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    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    INTRODUCTION ................................................... 1

    Chapter

    I. CONSTRUCTION OF PENTATONIC SCALES ......................... 2

    ||_ APPLICATION OF PENTATONIC SCALES TO VARIOUS

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    CHORD TYPES .............................................. 5

    " Dominant Seventh Chords ...................................... 8


    Minor Seventh Chords ........................................ 10
    Major Seventh Chords ................. , ....................... 12

    III. APPLICATION OF PENTATONIC SCALES TO CHORD


    PROGRESSIONS ............................................ 15

    Modal or Static Harmony ...................................... 15


    Blues ................................................... 18

    IV. ALTERED PENTATONICS ..................................... 24

    V. IMPROVISED SOLOS (Transcribed by Bill Dobbins) ..................... 26

    Joe Farrell, Moon Germs ...................................... 28


    Wayne Shorter, Ginger Bread Boy ................................ 31
    Joe Henderson, No Me Esqueca ...................... . ............ 33
    Chick Corea, Matrix ......................................... 34
    Keith Jarrett, Forest Flower .................................... 36
    Herbie Hancock, Hand jive .................................... 37

    VI. EXERCISES ................................................ 38

    Diatonic........... ....................................... 39
    Chromatic ................................................ 49
    II-V-I ................................................... 68
    Turnarounds .............................................. ZJ
    Circle of Fifths ............................................. 748
    Altered Pentatonics .......................................... 77:

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