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Scales for jazz · Piano

Best scales for jazz on Piano

The working set for jazz piano. Modes of melodic minor over altered dominants, bebop scales for fast lines, modal jazz over m7 vamps.

C Melodic Minor

Foundation for jazz minor sound.

C Lydian Dominant

Over altered V7 in tritone substitutions.

C Altered

All four altered tensions over V7alt.

C Bebop Dominant

Chromatic passing tone — fast bebop lines.

D Dorian

Modal jazz over m7.