do you choose among dorian, aeolian, minor melodic or harmonic? or if Gmaj7 how do you choose if ionian or lydian? Then what confuse me more is how to apply that to a sequence of chords that all belong to the same scale. For exemple, the four first bars of Autumn leaves (Cm F7 Bbmaj7 EbMaj7) all belong to Bb major scale right ? So here all the tones of Bb ionian are common tones between those chords? The same apply to many standards in which there are differents sequences of chords belonging to a same scale. How would you apply the exercices you propose to these situations ? I hope my question is clear. Thank you again
Thank you, thank you and thank you. This video have just put things in order of so many books that I once started studying and never finished. Let's do it!
ahh interesting, the first thing what I think if i see a cm7 chord for example is "in what key is the song at the moment" . Because cm7 in Bb (you can play d) is not cm7 in Ab (d is wrong) and not cm7 in Eb. But maybe I didn't get this method.
This is my favorite music instruction video I have EVER seen. I have been looking for something to help me solo on guitar. It’s definitely a lot of work. But, if you know your scale shapes and have access to a practice play along piece, you’re good to go. Many Thanks!
When you say “solo over”, what exactly does that mean? Is it just using the notes of the scale, but always coming back to the root or 3rd or 5th, etc? How do you pick the rhythm?
Oh my my my, you have just blasted me into the stratosphere.. I've been playing guitar for two hundred years and lately started fumbling into jazz piano but this has sent me back to guitar soloing and turned my head around through 180. What a truly fabulous lesson. Let me know how I can contribute to your work. And is that you playing piano? Thank you so very, very much. Pearse
I've just one problem: shouldn't I have to do my arpeggios only over the chordtones of the chords I have to play? And not the other arpeggios that come from the scale? I mean, if I have Cmaj7 and I play instead Am7 arpeggio, it's correct to play but am I not supposed to play only the Cmaj7 chord tones? Making clear the chord I'm supposed to play? Kind of Jeff Berlin videos, where he talks about chordtones...thanks😊
The video itself is so well done, clear, not rushed and with the explanations/method of Mr Sirota it can empower many players trying to improvise, I for one. I wish I found you before this - thanks for your generosity.
Thank you Ruslan for these fantastic lessons! I'm trying to learn the Arpeggios + Walkdown but have issues with playing a smooth line. Can somebody help me out with proper fingerings? Thank you! :D
Sorry, but I'm a bit confused. I thought the Aeolian was the sixth mode of a scale or is it different in minor scales? For example: in the key of C the Phrygian is the 3rd note or mode in the scale, but you start on "E."
This is not good information if you want to master the tonal sound of improvisation aka bebop. Just listen to charlir parker. Or sonny rollins, sonny stitt, bud powell, dizzy etc... just do it!
Great video, simple, to the point, well-structured. Hits the spot for the intermediate music theory level player, where you know enough to do OK, but you're not amazing. I know or can figure out all the modes, but am often at a loss for ideas or scared to attempt to improvise and screw up. The steps suggested are great and serve as training wheels to the improvisation bike. The steps give one a roadmap of how to tackle the project at hand. Thanks.
Hello, thanks for all your generous and great teachings. I have a question, say for exemple, that i improvise over 2 chords, D and F; is that means that i can't play the bass F when i improvise because it is not a common tone with D?
Thank you, I appreciate this information. What app did you use on the different styles of accompaniment? You mentioned that you could set it up to do any chords you like. Thanks again, Carlos
The theoretical picture is quite clear also in this video, but there is not much any gimmicks e.g. "play the root and then 1/2 step below, when the chord changes", which is very helpful in your improvisation, for not to be as boring as in this video.
I am not an accomplished musician, but I have always wondered how improvisation worked. I knew there had to be a mutuality and connection when playing in a key.. Thanks, I will re-watch this video over and over until it sinks and practice starting with just one key.
Just wondering why you didn't talk about using C as a common tone between Gm and Em, or about why not to use C. I'm assuming it's because a 6th over a minor (C over Em) doesn't sound too good but can you clarify?
ANything enjoyable will be difficult to achieve, thanks a lot for this concise and definite lineup of steps to take. So basically this instruction video means there is so shortcut in learning guitar., like learning everything else.
Fantastic video. Really. In your opinion , what would be the most methodical way to implement this idea? One chord at a time or with groups of chords , one key at a time as opposed to one chord at a time? Thank you in advance.
It’s so simple the way you explain it, super helpful. I hear all the notes but never follow a line of thought. This showed me that that’s where my problem lays
In many tunes, two consecutive chords can be based on the same scale, just a different degree. In that case the common tones are all the notes in the scale. So the step number 4 doesn't really apply there.
I want to thank you for the content of your videos, they are very good and also the one way is to show that you have that unbearable Thank you very much, 1000 thanks
Really good advice.. I more less do this, but never used a regimen. From the peanut gallery. Donna Lee was written in Ab. Here's the diatonic 7ths. Abmaj7 BbMin7 CMin7 Dbmaj7 Eb7 Fmin7 Gmin7b5.. Georgia on my mind is written in F. Fmaj7 to Emin7b5 ...Dm7.. I left a few out.
Awesome and extremely helpful video! What's the secret to getting the phrasing right? For example, when you're targeting the root or the 3rd, are you just returning to the target note whenever you feel like? It seems that it's not random. Can you elaborate on this?
mrkeyzzz well I hear melodies and I’m a decent improviser so i just go into it with a goal in mind - play around the 3rd or 5th etc. and then I try to simply improvise with that in mind. My decent abilities to phrase coherently still stay intact, even if I have a limitation I impose on myself, like playing around the 3rd
In one lesson, I learned how to elevate my game a HUGE step to the next level. This was amazing, and I truly appreciate this.
Thank you, Ruslan. So clearly and well presented. I'm very lazy but you've inspired me to work.,😁😁
I love this man. This really opens my eyes and my ears on chord changes as a Sax player.
Harold Simmons same here
Tip: Use G dorian and E Aeolian, that will create an extra common tone: the note E natural. Also try E minor blues, that will give you the Bb so another common tone :) Final one, the G harmonic minor to get the F# which is common to E minor. :)
Wow. Never thought of that! Using different scale structures to create more common tones!!! Awesome!!
dude, i've been a pianist for 32 years now, and this is exactly how i do things in my mind when i improvise - be it jazz, blues, rock or pop. great job explaining it. best video on improvising, IMO. i tell my students: if you don't know your scales (not fast, just knowing them), you don't know anything about music except how to dance to it.
yep
The rudiments 2 and 1/2 ..3 And a 1/2.. All 12 scales can be learned in one day. The major scales are key to everything . Even the Minors ultimately are a variation of their relative scale I try to practice every scale , at least every few days.
Flying lotus just shared this video on twitter and I’m so thankful that this exists. I’ve been wanting to get into improvising but have had no clue where to start with any of it. This is fantastic information and it makes me want to practice these exercises every day! Subscribed for sure.
This is the best video on improvisations I have seen in my entire life. Have been struggling to understand how modes are applied to improvisation
Only one word needed. Excellent!!!!!
If I could, I'd give you 6 "likes"... this is very good🙏 clear and thorough. Thank you so much Sir, T
You are such an amazing friend to have in my jazz music journey . You just brightened up my wet Saturday afternoon in May in UK
This video is absolutely amazing. I've been struggling for years trying to wrap my head around this topic even attending a week-long jazz seminar. Thank you, thank you. I've had an epiphany thanks to you. Wonderful !
very talented pianist and teacher with inspiring vidéo ...thx a lot for sharing.
I have a great 'ear' which is a blessing and a curse. I hear the notes of a chord but I am illiterate in structuring my solos. I'm gonna play this video a lot
Brilliant exposition, don't think I've ever seen such an immediately useful/practical approach to the subject. Thank you!
Thank you so much Ruslan. You are such an inspiring teacher! I found you through Janek's channel (bass player here).
Si Greg glad u dig it!! Lots more coming
Can't wait!!
I'll have to say this is one of the best explanations of playing on chord changes I've ever seen! a lot of work to be done well worth it!
Now it begins!
Thank you Ruslan so much for making this video! This is an absolute gold mine of information. I’m excited to get working on this.
Nobody, nobody, nobody has been able to answer my questions about how to start improvising like you, my dear Sir. I’ve watched tons of videos, I have lessons twice a week, I have a stack of jazz how-to books. You have saved me from total frustration and my practicing will be joyful from here on out. Thank you for that gift. You literally changed my life. Electric cellist here.
man your track record is AMAZING, these lessons blow my mind every time plus you are so humble despite the crazy accomplishments in your life... you are making the world a nicer place imho, thnx for all of this
Thank you so much, my friend.... your words have truly moved me and touched me. Im happy I can offer some help to this many people in the world, on a distance. I really appreciate you taking the time to write me here. Thank you...
Finally!!! Something on TH-cam that illustrates that there ARE no shortcuts. Thank you Ruslan
composing a solo using just the common tones is the biggest shortcut to try to sound decent....
100% yes to your comment
Ruslan, I've been waiting for someone to explain improvisation and chord changes the way you do. It was a brilliant presentation, so clear that I understood it all. Now the work begins. Thank you so much!
Прекрасное объяснение, превосходная серия упражнений, спасибо Руслан!
Excellent clip. Great job. I have subscribed as a result of seeing how enlightening your explanations are. I’m a 70 year old clarinet player who returned to his instrument after a hiatus of almost 50 years. I’m studying to improve my improvisation, having never been much of an improviser in my youth. And I’m loving it!! I think you might just be the vehicle to take me where I want to go. Thanks!!!
Laurie Lyon I am so very happy to hear, sir!!!! If there is anything I can ever do - please comment and ask!!! I’m honored to have you on my channel
Exactly the same for me as a piano player! Cheers!😁
Oh Ruslan!! It is almost unfair that stuff like this exists for free here, and from a virtuoso such as yourself! Thanks a lot for that!
Well, playing over chord changes!!! That’s always been a mystery to me, even though I have a very good ear and can play almost as soon as I hear the first chorus, but making it really good is very tough man! I play Sax and have searched the internet up and down for a method like yours, and I have finally made it home.
There are a ton of videos and methods out there that address this very subject, and we are always expected to do the hard work. That’s fine, but I have never seen a method that is so intuitive and logical and complete, regardless of the time it could take to master! You see, I don’t mind putting the time to practice, as far as I am confident I’m on the right path!
Thanks again, I’m off to subscribe to your channel now, see you there!
Ashraf
Ashraf Dahab thank you for the kind words my friend! I’m so very happy that this is of any help to you. I agree, many of us are not putting hard work in, not because we are lazy, but because the path ahead is unclear and we don’t know the precise steps to take and the exact things to sweat over!
I know what you mean. There is so much to jazz and music in general.
He has given us a golden roadmap. As you say..you spend all kinds of time.. but without a vast amount of time, we find ourselves going in circles.
Hi Ruslan, I have a lot of appreciation for your generosity, honesty (if one wants to get better you have to put in the work) and methodology. I am now a subscriber and I hope from time to time I will have questions for you.
Thank you for this lesson! I just don‘t know which minor mode to take. I have seen that you mostly avoid the 6 in your improvisation as to let this question unanswered. For me, in this particular situation of Am Em, the dorian scale sounds better.
This is PURE GOLD! Thank you so so much!
This is the best instructional solo video I have seen in a considerably long time. Thank you for this.
Some of the proper fingering you use when performing all of these iterations would be immensely helpful lol.
For Skype Lessons, write me on Instagram (@ruslanpiano), or write under this comment and I'll reach out to you.
I also have questions regarding Skype lessons. My email is: jonitedesco@gmail.com. Thanks so much!
Can you help a broken down Sax Man with heart
rocco muriale Yes, I 100% can. How can I help?
Hi, I wanted to thank you because this is some information that i have been looking for all of my life. I have one question though. Can you point me in the right direction to find out which scales go with which chords? I am a self taught guitarist who has been noodling around using the minor pentatonic and the major scale with mediocre results. I understand what a mode is and I can figure out the notes in them but my problem is that I don't know which ones to use in different situations. For example you said that G Aeolian works over G minor. I realize that this is a complicated question and I am a real beginner at this and if you could recommend a book or a source that could get me started I would be very grateful
Jim Bonacum in a few weeks I’m releasing my first video course on exactly your question. Many people asked me for it. And it’s coming.
been playing for a while, took away more that I initially thought, Play guitar...putting your method to work immediately...Thanks
Gold. Currently working on my tetrachords in all inversions (at long last). This opens a door. Thanks a million, Ruslan.
I think it would be helpful to suggest fingerings for these exercises ? Just Say'n......Thanks
Great video series. I'm a !little late to the party but I was looking for a back-to-basics review of major and minor scales to recharge my musical batteries. I first viewed one of the later ones in this series, and found it so helpful that I decided to view all of them in order, starting here. Thank you very much for doing this. Coincidentally in just the past few days, a developer in the Gospel genre released a FREE app which plays the Major and Minor scales in all keys and tempos, with 4 different optional rhythms, and the ability to add or remove a full backing band, use just one instrument at a time like drums, and add or remove the actual scale notes. Its called 'Scale Junkie' and is available from both Apple and Android stores for download. Ive found that following and applying your lesson plans, accompanied with the optional rhythms and instrumentation on this App to be very useful to me, and perhaps may also be to others. Anyway I thought I would mention it.
yeah, that's awesome man! its good to have solid play alongs to practice this stuff with!
Awesome..Thank you so very much...you made sense to me...I have looked for this for a very long time...
I’m a guitar player and your explanation of playing over changes in this fashion was excellent, easy to understand and transferable to guitar. Thank you!
Guitar player since about 12. around 15 remember putting the needle down on the record and trying to learn the next Chet Atkin Lick.. I didn't have a Gretchen. my dad had gave me a Sear Silverstone. The high fret action toughened up my fingers.
did you miss out the common note of C on purpose or was it just an oversight.....good explaination though ...thanks...
In short, brillant lesson, thanks for sharing. Its like you knew what you had to be doing over the chord changes with the notes of the chord, but this video just clears it all up about what specifically needs to be done, it validates years of thought. Plus, when you see someone flying over an improvisational line, you don't always appreciate all the hard work, preparation and analysis they have put in to understanding the piece before they go and improv over it. Thanks again. Appreciated and GREAT. Vince
WOW! I had almost the same aprouch of learning, but never did it for long time. Now you confirm that it works, and I believe it works! Of course we need a lot work here, but it's investment in ourselves. Thank you, soulmate! Will go practise now! :) Greetings from Lithuania!
Totally.. I try to have a spiral notebook ..and pen on hand. When you write something down you remember it better. Its not an accident teachers said for us to write on the board.. I will not talk in class a hundred times.. we learned how to spelll. Correct Grammer,. As I think back I was runner up in a school spelling be..lol My mother wrote every down and that is good habit for music..
Quite possibly one of the most helpful videos on youtube about improvisation! Thank you!
I love your editing. And I love the no-nonsense idea presented here. It's funny when you don't leave anything out, the tone can come across as kind of sarcastic... but I love it. It makes total sense.
What an interesting way of looking at improvising over changes. Thankyou.
Hello, thank you for these videos on chord changes, they really are useful!
Although, I'm a bit confused about some things so I have a few questions.
On one chord, let's say Gm, how do you choose among dorian, aeolian, minor melodic or harmonic? or if Gmaj7 how do you choose if ionian or lydian?
Then what confuse me more is how to apply that to a sequence of chords that all belong to the same scale. For exemple, the four first bars of Autumn leaves (Cm F7 Bbmaj7 EbMaj7) all belong to Bb major scale right ?
So here all the tones of Bb ionian are common tones between those chords?
The same apply to many standards in which there are differents sequences of chords belonging to a same scale.
How would you apply the exercices you propose to these situations ?
I hope my question is clear.
Thank you again
Trying out for jazz allstate ensemble. This will help thanks!!!!
Please get rid of that annoying note in the back of your video! 20 minutes of the same note is like Chinese water torture
Thank you, thank you and thank you. This video have just put things in order of so many books that I once started studying and never finished. Let's do it!
ahh interesting, the first thing what I think if i see a cm7 chord for example is "in what key is the song at the moment" . Because cm7 in Bb (you can play d) is not cm7 in Ab (d is wrong) and not cm7 in Eb. But maybe I didn't get this method.
That's amazing I'm a singer and it will be lots of work but super useful!!!I'm really struggling improvising on chords changes
This is my favorite music instruction video I have EVER seen. I have been looking for something to help me solo on guitar.
It’s definitely a lot of work. But, if you know your scale shapes and have access to a practice play along piece, you’re good to go.
Many Thanks!
Thanks a lot Ruslan for honoring my country with the beautiful Song 'Brazil
I wanna learn jazz piano, only I do not speak English.
Hugs!🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷👍
same like david baker(techniques improvisation the lydian chromatic concept
When you say “solo over”, what exactly does that mean? Is it just using the notes of the scale, but always coming back to the root or 3rd or 5th, etc? How do you pick the rhythm?
Well said....
Oh my my my, you have just blasted me into the stratosphere.. I've been playing guitar for two hundred years and lately started fumbling into jazz piano but this has sent me back to guitar soloing and turned my head around through 180. What a truly fabulous lesson. Let me know how I can contribute to your work. And is that you playing piano?
Thank you so very, very much.
Pearse
I've just one problem: shouldn't I have to do my arpeggios only over the chordtones of the chords I have to play? And not the other arpeggios that come from the scale? I mean, if I have Cmaj7 and I play instead Am7 arpeggio, it's correct to play but am I not supposed to play only the Cmaj7 chord tones? Making clear the chord I'm supposed to play? Kind of Jeff Berlin videos, where he talks about chordtones...thanks😊
The video itself is so well done, clear, not rushed and with the explanations/method of Mr Sirota it can empower many players trying to improvise, I for one. I wish I found you before this - thanks for your generosity.
Thank you Ruslan for these fantastic lessons!
I'm trying to learn the Arpeggios + Walkdown but have issues with playing a smooth line.
Can somebody help me out with proper fingerings?
Thank you! :D
When you have two chords in one bar, for example, C7 and Bb7, what do you do?
Good class, totally changes the perspective of the issue
That's great. Thank's a lot. I am a beginner as far as this type of music is concerned. I am very happy that I found your chanel!
This ts great for improvising,but clear pl for18 chords
Sorry, but I'm a bit confused. I thought the Aeolian was the sixth mode of a scale or is it different in minor scales? For example: in the key of C the Phrygian is the 3rd note or mode in the scale, but you start on "E."
Nice choice of chords .. that tells us more than one might think !! Thanks .. hip, dude !!
This is not good information if you want to master the tonal sound of improvisation aka bebop. Just listen to charlir parker. Or sonny rollins, sonny stitt, bud powell, dizzy etc... just do it!
Thank you! Best lesson on here for improvising. Ray Trombone.
Great video, simple, to the point, well-structured. Hits the spot for the intermediate music theory level player, where you know enough to do OK, but you're not amazing.
I know or can figure out all the modes, but am often at a loss for ideas or scared to attempt to improvise and screw up. The steps suggested are great and serve as training wheels to the improvisation bike. The steps give one a roadmap of how to tackle the project at hand. Thanks.
Hello, thanks for all your generous and great teachings. I have a question, say for exemple, that i improvise over 2 chords, D and F; is that means that i can't play the bass F when i improvise because it is not a common tone with D?
Thank you, I appreciate this information. What app did you use on the different styles of accompaniment? You mentioned that you could set it up to do any chords you like. Thanks again, Carlos
Stupid question. If no key sig. how do you tell what key your in? Also if I find a nice backing how do I tell what key it’s in?
The theoretical picture is quite clear also in this video, but there is not much any gimmicks e.g. "play the root and then 1/2 step below, when the chord changes", which is very helpful in your improvisation, for not to be as boring as in this video.
This is the practice session I'd been hoping to find for a couple of weeks..... just what I need
I am not an accomplished musician, but I have always wondered how improvisation worked. I knew there had to be a mutuality and connection when playing in a key.. Thanks, I will re-watch this video over and over until it sinks and practice starting with just one key.
Just wondering why you didn't talk about using C as a common tone between Gm and Em, or about why not to use C. I'm assuming it's because a 6th over a minor (C over Em) doesn't sound too good but can you clarify?
ANything enjoyable will be difficult to achieve, thanks a lot for this concise and definite lineup of steps to take. So basically this instruction video means there is so shortcut in learning guitar., like learning everything else.
This is so helpful. Thank you, thank you !! I am gonna be busy for at least a year. Again, thank you for sharing your knowledge with us
excellent rusian but what is the fingering for the arpeggio + walkdown on the 2nd and 3rd degree of G of g minor for example?
Thanks Ruslan for all your tips. Had no idea you provided all these videos. Irene V.
A truly simple concept that I often thought about in an abstract way. Brilliant now to “see” how to use this. Thanks
Fantastic video. Really. In your opinion , what would be the most methodical way to implement this idea? One chord at a time or with groups of chords , one key at a time as opposed to one chord at a time? Thank you in advance.
excellent! EXACTLY what i've been looking for. thank you.
An awesome approach Ruslan thank you for the the simple yet profound advice.
Thank you for such a well explained and demonstrated lesson.
Simple and clear. Wow. Thank you A LOT
Thank you sooo much for this 😁😁 Really excellent lesson
It’s so simple the way you explain it, super helpful. I hear all the notes but never follow a line of thought. This showed me that that’s where my problem lays
Thank you very much very inviting and helpful 👌
In many tunes, two consecutive chords can be based on the same scale, just a different degree. In that case the common tones are all the notes in the scale. So the step number 4 doesn't really apply there.
Subscribed! I'll try this on my saxophone! Thanks, greetings from Chile
Wow! I just found the missing piece of the puzzle. Thanks!
I want to thank you for the content of your videos, they are very good and also the one way is to show that you have that unbearable
Thank you very much, 1000 thanks
I like that hat you’re saying but I can’t reas music or chart. Can you shoe it on a keyboard please?
It seems you don't use the b6 degree a lot in your soloing. Do you prefer the dorian mode over the minor chords ?
Really good advice.. I more less do this, but never used a regimen. From the peanut gallery. Donna Lee was written in Ab. Here's the diatonic 7ths. Abmaj7 BbMin7
CMin7 Dbmaj7 Eb7 Fmin7 Gmin7b5.. Georgia on my mind is written in F. Fmaj7 to Emin7b5 ...Dm7.. I left a few out.
Wonderful! And I have no interest in playing an instrument.
Awesome and extremely helpful video! What's the secret to getting the phrasing right? For example, when you're targeting the root or the 3rd, are you just returning to the target note whenever you feel like? It seems that it's not random. Can you elaborate on this?
mrkeyzzz well I hear melodies and I’m a decent improviser so i just go into it with a goal in mind - play around the 3rd or 5th etc. and then I try to simply improvise with that in mind. My decent abilities to phrase coherently still stay intact, even if I have a limitation I impose on myself, like playing around the 3rd
Ruslan Sirota perfect. Thank you. Now I have a lot of work to do, but this will be an achievable goal now!
This is awesome so clear thanks dude
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Excellent. Lots of new ideas. Thanks!
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Thanks Sir... really interesting video 👍
Very organic i like it! Any value in targeting the 11th and 13th?