How to Really Improvise With the Pentatonic Scale!

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LESSON SUMMARY
Most electronics come with a remote control. In fact, in the spaces of our home where we spend the most time, it’s not uncommon to find an overwhelming amount of remotes—the television, cable box, stereo, DVD player, etc. Before long, a simple task like playing a movie involves juggling all the remotes is a specific sequence! Learning to improvise can feel the same way—like having a different remote for each chord in a progression. Students must keep juggling scales as they improvise through a chord progression. The solution to this challenge for your living room is a universal remote that controls all of your electronics from a single keypad. But is there such a thing as a universal improv scale? In today’s Quick Tip, John Proulx demonstrates how the pentatonic scale can work as a single, universal scale for piano improv over an extended chord progression. You’ll learn:
-What is a Pentatonic Scale?
-2 Neo Soul Chord Progressions
-3 Pentatonic Patterns for Piano Improv
-4 Piano Improv Examples with the Pentatonic Scale

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:41 - Pentatonic Scale
02:13 - Neo-Soul Progression
03:57 - Rootless Right Hand Voicings
05:33 - Play with backing track
06:05 - Left Hand Voicings
06:50 - 2-Chord Progression
07:59 - 3 Pentatonic Patterns
08:05 - 1. Repeated Partial Scale
10:41 - 2. Rearranging Notes by Skips
12:18 - 3. Quartal Shapes
13:36 - Pentatonic Trading
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Happy practicing!
Jonny May

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00:00 - Intro
00:41 - Pentatonic Scale
02:13 - Neo-Soul Progression
03:57 - Rootless Right Hand Voicings
05:33 - Play with backing track
06:05 - Left Hand Voicings
06:50 - 2-Chord Progression
07:59 - 3 Pentatonic Patterns
08:05 - 1. Repeated Partial Scale
10:41 - 2. Rearranging Notes by Skips
12:18 - 3. Quartal Shapes
13:36 - Pentatonic Trading

[deaconblues]

Damm son... this was one of the best lessons on P WJ!!

Those R&B and Soul groves are so cool and hip. I can't get enough!
It will probably sound even better on Electric Piano with some Chorus and Phasing!!

I hope you guys do more courses like this on the PWJ platform (I am a student!).

Awesome!
PWJ got Soul...Right On!

Thanks!

[maloneycraig]

Love JP whether crooning standards or vibing on the chill groove.

[mrmusicplz]

Real nice JP!!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[limlim]

That was an awesome lesson. Loved it! Thank you John. Going to practice now.

[johnhawkinshawkins]

I liked this a lot. clear and concise. Thank You

[edgarsnake]

Fantastic lesson. This actually inspired me to be interested in playing some jazz. Thanks...a lot.

[Aschwald]

Excellent ! I would be very interested in more tutorials about neosoul improvisation et and chord progressions ! Thanks a lot for this video !

[worrellrobinson]

Hey there Johnny, was fantastic to see John Proulx on this session.
I love his musical style and flair ( sweet sing Voice is great too) keep up the good work kind regards

[jimmyblackkeys]

Amazing tutorial - thank you so much for the clarity of explanation feeding beginners or advanced students. Inspirational.

[KevinToine]

I'm a guitar player but it's interesting to see how other instruments use scales and licks. I like the lick at 13:15 Subbed!

[Tautropfenoase]

Really, really cool. It helps a lot. Thank you so much.👌👍😎

[yungphil]

In the intro you had some really nice runs going but didnt even touch on those! can you please explain in text or do another video with adavanced runs?? great video!

[Farjam]

Hello,
very cool exercise!
excuse me but, I don't understand the choicing the tensions!
where do you get them from?
scale given't the tension!
thank's ...

[robertgatt]

For me the right hand improv is less of a problem than what to play (and cooly) in the left - is there some video on that? I have seen the minor progression video and how to make C-F-G sound cool ... more of that :)

[studiosys]

Thanks for this, but I think your NS backing track is too fast to play along to at this level of tuition, your jumping from some beginner concepts straight to a rather fast groove ' difficult to keep up, also could you describe to folk that you've got 2, 5 1 s going down would help to get an over all harmonic pattern of what's going on ' but all good stuff thanks 🎶🎵🎶🎵