My first Jazz piano teacher gave me this lesson on the "Scale-tone 7ths” many a moon ago in Sydney back in the 90’s. It’s an exercise I still do today on the piano so I thought I would make a video on it.
The Scale-tones 7ths for me are a great way to do two things at once on the piano. They are a great way to work on your technique on the piano while learning the 4-note chords in all the keys all at the same time. I still do this exercise today as I find it helps maintain my “chops” technique.
I recommend that you start off slowly and build your speed up gradually when it feels right. Also I really suggest that you say aloud which chord you are playing when you are playing it to help you reinforce your knowledge with chords ( I know I am not doing that here in the video but I have been doing this exercise now for over 20 years so I think I can miss that part now)
I would also like to say that the way most jazz musicians write the minor 7 chord is with a (-7). I know I have (m7) on the PDF. I had to do this as Sibelius 6 does not let me do (-7) for the minor 7 chord.
I hope you enjoy this lesson and please do leave a comment below or email me at: greg@classicaltojazzpiano.com with any questions.
Take it easy,
Greg.
P.S. If you have a topic you would like me to cover in a lesson do let me know!