Some new points today about playing modal jazz.

Right Hand

• Quartal arpeggios sound good
• Minor pentatonic for m7
• Major pentatonic for 7
• Mixolydian has an avoid note (4th) for dominant chords
  • When played with quartal voicings, avoid note is no longer an avoid note
• Whole tone scale works for dominant chords

Left Hand

• Left hand is triplets, right hand is straight quavers
• Stride pattern 1: and of 2, and of 4
• Stride pattern 2: and of 2, on 4

Improvisation

• Play single chord vamp with left hand
• Start with a single note just crotchets
• Add second note
• Add third note
• Add quavers
• Profit