Melodic patterns number two, combining patterns. 2 2
The following is a mixture of two of the patterns from the previous lesson. 3 3
Triplets rhythm gives the pattern a lot of drive and excitement. 4 4
You can hear it driving forward. 5 5
This make it great if you're improvising jazz. 6 6
Gives it a nice swing feel. 7 7
So the top pattern there, 8 8
[MUSIC]. 9 9
Now there's different ways that you can give accent to that pattern. 10 10
You can play it straight, 11 11
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Or you can accent it a different way. 13 13
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Or. 15 15
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You can hear it's slightly different. 17 17
It sounds different each time you play it. 18 18
So, it's up to you what you want to do with that. 19 19
On the way down it's 20 20
[MUSIC] 21 21
Again, the accent you can play it straight. 22 22
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It's almost like a two note pattern cuz it only sounds like you're. 24 24
[MUSIC] 25 25
So. 26 26
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So that's more like a two note pattern, but 28 28
you can play it like a three note pattern. 29 29
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Can you hear the difference? 31 31
So you can try that with some of your jazz chords. 32 32
Sometimes it's nice with the D minor seven jazz because it again can use Scale 33 33
of D minor seven. 34 34
[SOUND] This is all white keys, anyways, so. 35 35
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Now, the two note patterns. 37 37
Budding improvisers tend to think they have to use really complicated patterns to 38 38
sound good, but these simple two note patterns can sound great too. 39 39
Especially if they are combined together with other patterns. 40 40
So it's just simple. 41 41
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So it's basically just repeating. 43 43
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And back down. [SOUND] So 45 45
it's really a two note pattern moved down. 46 46
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But that means one of the notes is repeated. 48 48
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So you could maybe try that over jazz chords like the chordal fragments. 50 50
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Just keep experimenting.