Playing over V7 ------------- Mixolydian - Altered (Melodic Minor half step up) - see "Turnarounds" - Diminished half step

up (half-whole on root) - Not with #5 - Maj7 arp on b7 - Dim arp on 1, 3, 5 - Whole tone on 7#5, 7b5, and 9#11 chords - start on any tone in 7#5 or 7b5 chord - Tritone 9 arp - Altered Clusters - Learn to recognize altered chords: #5 b5 #9 b9 etc - Altered clusters are positions with groups of R, combination of altered 5 and 7 Turnarounds ----------Going from I to IV, e.g. G, C, play Ab mel min (half step up) Going from V to I, e.g. C, G, play Db mel min (half step up) This outlines #7b9 chord tones ii-v-i ------ Harmonic Minor with root of i chord - Minor licks m3 above root of 7b5, eg D minor (Em7b5, A7b9, Dm6), play in G minor over Em7b5 - Diminished half step up over V7b9 - Can ignore ii chord and just play as though it's just the V7 Chord Subs ---------Dim (vii) Dim with same root m7b5 in place of min7 (if natural 5 isn't in melody) m7b5 maj3 above V7 Tritone

- Embellishments - Dim half step below - precede I with IV - treat any chord as I(i) and precede with V - ii V any chord - try making ii dominant or m7b5 - Backcycling : work back through cycle of 4ths - experiment with minor and dominant chords - Approach from tritone - In I IV, approach IV from half step above, eg. - G, Dbsus9, C9 - Play over change with BMaj7 or Ebmin7 arps Voice Leading

------------- 3 to 7 and vice versa Major Scale ----------CMaj7 Dmin7 Emin7 FMaj7 G7 Amin Bmin7b5 Ionian Dorian Phrygian Lydian Mixolydian Aeolian Locrian

Melodic Minor Scale ------------------Starting on C (same as CMaj with b3) Cmin7 Dmin7 EbMaj7#5 F7 G7 Amin7b5 Bmin7b5 Mel Min half step above root of V7 start on 5 of 7#11 or 7b5 start on 6th of Maj chord with #5, b5 or #11 Dorian b2 start on root of 7b9sus Lydian Aug start on root of Maj chords with #5, b5, or #11 Lydian b7 (dom) start on root of dom chord with or without #11 or b5 Mix b6 start on root of dom chord with #5 Locrian #2 start on root of min7b5 chords Super Locrian start on root of dom chords with any #5, b5 etc

Harmonic Minor -------------Amin7 Bmin7b5 CMaj7#5 Dmin7 E7 FMaj7 G#dim7 Harm Min Locrian #6 Ionian #5 Dorian #4 Phrygian Dom Lydian #2 ?? start start start start start start start Start on on on on on on on on 4 of 5 of root root root root root root V7 V7 of of of of of of with #5 and/or b9 with #5, b5, or #11 half-diminished (min7b5) chords Maj7#5 chords minor chords V7 with or without #5 and b9 Maj7 chords with or without #11 dim 7 chords

Quartal Harmony --------------Pentatonics ----------Major Minor 7sus4 V7 chords chords chords chords : : : : Start on 1 5 9 Start on 1 5 9 1 or b7 start on b5

Upper Extensions --------------------

- Use upper extension of 13 chord, eg D Maj triad over CMaj7 - F triad over BbMaj7 (F triad has 5 7 9 of Bb) - Triads starting on 9th: D over CMaj D over C7 Dm over Cm Dm over CMaj or C7 -----------Larry Carlton does exactly the same thing on some instructional video, but stacking arpeggios instead of considering it a single bigger one.. In Am7, for a Dorian context, he might go: Am (A,C, E), Em (E, G, B), Bm (B, D, F#), F#m (F#, A, C#) He also throws his super-arpeggio idea, wich stacks major triads one on top of the other.. F (F, A, C), C (C, E, G), G (G, B#, D), D(D, F#, A) But plays the notes in a more straight fashion: (F, A, C, E, G, B#, D, F#, A) -----------Tips on Improvising ------------------- Play repeating melodic patterns on arp and chord tones is one way to play outside - Connect licks, arps, etc with chromatic runs - Use half-step movement to emphasize key changes - e.g. Going from FMaj to GMaj F->F# and Bb->B, so end FMaj lick on F or Bb, and start GMaj on F# or B - Triad pairs Practice / Warm Up -----------------Practice horizontal scale movement sliding to next position - also 4 notes per string. Practice horizontal diminished scale (alternates 1 2 4, 1 3 4) Chord scales Arps of chord scales Finger exercises - 1 2 4 3 - 1 3 4 2 etc Melodic patterns on scales in triplets and 8/16th notes Practice up strokes!

Practice scales all four ways