Practice session: modes of harmonic minor & not forgetting 10ths

Scale studies

• All Hm1 scales
  • Focus on sharp keys
  • Accidentals jam Bb — F — Eb (Hm1)
  • Accidentals jam C — F — Bb (Dor)

Left hand

• Erroll Garner stride (#14 from Jazz Piano: The Left Hand)
• Stride bass in 1-(5-7-10) pattern over Always on my mind
• Jazzing up: Always on my mind (10ths, chromaticisms)
• Descending 10ths over Always on my mind
• Descending 10ths + doubled low root drop (around the cycle)

Session timing: 2h