Not just another book of scales and patterns, this is a method that trains the mind, the ears and the fingers to work in perfect synchronization to respond instantaneously to any given chord progression. This ability is of paramount importance to any musician who wants to improvise in the jazz idiom. Leading jazz players have used this method for years, but this is the first time it has been published in book form. The author offers a comprehensive guide to improvisation on any instrument through chord changes in any key. A great source book for dozens of scales from the traditional major and minor forms to the modal scales used by jazz musicians. Even scales from Arabian, Balinese, Iranian, and Hungarian cultures can be found here. A must-have for any musician who aspires to improvise with authority.

Purpose                                        
Practice Routine  
The Major Scale (Ionian Mode)  
 C Major Ionian  
 Major (Ionian) Scales  
 Major Scale Practice Routine  
 More Major Scale Studies               
 Major Scale Melodic Patterns             
 Abbreviated  Patterns                      
 Major Scale Diatonic Intervals             
 Inverted Intervals      
 Major Chords                             
 Major Triad Patterns                        
 Major Sixth Patterns                       
 Major Seventh Patterns                     
 Major Ninth Patterns                       
 Modes Derived from the Major Scale         
 Modes of the C Major Scale                  
The Dorian Mode                            
 Dorian Mode Practice Routine               
 Minor Chords                             
 Minor Triad Patterns                       
 Minor Sixth Chord Patterns                  
 Minor Seventh Chord Patterns                
 Minor Ninth Chord Patterns                 
The Phrygian Mode                          
The Lydian Mode                           
The Mixolydian Mode/Dominant Seventh  Scale   
 Mixolydian Mode Practice Routine           
 Dominant Chords                              
 Dominant  Seventh Chord Patterns              
 Dominant Ninth Chord Patterns                
The Aeolian Mode                              
The Locrian Mode                                 
Alternating Dorian, Mixolydian, and Major      
   Scales                                       
The Harmonic Minor Scale                      
 Harmonic Minor Scale Practice Routine        
 The Modes of the Harmonic Minor Scale           
 The 2nd Mode of the Harmonic Minor Scale              
 The 5th Mode of the Harmonic Minor Scale                         
 The Minor 7# Chord                          
 Alternating the nd Mode, the th Mode,  and        
 the Harmonic Minor Scales                      
 The Melodic Minor Scale (Jazz Minor)          
  The Lydian - Augmented Scale
  The Lydian Dominant Scale  
  The Locrian #2 Scale 
  The Super Locrian Scale 
   Alternating Locrian #2 - Super Locrian and
   Jazz Minor Scales    
Choosing the Right Scale
The Jazz Minor Scale  
Alternating Jazz Minor Scales
The Major Pentatonic Scale
Major Pentatonic Patterns  
Modes of the Major Pentatonic Scale 
The Minor Pentatonic Scale 
The Blues Scale  
Blues Scale Melodic Patterns 
 Pentatonic Scales and the Perfect Fourth Interval 
The Diminished Scale (Diminished th Chord) 
Diminished Scales  
Diminished Scale Melodic Patterns 
The Half Step - Whole Step Diminished Scale 
 Application of Diminished Scales  
 The Whole Tone Scale  
Whole Tone Scale Studies 
Whole Tone Scale Melodic Patterns 
Augmented Chords   
Dominant (+) Chords
Whole Tone Scale - Dominant (+) Patterns 
The Chromatic Scale   
Scales from Other Cultures 
Arabian Scale 
Kurdish (same as the Phrygian Mode) 
Spanish
Gypsy
Hungarian
The Bebop Scales 
The Major Bebop Scale
Major Bebop Scale Practice Routine
The Dorian Bebop Scale
Dorian Bebop Practice Routine
The Mixolydian Bebop Scale 
Mixolydian Bebop Scale Practice Routine
Balinese
Charhargan (Iranian)