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Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 13

July 30, 2007

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This pattern is almost the exact opposite of the previous dominant 7 pentatonic pattern. Every other note is transposed into the “outside key” but this pattern begins in the outside key and is only two beats.
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Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 12

July 27, 2007

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This dominant 7 pentatonic pattern is super squiggly. Every other note is transposed into the “outside key” for superior in-the-moment transposition skills.
Pentatonic Pattern 12

As always, don’t just memorize this pattern technically. After you have your technique down and can play it relatively fast, focus on your mind and how it understands the theory logically as you play.

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Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies For Your iPhone

July 23, 2007

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In an attempt to hack their creativity and artistic output, Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt created a deck of cards they called the Oblique Strategies. Whenever they came up against a creative dilemma–and especially while under a moment of pressure or deadline–they would pull a card and follow the directions.

I’ve used this technique constantly in my creative pursuits. Whether it be composing, arranging, or songwriting, the Oblique Strategies have helped to keep me in a state of creative flow.

I wanted to create a mobile version since I find myself sans computer a lot now that I have my iPhone. This online version of the Oblique Strategies will work on any browser even though it’s optimized for iPhone.

Check it out and bookmark it if you like it: Oblique Strategies

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Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 11

July 10, 2007

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The primary purpose of this dominant 7 pentatonic pattern is to force you to transpose keys a number of times during the bar. If you keep your wits about you as you play this pattern and don’t just memorize it without giving it any thought, you’ll start to become extremely comfortable moving between two keys at will. This pattern changes keys 5 times within a single bar.
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Playing Outside: The Dominant 7 Pentatonic Scale Pattern 10

July 6, 2007

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This dominant 7 pentatonic pattern sandwiches the tonic key with two full beats of the “outside” key on either side. It starts in the transposed key, moves to the tonic key, and finishes in the transposed key.
Pentatonic Pattern 10

What I like about this pattern is how the “outside” key flows over the bar into the next pattern. This gives you some experience of playing with tension not only by mode, but also by meter.

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