IMPROVISING ON MODAL TUNES PART 2 Jazz Tactics #8

The second of two episodes about improvising on modal tunes focuses on how to craft a melodic line over static harmony. It emphasizes the importance of understanding how to create a diatonic melody using a ‘diadic’ approach—great melodies don’t need to be and rarely are harmonically complex--and follows with a demonstration of the use of the minor pentatonic, blues and dominant bebop scales over the modal chord changes for Impressions or So What.

ABOUT THIS SERIES
This is the 8th video in the Jazz Tactics series, exploring elements of playing jazz music, especially improvisation, based on my book of the same name and a university course that I’ve taught for over thirty years. The sequential videos in this series will provide a solid foundation of understanding of the principles and practices of jazz improvisation, on both and aural and intellectual levels. Below are some suggestions to get you started:

Do You Speak Jazz?    • YOU ALREADY KNOW HOW TO IMPROVISE / J...  
What Makes Jazz Jazz?    • TRADING FOURS WITH FREDDIE HUBBARD (S...  
Why I Can't Teach You Jazz    • WHY I CAN'T TEACH YOU JAZZ (a theoret...  
What's So Great About Chet Baker?    • TRADING FOURS WITH FREDDIE HUBBARD (S...  
Trading Fours With Freddie Hubbard    • TRADING FOURS WITH FREDDIE HUBBARD (S...  
Improvising on Autumn Leaves    • IMPROVISING ON AUTUMN LEAVES Jazz Tac...  
Improvising on Rhythm Changes    • IMPROVISING ON RHYTHM CHANGES Jazz Ta...  

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