JCOL RESOURCES 2

          for JCOL resources page 1   click here

          for JCOL resources page 3   click here

 

resources for "chord-by-chord" approach
  (looking at chord tones and specific scales for each chord)

The chord-by-chord approach to improvising is much more complex and takes time to learn. In contrast to the one-scale-fits-all approach (where just one scale can be used to improvise over a sequence of chords) the chord-by-chord approach involves exporing the detail of each individual chord.  Chords are typically described using "chord symbols".

The chord symbol notation system that we have today is rather ad hoc and full of inconsistencies - not a precise science. It has evolved organically over time, different musicians using different symbols to denote the same things.

 

 

The following sheets are just numbered chronologically from the JCOL@NOON sessions (in the order in which they occurred).

II V I and related licks

  • Lick of the Day 01   
  • Lick of the Day 04   
  • Lick of the Day 06   
  • Lick of the Day 07   
  • Lick of the Day 08   
  • Lick of the Day 11   
  • Lick of the Day 13   
  • Lick of the Day 15   
  • Lick of the Day 20   
  • Lick of the Day 27   
  • Lick of the Day 38a   
  • Lick of the Day 38b   
  • Lick of the Day 40a   
  • Lick of the Day 40b   
  • Lick of the Day 44   
  • Lick of the Day 45   
  • Lick of the Day 46a   
  • Lick of the Day 46b   
  • Lick of the Day 51a   
  • Lick of the Day 51b   

bebop scale licks

  • Lick of the Day 03   
  • Lick of the Day 21   
  • Lick of the Day 43b   

harmonic minor scale licks

  • Lick of the Day 22   
  • Lick of the Day 39   
  • Lick of the Day 61   

 

 

 

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