Author: Jan

Je suis cool.

Piano day (1h 40m)

  • Jazz voicings
    • Recap: major, minor & dominant 7ths in 7-3 → 3-9 and backwards around the cycle at 120bpm without stopping (finally got to the full speed!)
    • Recap:minor to dominant, dominant to major, dominant to major
  • Improvisation
    • Minor blues scale in all keys
    • Improvisation using minor blues scale over rootless dominant chord (all keys)
    • 12-bar major blues in C & F

Bass day (1h 30m)

  • Chords
    • All 7th chords in closed and open voicings
    • Autumn Leaves in A- & G- with mixed voicings
    • Triads (harmonising C & F major scales)
      • Root
      • 1st inversion
      • 2nd inversion
  • Chords tones / walking bass
    • 7th chords permutations (harmonising F major scale)
      • All starting on 1
      • All starting on 3
    • Improv using permutations over Autumn Leaves

Bass day (1h 30m)

  • Chord tones
    • All in inversions of all 7th chords around the cycle
    • Apply over Autumn Leaves in A- & G-
  • Rhythm chops
    • Snare pad practice (rudiments + reading simple jazz solo)

Observations

As you can see, I added a little bit (just a little bit) of drum practice to my routine. Being a trained drummer, I still have my chops (and my sticks), so I thought it would be really beneficial to use them to improve my rhythm — as it’s one of my weaknesses. Also playing snare really helps with inventing new rhythmic patterns and getting unstuck when you notice that you tend to use the same pattern while improvising on bass. So, not doing anything crazy — as i have already enough to do maintaining my two instruments — just playing some rudiments and simple solos in order to solidify my GROOOOVE MAN.