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TECHNIQU~~ IMPROVISATION

A Comprehensive Method for All Musicians

THE LYDIAN CHROMATIC CONCEPT

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© Copyright MCMLXVIII by Frangipani Press

© Copyright assigned MCMLXXXVII Alfred Publishing Co., Inc.

Acknowledgement and appreciation is due George Russell's Lydian Chromatic Concept of Tonal Organization for Improvisation (Concept Publishing Co.)

CONTENTS

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The 9 Scales of the Lydian Concept

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I.

Exercises for all scales (except Blues scales).

7

II.

Exercises for the Major and Lydian scales.

33

III.

Exercises for the Auxiliary Augmented scales.

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IV. Exercises for the Auxiliary Diminished and the Auxiliary Diminished Blues.

69

V.

Exercises for the Lydian Augmented scales.

79

VI.

Exercises for the Blues scales.

82

VII.

Exercises for the Lydian Chromatic scales.

86

Exercises for all Scales except the Blues Scale.

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