How Elijah Fox-Peck Improvises with the Pentatonic Scale

Pentatonic scales are essential learning for any musician. Here, Elijah Fox-Peck breaks down the pentatonic scale on the piano—and shares how to use it for improvisation or creating new melodies. For more piano instruction, join Elijah on Skillshare: https://skl.sh/3IdWNrl --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PENTATONIC SCALE QUICK JUMP MENU 00:00 Meet Elijah Fox 00:32 The Pentatonic Scale 01:57 Corresponding Keys 02:55 Practicing the Pentatonic Scale 03:50 Groupings of 4 Notes 04:26 Improvisational Fills 05:57 Patterns of 5 07:14 Your Turn: Try Improvising 08:38 Practicing Improvising 09:34 Reviewing What You've Learned --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT SKILLSHARE Skillshare is an online education platform with thousands of classes taught by the world’s best practitioners. Come take a class on illustration, design, photography, video, freelancing, crafts, and more. To get started, sign up for a free trial here: https://www.skillshare.com/signup Subscribe to Skillshare on Youtube: http://skl.sh/yt-subscribe​ Skillshare on Instagram:   / skillshare​   Skillshare on Facebook:   / skillshare​   Skillshare on Twitter:   / skillshare   --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ABOUT ELIJAH FOX-PECK Elijah Fox-Peck is a multi-instrumentalist, producer, and singer who grew up in Durham, NC. He graduated in 2017 with a bachelors degree from Oberlin Conservatory, where he majored in jazz studies with a focus in piano performance. He is currently teaching of studio of 21 students through Keys to Success in Brooklyn Heights, ranked one of the 15 best music schools in NYC. He's also signed to Candid Music Group, a label and recording studio, where he works as a session pianist and producer from their Williamsburg location. He has performed throughout the United States and in Denmark, Germany, Poland, Spain, Portugal and the British Virgin Islands. He is also an accomplished singer and songwriter and his original music has been streamed over 400,000 times through Soundcloud and Spotify. He has performed with Greg Bandy, Moses Sumney, Gary Bartz, Billy Hart, Ingrid Jensen, Don Braden, The Punch Brothers, and Chris Thile. In his several Skillshare tutorials, follow along as he shares the basics of learning piano—and how you can use the versatile instrument to write your own melodies: https://skl.sh/3IdWNrl