Author: Jan

Je suis cool.

Piano day (2h 10m)

  • Voicing skills — 1h 20m
    • Quick recap II — V — I — IVs in major + relative minor
    • II — V — I — IV in major + relative minor with embellished chords (m9 — 13 — △9 — △ — m7b5 — 7b9 — m9) — did’t really get through all keys, but boy it was intense anyway
  • Improvisation
    • Minor 12-bar blues in C, F and Bb while using blues, Dorian & Hm scales in RH
  • Harmonic minor
    • Scales with two hands in all keys
    • Harmonising Hm1 in C

Bass day (1h 40m)

  • Chords (1h 20m)
    • Harmonising C major &  G major scales with closed voicings
    • Harmonising C, G & D major scales with open voicings
    • Playing along to Autumn Leaves with all closed, all open and then mixed voicings
    • Playing to All Of Me with mixed voicings + improvising using chord tones (AWESOME!)
  • Chord tones (25m)
    • Harmonising F major scale with all 12 permutations (starting on 1 and 3)
  • Pick
    • Trying out chords with pick (didn’t really work)

Piano day (2h 10m)

  • Voicing skills
    • II — V — Is in major + relative minor (all keys, no stops, with click)
    • Dominant to major (7-3-6 to 3-7-9)
    • Dominant to major (3-7-9 to 7-3-5)
    • Recap all minor to dominant (7-3-5 to 3-7-9 and 3-7-9 to 7-3-6)
    • Recap (real quick) cycling major 7ths, minor 7ths and dominant
  • Improvisation
    • Major & minor 12-bar blues in C, F and — unexpectedly — C#- (just because I needed to play some brain games again :lol:)
    • Trying iv — i — vib5 — iib5 in 3-5-7-9 — 7-9-3-5 — 7-1-3-b5 — 3-b5-7-9 transition in several keys (damn it’s hard, and I didn’t even get to keys like Bb-, lol)

Bass day (1h 40m)

  • Chords (1h 15m)
    • Harmonising C major &  G major scales with closed voicings
    • Tenths
    • Playing along to Autumn Leaves mixing closed and open voicings
  • Chord tones (25m)
    • All inversions in all keys chromatically up the neck

Observations

Man, chords are fun! Especially for improvisation and soloing — priceless!

Piano day (2h 15m)

  • Voicing skills (1h)
    • Minor to dominant (7-3-5 to 3-7-9)
    • Minor to dominant (3-7-9 to 7-3-6)
    • Dominant to major (7-3-6 to 3-7-9)
    • Recap cycling major 7ths, minor 7ths and dominant (7-3-5 — 3-7-9 and backwards)
  • Modes of harmonic minor (1h)
    • 3rd mode of H. M.: harmonising in C (A harmonic minor)
    • Recap 1st and 2nd modes (key of C)
    • Improv in 2nd mode (key of C = Bb harmonic minor)
  • All harmonic minor scales with both hands is all keys (15m)