All tutorials (page 2)
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Funk groove 5⟶
A minor-key funk groove featuring a couple of glissandos.
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Funk groove 6
A minor-key groove, built on moving a chord down the B Dorian scale.
Plus an example of practising a ‘chord scale’ with a groove.
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Funk groove 7
A slow, eight-bar funk groove.
Includes two recordings: acoustic piano and electric piano.
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Phrygian harmony
The Phrygian chord is a dominant seventh chord with a suspended fourth and flattened ninth. It sounds cool.
The Phrygian chord • Phrygian scale • Triplet 8th note scale • 16th note scale • Examples: iiø7-V7-i in F minor ✕ 2 • Phrygian chord in practice: ‘Auld Flame’ cadence; ‘Dreich’ turnaround • Jamming with the Phrygian chord
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Playing outside: Dorian mode exercises
Example exercises of playing outside the changes with the Dorian mode.
The C Dorian scale • Example: 16th notes, inside-outside-inside • 8th notes, chords ascending a semitone every two beats • 8th notes, descending line • 8th note triplets, descending line • Playing against a swing beat, ascending • Playing against a swing beat, descending • Fourths pattern • Fourths pattern: ascending chromatically • Fourths pattern: adding rhythmic interest over a swing beat
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Playing outside: more exercises
More examples of taking a phrase and playing it outside the changes.
Exercise 3. Bebop, ascending in minor 3rds • 4. Jungle/DnB, ascending in major 2nds • 5. Jungle/DnB, descending in minor 3rds • 6. Jungle/DnB, descending in minor 3rds (variation) • 7. Medium swing, ascending in major 2nds • 8. Bluesy-rock groove, ascending in major 2nds • 9. Jungle/DnB, playing outside by moving around the left-hand voicing