Pentatonic

The hexatonic scale is the six-note scale between the pentatonic and the seven-note scales you already know — catchy like a pentatonic, with the flavour of a full scale. Piano lesson with Jason Zac of Nathaniel School of Music. Three ways to make six notes: take a seven-note scale and leave one note out (G major without F♯), add one note to a pentatonic (the minor and major blues scales), or put two triads together that share no note (G major + A minor — the "Sunday scale", a name made popular by pianist Peter Martin). Then play the pairs, in G: G + A minor, A♭ + B♭ minor, G + A (Lydian, no 7), G + F (Mixolydian, no 6), G + F minor and G + A♭ (Phrygian dominant colours), G + E♭ minor (the augmented scale), G + D♭ (a tritone apart — the Petrushka scale), and the minor-home pairs: G minor with A minor, F minor, A♭, F♯ minor and B. Last, the three families: triad pairs, symmetrical scales (whole tone, augmented, Petrushka) and culture scales (the blues scales, and six-note ragas like Marwa, Puriya and Sriranjani). The flavour is in the missing note. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 📹 Everything for Life Bundle ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ▶️ Related lessons & playlists Piano Workout: 2 Chords, All Inversions & Modal Hexatonic Scales ➡️ https://youtu.be/qakASBgKQ9U Piano Improvisation: 3 Ways to Use the Pentatonic Scale ➡️ https://youtu.be/p2JYPEZ7nLU How to Write a Melody on Piano Using the Pentatonic Scales ➡️ https://youtu.be/hE3I3I6bIpk Blues Scale Piano Workout: Major & Minor Blues Scales ➡️ https://youtu.be/p46g4HXjtj0 Whole Tone Scale Exercise ➡️ https://youtu.be/ljflwFHZSQM Subset Scales on Piano: Carnatic Raga Colours From Pentatonics ➡️ https://youtu.be/-ExjS5-fKog Piano Scales (playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9qErCYaKIjOhKDf2j8Q0uH Creative Scale Practice (playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-p0MXCH5MeTmklqTeygKP2 🎓 https://nathanielschool.com 📚 Free tutorials library — search "scales" ➡️ https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:08 - Why six notes 06:48 - Three ways to make six 09:58 - The Sunday scale (G + A minor) 11:04 - A♭ + B♭ minor 12:17 - Lydian, Mixolydian and Spanish pairs 15:24 - Augmented and Petrushka pairs 16:58 - Minor-home pairs 19:16 - The three families 19:40 - Symmetrical scales 21:56 - Culture scales 23:08 - Wrap-up 💰 PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 💬 WhatsApp ➡️ +91 77604 56847 ✉️ music@nathanielschool.com #PianoLessons #PianoTutorial #MusicTheory #HexatonicScale

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Learn how to play blues piano with just two notes in your right hand — shell voicings, the Charleston rhythm and both blues scales over a 12-bar blues in E, with Jason Zac of Nathaniel School of Music. 🎹 A dominant seventh chord has four notes, and you only need two of them. Keep the third and the flat seventh — the two notes that make it a dominant — and throw the root and the fifth away. Your left hand covers the root anyway, and as Jason puts it, the fifth "isn't adding that much unique harmonic flavour" in the right hand, so give it to the left and it widens the whole thing out. That pair is a shell voicing, and it is what blues and jazz pianists have always actually played. We start on C7 — E and B flat — and then take it to E for the rest of the lesson. E7 is D and G sharp. A7 is C sharp and G. B7 is D sharp and A. Every one of those is a tritone, and here is the part nobody tells you: a tritone is its own inversion. Turn a perfect fourth upside down and you get a fifth; turn a major third upside down and you get a minor sixth; turn a tritone upside down and you get another tritone. That is why 3–♭7 and ♭7–3 are the same shape, and why your hand barely moves all the way round a blues. Then the rhythm. The Charleston is two hits, swung, and there is a displaced version that starts late and lands on the three. Combine them — Jason's own preference is the displaced one first, then the normal one, which is everywhere in rock and roll. Left hand keeps a steady root and fifth underneath. And the gap the Charleston leaves is not empty space: it is where your solo goes. For the solo, two scales, and both are simpler than they sound. The major blues is just the major pentatonic with a flat third added. The minor blues is the minor pentatonic with the blue note. Then three licks: E B D E, the longer B D B B flat A G that fits over B7, A7 and E7 without changing a note, and the A–B flat–B turnaround — the four, the tritone and the five — that sends you round again. Finish with what Jason calls "some masala": slide the whole tritone voicing down chromatically. Do that from B7 and you land on E7, then A7 — because the three chords of an E blues sit on three touching pairs of keys. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 📹 Everything for Life Bundle ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ▶️ RELATED LESSONS One Left Hand Pattern. Both Blues Scales. ➡️ https://youtu.be/DNod4Pke5gE Blues Scale Piano Workout: Major & Minor Blues Scales ➡️ https://youtu.be/p46g4HXjtj0 10 Piano Exercises on ONE Chord (E7) ➡️ https://youtu.be/22fTJTAE9WI The 12-Bar Blues Bassline Every Piano Left Hand Needs ➡️ https://youtu.be/u8dWiosMZd4 The Best Blues Piano Patterns for Both Hands ➡️ https://youtu.be/0lWwA6Kr9Mc 🎛️ FREE PRACTICE TOOLS Metronome with swing + a Charleston mode ➡️ https://metronome.nathanielschool.com Jazz Lab — play the form back at yourself ➡️ https://jazz.nathanielschool.com 🎓 https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All 1000+ lessons ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com 🆓 Free tutorials website — every lesson sorted by topic and level ➡️ https://free-music-lessons.nathanielschool.com ⏱️ CHAPTERS 00:00 - Performance 00:27 - Lesson Preview: Blues Shell Improvisation 🎹 01:12 - Building C7 from 3 and b7 01:45 - Inverting the Shell: b7 and 3 01:55 - Expanding Shells with Chord Colours 02:18 - Creating Space for Right-Hand Improvisation 02:59 - The Left-Hand Root–Fifth Pattern 04:40 - Setting Up the 12-Bar Blues in E 06:55 - Shell Voicings in Both Inversions E7, A7 & B7 08:39 - Introducing the Charleston Rhythm 🥁 09:42 - The Displaced Charleston Pattern 10:18 - Combining Both Charleston Variations 11:50 - Passing, Walking and Ghost Bass Notes 12:22 - Using Rhythmic Gaps for Improvisation 12:33 - Lick 1: E–B–D–E 13:41 - Composing Licks from Blues Scales 15:12 - Lick 2: Sliding into B 15:58 - Turnaround Lick over B7–A7–E7 17:32 - Transposing the Pattern to Other Keys 17:55 - Lesson Recap: Shells, Rhythm and Licks 19:00 - Adding a Chromatic Downward Slide 19:40 - Final Practice Suggestions 💛 Support ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 💬 WhatsApp ➡️ +91 77604 56847 ✉️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Riffs ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoLessons #PianoTutorial #MusicTheory #BluesPiano

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Learn piano basslines with 10 grooves and rhythm patterns. This piano bassline tutorial shows how to turn an F minor pentatonic pattern into disco, salsa, funk, and other grooves using quavers, sixteenth notes, triplets, and a steady right-hand chord pulse. Learn to create multiple groovy F minor pentatonic bassline variations across quavers, sixteenth notes and triplets, with a steady right-hand pulse of chords. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music unlocks the secrets of creating groovy, danceable basslines on piano. You'll learn why dividing beats into more subdivisions while playing less creates the perfect groove that makes people want to move. You'll discover 10+ distinct rhythm variations of the same bassline, each transformed by a different time feel — from simple quavers to complex sixteenth-note patterns and even triplets. You'll explore the essential ingredients of a compelling bassline: root, octave, fifth and minor third, plus embellishment notes that add flavour without overwhelming the groove. You'll also develop rock-solid timing with pulse chords in the right hand, and learn cluster chords, floating thirds and melodic licks that complement your bassline. The lesson emphasises body movement and internal pulse over metronome dependence. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 - Performance 00:46 - Introduction & Bassline Preview 🎹 01:35 - What the Right Hand can do? 02:54 - Heptatonic Scales - Natural Minor & Dorian 03:28 - Essential Ingredients of Groovy Basslines 05:18 - Essential Ingredients of Groovy Basslines 06:03 - The Groove Formula: Divide More, Play Less 06:42 - Foundational Notes: Root, Octave & Fifth 07:49 - Adding Minor Third & Embellishment Notes 09:21 - Right Hand Pulse Chord Options 11:26 - Cluster Chords Technique 12:59 - Preparing the Right Hand 14:04 - Pattern 1: Simple Quaver Bassline 15:45 - Pattern 2: Displaced Third Variation 16:59 - Pattern 3: Introducing Sixteenth Notes 18:12 - Pattern 4: Advanced 16th Note Rhythm 19:02 - Pattern 5: Subdivision Variation 19:56 - Son Clave Rhythm Application 🥁 20:16 - Tresillo Pattern Breakdown 22:31 - Salsa-Style Bassline Variation 23:50 - Triplet Division Concepts ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoBasslines #PianoGroove #RhythmPatterns

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Practice semiquaver & triplet rhythm patterns with 1-beat, 2-beat & full bar exercises. In this lesson, we explore semiquaver and triplet feels through rhythm exercises: 1-beat patterns with a gallop rhythm and thirds in F Major & F Minor, 2-beat patterns with triad arpeggios, 7th chords and diatonic triads, and full bar patterns using the F Major & Minor Pentatonic scales. You'll learn to count & feel semiquavers (1 e & a) and triplets (1-and-a), add variations with chord stabs, breaks and phrasing, apply rhythmic devices for creative improvisation, and strengthen your pulse, body movement and timing. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 - Performance 00:51 - Rhythm Patterns over 1, 2 beats and a Full Bar 01:20 - What are Semiquavers & Triplets? 02:14 - What we will learn? 03:01 - Background of the Lesson 04:50 - 1 - Beat Rhythm Pattern → Gallop 05:56 - Using Thirds 06:33 - Adding Breaks in Between 06:56 - Mixing Up the Thirds 07:11 - 2-Beat Rhythm Pattern 08:08 - Triad Arpeggios (F Major Chord) 08:56 - Playing linearly on F Major 09:19 - Adding 7th Chords 09:56 - Full Bar of 4/4 10:27 - Using the F Major Pentatonic Scale 11:28 - Chord Stabs 12:00 - Triplet Rhythm Patterns 12:21 - Triplets in F Natural Minor 13:09 - Thirds within the F Minor Scale 14:08 - Exploring the F Minor Scale Further 14:47 - 2-Beat Phrase Example 15:13 - Diatonic Triads 16:00 - Full Bar with Triplet Feel 16:36 - Minor Pentatonic Scale 17:31 - Recap of the Lesson 17:54 - What are Rhythmic Devices? 18:30 - Conclusion ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #Semiquavers #Triplets #PianoRhythm

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Just five or six notes can carry you across Pop, Jazz, Classical and Rock — here's why the pentatonic and blues scales are so versatile. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music explores why the pentatonic and blues scales fit so beautifully over a huge range of harmonic contexts. You'll learn how to use just 5 or 6 notes to navigate complex progressions, add 'blue' notes tastefully, blend bluesy expression into mainstream harmony, and shift between relative keys, modal tricks and even classical cadences. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 0:00 - Performance 0:46 - The Pentatonic & Blues Scale 1:34 - The Popular Chord Progressions 2:15 - Essential Scale Theory 4:09 - Adding the Bluesy Note 5:03 - Minor Pentatonic & Blues 6:25 - Recap on the Keys of G & E 7:21 - Issues of the “Blue” Notes 7:49 - The Cyclic Pop Chord Progression - I V vi IV 10:12 - Sneaking in the Minor Blues 10:43 - Relative Major & Minor 11:19 - The 12 Bar Blues 14:31 - Jazz Progressions - ii V I 16:04 - vi - ii - V - I 16:42 - Minor 2-5-1 18:19 - Doo-Wop in C Major 19:41 - The Andalusian Cadence 21:01 - The Epic Rock Chord Progression (Dorian) 21:28 - i - IV Changes 23:19 - Classical Cadences 24:22 - Minor Plagal 24:56 - The Mixolydian Mode 26:29 - Line Cliche 27:46 - What does it NOT work for? ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PentatonicScale #BluesScale #PianoImprovisation

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Learn all about the dominant 7th chord and how it works with 5 types of scales. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music explores the dominant 7th chord and how it pairs with five types of scales, including the pentatonic scales, the half-whole diminished scale, whole tone scales and other exotic scales. You'll also get a glimpse of how the dominant 7th works in both western and eastern music, opening up new colours for improvisation. It's an advanced, ear-opening look at one of music's most versatile chords. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 - Performance 00:50 - The Dominant 7th Chord 01:11 - The 5 Types of Scales 03:04 - Bb Dominant 7th Chord 03:54 - Mixolydian Mode 04:57 - Mixolydian b6 06:00 - Lydian Dominant 06:36 - Modes of the Melodic Minor 07:44 - Phrygian Dominant 09:01 - Modes of the Harmonic Minor Scale 09:42 - Altered Dominant or Super Locrian 11:54 - Pentatonic Scales - Major & Minor 13:01 - Blues Scales - Major & Minor 15:20 - Exotic Scales 15:37 - Whole Tone Scale 17:18 - Half-Whole Diminished Scale 19:43 - Melakartha Ragas 22:44 - Carnatic Intervals 24:43 - Western vs Eastern (Indian) Music 26:15 - Conclusion ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #Dominant7thChord #PianoImprovisation #MusicTheory

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Learn how to improvise on the piano using accented phrases. Using one of the properties of sound - Pitch, we improvise over 3 unique sets of note combinations. The melodic phrases are made possible using a combination of groupings - 2, 3, 4 & 5 - and accents. Practice hand independence and improve musicality with Drones, Accent Hits & a Steady Pulse in the Left Hand alongside all the mathematical permutations created using the note sets in the Right Hand. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 - Performance 00:37 - Introduction 02:34 - Minor scale in Right Hand 04:06 - Groupings with Minor Scale 06:51 - Pentatonic Notes in RH 07:52 - Groupings with Pentatonic Notes 08:24 - Groupings in RH with Chord Tones 10:16 - Combination of Groupings in 4/4 11:11 - Combination 1 12:37 - Combination 2 13:07 - Combination 3 14:11 - Definition of an Accent 14:26 - Combination 4 15:03 - Combination 5 15:17 - Left Hand Patterns 15:35 - LH Pattern 1 16:56 - LH pattern 1 + Minor Pentatonic Grouping 17:28 - LH pattern 1 + Chord tones Grouping 18:00 - LH Pattern 2 20:00 - LH Pattern 2 21:19 - Revision of LH Patterns 22:14 - LH patterns + Pentatonic & Chord tones 23:06 - 16th Notes Grouping 24:21 - Grouping in 6/8 25:08 - Grouping in 5/4 25:31 - Grouping in 7/8 26:29 - Conclusion 27:31 - Summary ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🥁 All our lessons on Rhythm (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT85tF6cGvZK6jc5u6yZg5uU 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoImprovisation #Accents #PentatonicScale

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In this challenge you practise hand independence and learn to improvise with simple groups of notes on the piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music sets up an improvisation challenge where the left hand plays the minor pentatonic scale while the right hand improvises note groupings over different rhythm patterns. Using the natural minor and Dorian scales in the right hand, you'll build real hand independence and a feel for creative phrasing. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoImprovisation #HandIndependence #PianoLesson

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Want a lick that just sounds good everywhere? This Stevie Wonder-inspired “Isn't She Lovely” pentatonic line works in both hands and across all 12 keys on the piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music teaches a pentatonic lick inspired by “Isn't She Lovely,” showing you how to play it smoothly in both hands and move it through all 12 keys. You'll hear the bright, joyful colour the pentatonic scale unlocks, learn the fingering that makes the lick flow, and understand how shifting it to every key builds real fluency. It's a feel-good phrase that doubles as a serious workout for your ears and your technique. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #IsntSheLovely #StevieWonder #PentatonicScale

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Celebrate the New Year by learning "Auld Lang Syne" in all 12 keys on the piano — each one with its own rhythm and chord technique. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music helps you learn "Auld Lang Syne" in all 12 keys on the piano. Don't worry about getting bored — each key has a unique rhythm pattern and chord technique you can apply to all kinds of songs. Whether you're a beginner or advanced, you'll find a collection of methods to enjoy that help you grow as a musician and player — the perfect first goal to start the new year with. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🥁 All our lessons on Rhythm (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT85tF6cGvZK6jc5u6yZg5uU ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoLessons #PianoTutorial #AuldLangSyne #SoloPiano #12Keys #AuldLangSyne #SoloPiano #PianoArrangement

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Want to arrange songs for solo piano so they sound complete on their own? This lesson lays out the future-proof steps that take you toward full, self-contained solo arrangements. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music maps out a step-by-step path toward solo piano arrangements, the skills you build now that pay off across every song you'll ever arrange. You'll see how melody, harmony and accompaniment come together in two hands, how to think about filling out a tune so it doesn't sound thin, and how to develop these habits in the right order. It's a forward-looking roadmap for anyone who wants to sit down and play any song as a satisfying solo piece. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #SoloPiano #PianoArrangement #PianoAccompaniment

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🎵🎹 Get ready to take your improvisation skills to the next level! 🚀 I'll be sharing 5 Easy Ways to Improvise for Beginners, perfect for anyone of any age who wants to improve their musical skills. 👨‍🏫 I'll be teaching you step-by-step and answering any questions you might have along the way. 🎶 In this session, we'll be exploring: 🎹 The existing Chord Tones of the Progression 🎹 Connecting to Chord Tones via Passing Tones 🎹 Melodic Patterns (Thirds & Groups of 3) 🎹 The ANYTHING goes Pentatonic Scales 🎹 Organic Improv through Singing and Rhythmic techniques Whether you're a complete beginner or have some experience in music, this session is perfect for anyone who wants to learn how to improvise. 👀 Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity to take your musical skills to the next level. See you there! 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: 📇 Courses, Workshops, Videos, or Private lessons: https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 🎼 Register for our virtual workshops & lessons: https://geni.us/UpcomingClasses 📹 Our Video Courses (Lifetime Bundle): https://www.nathanielschool.com/members-videos 🎶 Learn all about our flagship course, "Music Method": https://www.nathanielschool.com/musicmethod 📹 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) categorised by skill level, topic & genre all in one place: https://www.nathanielschool.com/freelessons 📧 Customized & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 📞 +919845465411 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://geni.us/AbsenceYouTubeJZB 💰Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal #PianoImprovisation #PentatonicScale #BeginnerPiano

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Beat displacement and anticipation are the rhythm techniques that separate stiff piano playing from playing that truly grooves — and this lesson breaks them down in full. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music takes you deep into rhythm on the piano, building from simple chord roots in the left hand all the way to advanced displacement. You'll work through rhythmic subtraction (removing specific beats to create space), apply it to both major and minor pentatonic melodies with chords, and then learn beat displacement and anticipation along with rhythmic delay. It's a complete workout that will permanently change how interesting your accompaniment sounds. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🥁 All our lessons on Rhythm (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT85tF6cGvZK6jc5u6yZg5uU 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:20 Lesson Introduction 03:16 E major Arpeggio in Quavers 04:01 Chord Progression in LH (Major Scale) 05:02 Chord Roots in Left Hand (Basic) 05:45 Minor Chord Progression 06:33 Focussing on Dynamics 07:11 Rhythmic Subtraction 08:03 Removing Beat 1 of Bar 2 08:37 Subtract & of 1 09:52 Subtract Beat 2 of Bar 1 11:44 Subtracting Beat 3 with Minor Chords 13:21 Simplifying the Right Hand 13:57 Minor Pentatonic Melody with Chords 15:15 Subtraction added to the Minor Pentatonic 15:50 Q & A - Playing with context 17:31 Major Pentatonic Melody with Chords 18:27 Subtraction added to the Major Pentatonic 20:41 Beat Displacement - Anticipation 25:06 Rhythmic Delay 26:37 Conclusion ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #BeatDisplacement #PianoRhythm #PianoLesson

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"Pasoori" was the most popular song of 2022 — and this detailed piano tutorial teaches every single section. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music breaks down "Pasoori" in detail on the piano, covering all sections of the song. You'll learn each part so you can play the whole thing, from the hooks to the connecting sections, with clarity. It's a complete, rewarding tutorial for one of the biggest songs of recent years on the piano. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #Pasoori #AliSethi #PianoTutorial #ShaeGill Chapters 00:00 Opening demonstration and lesson overview 02:11 Song sections and supporting resources 03:51 Chorus melody 05:04 Chorus with left-hand block chords 08:00 Chorus with spread voicings 10:21 Stride-piano variation 12:45 Pre-chorus 14:32 First instrumental lick 15:29 Verse 1: male vocal line 18:53 Verse 1: final line and articulation 20:34 Verse 2: female vocal line 22:31 Play both vocal parts together 23:06 Verse 2 with left-hand spread voicings 24:55 Verse 2 slow recap 25:39 Sitar solo on piano 28:27 Bridge melody and accompaniment 30:18 Next bridge phrase and triplet feel 31:16 Tremolo effect on piano 31:52 A cappella section 32:38 A cappella harmony 33:52 Final bridge section 35:45 Synth transition and chorus reprise 37:25 Intro from the YouTube version 39:46 Recap and practice advice 44:04 Notation, MIDI and closing More Pasoori from this lesson MIDI piano tutorial (no talking) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewj0TMDWVeY Solo piano performance ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDruKJ6RsTU

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In this Bass Guitar lesson (Part 2 of our series), we learn how to form and play minor, pentatonic & blues scales. Learn the essential music theory & finger positions for all these scales. Watch Part 1 here: https://youtu.be/l735ns7i-vY 🔴 Subscribe to our channel: https://geni.us/NathanielYouTube 🎸 All our Bass & Guitar lessons in one place: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-I7UTYJOHKX8wmLREor07A 🎓 Learn Music With Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac: 📇 Courses, Workshops, Videos, or Private lessons: https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 🎼 Register for our virtual workshops & lessons: https://geni.us/UpcomingClasses 📹 Our Video Courses (Lifetime Bundle): https://www.nathanielschool.com/members-videos 🎶 Learn all about our flagship course, "Music Method": https://www.nathanielschool.com/musicmethod 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) categorised by skill level, topic & genre all in one place: https://www.nathanielschool.com/freelessons 🕘 Timestamps: 00:00 Introduction 01:20 Difference Between Major & Minor scales 01:59 Minor Scales (Natural & Harmonic) 03:43 Shapes for Minor scales 06:24 Major Pentatonic Scales 09:09 Minor Pentatonic Scale 10:17 Blues Scales (Major & Minor) 13:17 Revision 📧 Customized & Private Classes: music@nathanielschool.com 📞 +919845465411 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Follow me on Instagram: https://instagram.com/jasonzac 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music: https://geni.us/AbsenceYouTubeJZB 💰Donate on PayPal: https://geni.us/DonatePayPal

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Improvise in a "call and response" style over an Indian pentatonic scale — a fusion exercise that unlocks a fresh, melodic colour on the piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shows you how to build improvised lines using the question-and-answer feel of call and response, all within an Indian pentatonic scale. You'll hear the distinctive sound the scale unlocks, learn how to shape short musical "calls" and matching "responses," and develop a conversational way of improvising that blends Indian classical colour with a modern fusion feel. It's a hands-on improvisation lesson that turns one expressive scale into a whole vocabulary of melodic ideas at the piano. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #CallAndResponse #PianoImprovisation #FusionPiano

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Practise a fusion piano finger exercise built on a beautiful Indian pentatonic scale (raga) - across all 12 keys, in both hands. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music breaks down the intervals that give this pentatonic raga its colour, then plays the pattern through every key with the correct posture and technique for each one. It's a workout that also sharpens your ear training and feel for intervals. Stay tuned for Part 2, where the same scale is used for improvisation. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:28 Introduction 01:20 Intervals used in the Fusion Scale 02:20 Scale used Key of D 04:22 Key of C 06:31 Key of E 07:09 Key of F 08:04 Key of G 08:19 Key of A 08:36 Key of B 09:45 Key of Db 10:32 Key of Eb 10:58 Key of F# 11:30 Key of Ab 11:50 Key of Bb 12:23 Making the exercise musical 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 👂 Ear Training reference ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining 🎵 Music Theory reference ➡️ https://geni.us/MusicTheory ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #FusionPiano #IndianRaga #PianoExercises

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Learn an epic glam rock riff on the piano and support it with arpeggios in the right hand for a true Indian-fusion sound. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music teaches an epic glam rock riff on the piano, supported with right-hand arpeggios whose rhythm pattern uses attractive accents that complement the left-hand bass riff. Across this 4-part series the bass line stays consistent while you focus on hand independence, chord voicing, arpeggios and all the music theory you need to compose and produce rock music. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #RockPiano #IndianFusion #PianoTutorial

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Learn 3 beginner piano exercises that genuinely sound good while improving your speed, dexterity, harmony and hand independence. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music teaches 3 piano exercises for beginners that actually sound nice to play. Each one improves your speed, dexterity, harmony and hand independence — so your practice builds real technique while still being musical and enjoyable. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoExercises #BeginnerPiano #PianoLesson

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Carnatic swaras map neatly onto Western intervals — in this lesson you'll learn that theory and then put it under your fingers with a piano drill that covers all the combinations of the Melakartha Raga system. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music connects the essential theory of swaras with intervals, works in the key of D, and explores the Re and Ga swaras before opening up the 72 Melakartha ragas. The Carnatic piano finger drill then lets you play through the combinations, with interesting variations along the way. He closes with his honest thoughts on Indian vs Western music theory — a clear, practical bridge between two systems, played out on the piano. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🇮🇳 Learn Carnatic Music Concepts (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-EsBVRojlfDQ078y6R438k 🎧 Intervals & Ear Training (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-GHvpugWvYgEuLAL4f01ZK ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:38 Melakartha Ragas 01:54 Essential Theory of Swaras & Intervals 02:38 The Key of D and its Intervals 05:12 The Re and Ga Swaras 10:19 The 72 Melakartha Ragas 11:38 The Carnatic Piano Finger Drill 15:34 Interesting Variations 17:07 Indian vs Western Music Theory (My Final Thoughts) 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #MelakarthaRagas #CarnaticMusic #PianoExercise

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Learn how to improvise on the piano using the Major and Minor Blues scales. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music teaches you to improvise on the piano with both the Major and Minor Blues scales. You will develop and transcribe a variety of rhythm patterns while training your ear, music theory and piano technique all at once. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #BluesScale #PianoImprovisation #BluesPiano #ScalesAndModes #PianoTechnique

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Unlock instant improvisation over Major 7, Minor 7 and Dominant 7 chords using nothing but simple major and minor pentatonic scales. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shows how the chord-scale relationship comes alive with pentatonic scales. You'll use simple major and minor pentatonics to develop improvised melodies over the Major 7, Minor 7 and Dominant 7th chords. Along the way you'll also pull out some jazz intervals from those same pentatonic scales, with all the necessary theory and ear training around the sounds of the intervals and chords. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:28 Introduction - Chord Scales 04:05 Let’s learn the formation of the Pentatonic Scales 10:22 How to form Seventh Chords 19:22 Pentatonic Scale Improvisation 36:56 Conclusion 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎶 Creative Pentatonic Scale Practice ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2JYPEZ7nLU 🎼 Music Theory Lessons (Playlist) ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 👂🏽 Ear Training Lessons (Playlist) ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PentatonicScale #PianoImprovisation #SeventhChords

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Take a very simple melody and transform it into something meaningful on the piano — without using any chords at all. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music takes a very simple melody and transforms it into something far more meaningful — and remarkably, without using any chords. You'll learn the melody, add left-hand bass movement, change the landing note, and build patterns using directions and scale degrees. Then you'll stack a fifth to develop an alto voice and add a rhythmic layer — a complete approach to enriching a melody on its own terms. Watch to the very end! 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #MelodyDevelopment #PianoArrangement #PianoLesson

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Three creative ways to improvise on piano using the pentatonic scale (plus a bonus) — so your solos always sound right. After a quick theory tour of the major and minor pentatonic scales, Jason Zac shows three approaches: left-hand bass exploration, improvising with singing, and building pentatonic licks in patterns of three — plus bonus bass riffs. The friendliest way into real improvisation. Intermediate-friendly. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎼 Music Theory ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 👂 Ear Training ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= ⏳ Chapters 00:00 Performance 00:36 Introduction & Lesson Goals 02:25 The Major Pentatonic Scale (Theory) 04:33 The Minor Pentatonic Scale (Theory) 06:02 Major Pentatonic LH Bass Exploration 08:28 Minor Pentatonic LH Bass Exploration 10:15 Improvising over Minor Pentatonic with Singing 11:40 Improvising over Major Pentatonic with Singing 12:39 Building Pentatonic Licks (Patterns of 3) 14:33 Creating Bass Riffs 16:49 Revision & Conclusion 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PentatonicScale #PianoImprovisation #PianoLesson

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Learn how to improvise a blues solo on the piano with important scale theory concepts and lyrical phrasing. In this part of the blues piano series, learn how to form the blues scales from their respective pentatonic scales (major and minor), and then create a melodic and lyrical piano solo over the 12 bar blues form: ascending and descending improvisation, developing a lyrical motif, bringing out beats 2 and 4 as accents, and subset motifs. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 - Blues Performance 00:11- Topics covered in Part C (Soloing over the Blues) 00:54 - Building the Blues scales from the Pentatonic Scales 03:19 - Ascending & Descending Improv 04:44 - Developing a “Lyrical” Motif 06:16 - Bringing out the 2 and 4 as accents 07:44 - “Subset” Motifs 09:02 - Revision ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #BluesPiano #BluesScale #PianoImprovisation

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Create catchy, memorable piano melodies starting from a rhythm you sing with your voice - no fancy theory needed. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music shows the most natural way to compose: clap or sing a percussion pattern, pick a scale, and turn it into a memorable motif you can play anywhere. You'll then develop a pattern around that motif over I, IV, V and vi, and explore a static right-hand pattern with a floating left hand (and the reverse) - a simple, theory-light path to writing your own music. ⏱️ Chapters 00:00 Introduction 02:03 Making a rhythmic melody 07:58 Breaking down the melody 09:32 Working on the left hand 12:08 Building patterns 14:57 Recap 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory reference ➡️ https://geni.us/MusicTheory ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #MelodyWriting #PianoMelody #Songwriting

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The pentatonic is the "anything goes" scale — this lesson shows you how to use it to improvise and build melodies on the piano. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music teaches how to form the major and minor pentatonic scales and improvise over a chord progression in three ways: patterns, sing and play, and short motifs. It's demonstrated in Bb major (chords Gm Eb Bb F) over the vi IV I V progression with left-hand inversions and right-hand melodies, using a variety of techniques. That progression powers songs like Toto's "Africa", Avicii's "Wake Me Up" and The Cranberries' "Zombie", so the ideas transfer everywhere on the piano. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PentatonicScale #MelodyWriting #PianoImprovisation

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Jason will teach 20 musical questions in each live session asked by students via a zoom class. To ask Jason Zac a question and be part of the next episode, please tag @jasonzac & @nathanielschool on Instagram with a story/post and we will make sure to answer them in the next class! 0:00:01 - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa over the Son Clave 0:03:55 - I'd like it you could take any one simple song, split it, and play the melody, harmony, and rhythm of the song separately 0:10:38 - Rhythm :- What are rules/general practices applied when shifting rhythm in one song, like we have few songs which change time signatures within a song ? Or is it that few instruments can change time signatures and some can't. 0:17:08 - In today's scenario is it good- to be signed by record label or to carry on as an independent artist? 0:21:19 - Creating rhythm on piano. What are some ways to play a rhythm (example son clave): 0:30:03 - Sticking to one genre becomes difficult while composing .... Melodies n rhythms just randomly come to me so I am not even sure what genre 0:37:33 - Improvising using circle of fifths. 0:44:08 - Rhythm - For getting a feel of rhythm as a beginner do you recommend getting an instrument like Cajon 0:47:17 - When one creates a new melody on their head and record in their phones (by humming the melody or playing an instrument), what should be the next steps after that? (I get stuck with melodies being recorded and later I don't know where to take it further) 0:52:49 - How does rhythm and harmony come together (if you could explain it with some examples)? How does it work while composing? How is it used to capture a feeling or a mood? 0:56:38 - should we have to use metronome always ? 1:03:06 - How jam rooms can be made safer for musicians to collab? 1:08:08 - how can musicians collaborate during these times. 1:15:42 - How as a instrumentalists you can approach a band or become a part of the band? 1:20:59 - Why does melodies sound good on the pentatonic scale? 1:27:05 - Could you shed some light on how to harmonise these weird scales. As they are not derived from any Major scale as such 1:38:03 - Any suggestions for solo musicians who're new into creating own compositions during this crisis period? Topics range from: * MELODY & HARMONY (MUSIC THEORY) * RHYTHM CONCEPTS & PRACTICE * OPPORTUNITIES FOR MUSICIANS * TECHNOLOGY & PRODUCTION * COMPOSITION & SONGWRITING * PIANO / BASS / VOCALS/ PERCUSSION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nathaniel’s classes are now 100% ONLINE using stable and private video conferencing tools. You can now learn from the comfort of your home and choose between our flagship Music Method and 1-on-1 (Customised) classes We hope you and your family are staying strong during this hard time for the world at large. Nathaniel is known as the best performance-based Music School in India which teaches Keyboard / Piano, Guitar, Bass, Drums, Violin, Horns, and Voice with a unique course, “Music Method” which gets you on stage in 4 to 6 months. Also learn Theory, Ear Training, Improvisation, Composition, Production, and more. You can learn more about our school by asking us any questions which you might have, or you could call us at 7760456847 Collaborate. Jam. Learn. Visit our website: http://nathanielschool.com More riffs here: https://bit.ly/2D6diVV More lessons here: https://bit.ly/2P6SGBL Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nathanielmusic Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/nathanielschool #MusicQandA #MusicTheory #PianoLesson #JasonZac

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Alok, our bass faculty, explains an easy approach to playing major and minor pentatonic scales on the bass guitar. More bass videos here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT-E2WFX7C0AV4JisShXvyyZ #PentatonicScale #BassGuitar #BassLesson Chapters 00:00 Pentatonic scales on bass guitar 00:20 The five notes of a pentatonic scale 00:35 C major pentatonic notes 01:09 Visualise boxes on the fretboard 02:09 Extend the scale into the next box 02:49 Extend across five and six strings 03:38 Use slides to reach the next box 04:47 The two sliding movements 05:35 Apply the shapes to bass lines and fills 06:05 Major and relative minor pentatonic scales

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Create subset scales on piano by removing notes from familiar major and minor scales. Explore pentatonic recaps, modal subsets and left-hand bass choices for new melodic colours. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music explains his idea of 'subset scales' and demonstrates it with popular Carnatic ragas: Savithri, Jana Sammodhini, Hamsadhwani, Sunaadavinodini and Madhyamaavathi, with a recap of the major and minor pentatonic scales. You'll see how subset scales help you make melody lines more creative and unique, explore new bass possibilities, create catchy motifs, and highlight the notes that matter most in a scale. It's a fresh, melodic way to bring Indian classical colour into your playing on the piano. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on Chord Inversions (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT9ygtrGwGFmfyvMyGWH52EC 👂 Ear Training lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/EarTraining ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 +91 77604 56847 (Mobile & WhatsApp) 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #SubsetScales #CarnaticRagas #PentatonicScale Chapters 00:00 Subset scales and raga colours 00:26 Remove notes from a parent scale 01:23 Highlight different intervals 02:25 Major and minor pentatonic recap 04:16 A subset of the Mixolydian scale 05:39 Explore another scale colour 06:32 Harmonic options 07:21 A major-scale subset 08:08 A Lydian-scale subset 09:43 A minor-scale subset 10:50 Vary the bass notes 11:13 Recap

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