- 8.1 New Vocabulary – Pentatonic Power
- 8.2 New Vocabulary – Pentatonic Power adding the 9th
- 8.3 New Vocabulary – Pentatonic Power Melody Chains
- 8.4 New Vocabulary – Pentatonic Power Embellishing Pairs
- 8.5 Etude
- 8.6 Ear Training Hear it/Play It!
- 8.7 Improvisation
- 8.8 Improvisation ii7-V7 Progression
- 8.9 Improvisation Guide Through Diatonic Harmonies
- 8.10 Improvisation Embellishing Pairs
- 8.11 Play Along
- 8.12 Inspiration – Charles Mingus
- 8.13 What Did You Learn
Lesson 8 (Free)
What are these Pentatonic Pairs?! We've had some questions these past years- Penta (5) in conjunction with pairs (2) doesn't really make much sense. We're sure the mathematical situation is likely more difficult to understand than the musical one. 'Pentatonic' primarily stands for a prominent sound. And when you start playing the Pentatonic Pairs you’ll discover that the sound is fairly well represented by just these two pairs of notes in their special configuration. The benefit is that you will be producing a pentatonic sound with only needing and using four notes. This comes in handy to fit our rhythmic and metric structure which is predominantly partitioned in 2,4,8 and so forth. Learn now, starting with lesson 8, more about this Pentatonic Pair system and how these notes are applied, embellished and integrated to make beautiful music.
The power of the pentatonic scale will be revealed to you in all of Lesson 8. The concepts presented in these lessons are the basis for the special Jazz Everyone Language system. The Core Curriculum in the Player's Corner Lesson, "Basic Jazz Language 6-Pack", "Diminished 3-Pack" and "Half-Diminished 2-Pack" are introduced in Lessons 8-12 here in the Intermediate Corner.