The Jazz Masters Method Action Plan Here is the additional action plan. Please print this out! This plan will help you take the concepts from this DVD and add them to your own playing. This guide highlights a # of the main musical concepts from each chapter. If you truly take the time to follow the steps in this guide and watch the DVD closely your playing will improve immensely! By no means do you have to limit what you practice to just the concepts mentioned here. That being said, this will give you a focused place to start though. Additionally, it will help you take action right from the beginning. Use the licks and chords of the masters from the video as your guide for creating your own vocabulary. Enjoy! Bud Powell Lick 1

Learn the locrian mode in all 12 keys. create least 2 original licks using the locrian mode over a minor 7(b5) chord. create at least 2 original licks using V chord arpeggio notes over a iimin7(b5) chord. create at least 2 original licks that use Buds enclosure pattern. This enclosure pattern is

diatonic above, chromatic below, and then resolution to target note. Barry Harris Lick

create at least 2 licks that feature 4 chromatic notes resolving down into a target chord tone.

create at least 2 licks that feature Barrys triplet ornamentation. practice using #11 in your licks over dominant chords and then smoothly resolving from

the #11 back into the 5th. Experiment with substituting a dominant II chord instead of a minor II chord. You can

throw this in almost everywhere as long as the dominant II chord does not clash with the melody of a tune. Always use your ears and your taste for when this is most appropriate.

Experiment with using the tritone substitution (bII7) instead of the regular V chord in your tunes. This will also work great with your improvisation.

Create at least 2 original licks that use Barrys enclosure pattern of a 5th on a major chord. This enclosure pattern is chromatic note above, chromatic below, and then resolution to target note (5th).

Red Garland Block Chords

Take your favorite jazz standard and build an arrangement applying Red Garlands block chords. (If you dont know of a tune to choose then use Out of Nowhere).

Tip: melodies that use mostly stepwise motion are often easier to start using this technique.

Bill Evans Lick

Create at least 2 licks that feature Bills minor ninth arpeggio being used over a dominant

chord thats a fifth lower. Create at least 2 licks that feature Bills 4 descending chromatic notes that target the

major seventh of a major seventh chord. Oscar Peterson Lick

Create at least 2 licks that feature a combination of blues scale and major pentatonic scale.

Practice playing your favorite blues licks over a II-V-I chord progression. Create at least 2 licks that feature Oscars enclosure pattern of 2 chromatic notes above,

2 chromatic notes below, and then the chord tone target note. Practice applying to all your chord tones (1,3,57).

Create at least 5 different licks that end rhythmically on 2 eighth notes. Beats 1 and the & of 1.

Ray Charles Lick

Learn Rays rootless dominant seventh voicing in all 12 keys (b7, 9, 3, 5) Learn Rays rootless augmented 7th dominant chord in all 12 keys (b7,3 #5) Learn Rays rootless dominant chord in all 12 keys (3, 13, b7, 9) Create at least 2 licks that use Rays pivot of the IV chord resolving ot I. Create at least 2 licks that use augmented arpeggios over a dominant chord that

resolves up a 4th... like in a V-I situation. Create at least 2 licks that use blues scale or blues licks over a II-V-I chord progression.

Diana Krall Lick

Learn Dianas rootless altered dominant chord in all 12 keys (b7, 3, b13) Learn Dianas minor comp chord voicing (L.H: 3, 6, 9 RH; 5, Root, 11th) in all 12 keys. Learn Dianas dominant 7 #9 chord voicing (3, b7, #9) in all 12 keys. Create at least 2 licks that feature major blues scale or a II-V-I chord progression Create at least 2 licks that use Dianas altered scale ornamentation and resolution Practice shifting the placement of these ornamentations. First put them on beat 1 and

then also try putting them starting on beat 3. Chick Corea Lick

Learn Chicks cluster minor 7(b5) voicing in all 12 keys. Learn Chicks rootless altered dominant chord in all 12 keys (b7, #9, 3, b13). Learn Chicks rootless minor 6th voicing in all 12 keys (b3, 6, 9). Learn altered scale in all 12 keys. Create at least 2 licks that uses altered scale over a iimin7(b5) - V - i in a minor key. Create at least 2 sequential ideas using the altered scale as source material. Create at least 2 licks that target the 11th of a minor chord with 2 chromatics down. Create at least 2 licks that target the b3rd of a minor chord with 2 chromatics down.

Herbie Hancock Lick

Create at least 2 licks that use major triad arpeggios a whole step down over a minor7(b5) chord.

Create at least 2 licks that over a dominant chord that uses upper structure triads (b5 major chord and b6 major chord).

Learn the Herbies 2 upper structure triad two handed chord voicings in all 12 keys. L.H. : b7 3rd R. H. : b5 major triad or b6 major triad.