Listen "Inside Outside, Pt. 1"
Episode Synopsis
This Jazz Piano Lesson will help you discover, learn, and play Inside Outside harmony to develop melodic jazz improvisation vocabulary. Be sure to Download the Podcast Guide for this podcast that musically notates 12 jazz improvisation motifs using four different motion patterns—an invaluable educational tool to reference while studying and practicing this historical and contemporary approach to improvising. Download the Podcast Guide.You can listen to this Podcast Episode at JazzPianoSkills and have access to the SpeakPipe Widget that allows you to speak immediately and directly to Dr. Bob Lawrence. Ask your questions, get answers, and interact one-on-one with Bob.PODCAST LESSON OUTLINEInside, Outside12 Notes in Music7 Notes in a ScaleC Minor Scale (Inside): C D Eb F G A Bb5 Notes Outside the ScaleC Minor Scale (Outside): C# E F# G# BTriad PairC Minor: C Eb GC# Minor: C# E G#Ascending/Ascending MotionPattern 1 (Demo 1)Inside: C Minor Root Position)Outside: C# Minor (1st Inversion)Pattern 2 (Demo 2)Inside: C Minor (1st inversion)Outside: C# Minor (2nd Inversion)Pattern 3 (Demo 3)Inside: C Minor (2nd Inversion)Outside: C# Minor (Root Position)Ascending/Descending MotionPattern 1 (Demo 4)Inside: C Minor (Root Position)Outside: C# Minor (2nd Inversion)Pattern 2 (Demo 5)Inside: C Minor (1st Inversion)Outside: C# Minor (Root Position)Pattern 3 (Demo 6)Inside: C Minor (2nd Inversion)Outside: C# Minor (1st inversion)Descending/Descending MotionPattern 1 (Demo 7)Inside: C Minor (1st Inversion)Outside: C# Minor (Root Position)Pattern 2 (Demo 8)Inside: C Minor (2nd Inversion)Outside: C# Minor (1st Inversion)Pattern 3 (Demo 9)Inside: C Minor (Root Position)Outside: C# Minor (2nd Inversion)Descending/Ascending MotionPattern 1 (Demo 10)Inside: C Minor (1st Inversion)Outside: C# Minor (2nd Inversion)Pattern 2 (Demo 11)Inside: C Minor (2nd Inversion)Outside: C# Minor (Root Position)Pattern 3 (Demo 12)Inside: C Minor (Root Position)Outside: C# Minor (1st Inversion)Visit JazzPianoSkills.com for a comprehensive curriculum of jazz piano courses and lessons exploring the essential jazz piano skills used by professional jazz pianists.Support the show
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