Jazz Improvisation Lesson - "Blue Bossa" Chord Sequence

[@simonsvihura4356]

I've been a classical pianist for about 6 years and I've always wanted to just sit down and improvise bossa nova jazz instead of just playing the same pre-written classical pieces I always do. Thanks to you I can achieve that - VERY helpful video I have learned something I've always wanted to learn - thank you and God bless:)

[@ollyonpiano]

Thank you for your comment Simon - very pleased that this video has been of help :)

[@rebanelson607]

Thanks - I LOVE "Blue Bossa"!

[@AnandaGBrady]

Thank you so much Ollie. I'm getting really a lot out of this. Can you do a similar run-through of rhythm changes?

[@duongduong2414]

blue bossa is one of my fav song. love your lesson

[@michaelbates625]

Absolutely fantastic Ollie, that was really helpful. Just right for my level. And you dropped this just as I was finishing lunch so it’s been a lovely way to break up my day! Thanks for doing this and really hope you can do some more, you have a nice and easy teaching style

[@ollyonpiano]

Thanks Michael - and sorry it took so long haha. But I'm glad you liked it and yes I'll certainly continue doing lessons

[@MetalShirts]

Fantastic!

[@AnandaGBrady]

I think the backing rhythm track is from the Drum Genius app: Brazilian Bossa#2

[@dinapoliv]

Bravo Olly !!!

[@brucejeric6701]

Thank you Oley. Great tune for beginners improv and beyond!! So much you can do with that.

[@ollyonpiano]

You're welcome Bruce!

[@jeantoussainttosi931]

Very good work! I appreciate! Thanks Olly!

[@ollyonpiano]

Thank you Jean!

[@crazyRyoga]

You opened my eyes on modes. I knew them already but I always thought about them as a separate entity, hence hard to learn/memorize, without realizing how easy is to figure them out by thinking in terms of the relation to the key (what you explain at 2:53 basically). Thanks.

[@Louis_278]

Thank you a lot ! Nice video

[@ichadsondig4954]

thankss you brother♥️

[@stuartheadey5240]

Many thanks, Olly. Really helpful stuff mate.

[@ollyonpiano]

You're welcome Stuart!

[@keydersonkapo6015]

Thank...GOD BLESS YOU

[@FRODOPIANO]

Thank you! It’s really helpful to hear the thinking progress behind an improvisation like this. For the locrian#2 I like to think of it as the 6th mode of the melodic minor, so in this example F melodic minor. Helped me a lot ☺️🙏👍

[@ollyonpiano]

Thanks for you comment! Yes you're quite correct about it being a mode of F melodic minor!- the G altered scale also can be thought of as the 7th mode of Ab melodic minor.

[@FRODOPIANO]

@@ollyonpiano Nice! Didn’t know that. I haven’t touched this scale yet, It’s quite overwhelming as I’m still a beginner

[@brunocanal592]

This is really a great lesson. I hope there will be more of them soon. Thank you so much!!!

[@ollyonpiano]

Thank you Bruno - yes I will do more lessons in the future!

[@emapooh2954]

This is so cool thanks so much for sharing 😊💜 Do you also give any private lessons? I'm living in Tokyo

[@adamf2951]

Thanks Olly. Another great lesson! How about doing a future video explaining how you play the chords to make them more interesting than just playing block chords.

[@ollyonpiano]

Thanks Adam - I'll certainly do more videos on chord voicings!

[@AnandaGBrady]

@@ollyonpiano Adam, Try playing ANY ii V this way: Start by placing the minor third of the ii chord on the bottom, then play a Major 7th chord from that. So, the ii chord in this example, the F-7 would be played: Ab C Eb G. ( an Ab Major chord in root position. The G is the 9th). Then simply drop one note of the Ab chord, the Eb, a half step to D and you magically have the Bb7 chord. So the ii V in this example, (F-7 to Bb7 of the Eb Major scale) has that floating sound... (that's the way Ollie was phrasing it.) Practice this standard jazz voicing for ii Vs in any key.( ps the final chord of this sequence would be the Eb Major chord, commonly voiced G Bb C F)

[@scottkb2000]

3 things, Olly. 1) I absolutely love the way you play jazz...love it. 2) I have been trying to get people to transcribe several of your solo improvs. 3) Would you consider getting any of your improvs transcribed for those of us who want to play them like you do (cost is your prerogative)? Many of us can't pick up all the notes by ear and really need sheet music. Thanks for any consideration.

[@robertdepiano]

Thank you very much. Very useful lesson :)

[@ollyonpiano]

Thanks Robert!

[@robertdepiano]

@@ollyonpiano Thank you 😁🙋

[@blueeyedsoulman]

What model piano are you using here? Very responsive.