Hour 26 - 30
I love the way the altered scale (R-b9-#9-3-b5-#5-b7) sounds, although it's always been a challenge for me to incorporate it into my playing in a seamless and interesting way. I followed Krantz's orders (see the Improviser's OS below), shedding the scale along the fingerboard through what he describes as the "twelve zones". With the metronome set to 80 bpm, I practised playing the scale in quarters, eighths, triplets and sixteenths to get it under my fingers, before freestyling for a while. Then I worked through all 12 keys. The freestyling part of this exercise through all of the zones could easily be a lifelong study promoting creativity and personal expression.











