We make a very useful rhythmic exercise for jazz improvisation. The exercise functions as a kind of ever going “motor”. The motor is based on some very simple ideas: we invent a piano "finger sequence" and we use a pentatonic "hand grip" and we make rhythm and phrases into a thrilling musical counterpoint!!!
Our exercise is fundamental in many ways, if we want to be free to express ourselves when improvising Music. In particular the exercise will make us strong when combining rhythm and phrases in a free manner.
Later on in the lesson we add the left hand chords to the exercise. The chords also make a thrilling counterpoint to the rhythm!!! With the "motor" exercise we automatically learn to put in the left hand chords on all the different sub beats just by following the patterns of the right hand phrases.
Then we make different tonal flavors by moving our pentatonic hand grip to different positions on the keys.
By the end of the lesson I inspire you to create and exercise your own favorite phrases and to add these to the “motor” the opportunities to form your own Music are endless...

In these two lessons we use the "pentatonic hand grip" to improvise Jazz along with a backing track:
   • 10 STEPS TO IMPROVISE JAZZ  
   • 8 STEPS to IMPROVISE JAZZ with BOTH H...  

In this other lesson we talk more about how to use the "pentatonic row” to play all the Church Modes (Major Modes) and we make a lot of right hand exercises with the pentatonic "hand grip":    • How to IMPROVISE JAZZ using the PENTA...  

In this lesson we use only a 3 finger "hand grip" to improvise and to play all the Church Modes (Major Modes):    • Simple PIANO EXERCISES for Advanced J...  

This is the Music Video that I refer to in the start of the lesson above:    • A Modern Impulsive Jazz Tune by Frand...  

Playlist containing all Music with Oliver Prehn:    • MUSIC from OLIVER PREHN  

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