5 Amazing Jazz Scales for Dominant 7 Chords - Piano Improv Lesson

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LESSON SUMMARY
In this lesson, you'll learn:
- The 5-1 chord progression
- Chord shells
- The G Mixolydian Scale
- The G Mixolydian #4 Scale
- The G Mixo-Dominant Diminished Scale
- The G Dominant Diminished Scale
- The G Fully Altered Scale
- How to create lines with 8th notes, triplets, and turns
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Happy practicing!
Jonny May

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00:36 2-5-1 Progression 02:04 Level 1: G mixolydian 03:13 Play with backing track 03:57 Level 2: G mixolydian #4 05:12 Improv demo 05:37 Play with backing track 06:22 Level 3: mixo-dominant diminished 07:44 Play with backing track 08:24 Level 4: dominant diminished 09:40 Play with backing track 10:17 Level 5: altered scale 11:10 Play with backing track 11:53 Conclusion

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Great info for guitarists as well

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Good tutorials Jonny. Keep it going. Only very few could play jazz piano like you and also teach very well. I have subscribed and look forward to more serious lessons.

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That last altered scale was so sweet!

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Glad you liked it!

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Very amazing!

[@lebinolivier6548]

Super tutorial ! Thank You Jonny. It explains very clearly how we can step by step alter the G scale based on chord superstructure. And it gives also the chord shell at left hand . So usefull thanks again. Just on "question" : why do You introduce the subject with the V-I progression, but in the playing parts You stay on the G7 chord ?

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[@ShakingMadDavid37]

Would you please be able to make a video or direct me to one about how one can learn how to improvise or make melodies like the ones you are playing? Sometimes I feel the melodies I make can sound lame or not exactly as jazzy as I want. I would really like some direction on the kind of swings/rhythms or patterns used in constructing the kinds of melodies you are playing as well as any knowledge on how to move your fingers and know when to tuck under etc. I'd appreciate any assistance!

[@livenlight]

This was so much fun! It really sounded like I was playing jazz, a lil bit :-)

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

Yeah..its nice when you sound even close to the sound you are looking for.

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Beautiful build up w voices! More keyboard time

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[@studiosys]

I think its important to mention that you can use these " interesting " alternative notes because of the unstable TRITONE ,,, of the G7 ,,,,, also its easier to remember then as b9 #9 and b5and # 5 so your brain only has to remeber these TWO key notes to launch off , rather than calling them 11 th etc ,, good stuff thanks Jonny , great info , your a great player ..

[@sanferrera]

Amazing lesson! Please do a lesson just like this, but for minor chords!! Thanks for a lot of wonderful hours in my piano, Johnny.

[@VocMusTcrMaloy]

The five chord or dominant chord is the same in major and minor. This video is about different scales to solo over the five chord. Some of the scales he has here would be very well suited for a minor key.

[@tonedeaf6912]

Im smiling while watching this video

[@chowbow573]

What was the scale you used in the intro?

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Excellent video. I was wondering if you felt up to the challenge of explaining the harmonic structure of Chick Corea’s Slippery When Wet. I can’t make any sense of it.

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Can we have MORE of this

[@jonathanhernandez4915]

Was that last C chord you played considered a shell voicing? As it has both the 9th aswell as the 13th but not the 7th and 11th?

[@BabeCover]

Alter scale 1/2 - 1 - 1/2 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 1 Yash, so Amazing Jazzy !!

[@dansteinbok7955]

Enjoyed some of the intermediate altered scales there. Don't forget Whole Tone scale is a great one too: it just condenses the b9 and #9 from the Altered Scale into a single unaltered 9.

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6:20 Mixo-dominant extra-diminished 😅 Just kidding... Excellent video as usual 👍

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[@amrum01]

Great lesson! If I analyse these scales correctly, there is one thing, which remains unchanged: the guide tones of the dominant chords, which are b and f. Would it be too farstretched to say: you can choose any note you want, but do not touch the guide tones. You need them to move to back to C.

[@wordofmo]

In the level 3 scale, there's an extra note. Isn't the Bb just a blues note? It makes the scale, g to g, 9 notes. It doesn't really seem like a chord tone. I guess the bebop scale does the same thing.

[@michaelhagan7398]

This is great info, thanks. It would help if you left the all the notes of the scale on the screen at the same time for a little while. I have a hard time remembering the notes of the scale when you play each note one at a time.

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Excuse me, is there a template for the right-hand melody you play?

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muy muy muy interesante y util excuse Mr Jonny I understand very little English

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

Yo comprehendo. Las palabras son bien. No hablo Español perfectamente, pero yo me gusto la lingua. Yo toco guitarra y piano (50 años.)

[@athenapeng0089]

teacher！can you teach us one section about Jazz rhythm？rhythm so important but many of us never able to catch it！

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

I see this as a cousin of the Lester Flat 🏃 (run)..comes from a modified. relative E minor scale a minor 3 below the G. ( E G A Bb B D E). (1 b3 4 b5 5 b7 1)..Very easy to solo over. Its not exact..but it is close..

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[@juli_gotshal]

On the dom dim scale (lev. 4 ): Why call the 3rd tone a Bb if it's a #9? Shouldnt that tone be named A#?(same question for alt scale lev. 5)

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I think it may be that often the A is not seen as a 9th but 2nd. Just a guess. Good question.

[@catto000]

That A# in the 3er case is not an 9#, it is a passing tone. Great video.

[@stanley5394]

Anybody-In the lesson, when just the 4th note of the scale is raised, to C#, the C natural isn’t shown on the staff as part of the scale. But when the 9th is also raised, to A#, A natural is still shown as part of the scale. Obviously, in practice, any note could be included as a passing tone. But why is the natural 9th shown as part of the scale, but not the natural 4th?

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

Altered scale.. Super easy to remember 4 notes of Dom 1/2 whole diminished ..followed by the whole scale. Easier for learners to see in C. C Db D# E... Gb Ab Bb C.. Root b9 #9 3 b5 #5 b7 Root.. Or #11 b13..The way I like visualize this..50 years ago..Joe said..hey Bob ..what do you say we make a far out out scale? The altered scale..Bob says what. Yeah we'll have a chords to go with it too. This won't have a 9 or 11 or 13. Joe says it'll have a b9 #9 a 3..it is dominant ..so it'll have to be a major 3rd. Then a #11 b13 ..and best of all..the real book will just say..altered chord.

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

Thanks. I am working on getting all12 alt.scales down. Slashc Chords like F13#11..G triad/Over F7.. G B D/F7.. THE TRITONE IS NOT JUST A b5. In the extensions it is a # 11. Also new players can notice that a semitone down from the b7 is a six..but in the extensions, It is the 13.

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What about bebop and pentatonic

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[@danon668]

Hey The 5th its just +0,5 melodic min to first chord. I mean this: first chord is C7,so we will play C#melodic minor.

[@fernandorolandelli4800]

You can always find easier ways (to you) to explain the scales. it depends on the "language" you are used to. Your reading is very helpful at least to me. The 4th I see as a "+0.5 tone/half-tone" (or "half-tone/tone (on the chord)"). Cheers!

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3:21 was expecting a lick

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¿Como no?

[@ohvnaq]

noob question: is "dominant 7" the same as 7th chords? if so, why not use "7th chord" which is shorter? thank you!

[@PianoWithJonny]

7th chord usually does refer to a dominant 7th, but I'm just being extra clear since there are other types of 7th chords.

[@hungryformusik]

Please can anyone tell me what G chord Jonny is playing at 2:20 ? The notes are F A C E, this means the 7th, 9th, 11th and 13th of G. How would that chord be written on a leadsheet ?

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Fmaj7/G I suppose :)

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Me, I would say it's simply a G 13. ;)

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

This is just a guess. Idk for sure. G 13sus11..

[@hungryformusik]

Yes, or G13sus4, for that matter, because I‘ve never seen a sus11 notation. So you have no root (because it‘s a rootless voicing), no 3rd (because it is replaced by the 4th), no 5th (which is common in a dominant chord), and the 7th, 9th, and 13th.

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

@@hungryformusik Good points. Notes F A C E.. is rootless form of G13 sus4 .Base could play the G. Otherwise it would.be a FMaj7. But in terms of G.. F A C E is (b7 9 Sus4 13.) or G13 sus4. Glad you said something. G13sus4.says it all. The best.

[@CrisKRA]

Is there another name for the 3rd scale? Its almost a halfwhole scale

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

The G alt scale is very similar. Last year, I made a post and compared it to the C scale..easier to see. The best.

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