Different Chord Types from the Root (Maj7/ 7 / Minor 7)
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Ollie WestonOllie Weston plays major 7, dominant 7 and minor 7 chords back to back - with their major, Mixolydian and Dorian scales - to a metronome so you can hear the contrast.
What's in the course
51 lessons (2h 9m) · 1 free
01. Introduction + leaving town demonstration
Free lesson3:02
02. The Blues Scale
2:48
03. Swing Quavers
1:42
04. Combing the Blues Scale and Swing Quavers
3:57
05. Playing through the Blues form using root notes
1:18
06. Writes Your Own Blues
0:59
07. Leaving Town Blues - Improvise
4:13
08. Improvisation recap
0:49
01. Introduction to Minor 7th Chords
3:32
02. Dorian Scale Workout
1:40
03. Minor 7th Chord Lick
2:22
04. Minor Pentatonic Patterns
3:51
05. Minor Pentatonic Workout
1:52
06. Pentatonic vs Blues Scale
1:59
07. So Far so Good - Introduction
1:09
08. So Far so Good - Head
1:37
09. Minor Chord Extensions
2:45
10. Rhythmic Ideas
2:13
11. So Far so Good - Performance with Solo
3:50
01. Introduction to Modes
6:09
02. Diatonic Modes Exercise
4:04
03. Modes with a Static Root
1:58
04. Modes with Static Root Exercise
1:06
05. Modes with Static Root Recap
0:34
06. Phrase Exercise for Modes
1:07
07. Phrase Exercise for Modes (Demonstration)
1:29
08. Song Examples
1:56
09. First Impresssions - Chords and Harmony
4:06
10. First Impresssions - Performance
4:06
11. First Impresssions - Introduction and Analysis
3:30
Lesson transcript
Exploring Major, Mixolydian, and Dorian Scales
Having done major seventh chords, seventh chords, and minor seventh chords, I think it's quite useful to be able to play them next to each other and just hear the contrasts between them.
Exercise with the Metronome
I'm just going to play with a metronome this time. This exercise involves playing up and down:
- A major scale
- A Mixolydian scale
- A Dorian scale
This will really speed up your fingers and your speed of thought to be able to access these quickly.
Setting Up the Metronome
So here they are with the metronome. If you're finding the quavers fast, you can start with crotchets.
I'm just going to set up my metronome again and talk a little bit about where I've set it and which beats it's on:
- Here's the metronome.
- I'm trying to hear that as beats two and four of my bar.
If you see people clicking along with their fingers to jazz music, or audiences clapping along, they usually focus on beats 2 and 4.
- Count: 1, 2, 3, 4.
- Feel the click, like a really strong snare drum hit on a drum beat.
Practicing Crotchets
Here are crotchets for the same exercise:
- 1, 2, 3...
I'm putting a subtle stress on beats 2 and 4 to bring out that strong emphasis, whether it's by the metronome, the snare drum, or the finger clicks, whatever stress you've got.
Conclusion
This is a really good exercise to play without a backing track. Explore 12 keys, and it will really speed up your fingers and your brain in accessing these major, Mixolydian, and Dorian scales.
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Meet your guru
Meet your guru
Since graduating from the Leeds College of Music (BA Hons) and the Guildhall School of Music (Post Graduate Diploma in Performance), Ollie has built a busy and varied career in music. As a saxophonist he has performed in live and studio settings with artists as diverse as Amy Winehouse, Tim Minchin, Bonobo, Frank Turner, the London Jazz Orchestra, the Hackney Colliery Band, the Ambient Jazz Ensemble and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra. He is also the co-leader of the jazz quartet 'Time Is Of The Essence', and composes and arranges material for this and other ensembles.
Ollie is active in music education, currently as course leader for the jazz department at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama (junior school), where he runs jazz ensembles, big band and theory classes. He has written a series of 'Exploring Jazz' books for Schott Music that are published worldwide and feature on exam syllabuses in the UK. Ollie has also run workshops for Oxford University, Pro Corda Strings and BABSWE, as well as the Guildhall School of Music summer schools.
In his Exploring Jazz Saxophone courses, Ollie takes you from getting started right through to soloing confidently over songs and chord sequences, building the improvising skills that put a real jazz player's vocabulary at your fingertips.
