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Summary: How to improvise on jazz piano in the key of A 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 I am going to show you a little improvo of A major, so you've got your basic A major scale, your pattern. So now you are going to play some bebop techniques and just throw notes in between the scale as you run through it. Another cool thing is to use the 3rd in the tri-tone which makes your blue scale. Another cool scale is that hexatonic scale which is an A major triad and an A flat triad right next to each other. So it is this passed up whole step approach. Well there is some simple scale idea is to utilize in the key of A major. "