G Minor Scale for Piano Improvisation in F

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Part of the video series: Piano Improvisation in F Major

Summary: The G minor scale and how to use it to improvise on piano in the key of F; learn this and more in this free online piano lesson taught by expert pianist Ryan Larson.

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Ryan Larson Ryan Larson is a young jazz composer whose teaching technique focuses on the basics of music theory in all twelve keys. When applying his 12 key technique to ... read more

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G Minor Scale for Piano Improvisation in F

Now we're going to take a look at our second chord, our G minor chord. Which is derived out of F major. So if we look at the piano again, we have our F major scale. So if we start on the second note we hit G, right. F, G, A, B flat, C, D, etc. So G, so we go, start here and play up the scale, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven. So now we can make our G minor black chord, one, three, five, seven, and that's G minor. And you can here how that sounds different from F major. Definitely can tell they're two different chords. G minor and F major. Those are our first two chords that we learned out of F major.

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