How to Solo Over Fly Me to the Moon With Just 2 Scales! Intermediate Piano Lesson by Jonny May

[@PianoWithJonny]

01:05 Chords used 03:14 Shell Voicings 15:31 Wrapping Up!

[@wheezeify9392]

Thx 😊

[@AndreasDelleske]

It took me 30 years and your videos to understand that Fly Me To the Moon is the ideal entry point into jazz piano :) - it’s almost too logical.

[@patriciodasilva7902]

Actually I think Autumn Leaves is a better entry tune but Fly Me to the Moon and Shadow of Your Smile are close second choices

[@gpow4318]

"See what I"m doing here?" LOL yes I do. You"re giving excellent lessons and advice on playing jazz piano. I love your style and chill attitude. Im saving up to dive deep into your course, I'm convinced by watching your vids that I want you as my instructor. Thanks man.

[@stevenshapiro7332]

I've tried for YEARS of playing jazz to try to solo without just playing the same song over and over.....Jonny's teaching has opened up a WHOLE new world of playing....many thanks

[@pvhousehomes]

You are doing a great job. Playing and teaching are not the same, but you excel in both. Happy I found you.

[@PianoWithJonny]

I appreciate that!

[@richardliew2725]

Thank you for showing how to use the circle of 5th scale and how to swing fly me to the moon I really enjoyed this lesson you are a great teacher you made it easier for me to understand

[@petermanley7525]

Between 7:13 & 7:19 was pure brilliance. I just love an uncluttered melody that soars and boy did you nail it. Wow!

[@micheldmo2881]

You're an excellent teacher. And this is and very pleasant to play for beginners like me. Thank you very much!

[@manosvourgourakis1123]

I learned so much from this. Thank you! I started playing Fly Me To the Moon with my friend and he said I should do a piano solo. I have been looking for ideas, and I found this. This was so cool. Thank you.

[@is_what_it_is]

3rd of the way through this video and saving it to my favorites. Thanks, love your tutorials man, really appreciate it as I have dreams of becoming a cocktail or lounge player, though I'm kinda over the hill to be starting now. Still a blast to play for myself.

[@andrewwright6893]

Brilliant lesson thanks very much

[@dalmusic39]

Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge. 👍👍👍

[@yurysedykh562]

Thank You very much, Jonny! It’s interesting and useful for me!

[@jasondew1054]

Good teachers are hard to find! Surely you're a gem! You make everything so simple and clear and I am so grateful for your lesson :)

[@teodorojaranilla5008]

Thqt is for sure..bing a classical pianist..i would know whqt great teachers are..and even among -note dependent musicians like me...true great teachers are rare..they ar either full of potic descriptions that do not demonstrate specifics or specifics concerned thqt add up to little context..johnny maybe is whqt I d call a true inspired teacher with such clarity thqt helps you understand and guides on the HOW of things ..that a REALLY rar gift for a teacher..folks i you are looking for what ie often thrown around. But means nothing...as a word for teachers??..GENIUS? TONY MAY..if i could turn time back and learn jazz ..I'd be sleeping on his front door to be first for lessons every morning.

[@cannisaplikasi3912]

Thank you so much Jonny, simple explanation, clear and easy to understand. It's so great.

[@kwamepi1]

Thanks bro have been seriously finding a way to sound and feel jazzy and now have found it

[@raffaelrameh14]

Excellent class!!! Thank you!!!

[@yenuango9095]

You're master!! nobody has explain me like this, you're a great musician! thakyou so much

[@mrjw6701]

Brilliant lesson 👍

[@ArtinSinger]

Although I’m a guitar and bass player by watching your videos I’m so inspired to improve my basic piano knowledge. Your lessons are really great 👍

[@bashsportosas1293]

I'm subscribing right away…. I've been playing playing piano 🎹 for over four years now but I still didn't know how to solo, here just nailed it…. Thanks a whole lot

[@robertarteagam5593]

Perfecta y Precisa Explicación Mil Gracias Jonny Saludos Bendiciones Lima Perú

[@toneyam3643]

I would recommend your lessons to anyone, you're a excellent instructer. Thanks Johnny.

[@hanapatricia5152]

Thank u Jonny, I used this lesson for my lecture recital.

[@kevinrtres]

I've learned more in 10 minutes than all of the time I wasted trying to teach myself piano playing.....sigh!!!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@igrosem]

Nice lesson! Thanks Jonny! 👍

[@howtodoitdude1662]

I see what you’re doing! Thanks!

[@warrendoris9669]

Dude you have some real skills and you are an excellent teacher! Excellent rhythmic ideas even when you re breaking it down for students who are not advanced. Keep this going! You are demystifying a.bunch.of good stuff!😎😎

[@bobbykraus1189]

You are amazing, talented and such an awesome attitude!

[@jacquesbrochard6611]

C'est un vrai plaisir de vous écouter Johnny . Merci .

[@maryanahorton8666]

Your piano jazz lessens are the best!Thank you!

[@kopanotempleton8414]

He's so smooth guys like butter 🤞

[@simonachakarjaneva5761]

You make it so simple 🙌 thanks so much ❤

[@paolomaggi8188]

..You are a benefactor! you teach me a lot of very interesting things...free!!!!! Thank you!

[@melnovit2775]

Thank you! You are the master

[@xuning2885]

Great lesson and very easy to follow! You made hard stuff simple for the rest of us!

[@St0ckwell]

他的课很好

[@DannyRodeck]

this was so good!!

[@micksayers1]

That was really good johnny. So easy to follow,for for an elderly learner like me, cheers😎🥃

[@waterbron3480]

I dont have much music theory, but you explained it so well. Thank you so much.

[@PianoWithJonny]

Glad it was helpful!

[@takenby_cj]

thank you very much, Jonnyy 🙏🙏🍾

[@eternalrainbow-cj3iu]

You've got a great groove! I practised it in a few keys, and I l like your rythmical approach

[@BassBaseBerlin]

Great!! I'm just a dumb rock bass player, but it happened that I'm blessed to make some nice music with a great singer and now this tune came to our setlist. So I was able to "not screw the song" - but when our jazzy pianist asked "bass solo??" - tilt ... no idea what's going on here. So I'm a fretboard guy, but things like chords and scales - I understand better on keys ... strange. So Your video opened my mind really. So first I understand this progression - great, and maybe I will be able to play _some_ solo on this progression (that is OK - hey, I'm just a rock bass player 😂) without screwing the progression. Thanks very much, liked!

[@timbattig6713]

Jonny, thank you for this one! Very helpful way for me to look at this tune, so I can also transpose it easily as well.

[@NeilSpenta]

Ji Jonny how to be a member and what are the fees

[@fabianov]

Amazing

[@marisha1406]

Thank you, Jonny! 👍🌷

[@benitavermeulen3900]

Awesome 👌 Thank you!

[@acreguy3156]

Great video, Jonny! Small error at 1:12. It's the cycle 5ths not 6ths. Thanks for the great tips!!

[@ALF8892]

Nice video dude. Blew my mind twice

[@nagy-one4212]

Your great Jon.

[@may8629]

Thx jonny

[@caccinopure8736]

Thank you so much man！

[@villamagicaTV]

Simply great! :=)

[@TookMe20min2findThis]

Very nice ans simple. Thank you!

[@teodorojaranilla5008]

What a treasure you ar a msuician and teacher..i do ?t know jazz since imthat tupical classical pianist...but you are a GREAT teacher..in the real way. Thank you

[@glenntomassi3442]

Great material🙏🤗

[@musicphrase9183]

thanks

[@mostlyedm4539]

I play guitar and i loves this chanel

[@joshuawestmoreland776]

Great video! Helped a lot.

[@lalhmunsiamihnamte7446]

You are the best pianist for me..

[@fannyagustina2033]

This is amazing....thank you

[@zeljkopetergrilec]

Jonny very good

[@renwangpepsi6773]

very nice

[@ambrazilioli92]

Grazie

[@Richard-zs1bm]

Awesome video :)

[@audiotube8816]

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[@aleksik4028]

A melodic minor does not have note f, that is the b5 in Bm7b5.

[@babywinwea2823]

If we are playing the song on F major key, can we do the Solo part in the same keys and scales that you have taught in this video?

[@niconiconnu]

Is nobody gonna mention that this progression is literally I will survive too 😂

[@sparkijones]

Surely using the harmonic minor over the last 3 chords would outline the Bm7-5 though? The melodic minor changes the Bm7-5 to Bm7 (i.e. the 2 chord of A major).

[@moonlightmelodrama]

A phrase to remember the progression. All dogs go crying from bath every afternoon.

[@anthonysilva5312]

Good job ( that Ab note is confusing if you don’t know the V I in Am)

[@anthonysilva5312]

Also I love the swing 8ths mixed with straight 8ths ... very jazzy

[@TheMICMusicInspirationChannel]

Because it should appear as a G# instead (which is what he called it).

[@thecrazystonycat6306]

I've been studying piano since 2001, first 6 years, with a teacher … and i … agree with last comments for others there except KevinR ruiters, i'm not that crazy ! lol … when i want to to teach myself to go the next step in progression of piano playing, i'm Learning more in 1 minute of playin than in dozens hours of video on the web, or even with a professor right now… cuz, i'll seek to improve either harmony anderstanding and knowing ( knowing that I know is really knowing Something ) or dexterity ( swithching double into triples next riff ) checking if I'm warmed as i thought, or therefore, warming up more, or trying Something else then… by example, how fit the timber of an Instrument with the timber of another one, constructing a melody, and harmonizing it, then, orchestrating, using harmony knowledges in the sequencer… etc … ) it dépends of what you want to improve… for ears I bet on solying improvising waves… darkwave or not, swithching, what is important is to remember to chord name, to not miss in the position while arpegiating ;o) so many methods, why not, 1 per person as best, and others from other people than ourself, not bad at all !

[@latin-style]

thanks for the tutorial! one question, the A melodic minor over E7 is really the E mixolydian b6 scale. I've heard often that this is not a good scale choice because the b6 goes a bit against the dominant sound. how would you the describe the feeling of that scale?

[@jordiegundersen1465]

Why do we call it the cycle of 5ths when we are actually moving in 4ths ?? (A- to D7 is a movement of 4ths etc)

[@abaylav]

Hey Jonny... Love the videos. Just wondered. On AUTUMN LEAVES CYCLE OF FIFTHS you use F# MINOR instead of F MAJOR and E MINOR instead of E MAJOR. Is that just a different version of a cycle of fifths? 🤔

[@oliverwright6215]

Can I put a stride left hand with it

[@pianofortefun]

Great ideas here, but why not put this tutorial in 3/4 since that's how Bart Howard wrote it?

[@yamsang0__0]

It’s the jazz version tho. Like Frank Sinatra had it

[@6stringstorulethemall967]

I think the most important part being the scales was addressed

[@patriciodasilva7902]

Because no one in jazz plays it in 3/4. But, no reason why you shouldn't, if that is how you prefer it.

[@cagdeorok]

Those occasional glances sort of tells d viewer, hey keep watching 🦹🏼‍♂️👀👁 A clever way to communicate 🤷‍♀️💃🏼

[@potaylo]

just thinking about how that g sharp sounds over the Amin7 if you are playing the G natural, the 7th of the A min7th chord.

[@patriciodasilva7902]

I know everyone likes to call it a 'cycle of fifths' but to get to fifths, you have to go down. Well, since I, personally, associate forward movement with going up, I prefer to all it cycle of fourths. Am7 - D7 . The reason is that I originally started on Guitar, and that is an upward movement on guitar, in fourths (sixth string root on Am7, fifth string root on D7 is more typical on guitar ) So, for me, I call it the cycle of fourths.

[@Bosjinger]

What’s the background rhythm in the beginning?

[@experimentator23]

this should be called impro with 2 scales over first 8 bars od Fly me ... since after these 8 bars the progression doesn´t simply repeat and these 2 scales might not fit into the new chords. Mostly they do though.

[@sweetdragon36067]

If you are playing the circle of fifths counter clockwise, would that be considered the circle of fifths regression? 🤔

[@olyaanisimova1647]

This one is circle of fourth

[@tuanlinh4827]

Can you pls give me the link of backing tracks , tks

[@isilow9475]

a bit crunchy with the Ab in melodic minor and A natural in Bm7b5 but whatever

[@andreaschristodoulou4274]

8:17 ok....but using only 4 notes you can not expand your melody ......RIGHT ???

[@ericmcdowell5762]

"Super easy", ... right.

[@boogieplayer1772]

2:04 it's not a 5th progression cycle, but a 4th progression. No ?

[@olyaanisimova1647]

You are right, it is circle of forth . I am sure, it was a genuine mistake.

[@olyaanisimova1647]

Circle of fourth

[@patriciodasilva7902]

Cycle of 4ths and the cycle of 5ths are the same,, just different directions. I prefer to call 4ths because I associate forward movement with going upward, which is closer to how guitar thinks ( I started on guitar ). See my comment above. And no, Oyla, he's not making a mistake, he's just going down instead of up. When you say Am7 - D7 is a fifth, you are going Down from A - to D, ( A is a fifth up from D ) , but forward movement is A to D, so up a fourth seems the easier way to look at it, so I agree with you.

[@olyaanisimova1647]

@@patriciodasilva7902 thank you for correction Patricio, we live and learn 😊

[@stephenmcgrew8868]

Instead of playing the shell voicings with two notes, can I use three?

[@menonly56]

Did you mean the cycle of fifths at 01:12?

[@bredda_marcus]

See what I'm doing here? ;-)

[@ianpeden2906]

I love your teaching. However, this to me is a cycle of fourths, difficult to think of it as going down a fifth.

[@joepalooka2145]

??? It is both a cycle of fourths and a cycle of fifths. Example, G is a fifth above C when you ascend. Count up C-D-E-F-G. But the octave C is a fourth above G when you count back down C-B-A-G. At first confusing but simply the same note! But the fifth note of the scale resolving downwards is the fundamental principle of Western music.

[@ianpeden2906]

@@joepalooka2145 thanks, will think about it 😀

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[@2msvalkyrie529]

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[@coonalisa230]

Why do I hear I Will Survive from those chords