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Post by El Hombre on Sept 20, 2004 9:17:46 GMT -5
I remember a while back someone posted the chord changes for "Giant Steps" and the major scale that they referenced when soloing over the various chord changes. If someone has something similar for the Miles Davis classic, "Blue In Green" from "Kind of Blue" it would be appreciated.
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Post by jazzalta on Sept 20, 2004 14:29:50 GMT -5
My chord melody arrangement (if you haven't seen it already) is here, just scroll down: jazzguitar.proboards4.com/index.cgi?board=theory&action=display&n=1&thread=1087152967In terms of improv using scales etc., I probably won't be much help. But I do go off chord shapes and take a Joe Pass approach, that is he only felt there were three basic sounds in jazz: major, minor, and dominant. That's what I use and think when I improvise.
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Post by El Hombre on Sept 20, 2004 15:56:36 GMT -5
I follow a similar approach to soloing; however, based upon the chord changes, you can usually get a sense of the different key changes that a song goes through. Take a song like "All the Things You Are" for example. The various chord changes in that song give a framework for key changes that you can use as a base to develop soloing ideas. In my example, the first changes of ATUR indicate that the song is centering around Ab. The next set of changes center around the key of C, and so on. I'm looking to apply a similar approach to figuring out how to solo around Blue in Green.
Because Blue In Green is modal jazz and has a peculiar structure I have found it harder to figure out the tonal centers for this song.
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Post by jazzalta on Sept 20, 2004 19:52:37 GMT -5
I think I follow. Yeah, the tonal centre thing hardly applies. Scale wise tho I might use something like the following (remember, just a rough guide):
Bbmaj7#11 - F major scale A7#9 - D harmonic minor scale Dm7 - D natural minor scale Db7 - Ab jazz minor scale Cm7 - Bb major scale F7b9 - Gb jazz minor scale Bbmaj7 - Bb major scale A7b13 - D harmonic minor scale Dm6 - D Natural minor scale E7#9 - A harmonic minor scale
etc. etc.
Hope it helps.
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