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Summary: Learn how to improvise a song using the pentatonic piano scale for beginners in the key of B Flat (Bb) in this free music lesson video clip.
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
"So I'm going to play some simple chords in my right hand. And I'm actually going to take, instead of playing the chords here; I'm just going to play them note by note in my left hand and do a walking Bass line. And I'm just taking these chords and playing them individually one note by one note. So One, Three, Five, Seven, One, Seven, Five, Three, One, Three, Five, Seven, One, Three, Five, Seven. And I'm going to improvise some nice melodic lines. Again. And that's our first tune utilizing the pentatonic scale to improvise a little sweet melody."