Target Primary Chord Tones

Theseexercisesaredevelopedtotargetprimarychords(1-3-5-7).Wepickachord tonestotargetandapproachthatnotewithscalemo@on. Below1-3-5-7ofaCmajorchordistargeted.Weusescalemo@onascendingand descending No#cethattheprimarychordtonefallonthedownbeat.Thescalemustapproachthe  promarynoteonthebeatbefore.

NowthesamethindmustbedoneforDominant7chords.(1-3-5-b7)

Nowminorchords(1-b3-5-b7)

Finally:Minor7flat5(1-b3-b5-b7).Thisisthemostdifficultexercisebeacusewedon't usuallyunderstandwhatscaletoplayoverthischord.The3previouschordsare borrowedfromaMajorscale. CMaj7=Cmajorscale C7=5thmodeofFmajorsacle Cmi7=2ndmodeofaBbmajorscale Minor7b5chordsareborrowedfromaHarmonicMinorscale.HarmonicMinorisa majorscalewithb3&b6

JustlikeCmi7isthe2ndmodefromBbmajor.Cmi7b5isthe2ndmodeofBb harmonicminor. SeeBbharmonicminorscalewri;enabove

WealsocomeacrossDominant7chordswithalteredtensions.ExampleC7b9b13. ForthisexercisewearegoingtouseF7b9b13instedofaC7b9b13.Thisisbeacuse F7b9b13isrelatedtotheCmi7b5chordandusethesameBbharmonicminorscale.

LookatthenotesintheexerciseaboveandcompareittotheBbharmonicminorscale onthepreviouspage.Youwillseeallthenotesarethesame.SoforDom7b9b13chords, useaharmonicminorscalefromthe4thdegree(F7b9b13=Bbharmonicminor) Wewillnowapplyourexercisestotheblues.Therootofthechordwillbetargetedand willbeapproachedbyascendingscalemo@on.Note:thescalemo#onalwaysusesthe notesfromthechord/scalethatisisleadingto

Dharmonicminor

Sameexercise,butnowapproachingthe3rd'softhechord

DHarmonicMinor

A]eralltheexcerciseshavebeenprac@ced,onecannowtrytheexerciseonablues, butnowrandomlymixupthetargetnotes.

Theseexercisescanbeappliedtoanytunesbesidestheblues.Onemustfirstprac@ce thebasicexercisesonatunebeforemixingoftheexercises. Onecannotimproviseonatuneunlesstheycanheartheharmony.Thesestudiesare designedtodevelopthehearofanychordprogression.