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Went to a Stefon Harris Masterclass at Temple University tonight. Stefon is a very inspiring cat! I love his playing and his vibe. He has a lot of soul. I admire guys who might think with their head but they play with their heart, and that's Stefon.

He talked about Melodic and Harmonic Tonics. Who knows what they are?

I never used these words but have done things along these lines. However Stefon gave me a lot more ideas and a new to think about this.

Before I go into it, what do you guys know about it?

This video demonstrates using the half-whole diminished scale over dominants.

Ok, I turned the camera on and decided to talk about practicing when you don't have loads of time. Then I discovered I could talk and play for about 20 minutes, so I drift off a little, but this might be of help to some of you.

TJ

Let's tackle the melodic minor scale.
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今天我們要介紹，旋律小音階Melodic minor。
看起來就是major大調音階，降3音。
（如果你還沒有了解調式音階，先去看了解調式音階的練習方式，影片：Ways to study Modes）

還記得我們在講調式音階時說到，練習modes時，重點在七個調式要建立在同一個根音上。
所以C Ionian就是C大調音階，C Dorian就是C大調音階降3降7，同時也可以想成，C是二級，往下推大二度，
得到Bb，也可以看成是Bb大調音階。

在這邊的練習方是也是一樣。演奏C melodic minor scale, 然後換不同的調式音階，都還是保持大調降3音的規則（melodic minor），可以得到不同的Melodic minor scale。

Chinese translation for Chinese students.

Tony把這首曲子分成三個部分，這裡我們會學到第一部分。
（先不要去看Leadsheet，直接練練看以下的和聲進行）
以下是這首曲子和聲進行：
Cminor9 - Dminor9 - G13b9 (F Ab B E)
常常見到的和聲進行是
Cminor9 - Dminor9b5 - G13b9
但是這首曲子比較特別，是接到2級minor9，而不是minor9b5 。

*放到不同調裡面練習
*5級和弦用到的是rootless 13 和弦，沒有根音(root)沒有五音(5th)。
*學會這個和聲進行你就已經掌握百分之30的曲子了。


Here's the PDF to go along with Dana's Lesson 'Easy Giant Steps Patterns Part 2'.