Melodic Minor Scale: The Pro Improviser's Scale

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LESSON SUMMARY
One of the most common questions jazz piano students ask is, "what scale do I use to solo over a minor 2-5-1?" In fact, improvising over the exotic sound of the minor 2-5-1 progression can seem like a mystery. But understanding how jazz musicians approach the melodic minor scale simplifies the landscape considerably. In today's QT, John Proulx breaks down a simple process that draws on the melodic minor scale to get a hip jazz piano improv sound on minor 2-5-1 progressions. This approach sheds familiar light on what can otherwise seem like shadowy and complex jazz scales.
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Chapters:
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
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Jonny May

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@PianoWithJonny Жыл бұрын

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 5 ай бұрын

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

@malcolmzackery3099 Жыл бұрын

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

@charmander666 Жыл бұрын

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

@michaelladisa Жыл бұрын

Great lesson John!

@dzinypinydoroviny Жыл бұрын

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.

@johnnyblue1101 2 ай бұрын

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

@tedturner03 Жыл бұрын

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!

@yusufsharum2212 Жыл бұрын

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

@abz124816 Жыл бұрын

Very clear and informative video. Thank you!

@johnjo8024 Жыл бұрын

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

@nailsamitov8576 Жыл бұрын

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

@Apriluser Жыл бұрын

Wonderful instruction. Thank you!

@clusternest1704 Жыл бұрын

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

@larissacoelho9477 Жыл бұрын

What an amazing lesson!!

@isabinet134 Жыл бұрын

Exactement ce que j’attendais …!! Merciiii

@migueldearmas8194 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!Amazing video

@keyscook Жыл бұрын

Wonderful lesson Thank you very much!

@christopherluk7421 Жыл бұрын

Amazing lesson

@TheBionemesis Жыл бұрын

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

@joepalooka2145 Жыл бұрын

Great video, thanks

@adriandiaz7261 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much John!!!

@rejeantremblay7971 Жыл бұрын

Another very interesting and instructive lesson. Thanks John.

@tedklampett1737 Жыл бұрын

dat not jonny ...

@ducdemontroud9205 Жыл бұрын

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 !

@juanversion3922 Жыл бұрын

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

@totaltwit Жыл бұрын

very good, very helpful

@chemicalrose747 Жыл бұрын

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

@Mr_djilan 7 ай бұрын

you are right

@chrismai1889 Жыл бұрын

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

@luvkayakn Жыл бұрын

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

@gaugeonesteam Жыл бұрын

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.

@TheClassicalSauce Жыл бұрын

Great! I love studying theory.

@tomjackson5815 Жыл бұрын

Thank you very cool

@craigbrowning9448 Жыл бұрын

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.

@BTtrain 8 ай бұрын

Thanks man, smooth baby :)

@andrewwright6893 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant lesson cheers

@adamtadeusz9117 Жыл бұрын

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

@lawrencetaylor4101 Жыл бұрын

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.

@m4thovanie Жыл бұрын

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

@RalfS777 Жыл бұрын

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!

@cornerbandit Жыл бұрын

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

@jackiego1 4 ай бұрын

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!

@alexbrayanparrillascontrer4972 Жыл бұрын

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

@FoivosApostolou Жыл бұрын

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).

Жыл бұрын

Hi, wich digital piano is that? Thanks.

@angelod.6761 Жыл бұрын

What kind of keyboard are you playing on?

@JustFiddler Жыл бұрын

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

@peace4531 Жыл бұрын

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

@CreateArtRecords Жыл бұрын

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?

@abz124816 Жыл бұрын

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

@vaidyabala939 Жыл бұрын

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..

@sallywebber6579 Жыл бұрын

You've got a new P515!!!

@songswithryan Жыл бұрын

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.

@yourfavoritefriends Жыл бұрын

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 🙂

@rinaalex6828 Жыл бұрын

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.😊

@dizzyd7574 Жыл бұрын

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..

@henkdevries2002 Жыл бұрын

isn't it locrian natural 2?

@hiromsaito1129 Жыл бұрын

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. 😊

@DaraM73 Жыл бұрын

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

@gilbertcras6440 Жыл бұрын

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.........

@audas Жыл бұрын

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.

@mattytrane Жыл бұрын

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

@oriraykai3610 Жыл бұрын

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

@charlesanyona1724 Жыл бұрын

more money then I would recomnd getting Ableton, it's much more powerful and better organized. You don't need to get the suite

@tedklampett1737 Жыл бұрын

dat not jonny !

@Apoz Жыл бұрын

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

@ALMAR-Music-Ltd. Жыл бұрын

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

@Mynelka Жыл бұрын

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