Show Notes
In this episode of The Jeff Lewis Trumpet Podcast, I talk about how using major scale modes to improvise can be an easy way to navigate through many different chord types.
In this episode you will learn;
What the seven major scale modes are
An easy way to remember all seven modes
How to apply the major scale modes to multiple types of chords
Why using modes to improvise is an easy way to start “playing the changes” like a pro
Items mentioned in this podcast;
“The Jazz Theory Book” by Mark Levine (the best jazz theory book in my opinion)
Use my YouTube backing track for all 12 minor seven chords and start improvising today.
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