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Pentatonic Improvisation - jazz piano solo

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Uploaded by on Oct 1, 2009

This is a companion to the Ionic in C video. I played and recorded them back to back as a single take. It is a spontaneous improvisation, with no forethought given to the structure of it. Here I try to simplify my playing to something just above minimalism. The pentatonic scale helps to do this by not allowing fully stated jazz chords. Traditional chords have to be implied in a pentatonic form. Sometimes when I am playing, I strive for complex chords and voicings. Other times I will try to take as much out as possible and see if what is left is still musical. It's a nice exercise. I use Gb pentatonic, because it shows up well on video, but it is worth doing in all keys. I hope you enjoy it.

I am using the Synthogy Ivory Italian Grand patch in Logic.
Digital Keyboard is by www.Midikeyz.com and is a great little program!
I use a Yamaha CP300 as the keyboard controller.

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  • This is gorgeous, do you have a way I can download it?

  • @aniytlia Thank you! I'm finally getting a downloadable CD out with with this track on it. I should be in the next two months.

  • wow your feeling on the piano it's great, you put lots of emotions in your playing.thanks for this performance

  • @NahuelMusic Thanks.  I appreciate it.

  • you have to be kidding me ...BORING...may i suggest maybe this isn't the site for you??.....this is improvisational magic! BEAUTIFUL ...7 NOTE MODE!

    THANK YOU !

  • @whitesnake2859 Thanks so much whitesnake!

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  • I dont know if its just me, but i find it very boring, sorry

  • Sound like something from minecraft

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  • very helpful

    

  • For the people who say it is good or bad. It is boring to an normal ear. Only if you know what he is doing you can apreciate it. Like a sport, but for a ´normal´ ear it is boring. I know what he is doing and i don´t like it either.

  • lol this isnt bebop....sorry if this style of jazz is more mello

  • Black Keys Prelude.

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