Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Ready to learn one of the most iconic jazz music pieces of all time? In this video, Tom breaks down how to play Miles Davis – So What for piano solo. If you're exploring Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue, learning jazz improvisation, or trying to understand dorian mode piano techniques, this tutorial will be helpful.
Tom walks you through the full structure of the legendary jazz piece, analyzing the Miles Davis So What chords, and showing how the simple yet powerful Dorian mode shapes this timeless tune. You’ll learn how to internalize the form, and how to improvise in Dorian mode over the famous "So What" Miles Davis changes.
Whether you're learning how to play jazz piano or willing to expand your solo repertoire and learn jazz standards, this Miles Davis So What piano tutorial is the perfect guide to mastering modal jazz and deepening your improvisational skills.
If you would like to challenge yourself with a 30-day improvisation challenge, watch this video next:
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Credits:
Filmed by Josh Adams.
Edited by Charlie Coe.
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Ready to learn one of the most iconic jazz music pieces of all time? In this video, Tom breaks down how to play Miles Davis – So What for piano solo. If you're exploring Miles Davis’ Kind of Blue, learning jazz improvisation, or trying to understand dorian mode piano techniques, this tutorial will be helpful.
Tom walks you through the full structure of the legendary jazz piece, analyzing the Miles Davis So What chords, and showing how the simple yet powerful Dorian mode shapes this timeless tune. You’ll learn how to internalize the form, and how to improvise in Dorian mode over the famous "So What" Miles Davis changes.
Whether you're learning how to play jazz piano or willing to expand your solo repertoire and learn jazz standards, this Miles Davis So What piano tutorial is the perfect guide to mastering modal jazz and deepening your improvisational skills.
If you would like to challenge yourself with a 30-day improvisation challenge, watch this video next:
youtube.com/watch?v=bAlE6SI3QR8&list=PLDqNslPG6e1IEOcHAu5nwaWHcbPcUPEx0&index=18
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
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 So What piano tutorial with Dorian scale improvisation 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
Credits:
Filmed by Josh Adams.
Edited by Charlie Coe.
youtu.be/Lbpplh4cNXU
#londoncontemporaryschoolofpiano #sowhat #pianotutorial
