Following the best-selling Jazz Piano Chords, this informative volume provides a scale reference and practice tool for any pianist wanting to learn to play jazz. Starting with diatonic, pentatonic, symmetrical and exotic scales, more advanced composer and jazz scales are introduced. The following discussion of polytonality, alternating scales, using scales with chords and scale chords represents the dominating concepts of contemporary jazz. The book ends with extensive 12-key libraries of scales, and scales arranged by chords. Learning to use these scales will help any pianist play with more tonal and modal variety, color, freedom and interest.

Preface
Credits
Scales: Diatonic Scales
   Major
   Minor
   Natural Minor
   Harmonic Minor
   Ascending Melodic Minor
   Descending Melodic Minor
   Ionian (Major)
   Dorian
   Phrygian
   Lydian
   Mixolydian
   Aeolian (Natural Minor)
   Locrian
   Ionian (Major)
   Lydian
   Mixolydian
   Natural Minor
   Harmonic Minor
   Melodic Minor
   Locrian
   Lydian Minor
   Lydian Dominant
   Neapolitan Major
   Harmonic Major
   Super Locrian
   Major Locrian
   Double Harmonic
   Overtone/Lydian Dominant
   Neapolitan Major
   Neapolitan Minor
   Lydian Minor
Scales: Pentatonic Scales
   Major Pentatonic
   Minor Pentatonic
Scales: Symmetrical Scales
   Chromatic
   Whole-Tone
   Half-Whole & Whole-Half
Scales: Exotic Scales
   Spanish
   Hungarian Major
   Hungarian Minor
   Indian, Iranian or Gypsy
   Balinese
   Arabian
   Persian
   Oriental
   Japanese Pentatonic
   Japanese
   Japanese Second Mode
   Japanese Fourth Mode
Scales: Composer Scales
   Prometheus
   Neapolitan Prometheus
Scales: Jazz Scales
   Bebop Major
   Bebop Minor
   Bebop Dominant
   Blues (Minor Blues)
   Major Blues
   Pentatonic Blues
   Jazz Minor
Polytonality
Using Scales with Chords
Alternating scales
Practical Use of Scales
   Use of Scale Patterns
Scale Chords
Practical Use of Scales
All Scales by Key
   Key of C
   Key Db
   Key of D
   Key of Eb
   Key of E
   Key of F
   Key of Gb
   Key of G
   Key of Ab
   Key of A
   Key of Bb
   Key of B
Scale Library by Chord
   Key of C
   Key of Db
   Key of D
   Key of Eb
   Key of E
   Key of F
   Key of F#
   Key of G
   Key of Ab
   Key of A
   Key of Bb
   Key of B
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