Sick Pentatonic Licks: 0-McCoy Tutorial!

[@NoahKellman]

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[@emilydouglas237]

Honestly the saying "you get what you pay for" doesn't ever apply to your videos. Thank you so much for sharing your passion in such wellmade videos and making them available to us newbie poorer music learners!

[@aydenmartinez9142]

Well his course is about to come out 👀

[@JammerPro]

50 years ago I wrote a music theory paper for Baruch College on McCoy Tyner theory. I was only 20 and barely scratched the surface. Slowly, like you, I discovered how to combine and overlay pentatonic scales of different modes on blues changes. Thanks for the master class above on how to put this together on an improvisational level. Just incredible, and in a way, a conformation of my thoughts 50 years ago. It is quite gratifying. Thanks again!

[@johnletitia]

I like it when you thoroughly explain the fingering of the scales and chords. Another video I had trouble understanding ..thank you!

[@giovanniprofeta3699]

I saw this video around 5.45am, the repeating note tip is actually a game changer. This video made me get out of bed and sit on my keyboard. It makes so much sense, now I feel I’m playing a lick instead of a scale.

Hello Noah: I want to let you know that your content as opened a new world of music for me. I am a 16 years old pianist from Mexico who is trying to compose and your videos are really helpful to me to new about modern jazz currents and improve my compositions. Before watching your videos I wasn't sure where to start at Jazz; but now I use your videos as an useful guide. Talking about the keyboard, I would very grateful if I win since, I just entered music college and my parents can't afford a good keyboard for me to continue my studies successfully; I can only practice at the school and having a portable keyboard would be very handy for me. Keep doing the amazing content and I hope you reach soon the subscribers your channel deserves. Thanks a lot for the free educational content.

[@NoahKellman]

Hey, Leví, thanks for the kind words. So happy to hear that you have been able to learn from the videos. Appreciate your comment.

[@martincarter2969]

I have found that pentatonics are highly beneficial to one's technique and that developing exercises to master them pays dividends. Exploring all possible permutations will add to both vocabulary and dexterity and lead the budding pianist toward virtuosity.

[@marcmcconnell]

Thanks for breaking down the different pentatonic scales and where to use them. Loved the half-step trick too.

[@samtchen]

I love the Introduction 12 Bars Blues . Always rare to find tasty Chords and Voiceleading in jazz blues comping .

[@zxprophet30]

The days are gone when you needed a truck to get your gear to a gig, now you just take your back pack lol love it

[@jfm4708]

Loved the double tapping to repeat a note, simple and effective!

[@toneyam3643]

Thanks Noah for pulling my coat to the knowledge you have and may God above bless the work of your hands always.

[@alekthevampire]

thank you for breaking down the techniques of one of my favourite pianists in a way that's straightforward. can't wait to implement this in my playing

[@benjaminrosewood]

As a movie composer i find it daunting to only use pentatonic sometimes. Its simplicity is without a doubt deeply rooted in its forever ending complexity. The fact that every note sounds good in the context of a dormant chord opens up the endless possibilities to a perfectionist. This video has more or less opened up my mind to the vast uses of the pentatonic family in terms of melodic development. Ill make sure to practice it a bit more :)

[@NoahKellman]

Awesome, Benjamin. Yes- sometimes apply small rhythmic and melodic variation can immediately open up the sound especially when it comes to pentatonics, which already have a unique color.

[@DrMiles-ur2xg]

I look forward to learn from your youtube videos and I am looking forward to watching my jazz playing increase. I have already make a major increase in just listening to your teaching.

[@HeidiWhiteMT]

I’m new to jazz and I find your videos elpful and fun to watch. Pentatonics are so cool and there’s nothing you can do that doesn’t sound totally amazing!

[@thewillage]

Love this. Makes practicing scales more musical.

[@racheljones5614]

This is Great for following the preacher! I can't wait to use this in church!😍😍😍

[@tempgig]

You’re a very talented educator! Really easy to follow and understand ur videos without over simplifying it!

[@NoahKellman]

Thanks so much!

[@JaRuefresh]

Hadn't thought of any pentatonic scales aside from minor/major prior to watching your videos -- thanks a bunch!

[@therealnandez]

The pentatonic scale is overlooked at but so powerful! Great video Noah.

[@Axxarus]

Nice video as always, the tip of repeating the same note as simple as it is really does make a difference and can notice it in a few pieces I listened to. Raising it a half sharp is something I wouldn't have thought of as well. Thank you

[@Kharesz1]

Hi! It's very helpful that you are sharing your own (and alternative) fingerings to the scales. Saves a lot of time with these awkward structures like the F# dominant pentatonic. And also the video overall is very well structured. I watched it while sitting at my piano, so I could try the tips out immediately. I didn't need to think about what (and why) to practice. The trick with the repeated notes changed my playing immediately. Thank you!

[@vgmbard3136]

Been trying to learn piano to help my son make music for his video game ideas. Blues and jazz are used alot for exciting music. The tips for fingerings is really helpful because just knowing the notes doesn't help figuring out how to shift and move around smoothly.

[@richardsullivan2233]

Thanks for the reminder about the dominant pentatonic scale!

[@Daktyl]

you’re a legend mate! Have learnt so much from you (and McCoy) thanks for all you do!

[@lincland3867]

Pentatonics are the best part of the scale and help you create a sound quickly in a clear way. That’s why they are great for reharmonization. Coltrane started out reharming with full scales, then discovered that pentatonics are more efficient. They are also deeply rooted in folk music, pop, classical, really every style. Barton used them extensively, blues, or The Beatles. They are essential vocabulary.

[@jarenmendelsohn5686]

This is the first channel which really made jazz techniques click for me, thanks so much for the great content!

[@NoahKellman]

Hey Jaren, so glad to hear it! Thanks for the comment 🙏

[@sam_moo_rye]

I'm always happy to see a new video from you. Watching your videos are the easiest way to get motivated to practice so thank you!

[@stefanjazzpiano]

Really useful, not just for sounding like McCoy, but as a stepping stone for my own musical development. And all that with just the pentatonic scale! I'm leaving bebop for now and try to formulate a new approach to soloing. Really useful.

[@mukhtube]

I've been slowly but surely working through your (highly recommended!) Neo Soul Improv and Modern Bebop Exercises. I'm having fun applying what I've learned there to your videos. Thanks for sharing so much invaluable knowledge!

[@jayswitzer9871]

Such a great lesson, I was blown away by the half step move on the 4 chord so simply explained and demonstrated. just the kind of information to make it easy to understand, before i was doing the McCoy stuff just randomly bashing away like a baboon I'm sure. and i really enjoyed your F blues right off the top, everything sounds easy here! - effortless.. thanks

[@needlessnoise]

love that you keep in your mistakes! keeps me grounded

[@Sic4ce]

Very cool concept of playing a half step above the tonic key. I also was not aware of the dominant pentatonic, cool stuff! thank you!

[@FablesOfFaubus]

Love your videos and continue to watch/learn even though i’m without a keyboard at the moment! McCoy rules, and i’m so grateful for your breakdowns 🙏🏼

[@jheftepierre8712]

I love how it is used in a movable do way

[@DieterMerk]

I appreciate all the tips you've provided, not only in this video. Another trick to incorporate to in my playing!

[@adamhunter2156]

Love your tips and tricks to help dive deeper into jazz concepts!

[@UkuleleAversion]

4:49 This is something I've been digging into recently as a result of transcribing and listening to a lot of trumpet players. I don't know why but it just makes the most simple shit sound so much spicier.

[@megros1322]

You are a fantastic teacher, great video! Love the LH comping, and looking forward to the video that covers that as well. It's fun to extend the half step idea further, and below as well. Thanks for all the awesome work you do!

[@willwaterhouse5120]

Had my university recital the other day. Without your videos helping my playing, people wouldn't have enjoyed it as much as they did! Thanks Noah. Another great video, pentatonics slap!

[@stienway1]

I have played Professionally for years but of late have fallen out of love with music - it feels like the world is sick and music is as well. But thanks to people like you Noah, and turning my focus back to JUST the piano, I'm starting to believe in the beauty again. Plato said - “Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything.” I say that Music is all the best things in life at once - rhythm, sentiment, promise, pace, aspiration, love, integrity - music is what sex wishes it could be. Cheers Noah and thanks for everything.

[@pedrorodriguez1311]

I love McCoy style! I have learnt his inception solo and his licks are sick! Thanks for the video Noah

[@NoahKellman]

Hey Pedro, that's awesome! Is that your favorite solo of his?

[@JammerPro]

GREAT VIDEO (and sorry to comment 2X, but I think your videos are fantastic). Thought you might like to know Ahmad Jamal was my friend and mentor. He taught me the 1-2-3-4 pentatonic fingering for 4 note tetrachord pentatonic segments. Try this! USE 1-2-3-4. -------> C D E G | D E G A | E G A C | G A C D | A C D E | ------> repeat for 3 octaves then reverse with same fingering coming back down. It's been a lifetime of study doing this for all the modes of the major, melodic minor ascending, harmonic minor, and other scales. MODULATE 1/2 STEP UP AFTER EACH SCALE WITH MODES ARE PLAYED. If you understood the foregoing LOL, you'll know how much I appreciated your videos. It's like you gave me the next chapter.

[@michael63307]

Great to have some simple tips that can give what sounds quite complex. Thanks Noah!

[@RogerLato2]

Thank you! I love the sound of this dominant pentatonic scale so much. Goosebumps

[@NoahKellman]

Sure thing, Hermeto!

[@terryfairfax7369]

Thanks for the lesson on pentatonics. I’m diving deeper into them. Good stuff.

[@Lihuezapallo]

Noah, the first form of F blues you played seemed very sweet and sophisticated to me, it sounded nothing like the rigid exercises in my routine. Also thanks for giving more than one way to type the pentatonic scales and for the advice of repetition notes instead of just playing scales up and down

[@cryptoblackradio6193]

this channel is gold man, really, god's work. It really sounds like McCoy!

[@heavypiano]

Noah, I'm a professional Ballet Pianist, not a "jazz pianist" technically, but I wanted you to know that I always try to throw some of the stuff I learn from you into my playing at work. I end up doing a lot of improvising for Ballet classes and really enjoy inserting jazz concepts in along with classical, pop, etc tunes while playing. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@MichaelPowersIsHere]

Sax player here 👋 Thanks for demonstrating pentatonic shifting. Definitely giving that a try in my practice session today.

[@matthewwatts5564]

Appreciate the video Noah. I really like your left hand technique using the stack of fourths starting from various parts of the scale. I found it made your music more lively.

[@groovelove3361]

Love McCoy, love the pentatonics, keep the content coming .🤗🤗

[@ameriosgabriel]

I don't usually leave comments, but I have to recognize the effort you put on the making of this tutorials: the quality of the audio, the HD cams for your face and fingers, MIDI and music notation and the well articulated way you deliver the knowledge you have acquired over the years, makes you one the of the best music educators on KZbin, setting the bar pretty high for the rest of musicians that want to follow this path. Congrats man, when I grow up I wanna be like you. Regards from Peru with my struggling english, another fellow jazz pianist.

[@planetshakers4784]

Thank you so much noah!, your videos are a big help for me and my church band coz we are sharing the Word of God through music by playing music outside our church and also joining battle of the bands everywhere and we can easily reharmonize the song and by sounding different from the other bands. You are a blessing to us. Thank you so much ❤️

[@Gamespy666]

I thought I already knew most you need to know about pentatonics. ty, for throwing new ideas to me

[@ruthanngreenberg49]

Utlilizing the pentatonic scales really takes my solos to the next level!! Your tutorials are very clear and motivate me to experiment more with my solos during classic rock and blues pieces. My band members are always surprised when I try something new. Thank you, Noah!

[@ConfucianToussaint]

Pentatonics are my life! Love their sound, you can do so many things with them. Great tutorial for an exceptional jazz figure!

[@emilioross243]

Thank you Noah. This video is truly helpful, as always! Cheers from France.

[@Nkosinati]

Thank you for this Noah! I've always found McCoy Tyner a bit of a beautiful mystery... You are helping me unlock the mystery, and it feels really good Brother 👍🏾

[@keyscapes]

Great explanation! I like to think of side-stepping up a half step as a launch pad to go anywhere for a bit. In your example, once you've left the key of F for G flat, it sort of gives you permission to venture to other keys too, as long as you regularly touch down into F to keep the listener grounded! Great tension/release thing...

[@davidonac1102]

Very useful - good RH tips and like the more principled approach of repetition, increased duration, changing direction, changing mode on the same bass note, changing bass note/scale. but, also really like the harmonisation of the blues from 2:02 to 2:17 - nice! I'm studying it now :D

[@follasnovas601]

Amazing video, i’m just starting to play jazz piano and your videos have helped me a ton to improve and motivate me to practice, thank you ❤️❤️

[@Brown_Records_Entertainment]

Amazing tutorials as always. New perspective on pentatonic scale. Definitely will practice this.

[@TheHBaer]

The consistently high quality of your videos is amazing, Noah. I am visiting your channel daily and enjoy the never ending journey of learning jazz piano. Your repeated 1234 fingering pattern confirms my attempts to be more flexible with fingerings and learn to quickly adjust to the moment. However, I still get stuck frequently when I try to break out of linear scale patterns because of fingering. Any chance you can show us some basic principles/tricks for choosing good fingerings in non linear patterns? The piano sounds great and it blows my mind that you can put it in a backpack!! Love to take it on the road. 😉

[@jdiaz4877]

I lovee this style of teaching im trying to improve my overall technique in the piano but most tutorials forsake fingering and other basic but important things, however i think you nailed it! good job.

[@cadenbradshaw1470]

Super helpful video! My biggest weakness right now is making scales sound more like melodies than exercise so I plan to use this next jam session.

[@lewiswesley66]

McCoy tutorials are great, always

[@naamvoornaam6583]

omg I was looking for such content for months, thank you

[@williamlane601]

These patterns sound great. The fingering tips were really helpful. The thumb tuck from the third to fourth note feels super clunky. Thanks for the great content.

[@Web4Panama]

Very nice. Both I and my daughter will work through this. I would never have thought of a half step up on the fourth. So the root of the pentatonic form is becoming the #5 of the 4 chord for a moment. Sound good. Correct me if I’m wrong, but relative to the 4 chord on Bb, the raised pentatonic gives us : 1 , b3 , #4/b5 , #5 , 6 The b3 with the natural 6 makes it like Dorian and the b5 blue note is added, and then we have the #5 for extra crunch. I like the left hand choices also. I’m going to get the magnifying glass out on those moves.

[@mauriciovalim]

Great pentatonic licks! Thanks for sharing. Cheers.

[@BrodySchoonMusic]

I've usually actually disliked pentatonic lines especially as a beginning teaching tool but as soon as you started messing with the rhythm I was like oh wait this is so fun you just try things and they sound good and then you can really easily apply those ideas everywhere. I definitely am stealing those repeated notes and stuff because it just makes simple lines fun. Also, started your reharm course a few days ago and it's kicking my butt but also man am I improving FAST! Thank you for the amazing knowledge!

[@josephshonga9432]

This is awesome simple and straightforward material thanks for sharing

[@WBUSCH49]

the Blues is still the Tool for beginning each time on a nother level of the Spiral!!

[@jamesp8819]

Hi Noah - as a member of Jazz Piano Secrets and your recent Reharm course, allow me to say that your thoughtful approach to all your lessons is apparent in more ways than one: they're both thoughtfully meticulous in their preparation and presentation, as well as able to teach us the 'thought process' that pros and experienced players employ as they utilize such topics and approaches. This lesson was so helpful, and I would look forward to other lessons that discuss other pentatonic scales we can use besides the ones represented here. With utmost gratitude!

[@47rah1980]

Really gave me more to think about. Thank you! And that keyboard sounds fantastic

[@ricksattelysattely16]

As an also guitar player I love the pentatonic-thanks

[@emilzip]

Hey Noah, thanks for sharing, I really enjoy your insight, it inspires me to go back to the practice room. Pentatonics are such a powerful resource for improvising.

[@robgray6652]

Hey Noah , another excellent tutorial. I was a rock keyboard guy back in the day but being classically trained from an early age I've always appreciated different genres and probably my fave pianist has been Tyner. I didn't know the harmony behind his playing, I just knew I loved it and wanted to be able to play like that someday. Tutorials such as yours have opened those doors for me and I really appreciate that. Passing on some tricks of the trade , keep up the great work !

[@NoahKellman]

Hey Rob, so glad to hear that! Stay tuned-- I'm actually exploring some Tyner-esque tricks for the left hand in the next video this coming weekend, so hopefully you'll enjoy that too.

[@karolylaszlokiss3488]

Hi Noah! Your video was very helpful. I always thought that playing with altered pentatonic scales would be difficult, now you made it simple. Thank you very much!

[@diegoo.3403]

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[@shikharrajkoomar8289]

Hi Sam what I suggest will help as much are techniques to combine scales eith the pentatonic scale ( ex: Dorian , Lydian ). Thanks looking forward with hope to win 🤞🤘

[@MFmaxx]

I’ve been watching Noah for about 4 months and have learned so much. Looking to start practicing this ❤️👍🏾💯

[@lawrenceklug3849]

Great video! Thanks Noah, I'll incorporate some of these techniques into my soloing...

[@VanhoveArne]

I looove this tutorial! Such simple bite size concepts. And HOW have I never heard of the dominant pentatonic scale?? All these years I've limited myself to the major and minor pentatonic scale..Thank you!

[@loladelon5648]

This is the first time I've heard of a pentatonic dominant scale. I love playing the minor and major flat 6 pentatonic scales. Happy to add this one to my vocabulary. Thank you!!

[@dianayale7372]

Love the pro tips! I often get stuck in the same scale patterns. You are an amazing piano player! Thank you!

[@victoryeste9628]

I always I always thought pentatonic scales are boring, tho now i'm gonna have to give it a try after that

[@themahour]

Hey Noah, thank you for your videos and courses. They are a real "fil d'Arianne" through the jungle of internet and its flowers of knowledge

[@ruthanngreenberg49]

Your videos have given me new ways to perform solos. When playing with a group, I am always called upon to solo during a song. The tools that you have provided me are fantastic. I love incorporating jazz techniques into my classic rock and blues pieces. Employing different scales adds sophistication to my playing. Thank you, Noah!

[@mozartmozzy7754]

Thank you so much for adapting the videos for beginners as well.. I'd be humbled to have my own keyboard to practice with, especially coz it fits in a backpack 🎒

[@paritoshthapa]

Hey Noah. I am a guitarist turned producer, so recently picked up piano to polish my production skills and found your channel. You are really amazing and I have been learning a lot thanks to you. Also can you please make a practice routine for starting pianists about comping and soloing with just using triads. You are amazing thank you.

[@calebvester6324]

Good Video. I like to use quartal chords in my left hand as when I improvising over blues chords. Gives my solos a, "McCoy Tyner" sound.

[@guillermogargajo1849]

Hey Noah! Don t know if You ll read this but i just wanted to thank You for the amazing content You make. I m getting into jazz and your videos are so helpful. Greetings from Argentina!

[@jessesingersongwriter]

Sounds so good, thanks, will spend some serious time with this one! That keyboard sounds great.

[@alamolalamol9426]

Your tutorials are excellent. I really love the theory behind these movements. They really help when it comes to transposition to other keys when you understand how it works😊🎹.

[@Micro.]

Hey Noah, Thank you for showing the fingering during the video. I am self-taught and my technique is therefore lacking. There’s so much information to absorb from your videos, and we all appreciate you for what you do.

[@marvellouseyube6376]

Amazing Tutorial as always Sir Noah...🙏 We are truly grateful to You...🤗

[@NoahKellman]

Thank you, I'm grateful for you watching and commenting too. Appreciate it!

[@richardreisman5245]

I love the demonstration of playing out by a half step. That’s a pearl that I can use to spice up my pentatonic licks. Thanks. I would like to see some more of your thinking regarding the rhythmic construction of an improvised line including your articulation decisions while using pentatonics.

[@javathehuts392]

Thank you for this! I'll definitely have to try this out!