Unlock The Power Of Pentatonic Scale

Are you ready to unlock the power of pentatonic scale on the piano? This lesson will give you all the tools you need to understand how the oldest scale in music is built and how to use it effectively on piano.
We’ll show you the easiest way to memorise the pentatonic scale on the piano and harness its power for improvisation, providing you with pentatonic scale exercises and piano improvisation exercises to help you practice and improve your improvisation skills.
This tutorial will focus on a major pentatonic scale, but will also reveal a trick a total beginner can learn and play in the first piano lesson - how to play minor blues scale and jam on it!
Watch this lesson for pentatonic scale explained and made easy to add it to your piano practice straightaway and enjoy yourself at the piano!
If you like to know more about how to practice improvisation on piano and learn best piano improvisation techniques, watch this video next - it’s all about improvising on a natural minor scale:
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Brilliant Tom, thanks. You’re a natural teacher.

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[@richard135b7]

Tom you have unlocked the power and the secret of how to apply the pentatonic scale to a song! Been frustrated trying to figure out how the piano guy during a pop song or ballad the band is performing, how he just runs up and down the keyboard so cool when its time for him to solo. Now I know. Your knowledge and piano skills are amazing and so insightful; a step above every teacher on KZbin.

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So glad you've found this helpful, and thanks for your kind words. Keep up the good work!

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So great

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excellent tutorial ! thank you.

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Thank you very much. This was eye opening. Just what I needed.

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Thank you! Awesome video. Well presented and very helpful.

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Dear Tom, Thank you so much ! - I watched again your « The power of unlock the pentatonic scale » and now understood 🙏

[@contemporaryschoolofpiano]

Glad it helped!

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Brilliant lesson.thankyou

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That’s refreshing. I had never visualized the black notes like that.

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Wow, thanks!

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Superb lesson thank you - very helpful for me having played guitar for years and being fairly new to the piano. Nice one!

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[@nahokoyahara611]

This is the most excellent lesson I have ever seen. As beginners, we tend to recognize each scale separately, making it hard for us to improvise using them. However, I have discovered that Blues scales and Pentatonic scales are almost the same. This is a revolution!Thank you！

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Well picked!

[@margueritechippendale8844]

Dear Tom, it’s very well how to practice all the pentatonic scales but I am confused as to how to incorporate them into a melody ? I searched everywhere for an example of how to put some pentatonic notes into a simple and popular song . Please , Master Tom , help !

[@contemporaryschoolofpiano]

The problem is you are treating it like a math equation rather than an inbuilt musical instinct, which you already possess. A better question to ask,, is what song isn't it in? Pentatonic scales don't have to remain exclusive to those core notes, but those core notes are the signature. Two people I can suggest explain it much better than me, look them up. Bobby McFerrin (sing along to it with him) and Howard Goodall, you'll find them with a quick KZbin search.

[@richard135b7]

​@@contemporaryschoolofpiano I had that same confusion and frustration of how to incorporate pentatonic motifs and phrases into a song. This video unlocked that secret for me and I am now doing it and sounding natural. Watch video again. It's all there on how to do that.

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Sir, how to apply pentatonic in melody with chords?

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Sir,may I request you if howto apply the pentatonic in the melody with chors? from philippine...

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chords

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Buenísimo

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[@alllivesmatter5750]

Pentatonic scales are amazing. But I really can't stand hearing them. Having spent all my life playing classical and electric guitar I have made myself sick playing them and I will struggle to watch this video. Hopefully you can give me a different point of view regarding the use of Pentatonic scales.

[@contemporaryschoolofpiano]

Yes. I can help you with that. Check out our video on Maiden Voyage by Herbie Hancock. kzbin.info/www/bejne/ioTQmYd-dtuGrpIsi=W-TRoS6xhrgGVWUz It is a remarkable piece of music that changes minor Pentatonic scale everytime the chord changes. It is polytonal next level Pentatonic... There are many other things, but that's a start