Melodic Diatonic Triads!

From Digging Deeper Jazz - Video #160

For the novice and intermediate level jazz player, there is no better item to pratice than
Melodic Diatonic Triads. Melodic just means "one note at a time." This device offers us
nicely organized melodies that aren't just great for technique practice, they are great ideas
to use in our improvised solos.

We get a lot of bang for our buck too. A pattern in C major is the same pattern for D minor
dorian, or F lydian, or G mixolydian and so on. Time to fit this into your practice routine!

#1 - C major scale #2 - Diatonic Triads of C major scale

CŒ„Š7 CŒ„Š7
œœ œœœ œœœ œœœ
& œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ & œœœ œœœ œœœ œœœ œ

#3 - Simple melodic pattern, based on #2

CŒ„Š7 or D‹7 or E‹7 or FŒ„Š7 or G7 or A‹7 or BØ7
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œ œœ œ
& œœ œ œœ œœ œ œ

#4 - Pattern using an inversion of the triads

CŒ„Š7
œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œœ œœœœœ
& œœœœ œœ œœ œœ œ œ Œ

#5 - Melody using different inversions of the triads

CŒ„Š7
œ
& œœœ œ œ ‰ œ œœ œœœ
œ œ œ œœœœ œœœœŒ
J œ œœ

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Jeff Antoniuk • DiggingDeeperJazz@gmail.com