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Lessons from Jazz/World to 20 Century Classical Music Harmony Rhythm and Theory
Lessons learning how to improvise on the jazz melodic minor scale. This scale can also be used a way to build and understand the altered scale
Hi Guys,
Here is a “Melodic minor” study sent to me by Mark Koch that you might find interesting and useful:
Bar 1:
Bar 2:
Bar 3:
Two Full Examples:
Arpeggios Part 2: Bar 1
Bar 2:
Bar 3:
Arpeggios Part 3:
Full Exercise:
Arpeggio/Scale Part 4:
Bar 1:
Bar 2 and 3:
Full Example Arpeggio/Scale:
Copyright Mark Koch 2004
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IMPORTANT: Please watch video above for Guitar Lick:
Hi Guys
Just a short John Mclaughlin jazz fusion acoustic guitar lick from my youtube shorts. This, as per usual, employs strict alternate picking starting on a “Down stroke”.
Also notice that the phrase starts in the bar with an anacrusis:
The Dominant chord G7 has been altered and resolves nicely to the tonic chord via the notes Eb to E natural.
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PLEASE WATCH VIDEO ABOVE FOR DETAILED ANALYSIS:
Hi Guys,
The key to making scales from scales wether they be Triadic, Tetrachord, Pentatonic or Hexatonic is to highlight the key notes that give that scale its unique flavour/sound:
Below we can see this in the C melodic minor scale.
The crucial Eb note and B natural note against the C root note tells us that this is not major and that it has a specific vibe/atmosphere to it.
In this first example we will employ 3 notes and 2 notes for highlighting: This employs alternate picking starting on an upstroke:
This next example starts on a “Downstroke” and is even simpler. This is a simple 2 note fingering into a 2 note scale.
Now let’s create an ascending line:
HARMONIC MINOR
Next we will add an Ab and make 2 Tetrachord scales from C Harmonic minor and create a little run:
This time we will ascend with the C Harmonic minor scale:
LASTLY
It’s also a good idea to play the key chord of a scale and then pluck the key note or notes that give that scale it’s unique flavour.
For example below is an F Maj7#11 chord that when you pluck the B natural it really stands out as Lydian:
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