Improvisation Exercises, Diminished Scale Runs & Patterns, ADVANCED Jazz Tutorial

[@jonathanhj]

Amazing. Only trouble is now I have to spend the next 3 months/years learning all this stuff! My wife hasn't seen me since I discovered your videos and website. Just great. Please promise you will never take these videos down... ever

[@mattcol99]

Like it! My wife also feels she has been widowed because of these videos. I have downed the audio, in case you tube disappears

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

jonathanhj I want to show you a professional run but also want to give a little back ground on these wonderful chords. something that helps is remembering that when you have the single notes. c eb gb a as a four note chord they are formed with stack minor diads.. they also have 4 different forms . go up a whole step and stack minor thirds d f ab c the follow same patterns . here is the run it is a hand over hand r stands for right and l stands for left. ( d f ab b ) on right then left same pattern continue moving up the keyboard. then resolve to a c 6 arpegio egac. left hand first then right then left .. these arppegios burn things in your brain by learning these they make you learn these. I probably couldn't forget them if I tried. I've done them possibly a thousands of times.

[@kennetheastman1442]

My wife started drawing up charts showing time in the woodshed verse family time. She calls my saxophone the other woman

[@KayBenyarko]

this is one of my favorite tutorials from you. You teach very well. I think teachers can learn from you

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for telling me and for the encouragement!

[@MM-ro9jn]

i agree . i agree i agree i agree ...........................................................I am a teacher NZ

[@noblenotes27]

Every KZbin video piano player is trying to copy your stuff. BUT ! your delivery on how you explain things is much better and more professional as a jazz player. Thank you !

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thank you for saying that....it could be because I've been doing it longer.

[@danielverapiano]

It is not just a complete tutorial,it's really funny and easi tú learn , because you Kent make it fascinating. Thanks a lot

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for the support ...it really means a lot, and is very helpful to me!

[@mphotshwale5716]

Since I started watching and learning from your ways, I haven't reached my but all the listeners say my technique has improved and my sound is harmonically rich.. So I'd like to THANK YOU.. BE BLESSED MR Hewitt!! You are a major influence on my sound. THANK YOU.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

+Mpho Tshwale That's wonderful to hear and one of the best comments I've received. I'm glad that I could help. Thanks so much, and blessings to you, Mpho Tswale!

[@ModeDorian]

I agree with Kay. Teachers can really learn something from Kent methinks. I don't know what it is but these are the best jazz piano videos on the internet in my book. Humour, soul and solid info.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks Dorian...but I'm definitely not the most popular. We all try to figure out how to be popular...remember?.

[@Y1117777]

I've gone to a bunch of jazz piano teachers who told me about the diminished runs but none of them put the runs into context and explained the practical use like you did here. Thanks for the great tutorials,

[@mexicandromusica]

The best info and lesson I could find about the diminished scale, thanks so much for your time and entertaining way of teaching. I really appreciate this lessons.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thank you for the affirmation and comment...very helpful to me!

[@teamnetwork5887]

Thank you so much for the drills. They were great! I love them because I did a lot of drills as a child taking classical, jazz and blues lessons. I took piano lessons between the ages of 10 to 15 but when I became a teenager my mind went other places so I didn't quite finish up on all of my jazz lessons so this is great for me. Since that time I went on later in life to play gospel for church and to start my own band was plays R&B and Jazz, as well as funk, pop and other genres. Since that time I started several bands that played gospel, R&B and Funk, Jazz and other genres. So this lesson helps me and all of your lessons helped me as a band leader and an ever-growing, ever learning piano player

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Very nice comment...I'm glad to hear from you, and know I've made a difference.

[@neilmarchman9357]

Thanks for inviting me to the Jazz Ranch ....learned a boatload of great concepts!!!! Totally appreciate your generosity.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

My pleasure...but more important is that you wrote to tell me...that keeps me going!

[@noblenotes27]

On of the reason I check out your funk jazz stuff ( besides being totally interested ) is you are real. People in any kind of message they are delivering are to phony. Thanks again.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

That's a great affirmation for me ...and keeps me going! Thanks!

[@jahnellbroomfield7172]

holy crap, as soon as you started doing all the licks and adding it to the song my mom just exploded from all the nonstop licks i hear using the diminished, I just got chills thinking about it, you're a genius

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Wow! I'm glad I made a good impression...sounds like this lesson really hit home for you ...so that you have some useful tips and ideas to practice with. Keep up the good work and write to me again. Thanks for the compliments!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Wow! I'm glad I made a good impression...sounds like this lesson really hit home for you ...so that you have some useful tips and ideas to practice with. Keep up the good work and write to me again. Thanks for the compliments!

[@zhangandersson]

Kent, I want to tell you how grateful I am to you for sharing your knowledge with me and the world. A lot of things are starting to make sense for me now. You show that the music, knowledge and other great things are better democratically shared than kept secret or monetized. Thanks a lot, Kent. Keep up the great work! Best regards, Jeppe.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

+Jeppe Zhang Andersson As I told another subscriber: I'm happy to hear your experiences with my tutorials. I'm glad to be able to pass on this knowledge in this way, particularly when folks like yourself write to me with positive feedback. I'm also learning a lot from the experience and having fun with it. So, thanks! +kee cheang ooi I'm happy to hear your experiences with this. I'm glad to be able to pass on this knowledge in this way, particularly when folks like yourself write to me with positive feedback. I'm also learning a lot from the experience and having fun with it. So, thanks! Read more Show less Reply · 1

[@goansongo]

I started practicing this scale and noticed a huge difference. It unlocks another level of playing and gives you that jazzy tension/resolution that we beginners struggle to achieve. Fantastic work Kent!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Please see my video called The Most Amazing Scale...that opens a world of possibilities for improvisation. Thanks!

[@goansongo]

@@KentHewittpiano88 Yes for sure! I've been going through all your videos. I'm working on the super locrian which takes a little more work.

[@faqtum]

I love your tutorials Kent. And enjoy very much been there with you laughing at your jokes and amazed at your skill. You are very generous . Muchas gracias mi amigo

[@KentHewittpiano88]

You are very welcome, and that's a wonderful comment!

[@petetee1292]

Kent, thank you, these sessions just keep getting better. A goldmine.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

+pete tee Thanks for the nice comment and for all your support. I remember you asked for Body and Soul. Any particular reason for that song?

[@petetee1292]

+Kent Hewitt i dont know, cuz it sounds sorta noirish maybe?

[@BlackeyedTV]

Dear Mr Hewitt, you are truly an amazing teacher, i thank you from the bottom of my heart for this tutorial. I really really wish that i can meet you one day and maybe have a lesson with you, because in just a 15 minutes video...i've already learned so much. May god bless you. Cheers to many more years of music with Kent Hewitt!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Javan...you are a true friend and brother. You give me support and encouragement, and it's more valuable to me than you know...humble thanks,.... and may music give you many blessings.

[@bgodinho]

You are a GREAT teacher and AMAZING musician. Congrats and thx for sharing your knowledge. ;)

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for the nice comment...much appreciated!

[@adrianharrington17]

Thank you Kent for your generosity in the good work you have posted. I enjoy and appreciate your videos as there is a lot to learn, which you impart very well. This is one of my favourites. I have a saying ! 'It's a bad day when you don't learn something'.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

If you put work into something...you deserve to learn.....I gain something from every video I do, and I learn from you and my listeners.

[@louispearson8306]

nothing wrong with a technical lesson, highly necessary infact. One of my most useful online lessons discovered yet Thanks again Kent. from a Classical to Jazz dreamer

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Louis, thanks for the affirmation. Classical to Jazz dreamer is a good thing...it goes both ways.

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

Louis Pearson yes those moonlight sonata arpeggios coming in handy.

[@charlesvanderhoog7056]

Right. This is the stuff I'd like to hear and see. Thanks a lot, Kent. You've hit it on the nail as far as I am concerned.

[@jiyong77]

Thanks for opening up the world of the diminished scale to me Kent.

[@MM-ro9jn]

thank u

[@jubilee4jC]

Amazing instructions. just bought your book. I love the way you break up the theory to easy to follow to complex (building blocks). just picked up my piano again and am excited about how you explain some concepts that make total sense to me know in my journey. God Bless

[@KentHewittpiano88]

I'm so glad you told me, and thanks so much for the endorsement of my book!

[@RyansRecording]

Very rarely I look thru a whole tutorial on KZbin but yours seem to be really interesting and you're playing is good so it feels a little entertaining at the same time thank you.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

If it's educational and entertaining at the same time...then I've done a good job, and bless you for telling me.

[@djcapt.wendell2491]

Thank you Sir. Best jazz teacher on Utube.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Love you, my man!!

[@dankrzywicki2432]

Kent you are awesome and so generous to share all of this amazing knowledge in such a clear way! I've been playing for years and have never been able to intentionally connect the dots to create that 'jazz sound' using the right scales over the right chords. These videos really explain and show the techniques in a way that makes sense and make it easy to learn. Huge thank you! Keep it up!!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

+Dan Krzywicki I appreciate your kind words of support. I'm glad my videos are helpful. Please go to my channel page (click on my name) and if you click on playlists you will see that I now have all my videos (or most) is categories so you can select subjects you are most interested in. Thanks!

[@jayrussell26]

Brilliant lesson , great music, great teaching . Swing loose brother !

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thank you for the kind words!

[@brnfrederick]

Opens up an amazing array of possibilities. Why would anyone give a lesson like this a thumbs down ?

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Maybe they don't get it or understand it. we're all different and have different tastes. (I do look at the thumbs up and down however!) Thanks, Brian! Write to me at email if you have some "breakthroughs"

[@pw8017]

Thank you so much for your generosity - fantastic video and resource ! Your lessons are always enlightening, entertaining and encouraging ! 🙂

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for telling me!

[@RogerLino]

This is gold what your are giving us in every video!! I still can't believe there are people giving you thumbs down!! thank you so much for passing your knowledge and your experience!! :-)

[@yramhossoo8586]

I actually put a Coltrane pdf on scan score and played them very slow because I wanted to create a situation of actually hearing them instead of just playing them. This video here makes it better

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for telling me!

[@RobertoBojorgesA]

Thank you very, very, much. I love all your videos, comments about The Jazz Ranch and interesting quotes about other musicians. Thanks for share your talents. You are a really great teacher, you gave the keys for opening new doors and see whats you can learn and feel with a new way to play. Got Bless you and thanks again. Love Roberto from Orange County California.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Orange Country ...I've been there, Newport Beach. Also I heard Dizzy Gillespie at the Lighthouse in Hermosa Beach years ago. Love the memories of my youth. Thanks so much for your kind, generous words... and keep watching and I'll keep going! God bless.

[@terrypennell5398]

The exercises are excellent. I appreciate the passing tones used to connect runs at chord changes. Lots of work ahead for me.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Great comment...thanks!

[@JamesWatsonComposer]

You are a very good teacher sir. Thank you for your unwavering commitment! I did benefit very much from this having only recently learned two of these drills. I've only been memorizing shapes/different voicings, and certain scales for a year and sometimes feel stagnant, but discovering the application here means everything! I am excited to work on these.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks, James...I'm grateful that you tell me my efforts with these tutorials are helpful. That is my reward. Keep watching!

[@tjbuege]

More, more, more! These advanced technical tutorials hit the spot!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks...please check out my playlists for more "technical" tutorials. kzbin.info/door/dmjw5sm9Kn83TB_rA_QBCwplaylists

[@berthhermansson6655]

Thanks for this fantastic tuturial. You´re not only an amazing teacher, your generosity is incredible. Thanks again!!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks so much for the comment and affirmation, Berth. Please check out my playlists and keep watching! \kzbin.info/door/dmjw5sm9Kn83TB_rA_QBCwplaylists

[@mattstrauss737]

Awesome video. I'm 16 and I've just finished grade 8 piano. I'm starting to learn/ teach myself jazz piano now and love your channel. Thanks

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Hi Matt, thank you! I wish I was 16 again, particularly because I remember my high school girlfriend. My advice is: just get inspired by your music and life, and that will motivate you to achieve many things, but not necessarily what you dream (ps: it takes work).

[@smd13133]

This is amazing! I was pretty stuck as a pianist until I came across your videos! These have truly helped to expand my mind and ideas musically! Thanks for all you're doing man!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

That's a great comment and very affirming to me....because that is exactly what I'm trying to do. So thanks, smd, so much!

[@TheNemesisProject]

Thank you for providing the sheet music for these diminished runs. My playing is freeing up so much man from you tutorials. I've always "felt" these runs and can hear them in my head but without ever having any kind of training I developed my own jazz style. Seeing it this way is exploding my creativity as now I can combine the felt runs in my head with actually applying some sound theory behind them. Thanks man, having a blast.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Nemesis Project...Man, you just made my day. There's nothing better than having fun doing something you love to do, and growing from the experience. It's the same for me. Blessings and keep swingin'!

[@TheNemesisProject]

Thanks Kent! I can't tell you how it's freed me up. I've been playing a long time, mostly hard rock and jazz, but jazz is where my heart is. The first time I heard Take 5 I was hooked. Went out and worked all summer to buy a piano when I was 16 because my parents thought it was a phase LOL. My dad then bought me a Ramsey Lewis Trio record when he realized it wasn't a phase and I fell in love with cool jazz. Your teaching is awesome and it makes all the night club gigs so much more enjoyable. Thank you again and I look forward to all your music, playing, and of course, your teaching.....

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks, Man, you are my brother....if we could ever hang out (I can tell you some stories)...please stay in touch and I'm so glad to meet you.... even if only through these words. Blessings!

[@TheNemesisProject]

You are very welcome! I'd love to hear those stories. I have a few too that might fire you up! Yes I'd love to stay in touch. I watch all your videos. Sometimes someone just speaks to you, you know what I mean? You speak to me and I get it and my playing has just gone into a whole new dimension. Can't thank you enough. Have a great night..

[@dannomagnanno]

Great video great to see it in context and super nice to hear you playing a bit of misty in the end there!!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for the comment!

[@Saxmanjoe]

Thanks soooo much Kent! Very informative as to how to put it all together in a tune. Subscribed and downloaded the sheet music for the diminished runs. This is the first time to hear anyone apply the "drills" in a song framework. I'll continue to listen and learn from you!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

If I'm a first, then I'll keep doing this. Your comment is very helpful to me, and inspires me to keep going...so I'm grateful!

[@Kawardak]

Your videos ispired me to improve my skills in Jazz, i`m stack in technical way. Diminished scale - whoa... such a new way to express myself. Thank you for your existence. !

[@KentHewittpiano88]

My existence is only reinforced by your tell me so. To Be Or Not To Be!

[@Kawardak]

Oh so great )) Be as long as possible !

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

Kent Hewitt you left the door wide open . you have to b#.

[@mtaur4113]

Yours and Tony Winston's videos about this are both good. Have to rewind and rewatch a bunch of times, gonna have to polish this a bit. It's easy to forget which ones are the whole steps in real time. I think Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood used to use this a lot? It was some time ago and I didn't know any jazz theory back then, but this pattern has that jazzy, floaty, dreamy lilt to it with the strong resolution at the end that takes it all the way home.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Repetitions, repetitions…..like making a basketball player practicing making shots...eventually you have it down.

[@mtaur4113]

​@@KentHewittpiano88 Folks like you and many others... Aimee Nolte, Signals Music Studio... making the internet great one hour at a time. It's like what they were saying about the potential of the internet back in 1990, and it really happened.

[@yushchenkoalexey]

You're the best I've ever seen on KZbin! Thanks for what you're doing!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

If I could put those words into the bank, I'd be rich. But your words do my heart good...thanks!!!

[@TY1ON2K]

I'm very, very glad that I found your channel! I'm picking up everything you're laying down, man. Thank you so, so much for sharing this information.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for telling me...it means a lot!

[@gersondacunha4494]

You're a great teacher! So much knowledge shared with so much swag! I really appreciate this thing, keep on it! Thanks for make so many player happy!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thank you, Gerson. "Great teacher" is a beautiful compliment, but swagger takes it to a higher level.....that for me does not come natural and takes some work.

[@vohehuli]

And just like that-I subscribed. I’ve been trying to learn how to improvise for years and couldn’t get it. Your videos really does break everything down in such a simple way. Thankyou

[@KentHewittpiano88]

That's great, please check out my playlist on Improvisation. Click on View Full Playlist under Jazz Improvisation Tutorials. Thanks!

[@SL-to4oh]

Thank you for the lesson. The practical application of the scale with the printable exercises really helps. I've been struggling to really own these scales in my playing and this really will help!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for telling me, Stephen, much appreciated affirmation!

[@ivangarcia1159]

Thank you so much for what you do Kent, you certainly have an exemplary passion for teaching and i don't know anything better than learning jazz, your teaching inspires future generations of musicians, have a great day!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Great comment and very encouraging...keeps me going. Many thanks!

[@Arvindox]

Great Mrs. Hewitt! Amazing job given by a piano genius.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

+Murrete Arvindo Thank you!...I'll pass that on to my husband!

[@yeojboy]

great tutorials Kent! always a pleasure to learn from the greats

[@ForeignAffair822]

Thank you so much for this video. You make it really fun and better than any formal teacher or school. This is the best channel to learn in a very fun an easy way something that would sound difficult or a little scary like jazz music.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Jazz is scary....and for me the most fun I have with it is listening the great jazz artists. So you honor me and your words keep me going!

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

Kent Hewitt I personally think jazz players. whether piano...guitar bass drums horns have to be some of the most knowledgeable people in the whole world. one little fact you have to know the scales 12 , the modes 7. the 2 additional minors and that's just the tip of the iceberg. the permutations and combinations are incredible.

[@perrycapitani544]

Kent - Thanks so much for this video. It really helps summarize how to fit the diminished and altered dominant scales into songs. Very much appreciated.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

That's exactly right, Perry. You've figured it out to a T!

[@Hou126]

your lesson are definitely one of the best lessons on youtube. detail video with free supportive material. once i learnt the mark levine book, i will buy your book

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for the comments and support!

[@stacywbeam]

Thanks for the teaching! You are helping me understand ideas that have been hard for me for a long time.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Your comment makes me feel good and helpful. I'm glad to pass on the knowledge..... so I'm grateful to you for telling me...keep watching!

[@michelpasteco2091]

Thank you for sharing all these tips. The free scores are also very interesting, that's very cool to give this to us !

[@kwmaurizio]

i have never understood the usefullness of the dimished scales as after watching this video.Thank you.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Are you saying that after watching this video now you understand their usefulness...your words are not clear, or am I stupid?

[@kwmaurizio]

Right , their extensive use can result mechanical and unexpressive. But in the way that you show, that is alternating them with other types of scale (Pentatonic,major…and so on) they can be really effective. But firstly you made me think that their use is specially suitable with major seventh chords (and their alterations) , you could indeed technically play diminishes scales with other kind of chords as minor seventh for example, and that is the error I fell in before.

[@saadalhumaid8043]

Wow this video deserves thousands of likes You really can teach Kent👍🏾 thanks very much

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thank you for that affirmation...much appreciated!

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

Saad alhumaid I agrer

[@p3porro]

Thanks SO MUCH for sharing your knowledge and wisdom! Not to mention taking the time to do the videos and the music sheets! Cheers from Argentina.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

+p3porro I appreciate your telling me this. Comments like yours keep me going, so many thanks to you!

[@jaressloo]

Another awesome video, Kent. Thanks again! My dad was just visiting (pro jazz guitarist) and he commented on how much my playing has improved. Thanks to your videos!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

That's the best news I've had today...your telling me your dad recognized your improvement.... and I helped. Blessings!

[@kavehkasha5894]

Fantastic tutorial! Learned a lot. May the swing force be with you brother!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

May the jazz force be with you and propel you to great joy!

[@morcus1000]

I will certainly practice this scale more and more and have been. Must have watched your first video on the diminished scale applied to the dominant 7th 6 times already! Will get there, thanks to you!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

+morcus1000 I'm pleased to hear that my tutorials are helpful. Also please go to my channel page and click on playlists. You can select videos from different categories. Thanks!

[@shanakaperera123]

Thank you Mr. Kent Greetings from Germany!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Greetings! I was there!

[@GME17i]

Just one word ! Cream ! I’m not ready for this level yet but I understand it and will get to it soon, hopefully. Loved it when you incorporated it into “ Misty “. Thanks again Kent. 👩🏻‍🦰😀

[@KentHewittpiano88]

I'm glad I can relate to all levels. That's more helpful to me. But your comments are more important than that. So I'm always grateful to you, Corinne.!

[@phatz7531]

Great lesson! This is exactly what we're working on in my private piano lesson right now! It really helps to get another perspective. Thank you so much!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

+Chad Alexander I'm glad you told me. There are numerous perspectives so it's a good idea to take them all in and then draw your own conclusions. (or synthesize them)

[@michellefebvre4272]

Thank you so much for those patterns. I was looking for something like this for a while. Makes everything much easier and so cool to use those scales. Happy new year from France!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

You are so welcome!

[@jaked.8388]

I like the idea of just learning the " hafe-step whole step" patterns ...works for me :) Thanks Kent

[@KentHewittpiano88]

That's how I do. Now just do it starting on any step of the scale, and you will learn how perfectly it works.

[@jaked.8388]

yes great ~~

[@arthurcantrell8593]

Wow! All I can say is THANK YOU for sharing! I really appreciated all you had to say. Blessings!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Have a blessed holiday.

[@phly23]

Love you Ken! Thanks for being my favorite You Tube Teacher!

[@Saxmanjoe]

OK Kent! Thanks for your time answering my questions!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for writing!

[@polyinstrumentalist]

Thank you! Thank You! I was determined to improve my playing, but i did't have a systematic way to do it. This lesson is exactly what I needed. I'm glad that you followed your desire to share this awesome knowledge.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

+polyinstrumentalist Thanks for the affirmation and I'm glad it is useful to you!

[@supdude414]

I dont normally comment on stuff but this video taught me so much thanks.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

I appreciate the comment...I'm the same way.

[@karlab9557]

LOL. I do generally notice backgrounds in videos, but was more taken with your beautiful piano and didn't notice the books in the background. I got a chuckle from that :) Great video. I am really enjoying your teaching. It's a stretch for me. A good stretch. Thank you so much!

[@waaldam]

Thanks Kent for this so well explained patterns. Though I play in a band for decades but without any jazz-education, it was very helpful understanding. Greetings from Holland. Mike

[@KentHewittpiano88]

I'm happy to know my lesson is helpful...keep watching!

[@nesschallis1909]

Thank you so much for this tutorial Kent - It will be so good to give this a try out! Your efforts to educate are always very inspiring and very much appreciated! :) Thanks also for the notations - this will certainly be a tremendous help :)

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks, Ness...I'm glad you like what I do and your comment is helpful to me to stay motivated.

[@aliceoffleymusic]

I love your videos, and the way you talk and explain. Thank you for being so generous with your knowledge and explaining in such a cool and entertaining way... and for helping us to have MORE FUN!! You are a Star xxxx Swing Loose, Alice

[@KentHewittpiano88]

+alice offley Thanks, Alice. I really appreciate your affirmation. Telling me that my videos are also entertaining is very helpful to me....because that is what I would hope for. Please keep in touch, and swing loose! Kent

[@Toxxic88]

Fantastic and easy to follow presentation. Thank you! I've also found that the diminished scale works really well for tritone substituted dominant chords (i.e. Dm7 - *Db7* - CM7), which can be thought of as another dominant 7 family as you point out!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

You're exactly right. There's such an amazing thing about it. Please go here for a primer: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bJ27g51mnc97ma8 Much more to come! Thanks!

[@namoitarecords]

Thanks so much,, to me it was like a hidden sense rediscovered. I was never capable of understanding the hidden logic of this escales and runs. Like you said, it opened up a whole new world, at least for me. Thanks again !

[@KentHewittpiano88]

It did the same for me...and will continue to do so...as do so many other things in music...carry on!

[@namoitarecords]

Kent Hewitt Great !

[@organmaster68]

Nice and easy to understand Kent, thanks from down under......

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for the comment and compliment…that keeps me going!

[@PIANOSTYLE100]

just realized I know some families of chords better than others.. time to change that .. the dominant scales and dimin. scales are now part of my daily practice.. I like the way you 🐈 agorised them as c f and g. it keeps the confusion down. . see cat up above. ha ha. I love the song Misty..

[@rikardzander2286]

Thanks alot Kent! This is gold for me, a rock musician getting into the world of jazz!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

You guys have the rhythmic concept that I envy. Thanks!

[@samwilcox-brown1483]

Thanks for this great lesson Kent! I've been following the channel for some time and have just started my undergraduate study to become a Jazz pianist, I know about the diminished scales but struggle in finding good ways to apply them consistently, this video was the best thing yet!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks, Go to my playlists ...I have more on this subject.

[@kerrystafford9307]

Awesome. Such an informative video. So well explained Kent. Thank you

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Many thanks for the affirmation!

[@waynehawley3910]

This is probably going to help me (n plenty others even) have a breakthrough in my playing and soloing if I implement. Amazing how simple you can explain the advanced stuff, I think anyone can understand. Not that many people so generous having this type of knowledge out there. So Cool.. Haha, really though.. I'll stop commenting so much now, great teaching

[@KentHewittpiano88]

+Wayne Hawley Thanks again for the compliments! I know it's difficult stuff so I try to make it clear... so I appreciate your telling me.

[@ChoBee333]

I just love the way you teach!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for telling me, Diana...that's very helpful!

[@jansenrsouza]

Awesome class! I'll have to watch lots of times to get it. Thank you so much again.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

I hope you will watch multiple times...and write to me again.

[@WhistlebirdInfinity]

I am gonna practice the bejeezus out of these exercises. I guess there's probably versions of these for the locrian mode too. How fun!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks!

[@landguardeagle22]

You my friend, are a Musical Treasure!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

I aim to please, so your generous compliment is very appreciated, Larry.

[@Chipshotz]

Well done Kent. This is very useful and thanks for the downloads.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

I appreciate your comment.

[@davidecorvi8910]

Utilissimo! Grazie mille della sua arte. Very useful Thank you for your art.😊

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Many thanks!

[@HenryNewbury]

This is brilliant! Thanks for the video - very well explained and I've learned a new concept! :) Greetings from the UK!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

I appreciate your excellent comment...keeps me going.

[@HenryNewbury]

@@KentHewittpiano88 Stoked you replied! The pleasure is mine :) the best!

[@AxelFriedhoff]

Thank You, Mr. Hewitt! This helps a lot to expand my vocabulary to improvise.

[@virpotaajs]

Thanks for puting these videos up here, it is very interesting and usefull to watch each of them.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

I appreciate the support...keeps me going!

[@ChrisBrown-jw2en]

Great video. Well done and very helpful. Thank you Kent

[@KentHewittpiano88]

You made my day!

[@jw1522]

This is so great. Thank you.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

You're very welcome!

[@noblenotes27]

Screaming!!!!! Thanks so very much! WAHOO!!!!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Yeah, Man! You're cool!

[@lancemccollum4697]

That was one of the best lessons I've ever had! What a great video. Clear, concise and impactful. Thank you Kent! I've subscribed and will check out your website today. PS, great to hear a NE accent down here in TX!

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for the wonderful comment. Please see my playlists: kzbin.info/door/dmjw5sm9Kn83TB_rA_QBCw?view_as=subscriber

[@MegaRas73]

Thanks Kent, enjoyed that one.

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@emmetthouse5600]

Thx you enjoy the lesson you are the best in my book. I have got a lot better on the piano

[@KentHewittpiano88]

Thanks for telling me Emmett, I'm really glad to hear that, and swing loose, brother!

[@GME17i]

I sooooo enjoyed this and the previous tutorial on easy improvising; I was actually playing them!! Made me feel good - Still a long way to go but as I think I've said before, you're such an inspiration and so generous to us all. Gosh I wish I lived nearer. I have never been a particularly good student as I am a people person and need that interaction but...... if I listen to one of your tutorials, that gives me the energy boost I need to " get going" ! Thanks a Million. From the Cat that's trying to get " cool"!.😊🎼🎹🎶