{"id":45756,"date":"2017-09-01T11:43:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-01T15:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/?post_type=product&#038;p=45756"},"modified":"2026-04-03T15:57:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T19:57:22","slug":"playing-outside-new-altered-pentatonics-lesson-2","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/product\/playing-outside-new-altered-pentatonics-lesson-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing Outside-NEW Altered Pentatonics Lesson 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In this lesson, we are taking a more in-depth look at the use of altered pentatonics to play \u201coutside\u201d a key center. \u00a0 I made a lesson many years ago that was called \u201cPlaying Outside-Altered Pentatonic-One Degree of Separation\u201d that looked at 5 altered pentatonic scales and how we could use them to play \u201cOutside\u201d on a minor tonality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In this series of lessons, we take another look at those 5 original altered pentatonics but also look at 7 more altered pentatonics. \u00a0I demonstrate using them over a groove in D minor (C concert) as I apply the altered pentatonics to them on the soprano saxophone. \u00a0I teach you the importance of getting the scales down but also of hearing the altered notes and how they sound against the minor chords. I teach how to resolve the notes and demonstrate weaving back and forth between the altered pentatonic scale and the home base scale of D minor pentatonic. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">This is a great lesson if you struggle with adding variety and \u201coutside\u201d lines to your favorite minor grooves. Mastering these altered pentatonics will give you access to a range of sounds that will make other musicians ask what you were playing and thinking on your last solo\u2026\u2026..<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">(Video Lesson, PDF of two altered pentatonic patterns in D minor)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this lesson, we are taking a more in-depth look at the use of altered pentatonics to play \u201coutside\u201d a key center. \u00a0 I made a lesson many years ago that was called \u201cPlaying Outside-Altered Pentatonic-One Degree of Separation\u201d that looked at 5 altered pentatonic scales and how we could use them to play \u201cOutside\u201d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":8229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":""},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[852],"product_tag":[1011,1641,861,1315,1338],"class_list":{"0":"post-45756","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-modern-jazz-improv","7":"product_tag-altered-pentatonics","8":"product_tag-improvising","9":"product_tag-jazz-improvisation-2","10":"product_tag-saxophone","11":"product_tag-video-lesson","12":"entry","14":"first","15":"instock","16":"downloadable","17":"virtual","18":"purchasable","19":"product-type-simple"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/45756","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45756"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45756"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=45756"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=45756"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=45756"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}