Chord of the Week 39
Since you can never have too many chords with clusters or at least that are “clustery” here’s another one with consecutive whole steps. You get an interesting sound without have too much […]
Chord of the Week 38
Speaking of equal time, why is it that Andrew always calls a chord major first and then says “Oh yeah, and by the way, if you feel like it, maybe […]
Chord of the Week 37
Would you believe two chords with open strings? See last week. I realized that I never put any Major 6 chords on COTW. Equal time, ya’ know. Or maybe there […]
Chord of the Week 36
Oh yeah, I forgot one chord with open strings. D Maj7 (or B-7). This one has a little of the cluster thing happening, and a nice open fifth on the […]
Chord of the Week 35
Here’s a voicing for Maj 7 with the root on top, and all kinds of murky, yet flavorful, stuff (yummy!) lurking beneath the staid exterior. Featuring a half step and a flat […]
Chord of the Week 34
This is a classic and cool minor 7 voicing that probably should have appeared on this page long ago. What was I thinking? Or, it’s a classic Major 7 voicing—Eb […]
Lesson Ten
Lesson Ten • Motivic Playing on Giant Steps As discussed in the last lesson, a well-conceived solo usually consists of about 70% melodic ideas and 30% running eighth note lines. This […]
Lesson Nine
Lesson Nine • Developing Rhythmic Accuracy One important aspect of improvising is maintaining rhythmic interest. A well-conceived solo consists of about 70% melodic ideas and 30% running eighth note lines. […]
Lesson Eight
Lesson Eight • Reharmonizing with ii-7 V7s from the Diminished Scale Previously, we isolated four minor tetrachords found within the Diminished Scale. This lesson uses this material to give you […]
Lesson Seven
Lesson Seven • Diminished Scale Tetrachords When last we encountered the Diminished Scale, we isolated four 7th-chord arpeggios that are contained in it. This time out we’ll look at the minor tetrachords (four-note […]
Lesson Six
Lesson Six • Diminished Scale Structures The Diminished Scale in Jazz is mostly used as an expression of a dominant chord with b9, #9, #11 and natural 13. The exception […]
Chord of the Week 33
Here’s a chord that can be moved around the neck. No open strings. This is also usable as Eb Ma7+4, F13, B7alt, and A-7b5. Maybe even Dsusb9? Not bad. The […]
Chord of the Week 32
Note: I wrote this in 2004! I don’t know how these scurrilous accusations about resolution and voice leading come from. But, my fellow carbon-based life forms, you have my fullest […]
Chord of the Week 31
Note: I wrote this in 2004! Any notion that last week’s chord and this here chord could be used as a ii-7 V7, and that they do, in fact, voice […]