While the mixolydian mode is the default dominant chordscale, there exists a whole world of dominant chordscale choices, each one possessing a unique sound palette owing to it's singular tension profile. The Monkish whole tone, the tense altered scale and the evocative blues scale are just three of the possibilities explored in this lesson. Learn where the scales come from, how to build them and see how Clifford Brown, Kirk Lightsey and Thelonious Monk have used them in their solos. Download the 24 page Practice Sessions PDF file to help you learn all of the scales in all twelve keys.
