hi Mac, sorry I saw your excellent reply only now. Thanks, it is very interesting. I have already done the singing stuff on the diatonic modes, which is what I do with any scale I learn. The old jazz proverb 'if you can't sing it, you can't play it' holds true.

But.....I don't believe you can tackle all the material you mentioned in two weeks. Plus, I want just to look at a chart, learn the scale (by singing it many times and even improvising with the voice only on a chord progression....works well) and just put it to use. I agree that 'rote memorization' can be very stiff and at times even useless, but why constructing the scales yourself, when people have compiled them in a list ? Plus, one could never really find them all, there's just too many combinations.

But your approach is admirable, I can see the spirit of jazz in it.

I will try some of what you said nonetheless. Thanks