Bass Lines for Piano
This is an excellent exercise to help musicians develop bass lines for piano. It uses the Cycle of Fourths with comping and soloing. It’s not easy, but try it out!…
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Altered Diminished Seventh Licks 5-3
Altered Diminished Sevenths Licks 5-3 This is a way to construct licks (phrases) around the diminished scales and chords. See the video and PDF for demonstration.…
Diminished Chord Exercise 5-2
Diminished Chord Exercise 5-2 This is an interesting and easy way to learn and use the diminished scale and chords. If you are playing a diminished seventh . . . move your top two notes up a whole step. Start from that position, then move down to the original diminished seventh. See the video and […]…
Diminished Color Chord Exercise 5-1
Diminished Color Chord Exercise 5-1 Color Chords Color Chords are a way of combining groups of dominant sevenths to create interesting harmonies. Here are some ideas regarding Color Chords: The dominant sevenths are a minor third from the other. This creates a “family” of four dominant sevenths. For instance: C Eb Gb A. Another “family: […]…
Sevenths Melodic Chord Exercise 4-6
Sevenths Melodic Chord Exercise 4-6 This exercise is the same as the Melodic Triads Exercise – but, this time with Seventh Chords. You can also use this to harmonize melodies. This is a way of thinking of “melodies” as “harmonies”. I always think and hear the top note of a chord as the “melody” of […]…