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D minor Jazz.
The Right Hand Groove Part 1.
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Jazz melodic langs or
improvisations have a distinctive
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rhythmic swing.
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Think of a scale.
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Let's use the scale of D minor 7,
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which will sound great with
your D minor jazz chords.
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Okay, that's the way we're used to hearing
a scale in classical clockwork rhythm.
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But in jazz, however, the scale will be
played with a kind of shuffle rhythm.
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It doesn't feel like it's quite
on the beat, but it always is.
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It's driving you along.
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It's still in time, but
there's something just slightly off a bit.
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It's shuffling along.
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It's driving you forward.
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One of the best ways I've heard
the rhythm described to make
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it easier to think about at least,
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if you say the works ten to ten to ten to
ten to ten to ten to ten to ten to ten.
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So you can imagine you
can hear that rhythm.
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Ten to ten to ten to ten to ten
to ten to ten to ten to ten.
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So if you start with two,
as well instead of ten.
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To ten to ten to ten to ten ten.
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It's very hard.
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It's hard to describe and you really just
have to keep playing, keep practicing,
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keep listening to jazz.
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And eventually you'll just feel
the rhythm and you'll get it.
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So it's different than
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There's an attack in different places.
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So just keep practicing the scale over and
over and over, up and down the scale.
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Don't worry about making rifts or
patterns or anything else.
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You can hear that I'm not using
the exact same timing in each scale,
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but it's still got that same
shuffle offbeat feel to it.
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Just keep practicing that one.
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