Soul Scales (major Blues scale) for Improvisation - All instruments - part 1

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  • @brianswitzer
    @brianswitzer 7 років тому +75

    Keep at it. You'll eventually go viral. Congrats

  • @jwardbass4452
    @jwardbass4452 5 місяців тому

    Woooah that “slang words” metaphor with notes outside of the scale, I.E. “wrong notes” is brilliant!

  • @karlakaay
    @karlakaay 2 роки тому +1

    You are an amazing teacher. Gracias!
    Greetings from México

  • @jamestaylor3595
    @jamestaylor3595 7 років тому +83

    Maaaaaan you are doing the lord's work out here in these music theory streets.

    • @JazzDuets
      @JazzDuets  7 років тому +5

      Thank you so much my brother!

  • @alessandrobuontempo9240
    @alessandrobuontempo9240 Рік тому +3

    Thanks Maestro! You really get to the point. I am a self-taught amateur studying in an academic way and I feel like I am not able to connect with my musical brain while improvising or approaching songs. This will definitely help me a lot!

  • @daveaustin4538
    @daveaustin4538 7 років тому +1

    I am a full-time professional pianist, and these videos are creating breakthroughs in my thinking that simplify and allow me to move more freely on the keyboard.

  • @ThanakarnSrifun
    @ThanakarnSrifun Рік тому +1

    Easy excercise & practice Easy to understand

  • @aggelospikrakis5201
    @aggelospikrakis5201 3 роки тому +1

    Beautiful, distilled, scale exercises. Thank you for sharing.

  • @mehertouihri1940
    @mehertouihri1940 6 років тому +15

    it's brilliant how you offer diamond Information and you explain it in such a smart accessible way :)
    cheers from Berlin :)

  • @GlennMichaelThompson
    @GlennMichaelThompson 3 роки тому +1

    I've been using this note grouping for years. I just called it a major blues scale. Soul scale works for me too. Love your videos! I can't afford the pdf's right now so I take the time to write them down from the videos. You put out some great information. Thanks so much! 🙏

  • @alessandropatricio9889
    @alessandropatricio9889 3 роки тому +1

    Amazing how good and rich are your explanations. Thanks!

  • @760Piper
    @760Piper 7 років тому +2

    Great job Nick!! You present these concepts in a very clear way. Love the way you teach.

  • @dragoscolce
    @dragoscolce 6 років тому +2

    This channel is PURE GOLD dude!!! I couldn't be more grateful for these videos!

  • @theps3god12
    @theps3god12 7 років тому +2

    This man is giving such invaluable advice. It took me years of listening and studying music to grasp all the subtleties in the Jazz idiom he's teaching in just a few hours of video. You rock man, and I hope everyone appreciates your work too.

  • @todboreham9186
    @todboreham9186 3 роки тому +1

    This is fantastic! Invaluable knowledge. Thank you 🙏

  • @josephfraley4614
    @josephfraley4614 6 років тому +5

    Ive been studying music theory and jazz on the piano for about a year, and have been really conscious of the gap between traditional theory presentation and the use of scales/theoretical ideas in a popular music context. i really appreciate your videos! i also like:
    adam neeley
    tantacrul
    new jazz
    nahre sol
    jeff schneider
    if you dont know them already you might like their pedagogical ideas!

  • @leopardtiger1022
    @leopardtiger1022 5 місяців тому

    Excellent. Thank you. I will try all of it on my violin.

  • @barakados
    @barakados 7 років тому +1

    The best master class I've seen in internet.

  • @thebowdjangos2662
    @thebowdjangos2662 7 років тому +6

    Guitar teacher and music nerd here...your vids really are some of the best out there! Keep up the great work!!

  • @432___htz
    @432___htz 6 років тому +3

    4:20 is the melody from my favorite movie..... Close Encounters of the Third Kind. thank you for your great lessons

    • @MomLAU
      @MomLAU 3 роки тому

      Yep, i caught that too!

  • @jaylevert2312
    @jaylevert2312 6 років тому +2

    Outstanding conceptual delivery of some age-old, as well as, contemporary musical theories. It is all in your personal tutorial persona. Well done.

  • @tdubasdfg
    @tdubasdfg 6 років тому +1

    Woah.
    The soul scale is the major version of the blues scale. Great lesson!

  • @wstulgin
    @wstulgin 7 років тому

    Thanks...seeing some things described in a different manner. Always a good thing

  • @valeriadele4373
    @valeriadele4373 5 років тому

    Thank you very much for presenting such vital information so neatly and concisely

  • @leopardtiger1022
    @leopardtiger1022 4 роки тому

    I am going crazy with your inspiring video I must try it on my violin....

  • @ericy1005
    @ericy1005 3 роки тому

    Ridiculously good vid! Common Now!!!

  • @patrickgriffiths2628
    @patrickgriffiths2628 2 роки тому

    Great lesson man , love you stuf. !!!!!

  • @LPmiester
    @LPmiester 7 років тому +3

    Great presentation of this topic. Very useful across all solo instruments

  • @jazzguitarlicks
    @jazzguitarlicks 7 років тому

    Awesome channel I will recommend it to my students. Thanks Nick

  • @damirthrasyvoulides9923
    @damirthrasyvoulides9923 4 роки тому

    Thank you so much for all the information you are sharing mate! Keep up the good work. I wisg you lots of luck in ur life.

  • @blazelarson1427
    @blazelarson1427 5 років тому

    This was a really great lesson, country shredders, oh my!

  • @alcofribasnasier5089
    @alcofribasnasier5089 4 роки тому

    Another tasty pizza ! Many thanks.
    You are the best pedagogue on the whole wide net...

  • @jean-pierrelobsiger2045
    @jean-pierrelobsiger2045 5 років тому

    Extraordinary usefull ! We want more more and more !

  • @bf2err
    @bf2err 6 років тому

    Hey man I just wanted to say thanks for all the quality content. I really appreciate it.

  • @mathijslemmens9727
    @mathijslemmens9727 7 років тому +4

    Finally someone who can explain scales without using those difficult terms, keep on the great work !!

  • @bicisendasmusic8242
    @bicisendasmusic8242 6 років тому +5

    Sos un capo, todo súper claro y ordenado, felicitaciones mil

  • @krakenlover318
    @krakenlover318 5 років тому

    Thanks for another fantastic lesson sir. This will really help thanks.

  • @BernoRock
    @BernoRock 7 років тому

    I really need your videos. Thank you so much!!!

  • @carlosfernandez3565
    @carlosfernandez3565 3 роки тому

    Beautiful

  • @dazzid
    @dazzid 7 років тому

    clean simple and beautiful

  • @DanDan-jp4wk
    @DanDan-jp4wk 4 роки тому

    Great! Thanks so much

  • @_left_eye
    @_left_eye 4 роки тому +1

    Nick.. after having surfed the web for zillions of tutorials on how to improvise I've finally headed for the right place..
    The way you gradually take a musician THERE, is simply fantastic!
    I play bass and guitar, soloists and singers love to play with me cos I can't improvise, so I've developed a consistent way to accompany them. Now, I'll study your videos, if eventually, I'll become good at improvising and they will get rid of me, you will be responsible for that ;-)

  • @LuckFx
    @LuckFx 7 років тому +4

    What a great video, I'm just getting to the point where I can play the scales I've been learning consistently (I'm just an amateur who plays in his spare time), but could not for the life of me get a good melody actually flowing, and I swear that from 3:33 onwards, you opened my eyes. It's exactly what I needed to progress,. or feel like I'm progressing. Thank you very much, I'm definitely subbing!
    P.S.: also, 4:21, what a close encounter...

  • @antoineburguiere3137
    @antoineburguiere3137 7 років тому

    Great videos really!! thanks a lot Nick

  • @Sophiestelle
    @Sophiestelle 7 років тому

    Lovely knowledge; thank you very much!

  • @guyvelvet1980
    @guyvelvet1980 4 роки тому

    This is an excellent lesson

  • @morphojazz
    @morphojazz 4 роки тому

    Great great great thanks

  • @patricklage5972
    @patricklage5972 7 років тому

    Very instructive. Thank you

  • @vitodonatone846
    @vitodonatone846 5 років тому

    VERY GOOD ...GREAT ,GREAT LESSON

  • @alexdante
    @alexdante 7 років тому

    Great great video! One of the best theory lessons I've ever watched!

  • @rccarsandmusic2641
    @rccarsandmusic2641 5 років тому +2

    I call it the Rag time scale, Key of A mix the A m 7th arpeggio with the F# M 7th arpeggio and you got it, simple that way.

  • @CarlosRicovslosmolinosdeviento
    @CarlosRicovslosmolinosdeviento 7 років тому +2

    Great stuff! Thank you. I love it!

  • @bennryan2
    @bennryan2 6 років тому +2

    dude, fantastic videos

  • @zecastello
    @zecastello 5 років тому +3

    Man, this content is awesome! Congratulations! I will keep following.

  • @anthonymcalpine1729
    @anthonymcalpine1729 5 років тому

    Nick. Love your tutorials, and your playingI thought of another tune with the soul scale.
    Chucky's in Love. Ricky Lee Jones.. All the best to you and your family.
    Anthony, bass player from Brighton

  • @dennis_johnson
    @dennis_johnson 5 років тому

    So grateful for these :)

  • @bigbrownsound
    @bigbrownsound 7 років тому +2

    Great stuff!
    I call it the "Happy Blues" scale. Listen to Rolling Stones piano players Ian Stewart, Chuck Leavell....any blues based rock piano players. (and b5 for extra flavor of course)

  • @roberthavard5206
    @roberthavard5206 7 років тому

    What a awesome lesson. Thank you! Big like!!!!

  • @thelonious-dx9vi
    @thelonious-dx9vi Рік тому

    Amen to this. Guitar players especially, I think (being one of them), many of whom transition from rock and natural blues, may tend to think this language just kinda comes along with them. Newsflash: Not. If anything, it's actually country players who have more of a leg up here. Anyway, if you look to keep some blues in your jazz playing (without which, why even bother 😉), it isn't gonna just happen by itself, so definitely work this material.

  • @mariofloreshernandez4467
    @mariofloreshernandez4467 3 роки тому

    Genial tutorial, thanks a Lot

  • @JazzStrat781
    @JazzStrat781 6 років тому

    Awesome videos! Very much appreciated! Thanks so much!

  • @ortizvillarreal4070
    @ortizvillarreal4070 6 років тому

    I highly appreciate your help!

  • @titopassos5223
    @titopassos5223 7 років тому +2

    Nick, Você é espetacular! Muito bom mesmo. Very, very bood.

    • @JazzDuets
      @JazzDuets  7 років тому +1

      thanks so much!!!!

    • @jonassantos4763
      @jonassantos4763 7 років тому +2

      Que bom que não sou o único brasileiro que acompanha esse canal espetacular!!! Esse canal merece muitos inscritos!!!

  • @avatar90404
    @avatar90404 7 років тому

    Great concepts. if only I could read music...Concepts alone worth the ride..

  • @olivierherment1188
    @olivierherment1188 7 років тому

    Encore une fois merci

  • @beberdos
    @beberdos 5 років тому +1

    Great editing and content, subscribed ! :)

  • @andrew1753
    @andrew1753 6 років тому

    Thank you for these lessons 🙏🏽 very helpful!

  • @jamierogers6600
    @jamierogers6600 7 років тому

    Great lessons!

  • @logothescanandeffectmaker2122
    @logothescanandeffectmaker2122 5 років тому

    Awesome thanks so much 👍🏻

  • @monkeydelightmm
    @monkeydelightmm 7 років тому

    This is so awesome!!

  • @skimanization
    @skimanization 7 років тому

    Excellent!!!

  • @magnificentelectromagnetic7417
    @magnificentelectromagnetic7417 7 років тому

    loves it, thank you

  • @zaza_danslemetro
    @zaza_danslemetro 7 років тому +2

    GREAT!!!!!

  • @wellingtonlopesc
    @wellingtonlopesc 4 роки тому

    👏👏👏magnific

  • @Samuriele
    @Samuriele 5 років тому

    Great!

  • @PhotoFalcinelli
    @PhotoFalcinelli 4 роки тому

    I love it

  • @andynguyen985
    @andynguyen985 7 років тому

    Awesome!

  • @dannyheijnen1179
    @dannyheijnen1179 Рік тому

    Geweldige les!

  • @Lutemann
    @Lutemann 7 років тому +3

    Great ideas. Years ago I had trouble soloing over Tuxedo Junction, so I invented this scale: C D Eb E F Gb G A Bb B C I really worked well.

    • @ProfileP246
      @ProfileP246 4 роки тому

      What just the C major scale then?

    • @neilbarton5235
      @neilbarton5235 4 роки тому

      Profile p since when are Eb, Gb & Bb in the key of Cmajor?

    • @Lutemann
      @Lutemann 4 роки тому

      @@neilbarton5235 They are blue notes. Try it.

  • @FranklinBalmantemusic
    @FranklinBalmantemusic 7 років тому +2

    Great job ! thanks

  • @garysnowdon1918
    @garysnowdon1918 7 років тому

    This stuff amazing

  • @lorenperhid9349
    @lorenperhid9349 4 роки тому +3

    Muy interesante, pero sería fantástico que pudieras poner subtítulos en español. Gracias.👍

  • @JazzGuitarScrapbook
    @JazzGuitarScrapbook 7 років тому

    Great vid!

  • @jimbeaux4988
    @jimbeaux4988 5 років тому

    What you got there is also the country shredders scale.

  • @TheYamaduta
    @TheYamaduta 6 років тому

    Nice vid ... dude ...

  • @perfectbeat
    @perfectbeat 6 років тому

    Digital applause. Thumbs up! :-)

  • @lawrencetaylor4101
    @lawrencetaylor4101 2 роки тому

    Merci beaucoup. I'm still a Nooby, and need to practice my Arpeggios. And scales.
    Why not add this?

  • @karimelhousni6627
    @karimelhousni6627 4 роки тому

    6:36 why G# and not A flat at the first bar ?

  • @reubenpompei3896
    @reubenpompei3896 7 років тому

    why this is very usefull

  • @broncojonnes
    @broncojonnes 5 років тому

    too good

  • @manausfigueiredo4498
    @manausfigueiredo4498 7 років тому

    hello people, it's possible I got tablature in software edited!

  • @fgsproducer
    @fgsproducer 7 років тому

    Very Gershwin like.

  • @andersonassuncao-muggdosax8014
    @andersonassuncao-muggdosax8014 7 років тому +3

    Amanzing Help

  • @daveaustin4538
    @daveaustin4538 7 років тому

    these Pentatonix work well through a 2-5-1 progression

  • @nowitskevin3951
    @nowitskevin3951 6 років тому +1

    4:21 nice....

  • @dannyheijnen1179
    @dannyheijnen1179 Рік тому

    Inreed INVALUABLE

  • @jamescronin1486
    @jamescronin1486 3 роки тому

    Would it be weird of me to think of this scale as a Dorian with an a "flatted 4th" replacing the 4th?

  • @joshcharlat850
    @joshcharlat850 7 років тому +3

    Nick,
    I subscribed...need I say more? Oh, wait a minute!! I have one editing request. You show a line which you play, and as soon as the sound of your playing it stops, boom it disappears. Because I'm playing tenor and you write out the lines in concert C, and I use my ear better than I read (though my reading is improving), it would be great if you left the line on the screen for about 1 second longer, so I could more easily pause it to study it. One second longer would help out greatly. Believe me. We have to do a lot of pausing because your videos are dense with information. I'm working hard to get these sounds under my fingers. Just learning a lot of vocabulary and idiomatic expressions. A fun language.

    • @JazzDuets
      @JazzDuets  7 років тому +2

      Thanks! I hate long videos that are long with lot of yapping! You can always download the pdf!
      cheers!

  • @KrisVComm
    @KrisVComm 4 роки тому

    Killer sop
    I’m listening to this for the sickth time

  • @AmeeliaK
    @AmeeliaK 6 років тому +1

    Can't find the follow up video with more tones, is it yet to come?