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)

Piano day (1h 30m)

  • Jazz voicings (Dan Haerle)
    • Major ii — V — I, format 2 (skill 41 both pages) — 80bpm (30m)
    • Major ii — V — I, format 1 (recap) — 80bpm (30m)
  • Modes (40m)
    • Harmonising Mixolydian scale with 7th chords (all keys through the cycle of 4ths, starting on C)
    • Harmonising Lydian scale with 7th chords (all keys through the cycle of 4ths, starting on C)
  • Improvisation (20m)
    • Shell voicings over walking bass line (Shine by Dabney-Mack-Brown)