The Most Important Improv Exercise for Jazz Piano

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00:36 Connecting scales exercise 00:50 Turnaround progression 01:23 Beginner: chord shell approach 02:45 Play with backing track 03:05 Intermediate: rootless voicings 04:28 Play with backing track 04:46 Tip: quick 5-1 05:10 3 essential scales 05:36 Scale 1: C Major 06:09 Scale 2: C# diminished 07:30 Scale 3: B diminished 08:32 Beginner: connecting scales 10:48 Play with backing track 11:05 Creating melody lines 12:05 Play with backing track 12:47 Intermediate: connecting scales 15:10 Ideal tempo 15:33 Play with backing track 15:37 Creating melody lines 16:41 Play with backing track 17:18 Conclusion

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Some teachers shun improvising with scales but you make them interesting by forming phrases out of them that sound like any jazz language. One can do away with copying other musicians by developing this technique. It's amazing!!! Thanks.

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Thanks for this. Just yesterday while practicing I wondered how i could put chord and scale practice together.

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Very helpful exercise, thanks.

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Another excellent subject to cover. Would love to see more on this subject. You did a great job

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The best way to understand jazz scales !

[@DullDishwater]

This is great. One question: Why the diminished scale as opposed to something else?

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Very tasty lines you create. I'm gonna try to learn them.

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[@abramson98]

This is the perfect lesson for where I am right now in my jazz piano career. Question: Why do you name the two diminished scales after the third of the chords. Why not the root of each chord and do half-step / whole-step?

[@peoriaos6627]

Great video Johnny. I like to think of the c#dim scale as the A half diminished scale and the B diminished scale here as the G half diminished scale. This is easier to me as they are the same letter as the chord but your way is a cool way as they are both right next to the door key. Very cool concept. Just to clarify for the watchers, your c# scale here is a whole diminished scale and your B scale is a whole diminished scale. Interesting point about diminished scales is while most scales have 5, 6 or 7 notes, diminished scales have 8. Also the half diminished is called the dominant scale because it contains all notes of the dominant chord. Another interesting thing that you mentioned is every note can be involved with a minor third and thus a minor 6th as well. It has interesting relationship with the tri tone as well which makes the tt very substitutable with the same half diminished scale.

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how do you develop lines？It must be a combination of many basic techniques that you can pull from at will right?

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[@nicolasgisiger1755]

Would a flat nine on the G7 chord not be more appropriate than a natural nine when using the diminished scale?

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[@chriswright2553]

Great lesson as always Jonny. Don't know if it's of any interest to anyone, but I prefer to think of playing the diminished scale that starts a semitone above the root, so over A7 that would be Bb diminished. Same as C# diminished, obviously. For me this ties in better with the altered scale, which is effectively a melodic minor ascending that starts a semitone above the root. So over A7(alt) you can play Bb diminished or Bb melodic minor ascending. Only difference is the dim scale has an E and F#, whereas the altered scale has an F natural. If you're swapping between the two to create different tensions, this difference is interesting to focus on.

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[@MrElectrojazz]

Question: what's the theoritic reasons of using C# dim and B dim scale? Because of semitone from note C?

[@myewzek2913]

Ferry Caswara I believe it’s because they are the diminished scales of the chord’s third. A7’s third is C# and G7’s third is B.

[@pitullo70]

The main reason is that the dominant chords derive from a diminished scale

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hey, one question: are you keeping the pedal down? And if, when?

[@wicksp335]

Great exercise from a great teacher. It's important to also jam on each chord scale, to find licks and varied directions, not limiting to ascend/descending scales. But I find this a brilliant way to start getting from chord to the next. Thanks Jonny!!

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Nice rhythm motiv in right hand.

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One of the best piano lessons I've ever had! Thank you so much! Where can I find all this exercises in PDF?

[@PianoWithJonny]

So glad it was helpful! The PDFs can be found here: pianowithjonny.com/piano-lessons/the-most-important-improv-exercise-for-jazz-piano/

[@wolfgangkleiber4425]

Is it a problem memorizing the dominant chords as A half tone/ whole tone and G half tone/whole tone? At least for me it seems easier that way.

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Great lesson, I appreciate it. Thank you! What keyboard are you using for your lesson here?

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Thanks! It's a Yamaha CP4

[@larsuk9578]

Great lesson thanks. I find it the hardest part in learning jazz, putting it all together so very helpful. One question though: why not present it as A dim scale and G dim scale since they are the same, just starting on a different note isn’t it?

[@robingunnarsson6412]

I had the same question.

[@myewzek2913]

They’re not the same scale. The C# diminished has the same notes as the G diminished scale but the B diminished scale doesn’t match the A/G diminished scale. It’s better to learn it as the major third’s diminished scale (easier to match to other keys) so he taught it as C# diminished and B diminished.

[@larsuk9578]

Totally confused about this. I was thinking half-whole scale. So that if you start on the root gives you the b9, #9, 3rd, b5, 6 and flat 7th. I find it easier to remember that way ... so I guess the scale he is talking about is the whole-half... but starting on the 3rd... 🤯 so isn’t it the same in the end?

[@myewzek2913]

Lars UK C# is the third of A7 and B is the third of G7, so he used those diminished scales. I’m not quite sure what you’re confused about so sorry if that didn’t help.

[@PianoWithJonny]

Lars UK yes it’s the same scale. Whether you think whole half, or half whole alternating. They both form diminished scales. I’m referencing the name of the scale based on the whole-half pattern.

[@zanpouchkine]

at around 14:46, going down B dim on the G chord, you hit Ab, G, F, E,D,C,B, Bb. You're right, I think C# sounds awful, but isn't C# that is used on the B dim?

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