7 great Jazz scales - MELODIC MINOR MODES

[@dinifabio]

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[@NewJazz]

GREAT!!!

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Buy a piano and broaden your horizons,tommy lees a drummer,but he plays a good guitar,I play guitar and am learning keys.

[@mariusilau7584]

Damn right, this thing is pure gold. Now ... time to derive the patterns for the full fretboard :DD

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[@woah6958]

For some reason pianists explain theory in a much clearer way than guitarists.

[@yaoguangtang1759]

The best jazz scale lesson in KZbin.

[@AtomizedSound]

The voice alone is worth it, it’s like I’m watching a PBS documentary on jazz music theory. Bravo!

[@skimanization]

These modes are the most neglected in the study of jazz improvisation because they are minor and difficult to understand. Most musicians are just familiar with the Major scale modes which seem to be easier. I have studied modes but none ever explained them to me as you do. Here I've encountered the best explanation that makes sense. Thanks.

[@TimothyJohnsonBey]

This man deserves an award!

[@justinwilliams3201]

This Guy is probably the greatest jazz pianist i have ever found on KZbin, there's great piano teachers , but he's the greatest Jazz Piano here. Thank you for such an amazing Lesson Oliver.

[@IN2music2]

This professor is an unbelievable instructor!!! Thank you for all your teachings.

[@henriquematias1986]

i feel like i studied my whole life just to be able to arrive at your lessons and realise how good they are. now i feel i need the rest of my life to actually study this and put it in practice. thank you

[@gigabrad4570]

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[@dcorrette]

I'm working on my piano and my brother told me about you and so now I'm watching and listening to what you are doin before trying it myself. says Judy Correttin Wildwood, Fl

[@kochvn]

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[@MatteoVicino]

this is not just a tutorial, but a great way to learn music, a gift from a blessed and genius musician.

[@jamieburrell1081]

Words cannot explain how grateful I am for this gem of a video, thank you! :D

[@VTG71]

You are THE BEST music teacher I’ve ever seen before. Thanks for your great lessons!!!

[@bangin_beats]

Oliver Prehn, you truly have a genius and straight to the point way of presenting a tutorial video with the addition of exceptional playing skills. Your videos and playing skills are instantly recognisable. Big thanks and much respect!

[@BladeRunner1969]

The best of YT, the best lesson ever. Oliver your lessons are excelent! So clear and, importantly, you have invented a slow english style that allows all non-native english speakers to understand everything. This makes your lessons really universal. And of course your pedagogic insight comes from a very high knowledge of music. I've never been taught that there were so handy rules to easily mix notes from different scales, If I'd had known this from kid ... !! I'm so grateful to you for your efforts! Keep doing good!

[@NewJazz]

THANKS A LOT :) :) :)

[@kip4966]

Possibly the most relaxing voice on all the web

[@fimamusic7888]

The cream of the crop in terms of explaining tutorials...congrats!!!

[@stevekellar1403]

I'M ABSOLUTELY BLOWN AWAY BY THIS LESSON ! WOW !

[@manuelcaceres8592]

In less than 24 hours I was anxious to get my second lesson from Oliver. Really like very much the lesson Melodic Minor Modes. I have been playing piano for a long time but with this lesson I got a new dimension of whay is going on on Jazz improvisation. I am a physsicist so I am not have plenty of time to enjoy your lessons, but I will try regularly, and as soon as I can I will colaborate with your economical support. Thank a lot from Argentina. Manuel

[@thivaletendey117]

Thank you so much Oliver. an other great lesson.. Jazz is becoming with you like an ocean where some one can swim without an end...you are bringing us to opend our eyes to explore Jazz univers ... thank you so much for the time your are taking fur us.

[@seemaibunyaowalak7839]

Thank you for your knowledge giving, this is not just playing piano , but this can make a tons of poodle getting job by your giving. Your sacrifice, in Buddhist calling, we call it " Viddhatan", it means sacrificing our self for giving people knowledges. Buddha said this good deeds, will make us, happy, having no problems with money ,clever and knowledgeable, not just this life ,it's next life too. Keep doing in man! I bless you with all good hearts in the world to bless you with happiness,thank you

[@p1anosteve]

Congratulations on creating what I think is some of the clearest explanations and tutorials on you tube.

[@TheJonathanlewis1000]

Just love this guy - he nails intermediate/ semi advanced theory in a single episode. Just so well presented. You could literally do a gig on these scales and sound superb! Thanks so much.

[@frankpham4686]

Yes this is true teacher, precisely, slowly explanations. BEST CHANNEL for JAZZ EXCERCISES EVER. Thank you so much

[@gwenethrosenlund536]

Thank you.. I like the way you deliver your tutorials. You give the student the time to both see and absorb what you are teaching. Very informative.

[@feraugustobarbosa]

Oliver, today I have finished to translate de lesson "7 Great Jazz Scales- MELODIC MINOR MODES", to Latin American Spanish. I read that lesson because your ultimate lesson "A Modern Impulsive Jazz Tune". Fernando Barbosa, Colombia-South America

[@NewJazz]

Hi Fernando and THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I have just approved and published your great work :) Many warm regards from Oliver

[@michaelipadeola3307]

what a great teacher you are! taking time to explain all your lessons bit by bit with right teaching techniques giving out from the needed foundation to becoming a pro! you are the best have ever met! thank you sir God bless you! Amen!

[@alkinaydin]

Idk why but when i watch your videos, i feel like Iroh from Avatar is teaching music theory, which is like the best thing ever.

[@NewJazz]

HAHA -Thanks :)

[@njrous]

Highest tier of compliments haha!

[@utente9228]

i play guitar and i've jsut found there the best lesson on jazz in all internet.Oliver,thanks for it

[@deafconmediaZA]

Haha me too

[@thepianokid27]

The best video I’ve seen thus far in regards to scales of the melodic minor! Very well illustrated as well. Thank you!

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

When I listen to this..it helps me to listen and research..I do understand most to a degree.

[@andrelstevenson8799]

What a great teacher. You make it so plain.

[@pascaldesjardins9835]

Best teacher ever.

[@stevekellar1403]

OLIVER, YOU PLAY BEAUTIFULLY. YOU INSTANTLY TRANSPORT ME TO MUSICAL HEAVEN. YOUR LESSONS ARE THE VERY BEST. HIGHEST REGARDS.

[@realkoko-loco]

STEVE KELLAR Yes--this is teaching mastery. Everything in life should be explained so well.

[@jorgeochoa1757]

CONGRATULATIONS. IT'S A VERY CLEAR EXPLANATION FOR TO UNDERSTAND HOW TO PLAY JAZZ.THANKS A LOT FOR SHARE.

[@kulahit50]

Amazing! I think you have the best jazz tutorials on KZbin.

[@vintageritarose]

You're very Special I love all your videos you remind me of my professor from music college he loved the dissonant sounds and he knew just how to use them like you do. He is no longer here I really miss him and I feel that you are the best I'm blessed to have you. Stay cool ! Thank you from Long Island New York.

[@blackboxcomics5966]

I swear I’m hearing some Bill Evans from time to time as you play. Great stuff & thanks for putting this together

[@radiozelaza]

one day, while explaining basic 7 modes of the major scale to my bass student, I almost nonchalantly mentioned that there is this strange scale, melodic minor. And something pressed me to explore its modes of which I was totally oblivious about, in front of my student. In an instant I discovered a whole world of sounds I never knew existed. Immediately I could just doodle great sounding jazzy soundscapes, and the day after I came with a nice tune solely in melodic minor, based on a i-IV and then V-ii vamp, to just utilize the Lydian dominant and Aeolian dominant sounds.

[@agy04022761]

Thanx for relaxed teaching. Always helps me with my guitar skills. Solves problems with a faster understanding because of the the visual advantage of the keyboard.

[@GenZ_Guitarist]

Not many can make theory simple and interesting. You are an exception. Thank you sir.

[@faraii0606]

keep doing what your doing I've watched alot of videos this by far the best that I've seen easy to understand and in depth :)

[@TheWonderboydd]

Thanks Oliver, I find your approach to teaching and relaxing tone - make learning these topics so much easier. When I am looking to study something I find myself looking to see if you have a video on it to watch first.

[@mahaximo8894]

Dear Oliver, these lessons are GOLD. Unique! Thanks !!!

[@rodrigoalvarenga1358]

Your classes are amazing!!!! Thank you very much!!!! From Brazil!!!!

[@ninoseoane3883]

El jazz es ahora más atractivo para mi, resulta más fácil aprender con tus clases, y los gráficos utilizados una excelente idea para enseñar y por lo tanto para no perderse en la explicación, gracias.

[@johnkea4292]

Dude, you nailed this tutorial!!! I had only discovered the Super Locrian scale, and I had no idea that the others existed. Thanks for this.

[@anicetjoy5456]

Nice one. This is really deep! I have something to work on now. Thanks so much

[@BugsyBologna]

Theory and then practice. I bet your the type of adult who eats his dinner before his dessert too. I’ve already had 3 sold out shows in my head and I’ve never even changed strings yet. I got this... hopefully. I have so much to learn from you.

[@manuelalbaladejo7882]

Brilliant lesson, so much material in one video. Many thanks

[@DocTheopolis]

Sir! I concur with the others praising this (your) tutorial. Your understanding of music, jazz, theory, etc. and the ability to make it easy to absorb by others with a lesser understanding is: (in a word) awesome!!! Thanks. Moving on to some of your other lessons.

[@johnfloyd8669]

Thank you very much, great master! Amazing, incredible, superb! I knew about the modes of the melodic minor scale, but so far I had only been using the melodic minor, the overtone and the superlocrian.You have expanded the horizons of my mind!!!

[@KRISNAMUSIK]

oh man its so awesome teaching , BEST TEACHING TECHNICS

[@nkuthalomampofu6078]

Sir may God continue to bless you and your family

[@abdulmuhammad5054]

IT FEELS LIKE I JUST LEARNED 20 YEARS OF MUSIC THEORY IN 20 MINUTES

[@martinvmrex]

This video was exactly what I needed to improve my improvisation skills cause I have learned totally by my own!! l will study it soon! Thank you very much for your work

[@RSTAR2009]

Oliver you are one of the BEST instructors

[@rallypojken]

Me to..... It,s somthing sirene over this videos. So packed with essentials, and at the same time totally non-stressing. And that's very rare...... 🤔

[@johniarussi]

Incredible. Lucid. Inspiring. Thank you for this!

[@flpdtr]

WONDERFUL lesson. amazing!

[@stevenmcdonald5088]

Thanks for the terrific lesson. You have given me lots to explore and work on.

[@clouds533]

thanks a lot for making musical theory possible to learn in small steps.i just discovered, following your idea of hand grips, its also a good exercise, to break the first scale into two halfs.first half is four fingers, wholestep half step whole step whole step and then play all the scales in a cromatic way up and down, but just with the first half of the scale .its a good way to have already the first half easily memorised, and the handgrip with four fingers is a good training ,and can be already used for all kinds of improvisations... anyway best regards,and thanks a lot for sharing,breaking down knowledge into simplicity,is so often missed,in teaching and learning. its much better to learn a tiny thing each day then to try to grasp more than the mind can digest and end up with unresolved mysterypuzzles....in taiji or feldenkrais somatic movement, its actually very similar, the neurons in the brain can only learn,if the movement is slow enough in the beginning and can be understood,so there will be new pathways between nerves muscles and neurons.. learning theory is actually a field of its own, and rarely taught or understood properly.its a kind of synchronisation process and also integration is only possible by learning to leave away the unnecessary for a certain process.a very good read about the topic is the book by moshe feldenkreis.... anyway greetings to the jazzy busdriver.there are also a few good interviews with bill evans, where he says one must start from simplicity,otherwise we might get lost later in the process..

[@johnw832]

Another super lesson, when I have viewed and then practiced it takes days/weeks to really get it all into my thick brain but it’s doing me good so thanks for your help Oliver, From John in wet and windy U.K.

[@NewJazz]

Thanks John :) This is hardcore music theory that needs a lot of practice, you are so right. The best from Oliver in DK - also wet and windy ;)

[@arwahsapi]

Your voice is soothing, your music is like brainwave. I feel like I'm meditating along

[@thealaseanetwork2798]

The best I've ever witnessed.

[@matthewsaul3533]

I have to say, I'm in love with this video, with the melodic minor modes realm of jazz and with the circle of melodic minor modes. Pretty much every mode you played on the circle touched and moved something deep and mysterious within me. And I don't say mysterious lightly as I consider mystery to be among the most sacred of things. I also want to say that your temperament and tendency toward exploring the value and assuming the great value of things that tend to be counter intuitive to dominant culture very much excites me. I feel a kinship with people who magnetize toward that place on the spectrum of humanity. I feel such gratitude toward you for the videos you make, and this one in particular. Thank you for making this video! And I just learned you're on patreon so I'll be heading over there to offer a contribution now.

[@NewJazz]

Hi and thank you so much for your really nice comment!!! And thanks a lot for being a Patron though a nice comment like yours is actually all the support I need!!! Many warm regards from Oliver

[@wonder1950]

The studying starts here great jazz lesson many thanks to you

[@yassinebelkaid2565]

Thank you, that was bright and ludic, couldn't stop watching :)

[@debralynnpaxton5238]

THIS is the music that I Want to play ! ❤❤❤Thank you for this Amazing video !

[@theonlyone5788]

*I have been watching your videos. They are amazing. What a perfect way to explain the music you have! Thank you so much for all these videos!* You are a blessing.

[@GreenEyess666]

Great video as always!

[@Chai_K]

Thanks!

[@NewJazz]

Hi and thank you so much for your generous voluntary “super thanks” donation - you help keep me going for sure!!! I'm very grateful :) :) :) Best regards from Oliver

[@freddyteilangnongkhlaw6995]

This is awesome! God will bless you more as you impart music not just to students but to the whole world as one.......

[@PertNearFedUp-bj1tx]

💖Love those talented jazz playing\talking hands & your big musical brain.😃 🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹🎹💖

[@jds9958]

Thank you for taking the time to teach these excellent lessons. Greatly appreciated.

[@loosehrds2571]

the melody is soooo rich. thanks man

[@realkoko-loco]

Woooow! Such fantastic knowledge, explained so concisely, thoroughly, and articulately. Thank you- this information is amazing!

[@cbro777]

Oh my, what a perfect way to explain this.

[@georgechadwick8642]

Maaan I really wish I wasn't a broke ass student so I could start supporting you! THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@asishkmathew759]

Thanks a lot... that was very informative.. Can't wait to explore these scales

[@amitthakkar2303]

Oliver Sir...! what a great artist and teacher you are..... Thank u so much for these lessons..

[@art-oq1pi]

thanks for the lesson very very informative, this fixed my confusion about modes

[@artrecogniseart]

Holy Grail of Tutorials. Thank you very much for your time and effort to put this together. This is a KZbin Gem :)

[@w20870]

It's a real great Pleasure listening to you , you are simply awesome, thanks for your effort

[@paxwallacejazz]

When i was a teen i was a sax in school big band so I was looking for new jazz sounds that I considered harmonically advanced yet edgy beyond main stream. I found Wayne Shorter Ballads in general and Iris in particular with it's resolution to an Abmaj7#5 chord. So 44 yrs of composing and playing later let me say that sonically pinning down the (location) of the half steps of what ever scale determines establishing that tonality in the listener's ear. Just like the maj7 chord does in major scale world in melodic minor world it's the major7+5 chord. +=chromatically raised not added. So the quickest way to find these hip voicings is to play a major7+5/root there is only one major7+5 per scale. Then you make what ever note alterations that theory and your ear require. Now here's the treat. Try playing a pedal and superimposing different major7+5 chords you'll find at least 7 that have an inside relationship. There are others that pull you outside of this tonality like Fmajor7+5/Bb but that's another story. These chords are found in Kenny Wheeler, Shorter, Ralph Towner and my compositions to name a few. Like sus(-9) a chord Trane liked becomes Fmajor7+5/E or (E in the bass). Or you might derive a progression like C-9,Dbmajor7+5/C,C7+11,Abmajor7+5/C,F#maj7+5/C, C7alt =Emajor7+5/C, to Csus like McCoy. Happy hunting. P.S. 44 years ago this tutorial woulda saved me alot of work.😎

[@NewJazz]

Hi and thanks a lot for you very informative input!!! Warm regards from Oliver

[@manuelcaceres8592]

Very nice theoretical and practising video. I like very much your work. manuel (argentina)

[@debralynnpaxton5238]

One of my favorite lessons ❤❤❤❤❤

[@dk2018]

Phenomenal tutorial Oliver! Love the pace of explanation and the progression (lol) from simple to more complex, yet still keeping it clear and easy to understand. Also love little the hands fade out at the end! Great work all round!

[@NewJazz]

Thanks 😊😊😊

[@luiscantero7893]

Thanks Oliver! All of your lessons are great! Amazing content, excellent methods and perfectly explained and described. A bit of your magic is gonna be inside my music soul 4 ever, hehehe. The melodic minor modes are much more important than I ever thought. Please never stop with the video lessons hehehe. Cheers!!

[@yuriy3604]

I put like first then watch. Oliver, your lessons are always GREAT.

[@NewJazz]

Thanks for your trust and credibility 😊😊😊

[@GalantGoStudio]

Words simply cannot tell how much i love your videos! 😍

[@adenedhel3855]

your voice is so buttery and relaxing. Can you just never stop talking? please?

[@gedeonmedina644]

A thousand thanks for your videos. They really help me to broaden my horizon.

[@darrynlamonteastrology]

You make music simple for me to understand. Thank you!!

[@patrickdineen4994]

Your videos are fantastic Thank you for conveying all this knowledge with such clarity.

[@debralynnpaxton5238]

This is the music in my heart and mind; just need to transfer to or add my hands ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@koteynikoi-kotei9301]

Awesome Oliver! I never thought I'd understand this theory and how it's used. But thanks to you i'm beginning to see the light..... a little bit!

[@NewJazz]

I have just uploaded this video about a simple tool to look up all the melodic minor modes: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h6mmc6Bjobppgsk This tool can also help with the understanding of the very nature of these modes and how they are related. Maybe the video will help you ahead on the road ;) Best regards Oliver

[@kennethdaniels1187]

You bless a lot of people

[@lovehalfblack9420]

I wish you were one of my piano teachers growing up