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November 20, 2020 on Shifting Paradigm Records
DIME DANCING: The Music Of Steely Dan
Jazz Guitar Lessons Via Zoom
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DIME DANCING
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Chord of the Week 68
Oh no I dit’int! Bb7 with b9, #9, 13 and b13? And no root, to boot, Lute. Call the half step police! Did I hear JB say “Take it to […]
Chord of the Week 67
Oh snap! I like, totally reharmonized the GMaj7 and went straight to a Bb7 like chord with no root. Freakin unpredictable fellow, your host. This is used for the end […]
Chord of the Week 66
Yeah, I know, I could have played F natural instead of Eb, thereby creating the required half step. But I was in a D13b9 kinda’ mood. what can I say? […]
Chord of the Week 65
This one took a while to figure out. How to get a half step and the D in the melody. But after many hours of ciphering and calculating I arrived […]
Chord of the Week 64
This voicing has some similarities to the Bb-13 from COTW 63, the half step between the seventh and 13th, for example. The third has been moved down an octave, and […]
Chord of the Week 63
Don’t play this one for an hour straight, please. It sounds cool, but it’s a bit of a stretch. It’s a variation on “last week’s” voicing, with the seventh in […]
Chord of the Week 62
If you get away from half steps too long, you kinda’ miss ’em. I know right about now you probably had a hankerin’ for a nice, juicy half step. Maybe […]
Chord of the Week 61
I had to make an exception to the half step rule here for reasons of um, uh… national security. Yeah that’s it. Not really. The point of COTW is to […]
Chord of the Week 60
Here’s an altered E7 with no third. It still sounds like it wants to resolve. Soon. Maybe it’s a good thing you didn’t have to actually wait a week to […]
Chord of the Week 59
Since my rule for this exercise is: No half steps, no glory, I had to take a standard voicing for B-7b5 and add that 11 (E) as an open string. […]
Chord of the Week 58
Since Darn That Dream goes to C Maj7 here, I decided to do that also. This voicing is similar to some previous ones in DTD. You’d almost think E-7, GMaj7 […]
Chord of the Week 57
Necessity being the smother of all conventions has led me, and hence, you, to this C#-7 unusual and very hip voicing. How hip? It’s so hip that…I dunno’. You’ll notice that […]
Chord of the Week 56
You might have seen this one coming. Or maybe not. It is petty similar to the first chord in the Darn That Dream progression, only different.
Chord of the Week 55
“Nuttin’ doin’!” No open strings here. But still, a cool voicing for B7+4 with a half step and the melody. The good news is that this one is transposable. \tran(t)s-po-ze-bel […]