Music theory can be so uninvitingly dry. We are very much aware of the dangers of the cerebral side of theory lulling one to sleep, so we always include the caveat of "just play it" with all our exercises. This one simply sounds cool, including what jazz mandoloin mentor Will Patton calls the "verdant" sound of the raised 4th.

Fingers, Ears, Brain. Play these, get them into your fingers; the sound will enrapture. Once they get embedded into fingers and ears, you can look under the hood and understand the theory. We have plenty of accompanying articles to explain why we call this the 2nd most important scale in jazz for you to dig into later.

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Posted by Ted at January 18, 2010 8:55 AM