{"id":144,"date":"2019-02-15T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T16:30:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2023-01-10T10:38:26","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T18:38:26","slug":"how-to-play-a-piano-solo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/how-to-play-a-piano-solo\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Play A Piano Solo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you ever been in a situation where you\u2019ve had to play a piano solo and not known how or what to play? I know I have! Playing a solo used to be one of my greatest fears when I was in a band. I could play by ear no problem, but ask me to solo? NO WAY!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Guess what? Playing a piano solo doesn\u2019t have to be difficult or scary, and it certainly isn\u2019t reserved only for the \u201cgifted\u201d players out there. You just need to know some fun scales and how to apply them in a way so the notes compliment one another.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/div>\n\n\n\n\ud83d\udd25\ud83c\udfb9 WATCH LISA CONQUER HER FEAR OF SOLO-ING!<\/i><\/b> Take a look at our newer video here<\/a>.<\/span>\n\n\n\n
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To help you get started, we\u2019ve got this lesson on how to play a piano solo which uses the blues scale as a template for your solos. This is my favorite scale to use for soloing because it sounds good with most genres AND once you\u2019ve got the formula memorized, you can play a solo in any key.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s look at this in the key of D minor. In the key of D minor we have:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

D-E-F-G-A-Bb-C-D<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let\u2019s assign each scale degree a number:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

D-E-F-G-A-Bb-C-D<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1-2-3-4-5-6-7-1<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The blues scale uses certain notes or degrees from the scale. It uses the 1-3-4-5-7 <\/strong>progression. It has one bonus note which is the flat 5. This means that you take the 5 (A in this case) and flatten it giving you scale that uses 1-3-4-flat5-5-7<\/strong>. If you were to play the blues scale in the key of D minor you would play D-F-G-Ab-A-C<\/strong>. Now here is the fun part. Take any of those blues scale notes and play them in any order or pattern and you\u2019ve got yourself a solo!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Watch the video to see how it all comes together. Have fun soloing!<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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