Advanced Use of the Altered Scale

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🗓️ 10 February 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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How can you alter your playing to sound even more dramatic? With the altered scale, of course! Peter and Adam tell you what it is and how to use it.There's a new course from Open Studio: Elements of Solo Piano! Learn from modern jazz master Geoffrey Keezer as he shows you the strategies and techniques to become a better solo pianist. You'll also get Guided Practice Sessions featuring Adam Maness, where he walks you through how to practice each lesson in the course. And for even more piano courses, sign up for the Piano Access Pass.Interested in more music advice? Go here to browse our catalog of jazz lessons and courses available for purchase. And be sure to check out our All Access Pass - every course from Open Studio on every instrument.Let us know what you think by leaving a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review, or head over to our YouTube channel and leave a comment for this episode.Follow us on Facebook | Twitter | Instagram See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0	Hmm.
0:02.0	Hmm.
0:05.0	Hmm.
0:06.0	... ...theirma... Did I win?
0:23.6	Did I win?
0:51.4	I'm Adamannis.
0:53.3	And you're listening to the You'll Hearer podcast.
0:54.6	Daily music advice.
0:55.8	Coming at you.
0:50.6	Coming at you in an altered state today. Altered state. I mean... Why are we in an altered state? Well, yes, we have been using drugs. No, I'm just kidding. No, we are... Hey, yeah, yeah, yeah. What the kids. Oh, right, right. the kids, the kids.
0:51.2	Respect the kids.
0:51.6	Your kids.
0:52.8	We're in an altered state because we're talking about
0:53.4	the altered scale.
0:56.1	We are talking about
0:57.1	the altered scale.
0:57.7	But first, we're talking about our sponsors. Open Studio. Our friends at Open Studio. So corny, man. Open Studio. Open the studio. I'm super excited about the new Jeff Keeser solo piano course. I'm actually taking it. Are you really? I'm excited and ashamed to say I'm taking the course right now. I mean, the dude is one of the best solo pianists I've ever heard. I mean, he truly is. He is. Amazing at it. We're biased, but that's true also. So we can be biased and it can be truthful. Yeah, it's like how my mom says I'm one of the most handsome men who's ever existed. Well, my mothers you can never trust. I know you're biased, but that's also truthful. Because they see themselves in us. That's where it is. Yeah. Yeah, so go to Open StudioJazz.com and check out Jeff Keesder. It's a mini course. Are we calling it a mini course? We kind of are. Yeah. Yeah, because it's on the shorter side. but there's a lot of information. There's a lot of information. Go to open studio jazz.com, check it out for yourself. Yeah. Elements of solo piano is what it's called. Well, today, we are talking about the altered scale. That explains that super ominous battle. It is an ominous sound, isn't it? It's a transitional sound. That's a transitional sound. It's a tense sound. We use it to create
2:01.3	tension.
2:02.9	Yeah. It is an ominous sound, isn't it? It's a transitional sound. It's a transitional sound. It's a tense sound.
2:18.5	We use it to create tension to be resolved.
2:22.4	So let's talk a little bit about where...
2:25.8	Sometimes I talk about people's mamas to get a sense of tension.
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