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

Piano day (2h)

Improv + scale studies
- 2-octave Dorian scales in all keys with both hands
- Same in harmonic thirds in RH + 5ths in LH
- Harmonic thirds in RH + 1-5-10 in LH
- Applying Dorian scales (also in thirds) over chromatic progression of m7 shells (3-7-9) — lesson 13 from Dan Haerle’s “Jazz Improvisation for Keyboard Players”
  - Emphasis on accidentals of each key
Left hand + technique / speed
- m7 & maj7 arpeggios around the cycle of 4ths
- Intervallic patterns
  - 1-5-10 (m & M)
  - 1-5-(8va)-1-3-5-7-(8va)-1
Interpreting pop tunes
- Katy Perry — Lost (first couple of lines)
  - Block chords
  - Shells
  - Intervallic patterns

Technique / left hand
- LH patterns
  - Steady 5ths & 6ths (in all keys around the cycle)
  - Broken 10ths + occasional 6ths
    - Modal progression in C Dorian (i — v — ii — IV7 — i — IIImaj7 — VImaj7 — IV7)
    - Around the cycle
  - Stride (quick recap, didn’t go full circle)
Improvisation + scales study
- All minor scales in handfuls (playing scales as tonal clusters with proper fingering) — learned from this vid

Extensions
- Recap m6 / m9 / m7 / 5 / 4 pattern (all keys, over m7 chords)
- Recap M6 / M9 / 5 / 4 pattern (all keys)
- Minor and major 6ths in all positions (8vb and 8va), sting above + below + slide down on the same string, returning to root over 5, in all keys
Applying extensions / transposition fluency
- 6ths-based lick over American Boy by Kanye West in E, C & F