Diatonic patterns are a must for any serious student of jazz.\u00a0\u00a0 Diatonic thirds are usually the first interval pattern that students will work on.\u00a0 It is important to get these interval patterns down before attempting larger intervals like fourths,fifths and sixths.\u00a0\u00a0 You need to work on these thirds until you can play them in all 12 keys without even thinking about it.\u00a0 The key to mastering these patterns is repetition.\u00a0 Where most students fall short, is that they don’t practice these enough.\u00a0 Don’t make that mistake!<\/p>\n
Diatonic Third patterns are valuable because they give you tons of melodic material you can use, \u00a0 they equip you with a thorough knowledge of the major scale and by working on them you improve your technique. \u00a0 In this lesson I show you four common patterns using diatonic thirds.\u00a0 I give you tips on how to best practice them and demonstrate them for you on the soprano sax with some background music.\u00a0 Playing these pattern with background music is the best way to get the sound of them into your ear in each key that you work on.\u00a0\u00a0 This lesson also includes a 12 page pdf of the patterns in every key.\u00a0 Enjoy!\u00a0 (30 Minute Video Lesson)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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