Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
🎹 How to Improvise Better on Piano. Make Your Solos Sound Musical.
If you've ever wondered how to improvise better on piano without sounding like you're simply running up and down scales, this tutorial is for you.
In this lesson, Cameron demonstrates practical improvisation techniques that instantly make your playing more connected to the harmony. Working through a classic 2 5 1 chord progression in C major, he explains how to build melodic lines that clearly outline each chord instead of relying on random notes from the scale. Although the examples are in C major, every concept can be transferred to any key and almost any chord progression.
You'll discover how to:
• Follow the harmony by targeting chord tones in your right hand.
• Emphasise the 3rd and 7th of each chord on strong beats to create stronger melodic direction.
• Move beyond simply playing the C major scale.
• Introduce tasteful chromatic notes while remaining connected to the harmony.
• Use the powerful enclosure technique to surround target notes with chromatic approaches for a more authentic jazz sound.
• Develop a more coherent, expressive and musical improvisation style.
👇 If you would like to learn about 3 simple piano improvisation tools to start creating music, watch this tutorial next:
youtube.com/watch?v=lzojiuu_Dh8&list=PLDqNslPG6e1J39vKtouDGW-NQCOsxfFp-&index=67
🎁 Claim your FREE gift - Resources Pack - by getting in touch with us at London Contemporary School of Piano so that we can help you solve your challenges and accelerate you progress at the piano:
contemporaryschoolofpiano.com
🎹 Learn Piano with Cameron Ward:
contemporaryschoolofpiano.com/coaches/cameron-ward
🎓 Get Your GROOVE Everyday Course to access all the resources you need to master piano grooves and expand your piano groove vocabulary:
lcsp.samcart.com/products/groove-mastery-everyday
🎓 Join our Flagship Course, THE COMPLETE MUSICIAN: Piano Essentials Online Course with Tom Donald:
contemporaryschoolofpiano.com/the-complete-musician
🔔 If you enjoyed this piano improvisation tutorial to enhance your improvisation practice and would like to get more top tips on learning piano, make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel right here:
youtube.com/channel/UCZWqaBf6VLuD0cSKF4cukPg?sub_confirmation=1
Follow CAMERON WARD:
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/camwardkeys
Credits:
Filmed by Josh Adams.
Edited by BUBI Productions & Caleb Hartley.
youtu.be/OU0pBjQ15Q8
#londoncontemporaryschoolofpiano #improvisation #pianotutorial
🎹 How to Improvise Better on Piano. Make Your Solos Sound Musical.
If you've ever wondered how to improvise better on piano without sounding like you're simply running up and down scales, this tutorial is for you.
In this lesson, Cameron demonstrates practical improvisation techniques that instantly make your playing more connected to the harmony. Working through a classic 2 5 1 chord progression in C major, he explains how to build melodic lines that clearly outline each chord instead of relying on random notes from the scale. Although the examples are in C major, every concept can be transferred to any key and almost any chord progression.
You'll discover how to:
• Follow the harmony by targeting chord tones in your right hand.
• Emphasise the 3rd and 7th of each chord on strong beats to create stronger melodic direction.
• Move beyond simply playing the C major scale.
• Introduce tasteful chromatic notes while remaining connected to the harmony.
• Use the powerful enclosure technique to surround target notes with chromatic approaches for a more authentic jazz sound.
• Develop a more coherent, expressive and musical improvisation style.
👇 If you would like to learn about 3 simple piano improvisation tools to start creating music, watch this tutorial next:
youtube.com/watch?v=lzojiuu_Dh8&list=PLDqNslPG6e1J39vKtouDGW-NQCOsxfFp-&index=67
🎁 Claim your FREE gift - Resources Pack - by getting in touch with us at London Contemporary School of Piano so that we can help you solve your challenges and accelerate you progress at the piano:
contemporaryschoolofpiano.com
🎹 Learn Piano with Cameron Ward:
contemporaryschoolofpiano.com/coaches/cameron-ward
🎓 Get Your GROOVE Everyday Course to access all the resources you need to master piano grooves and expand your piano groove vocabulary:
lcsp.samcart.com/products/groove-mastery-everyday
🎓 Join our Flagship Course, THE COMPLETE MUSICIAN: Piano Essentials Online Course with Tom Donald:
contemporaryschoolofpiano.com/the-complete-musician
🔔 If you enjoyed this piano improvisation tutorial to enhance your improvisation practice and would like to get more top tips on learning piano, make sure to subscribe to our YouTube channel right here:
youtube.com/channel/UCZWqaBf6VLuD0cSKF4cukPg?sub_confirmation=1
Follow CAMERON WARD:
INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/camwardkeys
Credits:
Filmed by Josh Adams.
Edited by BUBI Productions & Caleb Hartley.
youtu.be/OU0pBjQ15Q8
#londoncontemporaryschoolofpiano #improvisation #pianotutorial
