Jazz Scales to play over Take Five

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This lesson teaches some scales to use when improvising over Dave Brubeck's Take Five.
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[@truetube5190]

The power of McCoy Tyner is with you sir

[@Lucianoq]

Thank you so much! That's the sound I'm looking for and you explained it very well. I'll watch this video over and over, and I'll practice until I get the hang of it. You know, I know the theory of the scales and the modes, but nobody had explained it so well to me on how to apply it. I know I'll make progress soon! And your playing is great! Thanks!

[@alexandrawestcott7654]

'Major- minor scale'... also known as melodic ascending!!

[@louispearson8306]

yh who calls it a major minor scale xd

[@hedgeclipper418]

people who are to the point.

[@guglacownt5946]

This legit ass nigga and myself from now on

[@weeklypiano]

yes that's correct :)

[@randylazer2894]

You truly have great talent and creativity. Your playing reminds me of jazz in the 1950's with maybe a touch of Monk.

[@roddonegan1623]

Been working on my own compositions of late ironically in the same keys, so was on the right track if only by ear. Now with your help far better understanding a little of the theory so the sounds makes far more sense and have something of some order. Greatly appreciate you taking time to add all this information. Will be parking the laptop on the computer and teasing out all these details again and again, until they are more fully internalised. Thank you for helping me take the next step.

[@johnbemery7922]

This was too notch instruction, really well done! Thank you.

[@ketchuptheboss2275]

I would praise you from many things but english is not my strongest language so i'll just put it this way: You are awesome and really talented teacher!

[@weeklypiano]

thank you :)

[@johnanderson9494]

is this you Greg? kzbin.infoM3JcnnLOQYc@@weeklypiano

[@anthonycastellon5734]

Excellent soloing but I also like the chording your left hand plays with the jam track. Well done.

[@weeklypiano]

thank you!

[@HernanGnesutta]

@@weeklypiano hey can you please explain a little bit the comping??

[@HernanGnesutta]

It's awesome and all the things you play!!! Next level!!! Thank you very much!!!

[@oleo5213]

@@HernanGnesutta search up mccoy tyner comping

[@fernandopontes3094]

What a beautiful improvisation !!! I wondered why you used the G melodic scale over the chord Ebm7 ... thank you and continue with the videos for all of us

[@peterwilson5726]

Wow after ages of trying to experiment with jazz I couldn’t really do it (didn’t know the theory aha) but this has made it so clear and I can improvise take 5 the way you do 30mins after watching the video and practising thank you so much

[@blerpp7813]

why u gotta flex tho

[@peterwilson5726]

@@blerpp7813 wasnt trying to show off just showing my appreciation for his help and it's not like I got there without hard work

[@johnnysunset2740]

This is super awesome content. I have never seen piano teacher like you, thanks.

[@umbertofiorentino3405]

Well done! Excellent explanation and great soloing!

[@anandgodane8022]

Thank you so much sir I like your videos

[@tangopaparomeo338]

Awesome video, excellent inputs and fresh ideas for my solo on this piece. TY!

[@stuartporter7202]

Nicely explained! Thank you!

[@JohnMoodyO]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge !!

[@weibowil]

super.... jazz scales... what a revelation for classical scales me :)

[@louispearson8306]

might i Emphasize! these scales only have value if you know how to use them. otherwise your just playing a amalgamation of odd noises. The are hundreds and they are simply a way of formulating types of sounds, e.g in your head you might think of phrygian as being the "Mysterious" sound. You need to be listening and transcribing widely if you want to Learn(LISTEN!) how to use them, make phrases Once and only then that you have trained you ear a little; and discerned can you really use these to improvise. In the meanwhile learn these scales : play them in odd ways, play them with fitting LH chords, Arpeggiate them, do little twists and turns, play them in swing play them straight, play them in triplets. To discover your own sounds

[@hedgeclipper418]

you're fuckin' blowing my mind mannn. There's a minor major scale?? It's like why didn't I ever think of that?

[@cora8264]

soo helpful. I love your channel so much. Thank you

[@weeklypiano]

you're the best

[@phanjazm]

Dope video!!!

[@dylancarther9627]

well explained

[@mrbeandip2356]

My favorite Scale is the F minor Pentatonic scale. It's sounds the coolest.

[@lancesukhu2869]

Thank you so much for making this!

[@JuanOspinaKeys]

AWESOME. THANKS

[@jerryengelbach]

Nice lesson. But "Take Five," while it was made famous by Dave Brubeck's quartet, was written by alto saxophonist Paul Desmond.

[@aas-fj2xv]

Paul desmond plays piano

[@natasico]

lol, no

[@warningchimes24]

True, a lot of people credit Brubeck when it was composed by Desmond

[@acidset]

It was a phrase Desmond was rehearsing with Morello, months later Brubeck asked him to play it again and they worked on this piece from it. People like to whip this fact out, and while true, it was a team effort I'd say :)

[@raweejr.4693]

Ultra helpful! Thanks:)

[@thestratocaster]

Awesome video! I am a jazz-guitarist and this tutorial explained me more things than a music-lesson at my college! Thaks a lot!!! (:

[@emilioleroux]

Fantastic lesson! thank you!

[@jaueaff1476]

Thanks Dude! Great Video!

[@zaneeeneal]

Hey man! your Evans improv tutorial was incredible, I'm a jazz pianist doing a bachelor at the moe, would be awesome if you could throw up some more? maybe Art Tatum too? :P

[@MrTheHakim]

Thank you so much for this great video! I was wondering if somebody could tell me what's going on with his left hand. I made a list of the scales he uses; could somebody help me out with the voicings he uses for the chords that go along with these scales? Eb Dorian (I could see that his left hand plays Eb Bb and Eb Ab C#) F Pentatonic (or F blues) Eb minor - major B minor - major A minor - major G minor - major

[@WBUSCH49]

High Weekly Piano! that was interesting and convincing! could you please show what scale's or whatever to use over it could happen to you or how to approach the soloing with keith jarrets solo in mind? it may last 50 minutes!

[@weeklypiano]

Gladly - I offer custom videos at www.weeklypiano.com!

[@miretchin]

I found this video (and all of your more recent teaching-style videos) to be very informative. I was wondering where the AMA on reddit was that you referenced- and also... Please do more theory oriented videos. I would especially be interested in a video explaining the technique of planing in more depth. And anything that has helped you in soloing and improvising (exercises, perhaps?) Would also be greatly appreciated. I just found your videos- very helpful so far! Keep it up. Thanks!

[@vivien1252]

awesome.

[@WigridJE]

I love your videos! You kinda make me want to switch from drums to piano. D: You sound so much like Mccoy and Herbie, it's ridiculous!

[@ptorralbod]

Thats awesome, but where do you get thise ideas from? I could improvise if you give the scales to improvise with or just with the basic scale from the chord, but I would have never guessed thise ones!

[@jotap97]

nice lesson!! thanks!! the only thing i didn't understand is why you use the pentatonic of F? you can use the pentatonic of Bb? and why there are more than one pentatonic in a single major scale (Db)? I tried with C and I olny found one pentatonic scale in it. Scuse me for my bad English speaking (I speak spanish), and for my basic knowledge of theory. Nice job :)

[@FrazerGoodman]

Very cool

[@igorvashkov8821]

A B major-minor over Bb = Bb superlocrian (altered) scale )) But how do you come up with it for soloing over Eb minor??

[@jazzerson7087]

Hi. I was wondering if you could give me the notes of a solo you might typically play going from say E flat dorian to A melodic minor and back and then G melodic minor and weaved back into E flat. How many bars would you play out etc. I knew about the scales but I'm still at the stage where I'm working out how to freely improvise using them and just making them sound right and weaving them back in so everything flows.

[@4scheveningen]

So You must know and exercise these basic scales before really playing which is a enormous job of years - depending on yr memory But most songs contain only " scales My question is does a list exist of call it CROSS-REFERENCE data base so that if you can play a certain combination you can see which other songs would be easier to learn Thanks for answering It would realy help me enormously because all my life I tried to learn 12 scales but the max is F and G and C Thanks

[@louispearson8306]

might i Emphasize! these scales only have value if you know how to use them. otherwise your just playing a amalgamation of odd noises. The arehundreds and they are simply a way of formulating types of sounds, e.g in your head you might think of phrygian as being the "Mysterious" sound. You need to be listening and transcribing widely if you want to Learn(LISTEN!) how to use them, make phrases Once and only then that you have trained you ear a little; and discerned how to make musical phrases, can you really use these to improvise. In the meanwhile learn these scales - play them in odd ways, play them with fitting LH chords, Arpeggiate them, do little twists and turns, play them in swing play them straight, play them in triplets. To discover your own sounds

[@rikimaruhatake]

What you wanted to remember about sorrounding the note is called a turn :)

[@weeklypiano]

hah, thanks!

[@cocovi]

+weeklypiano or enclosure?

[@cocovi]

+weeklypiano What scale do you use on the bridge?

[@waseemfrancis1376]

+cocovi enclosure :P

[@pitullo70]

you're a genius!

[@CruelLion7]

i love minor major scale! would that mean that C minor major would be C D Eb F G A B?

[@GregSperoMusic]

Daniel Pena yep!

[@fernandopontes3094]

Daniel Pena C melodic

[@waseemfrancis1376]

thank you for the Great Tutorial you have good knowledge as we see. I have a question though : When you play in a show/jazz concert do you intentionally and consciously play these scales ? or you play just by ear using your sub-consciously knowledge on these scales ? I mean while in a show do think and say I want to play A-MajorMinor now ? or you have it in your sub conscious and play consciously by ear ?

[@sauliusltcool6902]

he probably plays subconsciously since he improvises and knows the scales

[@tethercable]

there is so many awesome jazz impros. I am grade 4. Fm Pena.........waht-now?

[@atakandurdu6536]

3:00 you could just say it is possible that playing an altered scale(7th mode of melodic minor) based on fifth-degree of tonic

[@douglasmccannpiano]

this is amazing... as i know nothing about theory.. your variations on this piece... are really remarkable... what an incredible musician you are... if you have time,,, listen my piece little red...

[@gunluvS14]

this is so cool

[@elconclaveenaccion7949]

do you have any pattern for this scales?? or something about chromatic aproach, for this "outside" 's resolution induced for this scales???

[@elconclaveenaccion7949]

great!!!!!

[@gottreich]

Is there a video he talked about 4:44?

[@weeklypiano]

i think i do talk about that in some of these other vids but i can't remember where

[@nhaezer5121]

Thanks

[@etiloyon3681]

It's way out of my musical possibilities (gt) but it's just beautiful to listen! (At least I share one pbm with you : I have a backing track which seems endless too! :))Thanks

[@MrDemby1]

does this work with other songs?

[@GregSperoMusic]

Absolutely! For the same individual chords, the same superimpositions should work.

[@cw9783]

does he do some improvisation when he plays along with the take five song?

[@weeklypiano]

Yes, I improv a little bit on the head :)

[@tethercable]

holy guacamole this is complicated........ *head explodes*

[@DaveyReynolds]

Can anyone explain why f min pentatonic works in eb minor?

[@mechwarreir2]

Well he isn't really in Eb minor, he is playing Eb dorian which contains a C rather than a Cb (which is Eb minor). That C is within the F minor pentatonic. Its also one of the scales you can play over Mccoy Tyner voicings in Eb dorian. The "C" works well as it is the major sixth (or thirteenth of Eb7).

[@DaveyReynolds]

mechwarreir2 Rigghtt, thanks

[@petewilliams901]

why didn't you say at the end if you want to practice these exercises the backing track is available on bla d bla d bla for X amount as the tutorial was excellent well done

[@sondresolstrand]

Why don't you play Eb dorian, rather than F minor pentatonic?

[@Transcriptor]

six flats, only three for the sax, cheers.

[@sheilamacdougal4874]

11:00: enclosure

[@iamjuya]

Cute the alphabet on the piano!

[@ChromadaData]

so basically do a bunch of McCoy shit

[@papinski1978]

+ChromadaData hahaha

[@fendergasm11]

who needs chord tones?

[@weeklypiano]

not schoenberg that's for sure

[@douglasmccannpiano]

please do a tutorial of claude bolling's sentimentale...

[@lui_lui_lui___]

Somebody tell me what to play in the bridge please

[@DoGesterTH]

5:00 song??

[@francoisguyot789]

Take Five

[@brianralph5036]

you cook man

[@nedohamilli]

interesting .

[@kentcrawley]

So minor- major is basically melodic minor without the descending natural minor...

[@AlexTerrier]

Kent Crawley Allow me to jump in. What makes a scale major or minor is the third. So you have multiple major and minor scales. For instance the notes C D E F G A-flat B make the harmonic major scale. Major because the third is major, harmonic because the sixth is lowered, which is the characteristic note from harmonic minor. The 3 forms of minor scales are: natural minor, harmonic minor, and melodic minor. the natural minor is called natural because it uses the exact same notes from its relative major mode: A natural minor is made up with the notes A B C D E F G, take that series and start on C and you get C Major. The melodic minor scale has the the sixth and the seventh raised a half step from the natural minor form and become both major. It can be confusing because there is a ascending minor melodic and descending minor melodic. the descending version is just the same thing as the natural minor scale. the harmonic minor scale is like the melodic minor scale except the sixth is lowered and is a minor 6, so you have this distinctive interval of an augmented second (NOT a minor third) between the sixth and the seventh. The flat 6 is the characteristic note of the harmonic minor scale. I have personally never heard or read of the minor major scale, but although I have read many books and studied for the last 30 years apparently some people use that term instead of MELODIC MINOR. My personal advice would be not to use this term because a scale is EITHER minor OR major, wether the triad based on the tonic is minor OR Major. It cannot be both at the same time. The melodic minor scale is also sometimes (idiotically) referred to the Jazz scale. There is no such thing as a jazz scale. The same scales were used by Bach and the same modes were used in Gregorian chants. Nothing new under the sun :) My two cents :)

[@kentcrawley]

I realize this, I am a jazz musician; you also have augmented or diminished scales as well. I don't remember why I posted on this video honestly it was a long while ago. I will say your two cents is worth a lot to many people, in fact one of my students just had that very realization during a lesson which was great ( we were working on synthetic scales), but I already have a dollar or so haha

[@alcaprone1]

Perchè non ti fai accordare il piano???

[@sega62s]

Am I the only one that gets problem concentrating because of the off tuning

[@melodytalks3432]

I thought there was a teaching aspect to it! Instead, concealed within lots of noises. The paith & also lack of clarity in which particular keys was depress in a scale , rendered this video useless for many. Hence more showing off than tutorial!

[@elleondejuda4681]

beutifull bro

[@user-gi3ro9rm9k]

This method sounds too Tyner-like for me

[@azaak_melody]

Great solo but really i cant see the chords and scales pecause you play too fast speed . thanks

[@CountKoski]

E and F resonate with some stuff on the piano. This is irritating. It puzzles me, how all of you could stand it.

[@weeklypiano]

+CountKoski sorry...it’s all I had access to at the time :-/

[@LeizeLeize]

Pls dude fix this F lmao aha

[@SimonMilesresearch]

Sorry. what? You've written the notes on the keyboard? Dude. Just no. Never. For any reason. Get them off. Now. No excuses. Post a new video to prove they are gone. Wait this is 2013. This is a shocking breach of the code. I'm notifying the piano authorities.

[@weeklypiano]

hahaha dude that was for my 8 year old cousin!!!

[@SimonMilesresearch]

@@weeklypiano Oh dude, you are only digging a deeper hole for yourself! 8 does not need the notes written on the keys! 8 gets it! 8 is the perfect age! They see the patterns. It begins in the patterns. They will see the colors too if they have it. And the letters. And they merge into this seed, this imprint, this template. But it's all within. That's why we must never, ever, under any circumstances of time or place or situation, write the letters on the keys. It is for the inner eye to learn how to blossom, and it begins with the very first step, the very first lesson. Here, see, listen, feel. These are the notes. But never reading the written notes on the keys. Please. Take your 8 year old cousin back to the keyboard, after scrupulously removing the letters, and start them again, with the shapes. Here is C. It's on the left of the two blacks. Show me C. Thanks for listening. :-). It's all good, and I'm tongue in cheek, but also utterly serious. Thanks for your videos, love your channel!

[@jeanlucchapelon]

Good but you play too fast and we haven’t time to see the chords & scales

[@FrazerGoodman]

Very cool