The Most Important Improv Exercise for Jazz Piano
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LESSON SUMMARY
In this lesson, you're going to learn:
- The Most Important Chord Progression for Jazz Piano Improv
- A Beginner Left Hand Accompaniment
- An Intermediate Left Hand Accompaniment
- 3 Essential Scales for Improv
- Connecting Scale Exercise for Beginners
- Connecting Scale Exercise for Intermediate & Advanced Players
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Jonny May
00:36 Connecting scales exercise
00:50 Turnaround progression
01:23 Beginner: chord shell approach
02:45 Play with backing track
03:05 Intermediate: rootless voicings
04:28 Play with backing track
04:46 Tip: quick 5-1
05:10 3 essential scales
05:36 Scale 1: C Major
06:09 Scale 2: C# diminished
07:30 Scale 3: B diminished
08:32 Beginner: connecting scales
10:48 Play with backing track
11:05 Creating melody lines
12:05 Play with backing track
12:47 Intermediate: connecting scales
15:10 Ideal tempo
15:33 Play with backing track
15:37 Creating melody lines
16:41 Play with backing track
17:18 Conclusion
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This is great. One question: Why the diminished scale as opposed to something else?
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This is the perfect lesson for where I am right now in my jazz piano career. Question: Why do you name the two diminished scales after the third of the chords. Why not the root of each chord and do half-step / whole-step?
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Don't know if it's of any interest to anyone, but I prefer to think of playing the diminished scale that starts a semitone above the root, so over A7 that would be Bb diminished. Same as C# diminished, obviously.
For me this ties in better with the altered scale, which is effectively a melodic minor ascending that starts a semitone above the root.
So over A7(alt) you can play Bb diminished or Bb melodic minor ascending.
Only difference is the dim scale has an E and F#, whereas the altered scale has an F natural. If you're swapping between the two to create different tensions, this difference is interesting to focus on.
Great video Johnny. I like to think of the c#dim scale as the A half diminished scale and the B diminished scale here as the G half diminished scale. This is easier to me as they are the same letter as the chord but your way is a cool way as they are both right next to the door key. Very cool concept. Just to clarify for the watchers, your c# scale here is a whole diminished scale and your B scale is a whole diminished scale. Interesting point about diminished scales is while most scales have 5, 6 or 7 notes, diminished scales have 8. Also the half diminished is called the dominant scale because it contains all notes of the dominant chord. Another interesting thing that you mentioned is every note can be involved with a minor third and thus a minor 6th as well. It has interesting relationship with the tri tone as well which makes the tt very substitutable with the same half diminished scale.
One of the best piano lessons I've ever had! Thank you so much! Where can I find all this exercises in PDF?
So glad it was helpful! The PDFs can be found here: pianowithjonny.com/piano-lessons/the-most-important-improv-exercise-for-jazz-piano/
Great lesson thanks. I find it the hardest part in learning jazz, putting it all together so very helpful. One question though: why not present it as A dim scale and G dim scale since they are the same, just starting on a different note isn’t it?
I had the same question.
They’re not the same scale. The C# diminished has the same notes as the G diminished scale but the B diminished scale doesn’t match the A/G diminished scale. It’s better to learn it as the major third’s diminished scale (easier to match to other keys) so he taught it as C# diminished and B diminished.
Totally confused about this. I was thinking half-whole scale. So that if you start on the root gives you the b9, #9, 3rd, b5, 6 and flat 7th. I find it easier to remember that way ... so I guess the scale he is talking about is the whole-half... but starting on the 3rd... 🤯 so isn’t it the same in the end?
Lars UK C# is the third of A7 and B is the third of G7, so he used those diminished scales. I’m not quite sure what you’re confused about so sorry if that didn’t help.
Lars UK yes it’s the same scale. Whether you think whole half, or half whole alternating. They both form diminished scales. I’m referencing the name of the scale based on the whole-half pattern.
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