Improv Drill: Approach Patterns Part 2
Barry Harris' solo over the changes to Tadd Dameron's Good Bait on Warne Marsh's 1986 quartet recording Back Home, is the basis for the series of improvisation drills introduced in this lesson. Six drills are derived from his use of approach patterns in the solo and presented over Rhythm Changes. Print and play the drills to help you assimilate these patterns into your own melodic vocabulary. The third installment in the Improv Drill series of lessons, this lesson builds on the fundamentals outlined in the first two lessons, Improv Drill: Chord Tones and Improv Drill: Approach Patterns Part 1.

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Lesson Stats
When added: 10/18/09; Duration: Part 1, 10 minutes; Part 2, 14 minutes.

Prerequisites
Moderate keyboard proficiency. Ability to read notation and play all 12 major scales. These lessons are good prerequisites: The Five Essential 7th Chords, The Four Components of Melodic Construction, Improvisation: The Concept, Improv Drill: Approach Patterns

Quizzes
Quiz 1: Approach Patterns Quiz

Practice Sessions & Playalongs
Practice Session 1: Improvise a line of chromatic from below approach patterns to the guide tones of Rhythm Changes.
Practice Session 2: Improvise a line of scale from above approach patterns to the guide tones of Rhythm Changes.
Practice Session 3: Improvise a line of double chromatic from below approach patterns to the guide tones of Rhythm Changes.
Practice Session 4: Improvise a line of double chromatic from above approach patterns over Rhythm Changes.
Practice Session 5: Improvise a line of chromatic from below/scale from above approach patterns to the guide tones of Rhythm Changes.
Practice Session 6: Improvise a line of scale from above/chromatic from below approach patterns to the guide tones of Rhythm Changes.

Includes play-alongs for practice sessions in MIDI, Band-in-a-Box™ and GarageBand formats.

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