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How to WRITE a MELODY on PIANO - The Pentatonic Scales


Join us on Patreon for a PDF file containing Jason’s handwritten notes for all the 5 lessons on “Creating Melodies on Piano”. Along with this file, you will also gain access to ALL the content which we put out regularly on our YouTube channel: https://www.patreon.com/jasonzac Pentatonic - The “Anything Goes” Scale Learn how to form the Major & Minor Pentatonic Scales and improvise using the existing chord progression in 3 ways to build melodies 04:05 - Patterns 06:34 - Sing & Play 09:02 - “Motifs” - Short Phrases In this tutorial series, you will learn how to build melodies on the Piano or any musical instrument/arrangement DAW using any existing chord progression. We have used vi IV I V, a very popular progression using in tons of songs including Toto’s “Africa” (Chorus), Avicii’s “Wake me Up”, Cranberries “Zombie” and lots more. The key used is the Bb Major Scale (Bb C D Eb F G A) and thus the chords are Gm Eb Bb F We play the chords in the Left Hand using inversions with a steady pattern and build melodies in the Right Hand using a variety of techniques

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