Jazz holds its rightful place as a thinking person’s music, as it involves an intimate knowledge of theory. That’s because jazz scales for piano are mostly the same scales used by the greatest classical composers. But if you want to dive into the world of playing scales for jazz piano, it is a fact you need to love that cup of tea! In some cases teachers just show the very basics, as some students have no interest. Scales are not everyone’s cup of tea, when teaching pop and rock type songs we water that tea down with plenty of milk and sugar.
