This newest post is very helpful. Thanks again for putting this stuff up here. It's nice to hear someone actually talk about applying theory rather than having to read five pages about it and then not really knowing how to take it into my playing, this thread is great. Please keep going. I've been wanting to get into jazz playing but it seems kinda daunting and I don't really know where to start as far as improvising and coming up with interesting chords and such. I can play in one key or mode but switching while playing is something I don't really understand how to do, particularly while improvising and progressions and stuff it just doesn't sound smooth. I suppose I should find some chord that has notes from the former key and the new key to use as a sorta bridge between the two? An example of a jazz progression that changes key would be great just to kinda see how its done. I wish my ear was better then, maybe this stuff would be easier.