Modal studies
- Lydian DNA in 7th arpeggios
- LH only
- LH + alternating shells in RH (gave up pretty quickly, need to approach it slowly)
- Harmonising Lydian scale in chord pairs around the cycle in growing gaps (Imaj7 — II7, Imaj7 — iii, Imaj7 — #IV, etc. — e. g. C — D, F — A-, Bb — Eø, etc.) — extra cool exercise!
Arpeggios + combined LH & RH melodic studies
This badass workout achieves three goals:
- Improve LH technique by drilling the 2-octave arpeggios along with harmonic intervals
- Think in chord tones and improve key fluency
- Enjoy the non-boring exercise that actually sounds nice even though you’re still just playing a diatonic pattern around the cycle of goddam fourths
Improv
- Major blues scale improv in all keys (recap)
- LH: harmonic 5ths & 6ths
- Broken 10ths + blocks
Just for the hell of it
- All Lydian scales (similar & contrary motion)
Black Hole Piano 