Won't get anywhere without knowing the notes!

Learn the pentatonic scales plus one chromatic passing tone (CPT - #4/b5) in the twelve-bar Dm-Gm-Am key set.

Download the Dm scales hard copy here.

Right hand

Start near middle C.

Left hand

Don't be distracted by the bass clef and ledger lines. The left hand plays the same notes as the right hand, an octave lower.

Hands together

This is the one you've got to get, frankly - there's little chance of mastering the syncopated version if you can't 'play it straight'.

Right hand extended octave

Extend the right hand octave with a seventh below and a third above. This gives us two more notes to fit into more notey patterns

Used the 'four in' to adopt to the new rhythm.

Now go on to the first two rhythmic exercises.

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