Improvisation Exercises, Diminished Scale Runs & Patterns, ADVANCED Jazz Tutorial
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- Improvisation Exercises, using diminished scale runs and patterns. A four step process: 1. Runs built on diminished scales applied to altered dominant chords. 2. Diminished patterns with resolutions V-I, . 3.Applied to II-V-I Progressions. 4. Applied to specific song chord progression. Includes free music download on my website, storage.google...
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Amazing. Only trouble is now I have to spend the next 3 months/years learning all this stuff! My wife hasn't seen me since I discovered your videos and website. Just great. Please promise you will never take these videos down... ever
Like it! My wife also feels she has been widowed because of these videos. I have downed the audio, in case you tube disappears
jonathanhj I want to show you a professional run but also want to give a little back ground on these wonderful chords. something that helps is remembering that when you have the single notes. c eb gb a as a four note chord they are formed with stack minor diads.. they also have 4 different forms . go up a whole step and stack minor thirds d f ab c the follow same patterns . here is the run it is a hand over hand r stands for right and l stands for left. ( d f ab b ) on right then left same pattern continue moving up the keyboard. then resolve to a c 6 arpegio egac. left hand first then right then left .. these arppegios burn things in your brain by learning these they make you learn these. I probably couldn't forget them if I tried. I've done them possibly a thousands of times.
My wife started drawing up charts showing time in the woodshed verse family time. She calls my saxophone the other woman
You are a GREAT teacher and AMAZING musician. Congrats and thx for sharing your knowledge. ;)
Thanks for the nice comment...much appreciated!
this is one of my favorite tutorials from you. You teach very well. I think teachers can learn from you
Thanks for telling me and for the encouragement!
i agree . i agree i agree i agree ...........................................................I am a teacher NZ
Don't have a piano with me..not even my 🎸. I am going to go over the sheet music. Misty would be a good thing to practice.. I get misty when I play all the alt chords and try to apply all these scales Ha Ha..not funny. But I could not play my nylon string guitar.. I loveve to play Fly me to the moon 🌝,chord melody style.
My A and D string had broke on me a long while back I realized that I could unravel the strings from the tuner keys and should have my nylon string running in a few days. I think I have a few of fly me to the moon lessons on you tube. Anyways..I am now fairly decent on the half whole dim. scale..
Keep at it , brother!
Right. This is the stuff I'd like to hear and see. Thanks a lot, Kent. You've hit it on the nail as far as I am concerned.
I love your videos, and the way you talk and explain. Thank you for being so generous with your knowledge and explaining in such a cool and entertaining way... and for helping us to have MORE FUN!! You are a Star xxxx Swing Loose, Alice
+alice offley Thanks, Alice. I really appreciate your affirmation. Telling me that my videos are also entertaining is very helpful to me....because that is what I would hope for. Please keep in touch, and swing loose!
Kent
Thank you so much for your generosity - fantastic video and resource ! Your lessons are always enlightening, entertaining and encouraging ! 🙂
Thanks for telling me!
Screaming!!!!! Thanks so very much! WAHOO!!!!
Yeah, Man! You're cool!
On of the reason I check out your funk jazz stuff ( besides being totally interested ) is you are real. People in any kind of message they are delivering are to phony. Thanks again.
That's a great affirmation for me ...and keeps me going! Thanks!
Amazing instructions. just bought your book. I love the way you break up the theory to easy to follow to complex (building blocks).
just picked up my piano again and am excited about how you explain some concepts that make total sense to me know in my journey.
God Bless
I'm so glad you told me, and thanks so much for the endorsement of my book!
Kent..C F and G..They all start out with HWH..just recently I got all 12 Dom Dim Dim down. I have spent many hours..As you know the Dom diminished is just the notes of C dim7 and C# dim. 7.. C Eb Gb A and
C# E G Bb . C C# Eb E Gb G A Bb C. I plan to get some of your stuff down
That's correct.....thanks for the affirmation!
I didn't understand which chords can sit on each scale. so if you have an altered dominant run in one key, which dominant chords can fit over those runs? say for example you have the run in B (B, C, D, Eb, F, F#, G#, A, B), so which dominant chords could fit over that? You had said for C altered dominant, you could have C#, Eb, Gb, A, so what was the logic behind that? Thank you
If it's an altered dominant chord, then the scale starts with a half tone and alternates between half tones and whole tones. That's a symmetrical pattern. So once you go to the 3rd note of the scale the same pattern of notes repeats starting a minor 3rd higher. So the C family includes the Eb dominant, Gb dominant and A dominant. The families form a diminished chord which is intervals of minor 3rds.
Watch this video for a better detailed explanation.
th-cam.com/video/8A41X1RbKdk/w-d-xo.html
I love your tutorials Kent. And enjoy very much been there with you laughing at your jokes and amazed at your skill.
You are very generous .
Muchas gracias mi amigo
You are very welcome, and that's a wonderful comment!
Kent..hope you're well. I finally broke down and taught myself all 12 H. W Dom. Dim. scale. I literally have done them hundreds of times in a few sittings. Noticed that the last ascending note will be a whole tone or whole step. In C.. C Bb A G
Gb E D# Db C.. In descending scale degrees ((8 b7 6(13) 5 b5 (#11) 3 #2(#9) b2(b9) 1 Root)
As I did this..I realized that the scale could be seen loosely as a C6 and C7.. Add that together C13.. then the b9 and #9. above
20 Years ago..while practicing I realized that the notes of C dim7
and Db dim7 together made up a diminished scale. I didn't know anything about the H. W. Dim scale. I know you know this...
C Eb Gb A and Db F Ab B ..
together in order make up the H. W. scale C Db Eb E Gb G A Bb C.
🔽See below for piano notes
Db Eb Gb Bb
C E G A C
(In order. C Db Eb E Gb G A Bb C)
The C H. W. Dominant Dim. Scale.
Thanks for sharing. Please write me for a response!
I am gonna practice the bejeezus out of these exercises. I guess there's probably versions of these for the locrian mode too. How fun!
Thanks!
Hello Kent. Thanks for this great video. A point of confusion for me is that each diminished scale works over 4 seperate chords. What your sheet music and the video demonstrates is mainly based on the scale resolving to F major. If I did the same exercise, but resolving to the key of Abmajor (meaning the dominant is Eb7) I assume that even though It is technically the same notes as when resolving to C, playing the exact same notes in the right hand wouldn't work as well as transposing, even though in both instances I'm playing the same scale, just at different positions. I know this is a slightly confusing question, but would I need to practice the runs you wrote out starting at different positions on the same scale when the key is for example Abmajor, Bmajor or Dmajor?
That's optional, since these are symmetrical patterns... you can start wherever it sounds good. Use your ears to decide. If you think of melody as the top note.... figure out what the melodic line should be. Write to my email.
Wow this video deserves thousands of likes
You really can teach Kent👍🏾 thanks very much
Thank you for that affirmation...much appreciated!
Saad alhumaid I agrer
I actually put a Coltrane pdf on scan score and played them very slow because I wanted to create a situation of actually hearing them instead of just playing them. This video here makes it better
Thanks for telling me!
Great video. Thank you! How would you resolve to a minor chord using the diminished scale?
I have a video that explains that. I'll try to find a link. Usually the diminished chord can move up a half step to a minor chord as in "Aint' Misbehavin" or down a half step as in "Someday My Prince Will Come".
In improv you would use the diminished scale resolving to a target tone in the minor chord. Check this:
th-cam.com/video/YPC-AmzsCag/w-d-xo.html
Doubt : I remembet someone called this scale "superlocrian", is it right ?
I have a video on the Super Locrian here:
th-cam.com/video/lbpenXVeHlI/w-d-xo.html
Very cool, Kent. One thing: at just around 14:22 you were doing something stunning with moving block chords and I'd love to know what it was. I guess it's off the subject of scales, but maybe you could do a separate video on it?
I think that is drop 2 voicing,it easy to find on youtube,hope that my answer help you
Yes, that's a drop 2 technique and I have a number of videos and tutorials on that, if you go to my playlists on my channel page.
OMG how did I not see that before! Thanks for pointing that out
Thanks so much!
Since I started watching and learning from your ways, I haven't reached my but all the listeners say my technique has improved and my sound is harmonically rich.. So I'd like to THANK YOU.. BE BLESSED MR Hewitt!!
You are a major influence on my sound. THANK YOU.
+Mpho Tshwale That's wonderful to hear and one of the best comments I've received. I'm glad that I could help. Thanks so much, and blessings to you, Mpho Tswale!
Thank you Mr. Kent Greetings from Germany!
Greetings! I was there!
Thank you Sir. Best jazz teacher on Utube.
Love you, my man!!
And thank you once again, that s really amazing !!!
Thanks so much!
Great video great to see it in context and super nice to hear you playing a bit of misty in the end there!!
Thanks for the comment!
Thx you enjoy the lesson you are the best in my book. I have got a lot better on the piano
Thanks for telling me Emmett, I'm really glad to hear that, and swing loose, brother!
Sir. You are an fantastic player and a really great teacher too. Yr lessons have greatly inspired me and helped my learning process enormously. Sincere thanks and I if may humbly ask.... would it be possible to have a tutorial of Stella at some point? Thank you so much for everything. Anton.
Thank you so much for the drills. They were great! I love them because I did a lot of drills as a child taking classical, jazz and blues lessons. I took piano lessons between the ages of 10 to 15 but when I became a teenager my mind went other places so I didn't quite finish up on all of my jazz lessons so this is great for me. Since that time I went on later in life to play gospel for church and to start my own band was plays R&B and Jazz, as well as funk, pop and other genres. Since that time I started several bands that played gospel, R&B and Funk, Jazz and other genres. So this lesson helps me and all of your lessons helped me as a band leader and an ever-growing, ever learning piano player
Very nice comment...I'm glad to hear from you, and know I've made a difference.
GREAT, genius , thank's ! !
You're welcome!
Dear Kent, what about when playing a C9#11 chord for example? Wouldn't the flat 9 of the scale there be a problem?
What's the problem?
@@KentHewittpiano88 Mr. Hewitt it's all good. Thank you for your tutorials. Just to clarify, I was wondering if the diminished scale would work with a dominant chord with a natural 9 and #11? Since in the scale there's a b9 and #9. I hope the question made sense this time. It's alright though
Thank you for sharing all these tips. The free scores are also very interesting, that's very cool to give this to us !
thanks , where were you 40yrs ago
Just hangin' out in the Hartford, CT music scene...thanks!
Great, thanks for sharing! 👍
Thank you too
This is simply great! Thanks for your time and for sharing your knowledge. Saludos. AM
Thanks so much for taking the time to write and the nice compliment...keeps me going!
LOL. I do generally notice backgrounds in videos, but was more taken with your beautiful piano and didn't notice the books in the background. I got a chuckle from that :) Great video. I am really enjoying your teaching. It's a stretch for me. A good stretch. Thank you so much!
Hi Ken, how can I order ur book?
Write to me at kenthewitt@hotmail.com
Great!!! Tank you.
Thank you too!
This is so great. Thank you.
You're very welcome!
I can't download the lesson
Write to me or go here:
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Fantastic and easy to follow presentation. Thank you!
I've also found that the diminished scale works really well for tritone substituted dominant chords (i.e. Dm7 - *Db7* - CM7), which can be thought of as another dominant 7 family as you point out!
You're exactly right. There's such an amazing thing about it. Please go here for a primer: th-cam.com/video/6lXRj0hjHcM/w-d-xo.html Much more to come! Thanks!
This is gold what your are giving us in every video!! I still can't believe there are people giving you thumbs down!! thank you so much for passing your knowledge and your experience!! :-)
Thanks Kent, enjoyed that one.
Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you very cool
Thank you!
This is brilliant! Thanks for the video - very well explained and I've learned a new concept! :) Greetings from the UK!
I appreciate your excellent comment...keeps me going.
@@KentHewittpiano88 Stoked you replied! The pleasure is mine :) the best!
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.if you are advanced skip this comment. To make a dimiinished chord, just make the dominant chord .. like c7. c e g bb Now make the minor third, flatted fifth and the flatted flat 7. Notes c eb gb a.. The inversions of these are the different forms. Draw the 4 note sequence c dimished. Move up the keyboard in minor3rds . the next dimished chord starts with eb gb a c..just keep moving the circle of notes around as you would do any inversion..I struggle with certain musical concepts. But I can help with the way that I learned.
I've been studying the diminished scales and how to apply them .while doing your diminnished runs on a 2 5 1. You gave 10 examples on the written sheets. Gm9 arp. Then the c half whole scale then the the one chord. The number two has an f# in it.. is that from a melodic minor. You did a similar thing on numbers 6 andr 7. A little ellucidation when you have the time.. I hope I was clear..
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Great video!!♥️
Thank you!!
just realized I know some families of chords better than others.. time to change that .. the dominant scales and dimin. scales are now part of my daily practice.. I like the way you 🐈 agorised them as c f and g. it keeps the confusion down. . see cat up above. ha ha. I love the song Misty..
Every TH-cam video piano player is trying to copy your stuff. BUT ! your delivery on how you explain things is much better and more professional as a jazz player. Thank you !
Thank you for saying that....it could be because I've been doing it longer.
Kent this is Paul . I had fun last week . that alter ego man should cool his rockets. enjoying this tutorial. glad you recovered from the shark bite.. tell me truth did that guy push you in and say I don't know what happened to Kent.. lol.
Wow so generous and even the sheetmusic avaible !!!
just a little mistake at 3;32 when talking on diminished altered scales (or altered dominant scales as you name it ) considered as a minor melodic a half step above , it is more for the 'altered mode scale' ( 'diminished whole tone scale '), the dimished altered scale have a perfect fith and major sixth in it. Maybe it will help others analysing correctly all your great work .
Thanks so much for your great videos , it helps us so much !!
Hello Kent - great video - is there a link to the links you discuss in this video? I am unable to locate them on your site. Thanks as always for sharing and keep up the great teaching for all of us stuck at home during this difficult time. -peter-
If you're talking about the diminished scale runs sheet music, they are linked in the description of this video.
@@NiccoDubs Thank you!
Write to me.....some scores are reserved for my new appendix of exercises. I'll send you the sheets.
Thanks Kent for this so well explained patterns. Though I play in a band for decades but without any jazz-education, it was very helpful understanding. Greetings from Holland. Mike
I'm happy to know my lesson is helpful...keep watching!
Nice jacket.
Thanks!
I love your idea!
Too much will sound mechanically.
I personally don't like those kinds of playing!
Keith jarret and chick corea when they play, it is technically great and harmoniously theoretical impressive but to the audience it isn't pleasing for me.
I love the way you play! It has a feel and people can actually feel the emotion you are giving off to the audience. You have the sympathy to play music that could make the audience just look and listen with sincerity without sleeping, something that actually makes sense for the listener.
Thank you kent and keep it up!
+Mr. Razzie Binx Thanks Razzie, that's a very nice and perceptive comment. I'm glad I convey that feeling in my playing, Music has to have heart. Also I try to improvise melodically and with the sense of a story line (connected ideas). I've talked about this in my improv videos. However you can see by the number of comments here that people do like this type of concept: the symmetrical patterns built on a diminished scale. So there is something to it as far as a bank of knowledge.
as i told you i am working on these scales.. i found another way to do the whole half scale .eg. for c place your hand on c diminished 7 [ e g bb db ] the rest is the whole half scale for c [ c d eb f gb ab a b c] I am trying to absorb the video.
amazing
Thanks for the affirmation!
I still can't get your free download of tunes and tips. I just have an IPad. I don't know if that makes any difference or not. Thank you for all your help. I really enjoy it.
Ed, I'm not sure about iPads. If you have access to a PC or laptop go to www.kenthewitt.com and the free scores are under Free Music Downloads. If no luck try going to my old website kenthewitt.net Here's links: www.kenthewitt.com/free-music-downloads th-cam.com/video/07Qlhd_-p0s/w-d-xo.html Please let me know.
Ed Vojtko I didn't find it right away. I do remember having to hit menu. I think it was three little dots.. they are there in fact I just downloaded Kent's version of Georgia on my mind.
Really great improvisation tips and love the scales you're using. Have you any suggestions for backing tracks that just play a lot of jazz style chord progressions that one could then solo over the top of? I'm actually using your theory suggestions for alto saxophone, so I can't play my own backing chords! I'd happily buy a CD/MP3 that had some nice progressions and a list of what chords were being played to improvise over.
James William check quist backing tracks .. you can always make backing tracks using Kent's scores and musescore.. btw way the videos teaching musescore are hard to understand.. go to the help section and read it.. it really does answer pretty much every thing one other thing my ctk4200 has a jazz combo rhytm. You can record a loop and practice .
nicely explained the method of improvisation!
I'm very, very glad that I found your channel! I'm picking up everything you're laying down, man. Thank you so, so much for sharing this information.
Thanks for telling me...it means a lot!
I like this video a lot, thanks for sharing the ideas. they are like rocket ships in to the future.
Mate, A grade instruction. Dig it to the max.
Excellently presented and very useful as always :)
+Max Roache I appreciate your telling me!
AWESOME !! SO MANY BEAUTIFUL WAYS ! IF YOUR CHOPS GET ANY BETTER, YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO GET 'EM INSURED !!!... SAY, WHAT ABOUT A BIT OF ONE OF YOUR CONCERTS AS A VIDEO SOMETIME ?? REAL FINE MAN ! THANK YOU !
Thanks, Steve, you're a capitol fellow. "plucky as a lion and generous to a fault." What do they say?...takes one to know one. I just put you on my "A" list, and hopefully someday, someone will think it's worth filming one of my concerts.
Yeah man
Yeah man!
The downloaded scale runs says to use them on a C7alt chord. For your alt7 chord are you using 1-3-#5-b7?
The scale automatically alters the chord by playing it of a straight C7 chord. However you could play a C7b9 or C7#9 using 1st Inversion voicings. There's no #5 (that would be a super locrian scale...check out my vid on that) but you could use a b5 because that's in the scale.
great tutorials Kent! always a pleasure to learn from the greats
Another awesome video, Kent. Thanks again! My dad was just visiting (pro jazz guitarist) and he commented on how much my playing has improved. Thanks to your videos!
That's the best news I've had today...your telling me your dad recognized your improvement.... and I helped. Blessings!
That was one of the best lessons I've ever had! What a great video. Clear, concise and impactful. Thank you Kent! I've subscribed and will check out your website today. PS, great to hear a NE accent down here in TX!
Thanks for the wonderful comment. Please see my playlists:
th-cam.com/channels/dmjw5sm9Kn83TB_rA_QBCw.html?view_as=subscriber
Top, muito bom.
Thank you!
Cool！
Cool, hip cat!
Thank you so much for this tutorial Kent - It will be so good to give this a try out!
Your efforts to educate are always very inspiring and very much appreciated! :)
Thanks also for the notations - this will certainly be a tremendous help :)
Thanks, Ness...I'm glad you like what I do and your comment is helpful to me to stay motivated.
It is not just a complete tutorial,it's really funny and easi tú learn , because you Kent make it fascinating. Thanks a lot
Thanks for the support ...it really means a lot, and is very helpful to me!
I could be mistaken, but did you have a lesson up on "Someday My Prince Will Come"? I can't remember if it was you or not, but I can't seem to find it now.
+Robert Lee it wasn't a lesson I don't think, it was just played in one of his videos for demonstration purposes.
+Danny Marland Do you remember which video it was? I've been trying to find it for awhile.
+Robert Lee th-cam.com/video/8A41X1RbKdk/w-d-xo.html&nohtml5=False at 11.43 Let know if this is it. Thanks!
Yes, this is it. Thank you!
The best info and lesson I could find about the diminished scale, thanks so much for your time and entertaining way of teaching. I really appreciate this lessons.
Thank you for the affirmation and comment...very helpful to me!
You're a great teacher! So much knowledge shared with so much swag! I really appreciate this thing, keep on it! Thanks for make so many player happy!
Thank you, Gerson. "Great teacher" is a beautiful compliment, but swagger takes it to a higher level.....that for me does not come natural and takes some work.
Thank you so much for those patterns. I was looking for something like this for a while. Makes everything much easier and so cool to use those scales. Happy new year from France!
You are so welcome!
This is amazing! I was pretty stuck as a pianist until I came across your videos! These have truly helped to expand my mind and ideas musically! Thanks for all you're doing man!
That's a great comment and very affirming to me....because that is exactly what I'm trying to do. So thanks, smd, so much!
Thank you for sharing. I m still working on getting these down.
Thanks from Colombia....
Thank you too!
Utilissimo! Grazie mille della sua arte.
Very useful Thank you for your art.😊
Many thanks!
I really like the examples around 8:00
Thank you so much Kent. Enjoyed the video. Very nicely explained!
Thanks for the comment and compliment...keeps me going!
Wow! Love it! Thanks!
I remember that sound from the Batman TV show!!
your lesson are definitely one of the best lessons on youtube. detail video with free supportive material. once i learnt the mark levine book, i will buy your book
Thanks for the comments and support!
Thanks for puting these videos up here, it is very interesting and usefull to watch each of them.
I appreciate the support...keeps me going!
Dear Mr Hewitt, you are truly an amazing teacher, i thank you from the bottom of my heart for this tutorial. I really really wish that i can meet you one day and maybe have a lesson with you, because in just a 15 minutes video...i've already learned so much. May god bless you. Cheers to many more years of music with Kent Hewitt!
Javan...you are a true friend and brother. You give me support and encouragement, and it's more valuable to me than you know...humble thanks,.... and may music give you many blessings.
What a nice man you are! You worried about the guy with the cellphone!? Keith Jarrett would get pissed and leave the concert! lol
I hope your sore throat is better now.
+jazzutako Thanks for the good wishes. You're probably "pulling my leg", like you're staying in my humor mode, right? Either way, I like that you say I'm nice.
OK Kent! Thanks for your time answering my questions!
Thanks for writing!
Great video, lot of useful concepts, thanks for sharing !!
Thanks for the comment ...it really helps me to keep going!
Fantastic tutorial! Learned a lot. May the swing force be with you brother!
May the jazz force be with you and propel you to great joy!
great video now I'm not sleeping
Thanks for opening up the world of the diminished scale to me Kent.
thank u
Thanks for the teaching! You are helping me understand ideas that have been hard for me for a long time.
Your comment makes me feel good and helpful. I'm glad to pass on the knowledge..... so I'm grateful to you for telling me...keep watching!