I’ve been practicing a simple Major melody that uses both a diatonic enclosure of the 3rd and a descending diatonic 6th. The melody outlines the 3rd to the 5th of each of the 7 chords in the major scale. The pdf below outlines the basic 5 note melody in the key of B Major descending my diatonic step. The video demonstrates both singing and playing the same melody in concert A (as triplets grouped in 5). This interesting rhythm creates a nice displaced melodic sequence that works well over any of the individual chords found in the key. I’m also playing the melody over a bass and drums drone on the 4th scale degree of the key; implying concert D Lydian sound.
Once you can play this and sing this well in one key you could try to sing and play it over drones on each of the degrees of the scale. You could do that through all keys and modes and scale types or just try to use it over a standard jazz progression. Vary the rhythm and use space and phrasing to make the material more musical and personal.
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