Jazz Piano Lesson from George Whitty on Pentatonics
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- čas přidán 20. 08. 2024
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In this short jazz piano lesson, George Whitty breaks down the pentatonic scale. As you will see, there is a lot you can do with the pentatonic scale that will help you sound great when playing jazz.
Let’s start with the name: pentatonic. Right away we can tell something very important about his scale. Since it contains the prefix "penta," this lets us know there are 5 different notes in the scale. In this case it's a C Minor Pentatonic scale so the notes are as follows: C, Eb, F, G, B, then it goes back to another C - only this time it is one octave above the first C where the scale started.
George demonstrates how this scale can be used to solo over a backing track with just bass and drums (which comes from the Jazz Piano curriculum at ArtistWorks). Keep in mind he’s only playing the five notes of the Pentatonic scale in a C Minor 7th chord - sounds pretty good right? As you can see, there’s a lot you can do with just these 5 notes!
So the next time you find yourself staring at those black and white keys not sure what to play, remember the 5 notes of the pentatonic scale. Put some feeling into it and see what interesting note combinations you can come up with. Remember to relax and have fun with it. You'll be sounding jazzzy before you know it. Check out the link below for more info about George Whitty's jazz piano lessons at ArtistWorks. Besides the lessons, you can submit your practice videos right through the website for George to review in a Video Exchange® - it's the best way to learn online! artistworks.com...
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Cm Pentatonic over Cm7 implies a Cm7(add11no9) | over Abmaj7=> Abmaj7(6/9) | over Fm7 => Fm7(11) | over Gbmaj7 => Gbmaj7(#11)
Thanks, great lesson!
Super excited to see this. I dig Artistworks. I am taking lessons from Paul Gilbert. But, I have always liked the piano. I just ordered my first upright electric double bass. It will be out in October. So, I started thinking more about jazz and blues. Those are my favorite types of music. So, I am going to take your jazz piano class in a few days. It is way cheaper than Music and Arts. haha A year of that would be over $2000.
what is that left hand altered chord at the end.?...looks like b7-3rd-b13....that's really cool!
It’s an A7#5#9 voicing!
Very interesting, thanks a lot. Where can I find those loops that you play in the background in order to practice myself please ?
the tracks....usually at 3 different tempos ... are included in George's jazz piano course at artistworks.com. Imo, it's a phenomenal deal.
So how would you name that chord of the a dominant in the base in relationship to the C minor pentatonic?
A7 altered