Piano day (1h 50m)

  • Improv + scale studies
    • 2-octave Lydian scales in all keys
      • Both hands
      • In harmonic thirds + 1-5 shells in LH
    • C scale in all modes (grand form) — do it in all keys now!
  • Left hand + jazz voicings
    • Intervallic patterns
      • 1-5-10 — (5) — 1-5-10 descent around the cycle of 4ths
        • Special focus on Gb — B — E part where 10th jumps get harder
  • Comping
    • Walking bass (chord tones + passing tones) & shells and inversions over All Of Me in G

Piano day (2h)

  • Improv + scale studies
    • 2-octave Lydian scales in all keys
      • Both hands
      • In harmonic thirds + 1-5 shells in LH
    • Major bebop scale in all keys (over major shells)
  • Jazz voicings
    • Dorian fourthy voicings: D thru Bb
  • Left hand + technique
    • Intervallic patterns
      • 1-5-10 — (5) — 1-5-10 descent: C thru B

Piano day (2h)

  • Improv + scale studies
    • 2-octave Locrian scales in all keys
      • Both hands
      • In harmonic thirds + 1-5 shells in LH
  • Jazz voicings
    • Dorian fourthy voicings (D, G, C, F) — man I needed it so badly!
  • Left hand + technique
    • Intervallic patterns
      • 1-5-10 (all m & M)
      • 1-5-10 — (5) — 1-5-10 over ii — V — I – IV + iiø — V7b9 — i (major + parallel minor) in shells in RH — KILLER!

Piano day (1h 30m)

  • Improv + scale studies
    • 2-octave Phrygian scales in all keys
      • With both hands
      • In harmonic thirds + 1-5 shells in LH
  • Left hand + technique / speed
    • Intervallic patterns
      • 1-5-10 (m & M)
      • 1-5-9-10-1-5-6-4 (M)
      • Combined with A-B shells in RH (7-3-5 to 3-7-9 around the cycle of 4ths)
  • Interpreting pop tunes
    • Katy Perry — Lost (verse)
      • LH
        • Intervallic patterns: 1-5-9-10, 1-5-6
        • Shells: 1-5
      • RH
        • Shells & voice leading
        • Inversions