Tim, Thanks for pointing out the key scales to practice. You explained the right hand sequence for Am Cm and D scales well using 1-3-5 , then adding 4-4.5 and 7-8. What’s the corresponding sequence for the left hand in each case? You played fast and little difficult to follow.
Cheers
If you’re asking about the left-hand accompaniment pattern I played with the left hand, that gets focused on a lot in the next Module 4 (Rock & Roll Figures), so checking that Module out should help with that. 🙂
One thing I noticed here is, you pull your thumb over after the 4th rather than the third here. Is this just getting a feel of the moment when to pull over the thumb (i.e. 3rd, 4th, fifth finger, etc)?
When I’m showing how to play the Cm blues scale using all fingers (instead of the 1-3-1-3 way), on the way up the scale my 4th finger is on the Gb/F# (the flatted-5 note) then I cross my thumb under it to play the G (5 note). Going down the scale is the exact same thing but in reverse. I’m afraid I’m not quite sure what you’re asking here.
Hi Tim: Thanks for your patient. One of my biggest problem is to find the time to practice,since I am always busy. But I am enjoying what I have been able to learn so far.
Try just sitting down at the piano just to “poke around” for a couple of minutes throughout the day, and hopefully you’ll wind up sitting there longer. It’s kind of like I hardly ever put a movie DVD on to watch because it means I’m committing to watching it for 90 minutes when I start it, but it’s not uncommon for me to start to watch a movie and then get sucked in and watch the whole thing once I start. So just sitting down “for a minute” is a way to trick yourself into starting 🙂
Great introduction to the Blues. I didn’t think of the Blues as a style I would get into, however, after wacthing this and the other scale I may change my opinion.
The blues scale can be used for a whole lot more than “traditional” 3-chord blues songs, it’s the basis for rock & roll solos and “licks”, and it’s also the basis for Major-key based songs as well, by playing the related minor blues scale over Major chords. (For instance try playing the blues scale in E-minor over The Eagles’ “Take It Easy”, which is in the key of G-Major. (Just leave out the flatted-5 note, so play the notes E-G-A-B-D-E over the chord changes… sounds great)
I think there was an intro free video that helped reel me in….. Maybe Johnny Be Good ? You went to town on it at the end as well and as you say here, you’ll show us how it’s done later.
Man I can’t wait.. Gosh, this is the most excited I’ve been in years with my clothes on..
Nice. 🙂 You’re talking about the beginning part of the 1st video in the Core Module. The ending part of that little instrumental thing was a blues scale walkdown (like in the Module 3), and the rock & roll chords (Module 4), there’s a lot you can do with it.
Tim that last part was so cool!
I wish I could do that to impress a few friends!!
Listening to the Blues scale suddently made me
realise that they could indeed be an infinite number of Scale
which all sound different and probably appropriate
in different context or culture.
Can I create my own scale?
What makes a scale musically correct?
Can I say with confidence that all scales in the world be reproduce on a piano?
You can definitely play all existing scales on the piano. 🙂 Speaking of scales and different cultures, here’s a scale that gives a middle-eastern sound. The key of D is is a good key to play it in. Here are the notes:
D D# F# G A A# C# D The fingering would go like this:
1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 (so after you play the first 3 notes your thumb comes under to play the G)
Meanwhile, the left hand can alternate between playing D and D#
Wow, that last part was amazing!!! Hats off to you! Wish I could play like you
Tim, Thanks for pointing out the key scales to practice. You explained the right hand sequence for Am Cm and D scales well using 1-3-5 , then adding 4-4.5 and 7-8. What’s the corresponding sequence for the left hand in each case? You played fast and little difficult to follow.
Cheers
If you’re asking about the left-hand accompaniment pattern I played with the left hand, that gets focused on a lot in the next Module 4 (Rock & Roll Figures), so checking that Module out should help with that. 🙂
One thing I noticed here is, you pull your thumb over after the 4th rather than the third here. Is this just getting a feel of the moment when to pull over the thumb (i.e. 3rd, 4th, fifth finger, etc)?
When I’m showing how to play the Cm blues scale using all fingers (instead of the 1-3-1-3 way), on the way up the scale my 4th finger is on the Gb/F# (the flatted-5 note) then I cross my thumb under it to play the G (5 note). Going down the scale is the exact same thing but in reverse. I’m afraid I’m not quite sure what you’re asking here.
Hi Tim: Thanks for your patient. One of my biggest problem is to find the time to practice,since I am always busy. But I am enjoying what I have been able to learn so far.
Try just sitting down at the piano just to “poke around” for a couple of minutes throughout the day, and hopefully you’ll wind up sitting there longer. It’s kind of like I hardly ever put a movie DVD on to watch because it means I’m committing to watching it for 90 minutes when I start it, but it’s not uncommon for me to start to watch a movie and then get sucked in and watch the whole thing once I start. So just sitting down “for a minute” is a way to trick yourself into starting 🙂
Great introduction to the Blues. I didn’t think of the Blues as a style I would get into, however, after wacthing this and the other scale I may change my opinion.
Many thanks
The blues scale can be used for a whole lot more than “traditional” 3-chord blues songs, it’s the basis for rock & roll solos and “licks”, and it’s also the basis for Major-key based songs as well, by playing the related minor blues scale over Major chords. (For instance try playing the blues scale in E-minor over The Eagles’ “Take It Easy”, which is in the key of G-Major. (Just leave out the flatted-5 note, so play the notes E-G-A-B-D-E over the chord changes… sounds great)
I think there was an intro free video that helped reel me in….. Maybe Johnny Be Good ? You went to town on it at the end as well and as you say here, you’ll show us how it’s done later.
Man I can’t wait.. Gosh, this is the most excited I’ve been in years with my clothes on..
Nice. 🙂 You’re talking about the beginning part of the 1st video in the Core Module. The ending part of that little instrumental thing was a blues scale walkdown (like in the Module 3), and the rock & roll chords (Module 4), there’s a lot you can do with it.
Tim that last part was so cool!
I wish I could do that to impress a few friends!!
Listening to the Blues scale suddently made me
realise that they could indeed be an infinite number of Scale
which all sound different and probably appropriate
in different context or culture.
Can I create my own scale?
What makes a scale musically correct?
Can I say with confidence that all scales in the world be reproduce on a piano?
Keep it up Tim, I am really enjoy your lessons.
You can definitely play all existing scales on the piano. 🙂 Speaking of scales and different cultures, here’s a scale that gives a middle-eastern sound. The key of D is is a good key to play it in. Here are the notes:
D D# F# G A A# C# D The fingering would go like this:
1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 (so after you play the first 3 notes your thumb comes under to play the G)
Meanwhile, the left hand can alternate between playing D and D#
It’s the type of scale you’re hear from a Sitar.