TABLE OF CONTENTSPart 1

tHe 4 bAsic scAles in JAzz iMProvisAtion 10tHe 8 bAsic PentAtonic scAles 11tHe 4 bAsic scAles in JAzz iMProvisAtion - tHeir Modes And scAle voicinGs 12PentAtonic And scAle relAtionsHiPs

e¨ ioniAn 15G doriAn 16G PHryGiAn 17G lydiAn 18c MixolydiAn 19d AeoliAn 20A locriAn 21f lydiAn AuGMented 22f lydiAn ¨7 23d AeoliAn ¨5 24G Altered 25e Altered ª5 26f lydiAn Minor 27G MixolydiAn ¨2 28d locriAn ª6 29G MixolydiAn ¨2, ¨6 30e, G, b¨, d¨ doMinAnt diMinisHed 31

bAsic exercises on PentAtonicsc MAJor PentAtonic 33c PentAtonic ¨6 34c PentAtonic ¨2 35c PentAtonic ¨3 36c PentAtonic ¨3, ¨5 37c PentAtonic ¨3, ¨6 38c PentAtonic ¨2, ¨6 39c doMinAnt PentAtonic i 40

AdvAnced exercises on PentAtonicsinside outside turnArounds 41turnAround on Minor seconds 41turnAround on Minor tHirds 42turnAround on tritonusintervAlls 42turnAround on MAJor tHirds 42turnAround on fourtHs 42turnAround on fourtHs And fiftHs 42turnAround on diMinised fittHs 43exercises on cHords 43

exercises on scAlesG, b¨, d¨, e doMinAnt diMinisHed 46c, e¨, f#, A doMinAnt diMinisHed 47WHole tone 47d doriAn 47G Altered 48b¨ lydiAn ¨7 48ii-v-i ProGressions 48

exercises on HexAtonicsc syMMetricAl HexAtonic 49c HexAtonic ¨2, ¨7 49c WHole tone 49

APPlicAtion of PentAtonic scAles to cHord ProGressionsMinor blues 50Minor blues 50blues in f 50rHytHM cHAnGes 50JAzz stAndArd 50

APPlicAtion of PentAtonic scAles to ModAl HArMonyMAJor-Minor 51MAJor-Minor 51lydiAn-ioniAn 51PHryGiAn-lydiAn +2 51lydiAn ¨7-MixolydiAn 51lydiAn-lydiAn +2 51

Part 2

PentAtonics And scAles in relAtionsHiP to tHe overtone cHords 54PentAtonics, scAles And cHords in conJunction WitH tHe overtone series 58

overtone scAle 58fiftHs 59tHirds And fiftHs 59scAles And tHeir resonAnt cells 59cHords And tHeir resonAnt cells 60PentAtonic And tHe fibonAcci series 60tHe Golden MeAn cHord 60

8 Altered PentAtonics 61tHe 4 bAsic scAles in JAzz iMProvisAtion - tHeir »inside« PentAtonics 62

c Medlodic MAJor 62c Melodic Minor 64c HArMonic MAJor 66c HArMonic Minor 68

tHe 4 bAsic scAles in JAzz iMProvisAtion - WitH Altered seconds, tHirds, fiftHs And sixtHs 70c Melodic MAJor ¨2 60c Melodic Minor ¨2 70c HArMonic MAJor ¨2 70c HArMonic Minor ¨2 70c Melodic MAJor +5 70c Melodic Minor +5 71c Melodic MAJor +2 71c HArMonic MAJor +2 71c Melodic MAJor +6 71c Melodic MAJor ¨2, ¨¨3 71

16 PentAtonic scAles And tHeir exAct inversions 72

Part 3

PlAy-A-lonG coMPositionsfunky froGs (medium funk) 74four AreAs (medium funk) 75cHord lAnd (relaxed 8th feel jazz) 76solAr bAtH (latin funk) 77inner voicinGs (straight 8th feel ballad) 78

About tHe AutHor 79

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