Thank you! I'm back in school, 57 years old... always wanted to learn how to improvise and play jazz, and now I have this wonderful opportunity. My teacher Mary Bruschini originally from NY, recommended that I listen to your video classes. I love your joy.... I get frustrated, bummed out, and you make it fun. Thank you!

Thanks a lot Dave! You are first teacher I found who actually underlines the importance of of the "inner ear". I always felt it this way, but never found it clearly confirmed by jazz gurus...

Writing again. Thanks for inspiring a breakthrough. LOTS OF FUN. Freedom and structure. Contemplative creative and spiritual encouragement. U DA MAN, MAESTRO DAVE.⭐🌹🔥🌹⭐

This is pure class. Great stuff here! I'm a beginning pianist (15 months or so) and I find myself often just adventure through notes and sounds and sometimes I surprise myself by doing something good for a few seconds, and the feeling is fantastic. The guidance in this video will for sure bring me on track to bring some structure into it.

honestly, you have the best plain-speak metaphors for converting musical ideas. they really work well. slice o' pizza...pie! thanks for all your vids.

Dave as always, hats off to you. God Bless you for all these wonderful lessons.

Woohoo... great class Dave! You clarify and give such organised explanations to a medium that is so transient. I am finally beginning to see the structures. Thanks!

This guy's got a treasure trove of goodies on the tube!! Thanks for sharing your gift Dave.

Can't wait for the next bunch of improv lessons!

Three things Dave, after many years of learning and memorizing my Greek Modals I would say " now what do I do with them"....you are opening my eyes. Loved Dave's Wave without the schnapps lol and you are very funny ...peace!

Fantastic lesson Dave. Thanks for sharing this.

Hi from Sweden! Thanks Dave to share your passion! It has been helpful for a beginner as I am.

Thank you very much Dave, I am quiet a beginner (started learning to play the piano 8 months ago, 48 year old), and I am amazed at how much fun and pleasure following your tutorial gives me :) Thank you, thank you, thank you :)

Amazingly simple, thanks for sharing your talent and God-given gift of music.

Nice text effects inside the video! I like the text that's oriented sideways with the fallboard of the piano.

Enjoyed this tutorial very much. Thanks for taking the time.

Dear Dave. You are a great teacher and excelant musicion. Thank you so much.

Thank you very much for this lesson, Dave!

My piano teacher is including this exercise in my lessons. I love it. This is great for me a newbie. I love the idea of being able to improvise and to improve my left/right hand coordination. Keep it up Dave.... the good work, not your hat ;-)

Field of battle..LOL. Amazing clarity and wisdom :)

Very very beautiful execution ! Thank' Dave Frank !

GREAT lesson from a GREAT person.

Hope to see more videos from you, thanks so much

Don Vito and his piano Thank you Dave for your great lessons.

Great material Dave!

❤ great masterclass!!!

Dave, this is lovely stuff - thanks for putting the time and love into it. My first video was one of your advanced classes, so it was a really nice surprise to find you teaching at this level. Thanks again!

Great Lesson Dave Many Thanks.

Thanks Dave. Very informative.

Great video's Dave! thanks a million!

if only my piano teacher as intuitive as you, thank you Mr Dave!

Dave Frank a really good teacher.THANK'S !

Brilliant tutorial! I've got my next few weeks sorted!

Slice of wisdom! Thanks, Dave! ;)

You're my hero dave.

Thanks Dave! You are helping me to break through barriers!

Thanks for these amazing videos!

Dave, I love how you add a little vibrato at the end of the notes. My friends played guitar when I was in high school, and I learned from them to always add a little vibrato to my piano playing as well. :)

Wow thank you so much Dave! :) I'm gonna share this in my class!

Thanks Mamie, I tried to message you but was unable, glad you dig the class, keep swingin!

A great insightful teacher....THANKS!!!!!

Well played, well spoken.

really learnt a lot, thanks Dave

Thank you so much and happy new year🕺

Thank you, Maestro ⭐🌹⭐

Thank you so much for this. My impro skills have just doubled in 45 mins. THANK YOU!

Greetings from Brazil! Thank you Dave!

I didn't mean to dislike this video. It's great!

Thanks Dave! Greetings from Madrid :)

Thanks for the help, it is fun

I LUV it, thanks!

Thank you Dave.

Thanks Dave,you are a genius and people like you make want to study again!!!!

This is the perfect lesson.

Thanks brother God bless you.

A "master class" in conservatory used to mean the primary or main part of a course that was divided into different pieces. Kind of like how certain college classes have labs, for example. Now it is used every to mean a one off seminar by a supposed expert.

Great video! It's really fun and relaxing as well to improvise in that special way! Some of these scales over that vamp remind me of what Keith Emerson somtimes did ;-)

Thank you so much Uncle Dave👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿🎹

Great Job! Thank You Dave

This guy is awesome... I've been inspired to practice again!

Very useful video professor Dave, you have my thumbs up!

Thank you for writing, keep swingin!

that's great, keep swingin man!

AMAZING DAVE !! THANK YOu Xx

Love you, man!

You're right about the use of this in Keith Jarrett's comps. At least one of his selections in the Koln Concerts is most definitely like this.

Thank You,I use your fantastic video for my guitar playing.:-)

Thanks for the video. Speaking of piano, I'm over the "total beginner" phase (22YO here, playing daily for several hours for almost a year (without a teacher though); passively been "playing" it since I was like ten but that was bashing keys mostly; played guitar for 6 years although not with teacher so I was kind of stagnating), but speaking of music I'm still a total beginner. Hopefully with your help that will change; even a slight change will be more than I could hope to achieve by myself.

Simple, accessible, understandable! Bravo! :-)))

More videos please!

Thanks, amazing

This is a wonderful way to learn. Thanks Dave

Thanks a lot, Dave! So much inspiring and usefull!

Dave master class arhive the last 38

Hi Dave.I am living Azerbaijan.Your performance very beautiful ! I always listening execution

I would pay to watch videos with this impressive knowledge

By the way, I am using vamps, walking lines and Burn from your master classes for ATTYA.

Hi Dave: Any suggestion for vamps in other modes? F lydian - F-B-C-F. F phrygian - F-Gb-Db-F. F eolian - F-C-Db-F. F lid-dom- F-B-Eb-F. F locrian- F-Ab-D-F. Sound nice Fsus for Myxolidian. maybe Eb instead Bb too. Any comments, complaints, tomatoes or better flavour for you on those modes. Thanks Ronald. You are the one.

Rythmsteve, the mixolydian mode also has a major sixth so even if you stayed away from the major third, the major sixth would make it sound major. Now, of course, if you avoided the major third and sixth, then the mode would sound then the scale could be used in a minor or mixolydian context.

It's never too late. It's too bad we didn't have stuff like this as kids.

nice to hear from you, keep slicin that pizza dude!

I like !

wonderful, as usual. :-)

You are a great man Dave, thanks for all you give. You brought me a lot through your videos. Just 1 question / suggestion: normally , the 2 next steps of this tutorial, I would love love you to perform and teach, would be 1) to be speed up the sentences in the right hand with 16 notes (double croche en français) or triplet and 2) to add notes which are not part of the scales of these 2 modes. I love the way you teach, sticking into the notes of the scales (not only in this video) but I would love you to show and teach how to make sentences by including some notes which are not in the scales. Anyway thanks again Dave, I love your play, and your approach to the music which is also, and first, a pleasure and fun (the already famous pizza pie approach). Take care man.

Dear Dave Frank, Thanks for all your beautiful masterclasses and sharing the knowledge for free!! Really, really appreciate it. Now this one is very interesting for me personally. Why? Because I get stuck at improvising over jazz standards constantly. I know my chords, I know which scale can be used over which chord (bassicaly).. but somehow the improvising doesn't seem to work. The excersises you give in this vid do really, really work. Will there be a vid (or tip) for improv over standards?

Great thanks 👌

Thanks for all those great videos! I have one question, how do you construct the inner chords you mention at around 32:30? They sound so spot on smooth when you play them.

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Slica a pizza slice a pizza slice a pizza slice a pizza piiiieeeee.... love it :)) But seriously, really nice videos!

These are truly great lessons. Thank you Dave, they have helped me incredibly! You mention there will be a part 2 of this lesson - is it in the pipeline yet? Thanks!

Hi Al from 52nd St!

"Slice of pizza slice of pizza slice of pizza slice!" :)

This was great Dave! Thanks! Where is the second part of this video? I can't find it in your website or your video channel...

I'm in the NYC area and was wondering if you host live master classes or open mic jam sessions?

I love you.

Yea man that sounds great...your the best.. When can we meet?

Wonderful suggestions. Thanks

I guess I wasn't clear with my question about improvising. I can improvise at a slow pace but I'm trying to get into double time playing. I can play basic phrases i would like to get into more complex lines. What steps should I take?

I'm not finding 39 :(