TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements iv
About the Author v
Foreword vi
How to Use This Book vii
Swung Eighth Notes viii
Order Of Presentation viii
Fingering ix
Introduction To The Mixolydian Mode 10
Applying The Mixolydan Mode To Improvisation 12
Dominant Seventh Chord Tones 12
Dominant Seventh Chord Tensions 12
Suspended Chord Tones 13
Suspended Chord Tensions 14
Explanation of Left Hand Chord Voicings 15
Dominant Seventh Voicings 15
Dominant Seventh Sus Voicings 16
The Dominant Seventh Sus Chord as a Passing Chord 16
Mixolydian Modes: Fingerings And Left Hand Chord Voicings 18
Hand Position 18
Practice Method 18
Dynamics 19
Using The Left Hand Chord Voicings 19
Swung Eight Notes, Articulation and Phrasing 19
The Modes 20
Examples of Melodic Lines Using the Mixolydian Mode 23
Dominant Seventh Chord Ideas 23
Dominant Seventh Sus Chord Ideas 25
Your Ideas 26
An Introduction To Approach Notes 28
The Blues 35
The Blues Scale 35
Basic Blues Form 36
Keeping The Form 36
Listening To The Blues 36
Mixin' It Up: A Mixolydian Etude On The Blues 38
Further Exploration 41
Supplemental Cross-Sectional Jazz Piano Discography 41
What Next? 43