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Melodic Minor Modes
Nov. 24, 2020

Melodic Minor Modes

This JazzPianoSkills Podcast Episode explores the Melodic Minor Modes. You will discover, learn, and play the various altered sounds commonly used by professional jazz musicians. A jazz piano lesson taught by professional jazz pianist and educator Dr. Bob Lawrence. JazzPianoSkills …

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Harmonic Minor Modes
Oct. 27, 2020

Harmonic Minor Modes

This JazzPianoSkills Podcast Episode explores the Harmonic Minor Modes. You will discover, learn, and play the various altered sounds commonly used by professional jazz musicians. A jazz piano lesson taught by professional jazz pianist and educator Dr. Bob Lawrence. JazzPianoSkills …

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Tritone Substitution
Sept. 29, 2020

Tritone Substitution

This JazzPianoSkills Podcast Episode explores the Tritone Substitution. You will discover, learn, and play various ways professional jazz pianists use the Tritone Substitution to add variation to Circle of 5ths harmonic movement. A jazz piano lesson taught by professional jazz …

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Major Lydian Exercise, 1
Sept. 22, 2020

Major Lydian Exercise, 1

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Fully Altered Dominant Sound
Aug. 4, 2020

Fully Altered Dominant Sound

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Dominant b9b13 Sound
July 28, 2020

Dominant b9b13 Sound

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Dominant b13 Sound
July 20, 2020

Dominant b13 Sound

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Dominant #11 Sound
July 14, 2020

Dominant #11 Sound

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Neighboring Tones, Pt. 2
June 30, 2020

Neighboring Tones, Pt. 2

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Neighboring Tones, Pt. 1
June 23, 2020

Neighboring Tones, Pt. 1

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Whole Tone Scale
June 16, 2020

Whole Tone Scale

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Major Blues Scale
June 9, 2020

Major Blues Scale

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Minor Blues Scale
June 2, 2020

Minor Blues Scale

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Chord Family Scales
May 5, 2020

Chord Family Scales

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Key Dependency
April 28, 2020

Key Dependency

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