Tag: chord tones

Bass day (1h 30m)

  • Chord tones
    • 7th chord permutations (all 6 starting on 1)
      • Harmonising C major & F major scales with all permutations without stopping
    • Applying inversions over jazz standard (1st & 2nd)
  • Pick practice
    • Jet — Are You Gonna Be My Girl?
    • Larry McCabe “Famous Blue Lines” — Lines 1 & 2 in E-

Bass day (1h 20m)

  • Modes
    • Improv (emphasis on altered scale degrees) over Ionian, Aeolian, Lydian, Mixo and Dorian cycling progression (2 bars of each key)
  • Chord tones (Phil Mann)
    • Dominant 7th chord arpeggios in all inversions consequently, chromatically up the neck, in two fingerings
    • Same with m7b5 arpeggios

Bass day (1h 30m)

  • Warm-up: walking bass line to a jazz standard with chromatic passing tones, reading in Nashville notation
  • Chord tones (Phil Mann)
    • Major 7th chord arpeggios in all inversions consequently, chromatically up the neck, in two fingerings
    • Same with minor 7th and dominant 7th chord arpeggios (also in 2 fingerings)
    • Applying inversions: 2nd & 3rd in ascending & descending motion to a jazz standard (+ passing tones)

Bass day (1h 30m)

  • Walking bass
    • Practice with Nashville number notation (several random keys over Mixolydian and Dorian progression)
      • Focus on chormatic transitions avoiding the root (e. g. to the 3rd or to the 5th of the following chord)
  • Chord tones (Phil Mann)
    • Major 7th chord arpeggios in all inversions consequently, chromatically up and down the neck
    • Practice 7th chord inversions over a standard in Nashville notation (focus on 2nd inversion, up and down + improv)