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Summary: How to improvise on jazz piano in the key of G major, including tips and techniques; learn this and more in this free online video jazz piano lesson taught by expert jazz pianist Ryan Larson.
Ryan Larson is a young jazz composer whose teaching technique focuses on the basics of music theory in all 12 keys. When applying his 12-key technique to understanding the logic behind...read more
"Now we are going to show you some basic scales for improvising over the key of G. First obviously is the actual scale itself and just kind of doodle around the scale and get your fingers used to moving around. You want to get to the point where you can just throw your fingers anywhere and it will sound good. Now we also discussed the Bebop scales when you are throwing chromatic half steps in the scale. And you've got the G Blue scale which utilizes the top, the group of 3 and the bottom group of 2 and you get rid of your F sharp and make it an F natural. So you've got. Another cool scale that I used to like is the Hexatonic which combines G major with the note below it, G flat major. So you have all these half's and if you think of your G triads, just use all the notes that step into it. So it kind of utilizes all the note in between the scale. You can go really far out end to end. There are a couple of scales for you to work around with when you are improvising in the key of G. "
eHow Article: Jazz Piano Improvisation in G Major