How To IMPROVISE On Piano With The C Minor Blues Scale

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I've started my journey of learning styles/chord progressions to solo and improv on instead of just learning songs. You have a great way of teaching and making it simple.

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[@pennythecat]

Just stumbled upon this lesson and this guy is a great teacher-I’m in. Thank you Nate.

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[@hawkbodelschwingh]

Very nice Blues Tutorial, man y thanks❤

[@23rbarrett]

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[@morrisseyDAD]

Very cool Nate. Thanks for posting this, I had a lot of fun with it today :)

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Glad you enjoyed it!

[@okiebumper8132]

I’m a guitarist and I use the pentatonic a lot in solos. Now seeing the use on piano I’m going to start playing 👍

[@R.Akerman-oz1tf]

I like Ur thinking.

[@GarretGrayCamera]

This a great lesson. I’ve been a beginner for the past 10 years! I was always thinking my right hand to switch scales when the left hand changes. Like go from C to F. Good to see that’s not always the case and you can stay in C on the right while the left is changing chords.

[@PianowithNate]

Totally! Every scale has many chords that work with it, and often the same scale can work over all or most of the chords in a song.

[@sargfowler9603]

Great tips, easy to learn. Thank you

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[@user-xg4td3gg7e]

Nice. Playing scales on keyboard piano is my favorite hobby. Thanks. 😉

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Rock on!

[@williamtroup350]

This is ace. More videos on how to improvise across scales would be amazing.

[@natekarr]

Awesome bluesy video.

[@woorso]

you really do good tutorials my friend. really appreciate

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I appreciate that!

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[@PianowithNate]

Haha awww, thank you!!!

[@hulasue8553]

Wonderful lesson; thank you!

[@PianowithNate]

Glad you liked it!

[@chrisneedham6654]

Superb lesson again, Nate.

[@gio_gi]

It is amazing how easy it is to improvise so cool when you know some great pattern. Thank you for this tutorial ❤ Please keep posting videos how to play blues 🙏

[@PianowithNate]

So glad to hear this! Cheers!

[@kmacbeth1]

Just found you Nate! I have been playing for IDK, a long time! Put sheet music in front of me and come hell or high water, I can (ultimately) play it. It is Improvisation that has been something that has been a challenge and something I really want to get better at. I have learned the Blues scale, but have had issues figuring out the chords for the left hand/bass. This was so very helpful - thank you!!! I hope this takes me to the next level!

[@PianowithNate]

So happy to hear this! Enjoy!

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Thank you Nate! Very helpful video!

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[@mikek.629]

Thanks!

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Thank YOU!

[@suzannebrown945]

THANK YOU SO MUCH…. I am intermediate player now teaching myself the blues…. I just did not know where to place my fingers…. I feel like I am relearning piano, as a beginner I am so out of whack…. thank you…😁

[@PianowithNate]

So glad to hear this!! Keep it up :)

[@ryper2010]

This is great, I riffed tonight. You are good at this, Nate. Thanks for the tips!

[@PianowithNate]

Cheers!

[@mastertimb]

Really enjoy your teaching style. Thank you so much!

[@PianowithNate]

I'm so glad!

[@48mrjimmy]

Really, really cool. Gonna practice the shit outta this lesson. Love the blues. Love the bluesy improv. Can't wait 'til the proficiency sets in. Thank you.

[@PianowithNate]

Cheers!

[@emmaphoon1979]

This is amazing! one of the easiest to digest unlike a lot of videos. This helped me for a beginner! Thank you nate!

[@PianowithNate]

You're very welcome!

[@Rob-bk4ie]

Yes .super nice way to😊😊 memorise blues scales in every key for beginners.... it plays by it self. Up and down,and on. Step2...... learn liks

[@PianowithNate]

Cheers!

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Thanks

[@PianowithNate]

Thank YOU!!

[@budionotjahjono905]

I open my eyes for jazz improvisation after watching this video ... Super cool and awesome

[@PianowithNate]

Awesome!

[@dr.michaelhorningjr.3235]

Thanks, Nate! Appreciate all you do here. Just finished house of the rising sun, then working on comfortably numb, then the blues. Can’t keep up with you! 🤠 Thanks again for considering Seger old time rock and roll as well as Journey Don’t stop believin’

[@PianowithNate]

Cheers!

[@pauljohnston8805]

Thanks Nate that was a great intro video for some blues ! I'm going to use that as a template 😊

[@PianowithNate]

Awesome! Have fun!

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Your shirt is as good as this tutorial!!

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Ha! It's my favorite, I have to make an effort to not just wear it in every video lol

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Very cool: laid back, not intense, but still, a lot of information. Nicely done.

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Thank you :)

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This is a great lesson Nate. Thank you...

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My pleasure!

[@diecastmental]

really need how you just sort of casually said you could do this and that....and built it up...loved it !!

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Cheers!

[@Magichessgames]

Pls do "In the stars next" I'd be happy to learn it

[@draster541]

Haven’t seen this progression played before. I like it. Excellent!!!

[@PianowithNate]

Its a good one :)

[@PianoMen-hw5cu]

Fantastic video. I learnd a lot today. Thanks for sharing

[@PianowithNate]

Glad it was helpful!

[@kenlloyd2748]

This is solid gold Nate! Thanks so much for this lesson, it has really help I need. I learnt the classical way as a kid and at age 75 have recently returned to keyboard. Loving it so much and have subscribed to your great channel.

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Great to hear!

[@jerrymossing9652]

Thanks! So helpful for my skill level- (intermediate-ish)

[@PianowithNate]

Thank you so much! Glad it was helpful

[@jerrymossing9652]

I’ve been looking at a few other videos on you channel. Great! Please consider doing a video on ‘Stand by me’. The syncopation in that song is hard to get with both hands

[@philby99]

Great video, so grateful to you for giving your time to create and help others.

[@PianowithNate]

My pleasure!

[@dr.michaelhorningjr.3235]

Super cool, Nate. Another outstanding lesson. This will be fun to dig into for me. Now with the 12 songs you’ve taught me, it will be nice to master this approach allowing me to sit down with a focus on the creative side. I appreciate you! 🤠

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Awesome!

[@gideond2768]

Oh awesome thank a lot for teaching, very much useful to me, from Bangalore India

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I love this so muchhh, your facial expressions made me smile haha thank you for this🥹🔥🔥🔥

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lol! Cheers :)

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Thank you for all the great videos Nate. Love the After the Gold Rush one you added!

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Very nice sir..thank you for sharing ❤

[@janemcgill8483]

Thanks SO much Nate, I learnt so much from your tutorial - it was very natural the way you played. The best beginners one I've come across to get me goin and making some cool sounds. :)

[@PianowithNate]

So glad to hear!

[@genekinde1193]

Have been working on the C minor blus scale over 7th chords. Find myself repeating right hand patterns that sound good to my ear. Use your advice and try to mix it up. Your audio sounds great! Thanks Nate.

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Great to hear!

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Thanks!

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Cheers!

[@okiepita50t-town28]

Pretty cool man. I didn’t know about the eb and ab working on that scale.

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Cheers!

[@mitchisindo]

This is just insane, nice video

[@PianowithNate]

Thanks!

[@davidfarmer2049]

This is actually quite a good tutoral.

[@PianowithNate]

thanks!!

[@kushagrasaxena1492]

Great lesson and great improv at the end. Would love to learn a bit of theory on the C-Eb-F-Ab chord progression and why that works

[@tpxchallenger]

Excellent! Loved it. Can you do a simple technique tutorial for a walking bass line using this scale?

[@Ozgurs_piano_journey]

I've been improvising with 12 bar blues mostly with C / G minor major blues scales on and off for quite some time now...I'm not really a fan of boogie or woogie or faster blues and the 12 bar blues pattern is starting to get boring for me. So you've opened up a whole new improvisation track for me with the chord progressions in this video! And the improv at the end is great, please keep it coming with similar videos like this one:)

[@PianowithNate]

So glad to hear that!

[@toomuchfandango]

This is fantastic! So can you do a video please - oh how you would play blues and then also sing over the top.

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Very cool! Thx❤

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Cheers!

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Some great stuff here! 🎶🙌🏼

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Thanks!

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¡Muy bien ayudaste!

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thanks man!

[@jeffjohnson7381]

Do you have any slow blues with left hand chords with right hand licks and runs..just starting with blues and would love to see some instruction with different blues scales etc🎹thanks Grant 😊

[@PianowithNate]

Not yet! This was the first "blues" video I've made

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Can you do an accompaniment tutorial for Billy Joel’s my life 🥺

[@onuryigittas2228]

Last chord progression was The house of the rising sun transposed. thats why its so good

[@PianowithNate]

Oh yea, totally! I didn’t clock that

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Thanks for the sub - cheers!

[@Meraba_Abi]

I'll try this for a week and see what happens :)

[@PianowithNate]

Enjoy!

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Cool tnks

[@danielloureiroaraujo2826]

Awesome! I'll really try it but I think I'm still not able to improvise like that.😎

[@PianowithNate]

Keep at it and just have fun along the way, it doesnt happen all at once!

[@FriskyTendervittles]

Do you have a blues piano course? I can only find classical everywhere I look

[@PianowithNate]

Not yet!

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[@PianowithNate]

Je suis heureux que ma leçon vous soit quelque peu utile malgré la barrière de la langue.

[@mikejameson7678]

This is why we do our scales, Hoodie Guy.

[@eobias]

Hey nate new subscriber here awesome stuff! Im a theory guy hope you can help me..any reason why those chord progressions work well with the blues scale? Why wont other progressions work?

[@PianowithNate]

Hi! Any chord progression using chords from the key of Cm (Cm, D°, Eb, Fm, Gm, Ab, Bb) will work, as the Cm blues scale is based off of that key. Blues is unique in that you can mix and match major and minor keys for that bluesy tension, so some chords from the key of C MAJOR also work, (C, F, G). The main chord progression I do here is mostly in the key of C minor, but borrowing the F chord from the key of C major and I think it sounds cool. But if you were to deviate to a chords from another key entirely (i.e. C#) it would sound bad unless you were using the C# blues scale. Cheers!

[@davidfarmer2049]

YOu can leave some space....... I think thats really important and what so many tuts miss. A bit like when your mooring a boat, "neutral is your friend".

[@rjd9041]

WOW ❤

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[@davidfarmer2049]

Starts 1:10 folks

[@fajkur92]

Cool dud

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👍

[@Rob-bk4ie]

With the minor on the left sound litle bit jazz....bit mixed....but like it

[@paulhusband9002]

I really shouldn't look at your video's when I'm away from a keyboard.

[@PianowithNate]

😂

[@Joesire]

Why are the chords not in the notes of the scale?

[@PianowithNate]

Good question! The blues scale is a modified pentatonic scale which is a smaller collection of notes that works well over many chords. It doesnt work quite the same way as a major scale that defines a "key" where you would expect the chords to be made only of notes from that scale. Even then, rules are often broken. There's also the added dimension that blues scales work well over the major and paralell minor - that bluesy sound thrives on tension. This chord progression is a combo of the keys of C minor and C major. It's helpful to learn and follow music theory conventions, but at the end of the day, the important thing is that it sounds good!

[@lauradone9232]

This video was really helpful, but my god, my hands don't want to work past the count of 4 😂 my left hand won't work together with the right one

[@PianowithNate]

Go verrrrrry slow at first! Also, key is...if you cant do each hand separately with total ease, putting them together will only lead to frustration. Just be patient with yourself, everyone struggles with this at first!

[@chrisezelle]

🎵♥️👍🏼

[@jamessullenriot]

Improvising is easy, its remembering what I improvised that is the problem 😂

[@PianowithNate]

True! Recording yourself improvising (voice memo on your phone?) can be a huge help!

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You lost me at the drummer...