Harmony Masterclass
Melodic Minor Madness
“Sheryl, I downloaded your newest Mike's Master Class yesterday, along with Boot Camp II & III and Melodic Minor Madness. These classes are consistently excellent. Thanks again.…”
About this masterclass
Sheryl Bailey shows how to expand your chordal palette and melodic lines by converting to min/maj7 voicings from the jazz melodic minor scale. One voicing type, applied across all the common chord functions, opens up a more modern harmonic sound.
What's covered
- How the min/maj7 relates to I minor, I major, II subdominant, V7 with natural tensions, and V7 with altered tensions
- Using each function in the context of the common ii-V-I progression to open your ears to modern voicings
- Applying each concept over a standard tune to hear how the harmony opens up
- Turning the voicing vocabulary into raw material for inventing melodic lines
For players who want a practical, function-by-function way into the melodic minor sound — both for comping and for soloing.
Lessons in this masterclass
Lessons
- 1Melodic Minor Madness1m 10s
Reviews & Ratings
Sheryl, I downloaded your newest Mike's Master Class yesterday, along with Boot Camp II & III and Melodic Minor Madness. These classes are consistently excellent. Thanks again. I really like your tip about Dorian b2 (mel. minor mode 2) being a dom. 7sus(b9) chord scale rather than a minor chord scale. That actually makes the scale usable--imagine that! (I did a Youtube video in which I opined that that scale was not very usable--maybe I should reshoot that video.)<br /> <br /> - Scot Gormley (Columbus, OH)
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