Harmony Masterclass
Melodic Minor Applications
“The first jazz I ever listened to was John Coltrane, in 1975. Since then I have collected a couple hundred guitar books and dozens of instructional videos. About 20 years ago Emi…”
About this masterclass
John Stowell presents a hands-on clinic on the melodic minor scale — his favorite scale in the music — and its applications over every chord quality: major, dominant, minor, half diminished, and diminished. The goal is simple, immediately usable substitutions that bring new colors into your soloing.
What's covered
- The jazz melodic minor scale from the ground up — a major scale with a flatted third, the same in both directions
- Mapping the scale across the entire neck, position by position, then combining positions into connected fingerings
- The basic minor-major 7 arpeggio (1, b3, 5, 7) and chord voicings, and how to extend them
- Using melodic minor over minor 7 chords even when it isn't called for — on tunes like a minor blues, Blue Bossa, or Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise
- Why the line and the chord don't have to agree exactly at all times
John opens the class by playing How Deep Is the Ocean with melodic minor woven through it, then breaks the concepts down step by step with questions from the class. Note: there are no written materials for this class.
Lessons in this masterclass
Lessons
- 1Melodic Minor Applications1h 27m
Reviews & Ratings
As a new player running for 11 years now this was truly a treat, John really opend my eyes for the path to finding a voice within the sounds in terms of just giving you soo many options. <br /> I can truly say that this video changed my life for the better hehe, the swedish otherwise cold and dark winter will be as bright as ever, and i haven't even made it to the end yet, who knows what's next!<br /> super lesson and i also strongly recommend listening to his recordings!<br /> Stellar, the stuff of legend.<br /> Thanks an awful lot for putting this up! this man is worth his weight in gold! <br />
The first jazz I ever listened to was John Coltrane, in 1975. Since then I have collected a couple hundred guitar books and dozens of instructional videos. About 20 years ago Emily Remler's and Larry Coryell's Hot Licks tapes opened the door for me. Now comes John Stowell with the most concise, well-organized and powerful presentation of modern jazz sounds,and how to use them, in my experience. In this 90 mins. he really gives you the keys to the kingdom. I have typed outlines and flow charts based on this lesson. It is a lifetime of musical discovery presented to you for less than the cost of a tank of gas. I will spend the rest of mine dealing with it. Thank you, John, from the bottom of my heart.
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