How To REALLY Improvise Using The Blues Scale

This is a lesson for beginners explaining how to improvise using the blues scale. It can be used over anything including the 12 bar blues, funk and jazz (providing the key doesn't change).

[joshrivaca]

“How can someone hate the blues. everyone is literally just vibing”

[elcelim]

My son see this, and told me "dad, this guy teach me better than you"
Damn you

[ronanelliott]

Blues scale almost feels like cheating . . . I press random notes on the blues scale, and my dad compliments me on my jazz skills

[matthew]

“There’s no wrong notes, you can play literally anything in the scale and it still sounds good”
Are you challenging me?

[etienneelmaleh]

I just fell in love with blues scales at 3am

[Golgigolgigolgi]

I have such a difficult time with sheet music and am a combination auditory/visual learner and the visual layout of your screen is EXACTLY what I needed. Thank you thank you thank you.

[Wooktent]

The fact that you really can't go wrong with any order of the blues scale opens up so much room for interesting original music for me. Thanks!

[justaregulartoaster]

Instructions unclear. Four pianos now glued to the ceiling.

[justaregulartoaster]

Easy for beginners, they said. You can do it, they said.

2020 edit: still can't improvise. Otherwise i play well, but i still can't get any improvisation going.

2021 edit: i'm finally doing improv! Thank you to Daniel Efford for inspiring me.

[wyattbreymeyer]

when he says just play around with it he really means it, i just didnt play with the scale until a week ago but i knew the keys and after just playing and messing around it actually sounds really good

[erictpm]

Dude, i want to thank you. You litteraly made me start playing the piano again after a 3 years break. Thanks again. :)

[HoovyTube]

When You get bored of smashing C, F, G chords.

[austinwheeler]

Been playing classical piano for well over 10 years, and until I picked up a guitar six months ago, I never realized there were even scales outside the standard major/minor and harmonic minor. I learned more about blues and jazz structures in this five minutes than I knew after a decade. Really loving getting this fresh look at music. Thank you!

[johngreen]

Hey-I have been a frustrated piano 'player' for over 50 years. You have truly inspired me to study with you. I have vamped for and created, almost accidentally, some reasonable sounds - but after 20 mins I 'slam the lid' in sheer frustration-again. I will start from your beginnings and keep your informed as to progress. Keep up this brilliant inspirational work. Thank you.

[HizenskullMusic]

Two words: JUST AMAZING. Its been two years since I started playing piano and I was looking for blues melodies and this has helped me alot. There is so much to learn in the field of music that it needs more than one whole life I guess haha.
Thank you for the video. 😊😊

[mrolliepoper]

Finally, a tutorial that makes sense!! It's often hard for me to stick with other tutorials from people, but this channel is very easy to learn, understand, and apply.

[wisegamer]

I love the shape of the blues scales. Hexatonic like a hexagon it is natures way of making something right

[oakjazz]

Finally found one of these YouTube tutorials useful, improvised something Jazzy & Bluesy for the first time ever. Thank you soooo much !

[TrungDuong]

Great points I've got from this video:
1/ You can use a blue scale on a major chords progression. C blue scale on C major chord progression.
2/ You can use blue scale of its relative minor to play on major chord progression. Am blue scale on C major chord progression.
So I suppose we can combine the two blue scales together (C blue scale and Am blue scale) to make a great solo??

[angelestyler]

1:27 GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD GET OUT OF MY HEAD