Jazz Practice Exercises

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This was titled Fifth Minor and was given to me by the great guitarist and jazz educator Jack Petersen. It’s based on the four bars eight bars before the end of the Green Dolphin Street chord progression and really helps understand the relationship of the half-diminished chord to the minor scale. This wonderful progression takes you through all twelve keys very naturally and smoothly and has been something I’ve practiced since 1979. One of these days I’ll get good at it!

Here you go:

Fifth Minor - Exercise
 
Writing out a progression in all keys is a good exercise in itself.
Be sure to check out the practice setting (gradation hat icon).
It will automatically shift/transpose your chart (or looped section) up or down the interval you choose each cycle.
You can write just one short sequence and automatically step up or down through all 12 keys.
Remember to turn practice mode OFF when done using it.

https://technimo.helpshift.com/hc/en/3-ireal-pro/faq/36-practice-mode/?p=ios

Thanks for sharing your chart.

:))BOB
 
I absolutely do understand the Practice features underneath the Graduation Cap. Sometimes it’s important to see how these changes transition you to all the keys, which is why I did The Fifth Minor that way.

Below is a better solution to practicing the Lady Bird turnaround changes that were previously posted. This track is designed to transpose up 5 semitones on each repeat and gives you a more logical-sounding way to work on this important turnaround.

Thanks for your help in teaching me how to post these correctly.

Lady Bird Turnaround - Exercise
 
Pedagogical/Etudes/Training Songs

I'm a guitar teacher. I figured I would post for what it is worth, others may find these songs to be useful. Every song has a teaching purpose. You can try and reverse engineer what that purpose of the song is, or just ask me and I can explain what I would say during a lesson.


Upload Test? First time uploading. :confused:

Pedagogical (28)

Individual songs:
Modal - Dorian - Exercise
Diatonic - Brian Streckfus
Satie Gnossiene - Erik Satie
II-V-I in 12 Major Keys (Old) - Exercise
II-V-I in 12 Minor Keys (Old) - Exercise
I-II-V-I in 12 Minor Keys 2 Every Key - Exercise
I-II-V-I in 12 Major Keys 2 Every Key 1 - Exercise
A minor ~ C Major ~ All Roman Numerals - Brian Streckfus
A Harmonic Minor ~ All Roman Numerals - Brian Streckfus
A Harmonic Minor ~ Less Dominant - Brian Streckfus
Dorian 2 - Brian Streckfus
Key Change Major 2nd Em Dm - Brian Streckfus
Key Change Major 3rd Em Cm - Brian Streckfus
Should be a song! - Brian Streckfus
Chord Practice 1 - Brian Streckfus
Famous Up 4 Down 5 Sequence - Brian Streckfus
Famous Up 4 Down 5 Sequence Jazz - Brian Streckfus
Famous Up 4 Down 5 Sequence Jazz 1 - Brian Streckfus
D Dorian Chord Progression Generator - Unknown Composer
Open String Trick with Em - Unknown Composer
Minor 7th - Unknown Composer
Dominant 7th - Unknown Composer
Major 7th - Unknown Composer
Major Classical Cliche Key Change - Brian Streckfus
Minor Classical Cliche Key Change - Brian Streckfus
Diminished Secondary Dominance - Brian Streckfus
7th Secondary Dominance - Brian Streckfus
Modal Borrowing (MODULATES) ForebodingPrelude - Brian Streckfus
 
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