The Secret To Jazz Vocabulary(No Bullsh*t)

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[Guitarmin]

CONFESSION:

I should've made it clear that E dorian has a C# which theoretically don't work over Cmajor7. The "right" scale is E phrygian over Cmajor7(3rd mode of the C major scale)

BUT I find that "wrong" C# is a nice flavor to use as a note that stands out which makes nice boplines. We don't wanna be good boys only when we play lol! However I should have 100% have talked about what's "theoretically" right and how one can go against it via "wrong" scales. :) !!!!Now go play E dorian over C major!!!!

[hautboisjc]

Summary:
1. Over C7 can use G minor Dorian
2. Over Cmaj7 can use E minor Dorian or A minor Dorian
3. Over a minor 2-5-1 in C, can use F minor Dorian over both the 2 and 5 chord

[JeffRazi]

You are like me in the future. Better guitar player. Already quit weed. Starting youTube and business. Yes man. I am right behind you on these.

[thormusique]

Excellent explanation, thanks! I read Martino's book many years ago, but for whatever reason I couldn't really understand what he was getting at. In a few minutes here, you've managed to break this down in a way that makes sense to me, cheers!

Straight to the point! This is the way things should be done. No fluff, no bull. Good job!

[CJ-nmsw]

I'm 100% convinced that everything is music in contextual. If it can't be used musically, then it's just some artifact of music theory, rendering it useless to me. It's all about what sounds good!

[BharatDev-ub]

Scales are great... for getting your musical qualifications, for music teachers and their students, for "academ-musicians" & music history professors. As Bird said (sorta...), learn them perfectly & study them intimately. Then, break their boundaries & tendancy to chain you down! Start using the ears, inner hearing, and inspiration... Start really improvising & making music.

[chrismorgan]

Great lesson with concepts that are easy to apply. The melodies really do start oozing out of your fingers.

[rifosi]

Real cool lesson, man! Thanks.
I found out that I have the book sitting in my shelf for about 20 years totally forgotten. Gift of a guitar teacher back then. It’s time to give it a try.

[winstonsmith]

I've been doing this for years. I think of the MM scale as the Dorian mode with a raised 7th rather than a Major scale with a flattened 3rd. Makes life a lot easier, and works just about everywhere. 👍

[thomasmartinscott]

My brother gave me Pat's "Linear Expressions" book in 1985. I was playing Country/Rock at the time. I couldn't find anything useful in it back then. Thank you for laying this out. Better late than never.

[ahoneyman]

Coming from a jazz/blues background the E Dorian over C is a bit of a staple.since blues is a lot of minor scales over major chords and adding passing tones to sound way more sophisticated then we really are.

[zer_nes]

Beautiful stuff, thanks for making this video! Barry Harris’s ideas really unlocked all of this for me. It made everything make sense to me.

[krobzzzz]

I've been learning about music theory for about 6 hours max. I've watched half of this, I feel like I've been ran over by a bus. Saved to watch later, I'll be back in a few months. Or years, no idea how deep this is on the iceberg meme of music stuff.

[guitarmusiclessons]

Thanks for sharing, I really like the way you explained the concepts in Pat's book. You really cleared a lot of things up for me. I will consider taking some lessons from you when I have some free time

[LSchulz]

Thank You for sharing this information with us. Your explanation is pretty clear and of course your playing is awesome.

[ubervincent]

That's an interesting way to make interesting sounds flow through your fingers!

[TheFrankiejay]

Great lesson. I have Pat’s book. Time to check it out again. Thanks for your great explanation. Much appreciated 👍🏿

[hahabass]

Loving these ideas. Plus I must listen to Pat Martino more. Thanks for the reminder.

[m.vonhollen]

Here’s how I think about playing over C7: 1-3-5-b7 are the consonant chord tones. I start by adding in b3, which must always and only resolve upwards to 3, and also b5 (both notes from the Blues scale). Next I add in 2-4-6 all from Mixolydian. So now I have a hybrid Blues scale + Mixolydian for 1-2-b3/3-4-b5-5-6-b7. That’s the 9 “safest” notes. The last 3 notes are b2/b6/7 which can also be used as part of chromatic lines.
So that’s how I use all 12 notes over a Dominant 7 chord without getting trapped into scales. I can think that way (in terms of scales) but I now prefer to classify all 12 notes in terms of how each one of them can function against the current chord quality. Example: I don’t use 3 against a Minor 7 chord, but I do use b3 against a Dominant 7 chord but either immediately resolving upwards to 3 (never going downwards from 3 to b3), or only using b3 but thinking of it as #9.
Why get trapped into scales when the chromatic scale has everything you need?