*Published: 2017-12-19* 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