Melodic patterns, number one. 2 2
12 three-note patterns. 3 3
Melody is often defined as an organized and logical succession of three or 4 4
more tones. 5 5
It's very important to practice various combinations of three-note 6 6
patterns that are derived from either scales or the basic triad chords. 7 7
There's actually only six ways to arrange the order of any three notes. 8 8
Let's look at that with chordal patterns first. 9 9
So there's straight up. 10 10
Number two, straight down. 11 11
Number three, middle, top, bottom. 12 12
Number four, middle, bottom, top. 13 13
Number five, bottom, top, middle. 14 14
Number six, top, bottom, middle. 15 15
So you want to practice these patterns up through the family chords, 16 16
one octave up and back down again. 17 17
So number one 18 18
[MUSIC]. 19 19
And back down 20 20
[MUSIC]. 21 21
You're doing the second pattern, which is the top note of the chord to the bottom 22 22
[MUSIC]. 23 23
And throughout the octave, it would sound like 24 24
[MUSIC]. 25 25
And back down again 26 26
[MUSIC]. 27 27
Okay, so the third one, from the middle, top, bottom 28 28
[MUSIC]. 29 29
Okay, and so on. 30 30
So you just keep going through the six variations. 31 31
Now these patterns will be invaluable when you learn to improvise. 32 32
If you can't play these basic patterns, 33 33
you'll never be able to play the more complex jazz patterns. 34 34
So learn these well. 35 35
Now let's look at the six patterns scale-wise. 36 36
So using the three scale notes [NOISE] C, D and 37 37
A there, we can go through six variations. 38 38
So there's straight up. 39 39
Number two, back down again. 40 40
Number three, bottom, top, middle. 41 41
Number four, top, bottom, middle. 42 42
Number five, middle, top, bottom. 43 43
Number six, middle, bottom, top. 44 44
Here again, you're going to practice each of these patterns up through one note of 45 45
the scale at a time. 46 46
So starting on a new note of the scale. 47 47
So [MUSIC]. 48 48
Back down 49 49
[MUSIC]. 50 50
Second one would be 51 51
[MUSIC]. 52 52
And back down 53 53
[MUSIC]. 54 54
So then you can introduce these patterns over your four-note jazz chords. 55 55
So if you did the caterpillar 56 56
[MUSIC]. 57 57
So just experiment 58 58
[MUSIC]. 59 59
And so on. 60 60
You just keep experimenting with all the different ways the patterns go. 61 61
And make sure you tick the box whenever you've finished each individual key.