00:00 - Intro 00:39 - Natural Minor Scale 01:31 - Melodic Minor Scale 02:51 - Minor-Major 7th Chord 04:10 - Using Scales over Minor 2-5-1 05:15 - Rootless A-B-A Voicings 07:31 - Over the 2 Chord 10:24 - Over the 5 Chord 13:28 - Over the 1 Chord 14:42 - Over the 6 Chord 16:19 - Lick #1 18:20 - Demo & Play 18:48 - Lick #2 21:46 - Demo & Play 22:20 - Lick #3 25:23 - Demo & Play

@papajay626

Жыл бұрын

boring

@craigbrowning9448

Жыл бұрын

@@papajay626 Compared to First Position "Open" chords on guitar?

@joepalooka2145

Жыл бұрын

@@papajay626 Why are you here? Boring for you but extremely interesting for anyone wanting to learn about melodic minor

@dyllanusher1379

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video! Can't wait to try it out :)

You and Johnny May are excellent instructors! There's no drop-off when you sit in sir!!

Perfect lesson about how to apply this scale. Food for my brain. 😊

@PianoWithJonny

16 күн бұрын

Great, thank you for watching!

More on melodic minor and harmonic minor lines, Bro. It’s dope!

You’re a great teacher. I usually cannot follow along with KZread teachers but I wish I could teach me in person. I’m getting back to piano by God’s grace 🙌🏾

@Mr_djilan

8 ай бұрын

you are right

Wow... you did such a wonderful job explaining this. Thank you Jonny!

Ok I was skeptical when ya stopped making all the videos Jonny - But damn it - who the heck doesn’t love Love John Proulx?? He is terrific!

I just stumbled upon this video thinking I already know something about improvisation. However you just showed things I probably wouldn't consider in my playing that sound amazing. Thank you so much. I love your approach.

This is awesome. I am a guitar player, but you have given me so much insight and solved alot of mysteries. Thank you!!

I think many of these youtube piano teachers are great including this channel. I've learnt loads from this one and others too. I've been playing piano for years and wanted to learn this stuff 30 years ago but it's not the same from a book in my opinion. A most unusual major minor blues in a slightly different sense is "The Dudley Moore Trio" "Sooz Blooz" key signature of C but seems to be kind of in A minor and A Major. It's on here. well worth a listen I reckon.

@totaltwit

Жыл бұрын

Yes indeed this has been my "problem" too. I wanted to learn more, so had to buy tutor books which in the main only offer a small % of information, and some are messed up. I found local piano teachers just wanted to teach the standards (as if to children) so was nigh on impossible to move forward.

Great lesson John!

Comme avec Jonny, ça me paraît hyper simple à comprendre et puis quand je me retrouve devant le clavier... euuuh... Faut de la pratique ! :) Thank you so much sir !

The best explanation...it took me 10 videos.. And only this video nailed it for mr

Amazing lesson

Once it's all put together, I smiled until the end. Great lesson! Thank you sir! 😁

Very proffi & useful lesson!!-best thanks!!-very jazzy approach!

first jazz lesson that i actually understood. thanks for the nice presentation.

Excellent video lesson. There are so many tutorials and books that always teach from C Major and very few resources cover the minor keys.

Great! I love studying theory.

very good, very helpful

Great video, thanks

I’m a bit confused why you went up a minor third for the two, then up a half step to the F for the Eb chord, etc. if I want to apply this to other key signatures, I feel I should grasp why you’re doing that. Thank you!

Very clear and informative video. Thank you!

One intermittent state that you might mention with the minor ii-V-i progression is harmonic minor for the major third in the dominant and the flat fifth in the "ii." I believe when you get into more of a chromatic Jazz related Harmony each chord uses its own mode of the modic minor.

Exactement ce que j’attendais …!! Merciiii

There is nothing wrong with this video, but I'm not ready for this. I'll be back after I've had supper. What's on the menu? Chops.

Love the way this man teach, is amazing , great video

Good video… this melodic minor scale is an Indian raga called gowri manohari….if interested, you can certainly learn more about Indian ragas, which forms the basis of jazz music scales..

the thing about theory is "you go to IT!..."from there, Creativity comes TO you." Playing music is so cool.

Another very interesting and instructive lesson. Thanks John.

@tedklampett1737

Жыл бұрын

dat not jonny ...

Thank you so much!Amazing video

What an amazing lesson!!

Wonderful instruction. Thank you!

Wonderful lesson Thank you very much!

Thank you very cool

Thank you very much John!!!

Thanks man, smooth baby :)

Very cool. Above my level right now but I am very inspired to improve !

In 5:28, the B-7(b5) is mistakenly referred to as "rootless". It's just a Dm6 chord, which is the 1st inversion of Bm7(b5). It is not rootless because the root (B) is in the top voice (measure 15).

Here's a simpler alternative for the ii-V-i portion of these changes for those like me who need it😉- The A Harmonic Minor scale works pretty well over these first three chords, and I find that my ear defaults to it. Or, if the third chord were the more common A minor 7 (Am7), then either an A Natural Minor scale or a G Bebop Dominant scale work well for the first three chords.

@yourfavoritefriends

Жыл бұрын

By the way, enjoyed the "Cry Me a River" and Polychords demos 🙂

6:30 why did you take the ninth(B) instead of the 1(A) when changing the inversion?

In what appears to be measure #12 the shouldn't the E7 a 9, not a flat 9 ?

I play fiddle, but this so helpful. matur suskma 😇🎻🌹🍀🌹

One of the rare YTVids on the Market.. But on the "A B A Voicings" you play the Amj7 with the 9 on Top. Is there a Reasen for it? Is it because the Interval to the Leading Note is a b9 and would be not allowed?

When I first started I could import samples but now everti I do so it just gives the soft 1. I want to cut, stretch and edit the

Hello Jonny, Thanks for your interesting video. I sold my keyboards a few years back, but now got the urge to get back into playing...........can you tell me what kind of keyboard you're playing? Thanks!

Around 5:54 you talk about adding the sharp nine to the E7 cord. It’s a cool tension but not part of the melodic minor scale. Other than it being a cool sound how does it work in the context of this melodic minor scale since that G natural note isn’t a part of it?

@WoodyGamesUK

Жыл бұрын

On the E7 he said he's playing the F melodic minor scale, so the natural G is in that scale. It looks like a very random thing to play an F scale on an E chord, but it really is just a trick, you don't have to learn it this way (although if it works for you it's fine), you can learn that you're playing an E7 chord with all the possible alterations (b9 #9 b5 #5 #11), so it makes more sense. And if you want a scale starting on E, it's the E altered scale (the F melodic minor happens to have the same notes as the E altered scale, although unrelated). It kind of makes sense to use the melodic minor scale in the context of the video, where you only want to think melodic minor, but in practice it's not any easier to switch between melodic minor scales from different roots, than switching to a different scale. I prefer to think of the E alt scale for E7. And for Bm7b5 , I just think of B locrian with a C#. What matters are the notes that you play with the chord, it doesn't matter which scale it's based on if the notes are the same at the end.

What is the aplication that you use to show the upper keyboard?

What kind of instruments do you play (brand and type)?

Hi Jonny, I was taught that a melodic minor scale where no notes are lowered on the down is called a harmonic minor. Is that a valid name?

@elambier

Жыл бұрын

Lowering the natural six makes it harmonic minor scale.😊

What kind of keyboard are you playing on?

Hi, wich digital piano is that? Thanks.

You've got a new P515!!!

Brilliant lesson cheers

It was very understandable. One question I have is, from the B half-difinish chord, the Locrian #2 is used, and from the E7, the F melodic minor scale is used. I would like to know the reason for the choice. i understand the A major minor melodic minor scale. John's lessons are very easy to understand and apply and I always learn!。thank you And thank you for giving me problems that I would not have thought of on my own.

@kragghkraggh7565

Жыл бұрын

Take out that mask you zombie!

@WoodyGamesUK

Жыл бұрын

It's because these scales that seem unrelated to the chord (since they start on a different note) happen to have the right alterations for the chord. For the F melodic minor on E7, it gives you the same notes as the E altered scale. You can play the E altered instead, same result. For the D Melodic minor on Bm7b5, if you start on B it gives you the locrian mode with the #2. Why raise the 2nd? I think the 2nd clashes with the root as it's just a half step above, so you raise it.

@hiromsaito1129

Жыл бұрын

@@WoodyGamesUK Thanks Romain. You are very clear and kind. I found that the F melodic minor is the same scale as the E7 Altered Scale. The bm7 flat five is the same as the bm7 flat five. D minor scale and b locrian #2 and It is the same. I found that the b and c in Locrian were #'s because they are closer to the root. I had never normally used Locrian #2, but it sounded very natural. It took me a while to understand it because my understanding of minor tones is weak. Thanks to all of you, I was able to learn more deeply. Thank you very much. 😊

isn't it locrian natural 2?

For me there's a mistake : the F melodic minor scale has 2 flat (Ab and Bb) The scale for this exercise has 1 sharp and is the G harmonic scale. Nobody has seen this.........

If I'm asked about this scale, I just show 'em the Darth Vader meme. I appreciate this vid, always good to get a new perspective..

I take it that “natural minor” is a relative minor?

What is that B chord? Doesn't make sense. Diminished or raise that F to a sharp? Why does it have a flat 5? Explanation please.

@rainervogel9462

Жыл бұрын

In a minor 2-5-1 it is quite common, that the 2-chord is a m7b5-chord (this corresponds to the natural minor scale). In the example shown above: F# is not part of the A (natural) minor scale, but F is.

@audas

Жыл бұрын

@@rainervogel9462 Yeah I get that. The point is he is playing in a melodic minor not a natural and just throws it in.

@khbgkh

Жыл бұрын

@@rainervogel9462 he is using a d melodic minor scale on the Bmin7b5. Makes sense

@HeadbangoO

Жыл бұрын

@@audas He doesn't just “throw“ that in, the VI chord of melodic minor is a m7b5... So it's not 2 of Am anymore, but rather 6 of Dm. Granted his way of counting 3 half step or 1 half step above yada yada yada is quite confusing. Just learn which type of chords are in a scale and it's much simpler.

@audas

Жыл бұрын

@@HeadbangoO What? Complete rubbish. If you are playing chords within a scale the notes don't change. The issue is that he discusses the "Melodic Minor" scales and chords but then uses the A Minor scale and NOT the A melodic minor to demonstrate the chords. Hence the confusion.

I'm gonna guess it's the scale in the title of the video :(

With raised 6th it's called harmonic minor in classical theory. Melodi minor is only 7th raised.

dat not jonny !

Stop that nonsense, there are no more less important scales in jazz or any other kind of music ... you pick and choose notes of the chromatic scale to reflect to mood, the vibe, the style of the composition ... ranking scales is ridiculous ... there was a guy on the net selling a book with 275 " best scales in jazz " ...

@kragghkraggh7565

Жыл бұрын

Is just for the clickbaits

pff why are interesting video's always this long? I'm sure this could be told in like 2-4minutes with good graphics.

Hi buy Dr. Barry Harris’s tutorials and all your questions are answered

I hate jazz.Wholeof my childhood I have been forced to listen to it !