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Piano Lesson: Improvising Melody

Introducing the Pentatonic Scale

The Pentatonic scale is probably the most widely used scale in the world. It can be found in all kinds of music, particularly popular and folk music, from countries as far apart as China and Peru. The Pentatonic scale is formed of notes 1 2 3 5 and 6 of the major scale. Starting on C this produces C D E G A - a five note scale, hence the name penta-tonic. If you know your scales that makes finding another pentatonic scale easy - it's just a major scale with two notes missing - notes 4 and 7!

For more information on pentatonic scales,visit:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentatonic_Scale

You can Google Pentatonic Scales and Improvising Melody for free articles on line. I have received many letters from students asking me for tips on runs and riffs for the right hand. My response has always been do you know your scales? Let's start with the Pentatonic Scale. For the beginner, you might want to take a look at this short tutorial that I found to be very helpful and informative. Plus, DeepWaterMusic offers a background tape that you can jam along with here on their video. Enjoy improvising with the Pentatonic Scale and let me know how you do with your practice session. Just 5 mins. of your time is well worth the investment of piano practice... your on your way to improvising!

Piano Lesson: Improvising Melody

DeepWaterMusic.net. Free Worship Piano Lesson from the publisher of "Pop Piano For Worship: The 30-Day Crash Course". As Seen In WORSHIP LEADER MAGAZINE!

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LadyD

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Warm Up Exercises

Exercises to warm up hands before piano playing was never meant to be boring!
I personally have Willie's dvd on warmups and highly recommend it. Have a listen:

Learn the piano - warmups and improvisation - jazz piano

Learn my warm-up and improvisation routine to build your independence and creativity at your instrument.

* 5 Finger Major Scales Exercises

* Major Scales- 2 octaves

* Harmonic minor scale- 2 octaves

* Quartal Exercise- play quartals with both hands one octave apart

* C7, D7 E7 F7 A7 & B7 arpeggio

* Chromatic scale exercise
Here's How to Add Maturity to Your Piano Playing Style!

* Contrary Motion Exercises

Easy Jazz Piano Lessons from JazzPianoLessons.com

Benefits- Improves the quality of piano playing

Piano-Yoga says, "When people just start to play the piano or don’t play regularly, their fingers remain weak. It takes years of regular practice to establish strength in the muscles that work fingers and hands."

http://www.piano-yoga.com/Book/Benefits.aspx

"Just as an athlete needs to warm up properly before more serious exertion, a musician needs to warm up before playing or singing all-out. Players of different instruments utilize different types of warm-ups and can learn a great deal from the way they are structured."
The Collaborative Piano Blog

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