Pitfalls of Patterns

[d115]

Working on this. Playing he 3rd and 7th of each chord. Interesting how 3 and 7 flip flop through the changes. Its slow going....for now.

[GuyBoden]

Working on this. Playing he 3rd and 7th of each chord. Interesting how 3 and 7 flip flop through the changes. Its slow going....for now.

Scales are only "Chord Tones" with additional linking notes added.

[pamosmusic]

Working on this. Playing he 3rd and 7th of each chord. Interesting how 3 and 7 flip flop through the changes. Its slow going....for now.

also root/5 and 9/13 … which is kind of fun.

3 and 7 are the money though. Especially 3.

Fly Me to the Moon
Autumn Leaves
All the Things

lots of melodies built just on the 3

[Mick-7]

The melodies of some tunes are almost entirely chord tones, Bill Evans did that a lot, makes you think he came up with the chord changes first and then derived the melody from them.

[pamosmusic]

The melodies of some tunes are almost entirely chord tones, Bill Evans did that a lot, makes you think he came up with the chord changes first and then derived the melody from them.

The melodies of some tunes are almost entirely thirds.

Like All the Things You Are.

[GuyBoden]

If you use a lot of Chromatics in your improv lines (I over overindulge), I think you need to play the Chord Tones on down beats 1+3 or the overindulged Chromatics can obscure the harmony.