Mention pentatonics in jazz and people will probably immediately think of Coltrane and McCoy Tyner. They might also think of trumpeter Woody Shaw, who developed pentatonic playing to an incredible level. Woody’s kaleidoscopic approach involved zipping across multiple tonalities on…
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A Shaw Thing – Connecting Pentatonic Scales
Tagged with: Coltrane, jazz, McCoy Tyner, Pentatonic scale, practice, Woody Shaw
Posted in a) Soloing Scales & Modes
Posted in a) Soloing Scales & Modes
How to Handle a Sus Chord Part II – Sus Blues
Most learning players approach a blues by combining the following two approaches: Using figures from the blues scales over quite straight old-fashioned blues harmony. Using bebop scales and language over elaborated “jazz blues” changes. There’s another way to go about…
Tagged with: blues, fourths, Inception, jazz, John Coltrane, McCoy Tyner, Nights of Ballads & Blues, Real McCoy, sus chords, theory
Posted in a) Soloing Scales & Modes, b) Harmony & Comping
Posted in a) Soloing Scales & Modes, b) Harmony & Comping
How to Handle a Sus Chord Part I – the Real McCoy
It’s a common problem among people learning how to improvise that they freeze when faced with a sus chord. I’ve often found that the reason people don’t know what to play over this chord type is that they don’t really…
Tagged with: fourths, jazz, McCoy Tyner, Passion Dance, Pentatonic scale, pentatonics, sus chords, Suspended chord, theory, transcription
Posted in a) Soloing Scales & Modes, b) Harmony & Comping, h) Transcriptions
Posted in a) Soloing Scales & Modes, b) Harmony & Comping, h) Transcriptions
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