How To Improvise using minor and Major pentatonics and the skip step pattern for jazz improvisation

In this video I cover;
-What minor and Major pentatonic scales are
-Minor pentatonic skip step patterns for jazz
-What is a relative major and minor pentatonic scale
-Improvising over sus chords
-How to use the skip step pattern over sus and minor chords
-Trading fours with me and the IReal Pro backing track.
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[@ChrisDavisTrumpet]

Great Lesson, Jeff! I admire your work!

[@JeffLewisTrumpet]

Thank you Chris! Likewise! Coming from you that means a lot. Nice blowing on "Resolution" by the way.

[@CaptainQueue]

Call and response, really great teaching tool. Thank you for so generously sharing your expertise!

[@JeffLewisTrumpet]

Glad you like it!

[@MarcusWyatt]

Thanks Jeff, i've been a 'pro' trumpet player for many years, and only now starting to really investigate pentatonics - love the sound, but have been really just 'busking' it, using my ears as best i could ! these exercises are a really great start - and your content is very useful ! salut from South Africa !

[@JeffLewisTrumpet]

You are welcome! Glad you are enjoying the content.

[@wayneandrus240]

very good advice. very good player too.

[@JeffLewisTrumpet]

Thank you! I appreciate it and thanks for commenting and watching.

[@elicompaore]

Super cool

[@JeffLewisTrumpet]

Thanks!

[@Stecer2007]

The bit missing for me was the formula that gets to D Major Pent from the E9sus chord symbol. I worked it out as: follows…..look at the chord (eg C9sus) and select the major pentatonic starting on the Flat 7 of the chord (Bb in the C9sus)…..so C9sus leads you to play Bb Maj Pent. or it’s relative minor (Fmin Pent)…..This may help someone else perhaps.

[@JeffLewisTrumpet]

Looks like you got it! However, the relative minor of B-flat major is G minor. I think of playing the major pentatonic a step lower than the sus chord in question.

[@paulhegarty8380]

So you can use any major pentatonic over any major chord Jeff, is that right? Thanks.

[@JeffLewisTrumpet]

Yes indeed!

[@prestonbane4176]

every time i try to start learning some theory for improv i run into info that contradicts what little i thought i already understood. He says the relative minor of Eb is C#? Isn't it C natural? The notation was clearly for C#/Db, and sounded right... but damn. I'm confused...

[@JeffLewisTrumpet]

The relative minor of Eb major is indeed C natural, however, the Dorian (minor) mode is coming from the Major scale one step below. So, Eb Dorian minor is coming from Db (C#). Hope that makes sense? And yes, it is confusing!

[@prestonbane4176]

@@JeffLewisTrumpet Yowza! Ok, yes thank you for clarifying! I know what Dorian is, but not why or when 😝 I need an even more basic clinic lol. Checking out your major scale pattern download now tnx!

[@JeffLewisTrumpet]

Glad it makes sense!