Lynda Jazz Piano 3 Basics of Improvisation

Explore techniques that can help to enhance your improvisational jazz piano skills. In this course—the third in a series focusing on learning how to play jazz piano—learn concepts than can increase the sophistication of your playing. Grammy-winning keyboardist George Whitty helps you add another note to your left-handed voicings, and tackle the 2-5-1 progression—one of the most important progressions in jazz. He also helps you broaden your melodic horizons by showing how to arpeggiate triads over the 2-5-1 chords.

Topics include:

* Adding extensions to guide tones
* Integrating 9th chords
* The 2-5-1 progression
* Practicing essential jazz scales
* The E minor bop scale
* The D major 7 bop scale
* Arpeggiated triads as a melodic device