I use this piano run EVERYWHERE.

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LESSON SUMMARY
In a solo piano performance, two sections are absolutely critical-how you start and how you end! For this reason, professional pianists are shrewd to give their audiences a little something extra at a song’s conclusion. In this lesson, Jonny will teach you how to leave your audience wanting more with “The Magic Run.” This ultimate piano run provides the perfect closure to any tune by captivating your listeners’ attention to the very last note. This technique also works great for song transitions and soloing.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:38 - The Magical Run
01:22 - Step 1: The Scale
02:09 - Step 2: Break into 2 Groups
02:53 - Step 3: Apply Pattern
05:46 - Step 4: Combine Patterns
08:27 - Step 5: Try on Other Chords
11:28 - Ab Mixolydian
14:38 - Conclusion
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Happy practicing!
Jonny May

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00:00 - Intro 00:38 - The Magical Run 01:22 - Step 1: The Scale 02:09 - Step 2: Break into 2 Groups 02:53 - Step 3: Apply Pattern 05:46 - Step 4: Combine Patterns 08:27 - Step 5: Try on Other Chords 11:28 - Ab Mixolydian 14:38 - Conclusion

[@JohnsonkeyzMusicAcademy]

❤❤❤Great

[@JoshWalshMusic]

Pairing Lydian runs with the Heaven chord.... it's literal Jonny May nirvana.

[@spikespike9430]

This is what I have been looking for for years.Please do a selection of intro runs as no-one seems to disclose their secrets.haha. Thankyou. You're the best.

[@roido6614]

These Magical chords take me back to many movies I loved as a Kid.

[@TheBionemesis]

Jonny bro you're one of the best piano player and teacher, you're amazing bro!, thanks for sharing this

[@andrewie4]

To say u r solid is an understatement. U r Awesome!! Thank you very much for your simple explanation. God bless u always ya

[@elouiseliew7411]

Love this magical run! Thanks Jonny!

[@noharahien]

Love your contents! You are really an expressive teacher Jonny!

[@jorgesuarezteclados4577]

Excellent teacher!

[@DidierGuillion]

Brillant ! Very well explained, a must to see !

[@kewsepehr1060]

I really did enjoy that magical run, like i've enjoyed so many of your other lessons Jonny, much obliged and i look forward to your next lessons.

[@alessandrosantana3161]

This tutorial will change the way how I make certain scales at the end of a song. Thank you, Jonny for share it to us! 😎🇧🇷

[@jowek78]

Enjoy this so much!

[@bunnyhollowcrafts]

This is awesome! Thank you so much!

[@sampowellmusic]

Great video! Can’t wait to try it out

[@charleswoodcheke8980]

So cool! Very beautiful pattern!!❤ Thank you Jonny for sharing this and your talents.

[@greggdecastromusic7164]

Jonny, .. . your breakdown and clear explanation makes this dazzling technique possible for me! Thank you so much. Gregg

[@AaBbRrAaSsAaDOR]

Awesome! Thank you so much for sharing👍🌹this is so useful for any instrument...!

[@RodSugden]

Great lesson Jonny! Thank you.

[@alandynin1087]

Hi from a full time jazz and classical pianist .. Really fun run ! I like the rhythmic asymmetry ( group of 6, then 5). I think a certain amount of asymetry draws in the listeners ear : just as a certain amount of dissonance does. I just sat down at the piano and am trying this out in a downward 6 then 5 pattern ( though with slightly different intervals) and am liking the sound. This concept sounds REALLY pretty (upwards and downwards) with the melodic minor scale ! Thanks for the idea Jonny !

[@user-ri8rk1jl1e]

Thanks🙏

[@asmusicofficial4390]

Amazing sir.

[@TechieButterflySinger]

this is really helpful thank you so so much!! I'm going to work on this AND share it with my students! you are amazing!

[@GlennHallLivingWater]

Great lesson! Thank you!

[@johannessykora8628]

That was awesome!

[@beenahkoh6549]

Beautiful ❤

[@greggdecastromusic7164]

Thanks again Jonny!

[@robertmichalscheck3072]

Thx jonny,this is cool stuff

[@JohnsonkeyzMusicAcademy]

Great Mr John much love from here ❤

[@bernadinekka2466]

Very helpful for me. Thank you

[@gegehash]

thank you so much .. im learning in easy way with your lessons hello from France :)

[@ybc1054]

Very very nice and thanks for good teaching

[@julienmarocco]

Amazing ! Thanks !!!

[@patomotta]

Thank you! As usual an excellent explanation🎉 Best regards from Argentina

[@debsmommy1]

Thank you😁 you are a great teacher.

[@QobelD]

I feel so lucky to watch this lesson. 😮 😅 Thank you Jonny!! 🎉

[@spacekangoo9912]

it sounds gorgeous ...😊

[@Heylomusicpianocomposer]

Great! 🎉

[@atlantargh]

Gorgeous; very impressionistic

[@andreyguess7069]

Amazing! Really magic run!

[@rebanelson607]

Thanks!

[@Jdizzle6969]

Dude that’s dope!!!

[@annclairedc]

Super teaching technique… chunking the learning! Thanks … so creative!!!!

[@maxaudibert5793]

Thank you from Greenland! Amazing teaching_just subscribed!!

[@kutitub7220]

great piano content♥️

[@hipciostg]

Magical!

[@eduardoferreira1963]

😊 thank you ❤

[@markates9056]

Awesome Jonny ! From an old country 3-chord piano picker trying to learn some cooler stuff late in life

[@thomassicard3733]

Myxolydian (a standard 'church mode') is a DOMINANT scale. 5th scale degree to 5th scale degree in any 'major' key.

[@ivanchetty4757]

Wow thanks man

[@richardcabrejo532]

What a beautiful beautiful run, I like that one Jonny!

[@PianoWithJonny]

Thank you!

[@jimqartworks]

awesome, I am not a pianist but I can use this run in my guitars, thanks

[@Noxal99]

I've been searching for a while now and really can't find it. Jonny, what is the software you are using to show every note on your screen? Having the green notes light up whenever you play them with the letter of the note? I really want to know! :)

[@GintokiPianist]

this is pretty nice, i use a similar phrase but starting on the 3rd and 7th, instead of using the 1 and 5 as the thumb positions, very cool and versatile!

[@ijazwarisofficial8090]

love you sir You are so awesome. I really want to meet you. God bless you

[@DavidBadilloMusic]

It's like the end of the Columbia logo intro music at the beginning of movies.

[@studiosys]

Would it be a good idea to mention that just to get this fingering" in your hands " its a good idea to learn to tap the sequencing away from the piano on a table top , tell the students to tap those finger patterns over and over until you can at least physically do the task , they will find it VERY difficult , just tapping right hand from thumb to pinky sequentially , smoothly is very tricky and can take weeks of practice

[@tisheetee]

So the lydian with major keys and Dorian with minor keys, correct?

[@jeffrey322]

Would you recommend a notation program?

[@bacondoesthings123]

this is the magic of the lydian scale. edit: sorry for the confusion, i just wanted to make a popular comment quick

[@missfinn314]

the magic of Lydian

[@bacondoesthings123]

you can also make a run with Phrygian if you’re crazy

[@AtomizedSound]

Yeah mostly. He is doing Lydian of course in the first major part. Why not just be a Collier and do Ultra mega hyper Lydian though and impress your friends

[@disinformationworld9378]

It’s not whole tone

[@bacondoesthings123]

yeah i know, i didn’t bother to watch the whole video, so i didn’t know it was lydian i just wanted to make a popular comment.

[@ngodinhvinh2198]

❤

[@Nishnis33]

100/100💌

[@cburvil]

Jonny, thanks so much for this. As you say it’s a magical sound - Ravel would have loved it wouldn’t he? Just hope I don’t overuse it now and ruin it.

[@ThomasLachaise]

Well, Lydian

[@frederickkk1985]

What scale do you play on a half diminished chord?

[@seanonel]

If I were playing in C for and my half-diminished was a dm7b5 for example, I would start at D playing the C Ionian (or in this case D Dorian) scale BUT making sure to include the non-diatonic notes from the half-diminished chord ie all the white notes plus the Ab. Johnny will probably tell you a very different way, but that works nearly all the time for me, and I don't have to memorise anything specific. Let me know what you think...

[@frederickkk1985]

@@seanonel 🔝❤ not knowing what to do, I play the notes of the semi diminished chord with the extensions .. thanks for the reply!

[@seanonel]

@@frederickkk1985 Very welcome! I hope it works for you. I was getting frustrated with people always telling me to play the diminished scale; but was it half-whole or whole-half? Through experimentation, I found this. Thanks for appreciating my unorthodox reply!

[@cameronpeterson1175]

I can play triplets, I can even do a fivelet, but no way am I going to do a 44-let. Insane.

[@keathmueller2430]

Woah it's lydian!

[@martingackle5808]

I guess, you might be an ELP-fan. "Just take a pebble"

[@studiosys]

Youve not mentioned the second time you hit C group , you dont hit C twice , please explain to the viewers

[@normalizedaudio2481]

F sharp not G flat.

[@musical_lolu4811]

tomato tomahto

[@andressevilla6982]

"Quick tip" proceeds to do a 15 minute episode explaining from the basics. Dude, I feel bad for just reading the partiture and leaving the video.

[@pavkey88]

What are you talking about. He shows it at the beginning. Also, do you not know how to use the ff?

[@WeAreAllDoomed-n5i]

C lidian! What? What on earth is that? Not for beginners is it.

[@PianoWithJonny]

This post explains this in-depth! pianowithjonny.com/piano-lessons/the-ultimate-piano-run-the-magic-run/

[@norakat]

I don’t like the way it sounds. Too complex and not musical.

[@jankustra22]

Marvellous !!!... Thanks a lot !!!

[@jankustra22]

Yes,.... I suppose in 10 years I´ll got your speed ....

[@cooltrades7469]

Or you play D on C:)))