{"id":232,"date":"2009-05-13T23:38:38","date_gmt":"2009-05-14T06:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jazzpianocafe.com\/piano\/?p=232"},"modified":"2009-05-14T00:20:01","modified_gmt":"2009-05-14T07:20:01","slug":"jazz-piano-practice-lee-morgans-ceora-melodic-minor-scale-autumn-leaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jazzpianocafe.com\/piano\/jazz-piano-practice-lee-morgans-ceora-melodic-minor-scale-autumn-leaves","title":{"rendered":"Jazz piano practice: Lee Morgan&#8217;s Ceora, Melodic Minor Scale, Autumn Leaves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpeters.com\/tracks\/practice\/ceora%20and%20autumn%20leaves.mid\">practice<\/a> tonight. I am all fired up about attending <a href=\"http:\/\/www.phildwyer.com\">Phil Dwyer<\/a>&#8216;s Academy of Musical and Culinary arts (<a href=\"http:\/\/web.mac.com\/dwyerphil\/Site\/PDAMCA.html\">PDAMCA<\/a>) this summer in Qualicum Beach BC.<\/p>\n<p>I worked some more on Ceora like I did the last few practices and then felt that I was playing the same sounds over and over again, and wanted to change things up a bit. So I thought I would investigate the melodic minor scale. The melodic minor scale is the same as the major scale except the third degree is &#8220;flatted&#8221; as in a minor scale. A piano friend Stephen Pong recommended to try playing the scale starting on the 7th degree, and playing the dominant seventh chord starting on this 7th note. I also tried playing fifths in the left hand and going up and around the melodic minor scale in some exploratory ways. This is a totally new sound for me, and I really am glad to finally be exploring this interesting scale.<\/p>\n<p>Here is an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saxlessons.com\/jazzminor.htm\">excellent article with other chords to play with the melodic minor scale (click here).<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I then brought out my vocal mic and tried playing <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Autumn_Leaves_(song)\">Autumn Leaves<\/a> in the key of Fminor (for a change!) while singing. I did a bit of scat soloing and stuff which I didn&#8217;t record but it was fun anyways. (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jazzpianocafe.com\/piano\/chick-corea-with-bobby-mcferrin-autumn-leaves\">Click here for Chick Corea and Bobby Mcferrin doing an amazing duo version of Autumn Leaves<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Feel free to click below to listen to my practice in Midi format:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpeters.com\/tracks\/practice\/ceora%20and%20autumn%20leaves.mid\">ceora and autumn leaves.mid<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Another practice tonight. I am all fired up about attending Phil Dwyer&#8216;s Academy of Musical and Culinary arts (PDAMCA) this summer in Qualicum Beach BC. 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