SCALES
- 5 note scales (Major/Minor)
- Major Scales/Natural Minor
- Pentatonic Scales-Vol. 1
- Blues Scales
- Harmonic Minor Scales
- Melodic Minor Scales (ascending)
- Diminished Scales
- Major Scales/Natural Minor
- Pentatonic Scales-Vol. 1
- Blues Scales
- Harmonic Minor Scales
- Melodic Minor Scales (ascending)
- Diminished Scales
CHORDS
- Chord Building Blocks
- Triads (Major/Minor)
- Triads (Diminished/Augmented/Sus/2)
- 7th chords
- Upper extensions
- Altered extensions
- Triads (Major/Minor)
- Triads (Diminished/Augmented/Sus/2)
- 7th chords
- Upper extensions
- Altered extensions
MELODIC DEVELOPMENT
- Chord tones
- 5 note scales
- 1 2 3 4 5, 3 4 5 6 7, 5 6 7 8 9
- Combination/Alternating
- Approach tones
- Double Approach tones
- Development
- Transcription analysis
- Writing melodies
- Quartal motion
- Inside/outside
- Editing/Saying more with less
- Parallel motion
- 5 note scales
- 1 2 3 4 5, 3 4 5 6 7, 5 6 7 8 9
- Combination/Alternating
- Approach tones
- Double Approach tones
- Development
- Transcription analysis
- Writing melodies
- Quartal motion
- Inside/outside
- Editing/Saying more with less
- Parallel motion
VOICINGS
- Triads
- 7ths
- II-V-I & III-VI-II-V-I
- Rootless voicings
- Split Hands Voicings
- 2 Handed voicings
- Polychords
- Harmonic Motion
- Approach chords
- Solo Piano Development
- Quartal voicings
- 7ths
- II-V-I & III-VI-II-V-I
- Rootless voicings
- Split Hands Voicings
- 2 Handed voicings
- Polychords
- Harmonic Motion
- Approach chords
- Solo Piano Development
- Quartal voicings
JAZZ THEORY
II-V-I Rootless Voicings
BLUES SOLOS
Oscar Peterson- C Jam Blues (C Blues)
Aaron Goldberg- Blues (C Blues)
Tommy Flanagan- Wee Dot (Bb Blues)
Oscar Peterson- Billie's Bounce (F Blues)www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v5hKUZIHp0
Billie's Bounce- Charlie Parker (F Blues)
Jonathan Wilson- C Jam Blues (C Blues)
Mary Lou Williams- Dueces Wild ( C Blues) Look up REAL recording on streaming (This is MIDI playback)
Mary Lou Williams- C Jam Blues (C Blues) No transcription
Freddie Hubbard- Hub Tones (only Freddie's solo) (Bb Blues but transcription is C for TPT part)
Hub Tones complete w/Herbie Hancock solo
WHAT DO I DO WITH ALL OF THESE SOLOS?
Build your own vocabulary
Find one measure phrases you like
Study how they are built (Chord tones? Scale tones? Chromatic approach? Blues Scale? Inside/Outside?)
Play them in all keys
Develop your own variations of the patterns
Practice inserting them in your solos
Develop your own personal phrases from what you've learned
II-V-I Rootless Voicings
BLUES SOLOS
Oscar Peterson- C Jam Blues (C Blues)
Aaron Goldberg- Blues (C Blues)
Tommy Flanagan- Wee Dot (Bb Blues)
Oscar Peterson- Billie's Bounce (F Blues)www.youtube.com/watch?v=4v5hKUZIHp0
Billie's Bounce- Charlie Parker (F Blues)
Jonathan Wilson- C Jam Blues (C Blues)
Mary Lou Williams- Dueces Wild ( C Blues) Look up REAL recording on streaming (This is MIDI playback)
Mary Lou Williams- C Jam Blues (C Blues) No transcription
Freddie Hubbard- Hub Tones (only Freddie's solo) (Bb Blues but transcription is C for TPT part)
Hub Tones complete w/Herbie Hancock solo
WHAT DO I DO WITH ALL OF THESE SOLOS?
Build your own vocabulary
Find one measure phrases you like
Study how they are built (Chord tones? Scale tones? Chromatic approach? Blues Scale? Inside/Outside?)
Play them in all keys
Develop your own variations of the patterns
Practice inserting them in your solos
Develop your own personal phrases from what you've learned
VARIOUS HANDOUTS
| minor_7th_patterns.pdf |
| major_scale_improv_patterns_rev.pdf |
| triad_exercise__maj-min_tritone_.pdf |
| thad_jones_pattern.pdf |
| trumpet-_chromatic_exercises_f_min.pdf |
| ii_v_i_patterns.pdf |
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