Harmonizing a II V line

[stemajor7]

Im playing over a simple C#-7 to F#7.

The cliche single line sequence is C# D# E F (F#)

What i am struggling to find is the possible connecting chords (in quarter notes) that could fit with these notes inside them. I dont want to be limited to just playing the single note line if you know what i mean. I can imagine a Mr Ted Greene playing chords for each note.....

So what are my options here?

Hope my question makes sense.

Steve

[JohnW400]

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C#mi
C# mi ma 9/B#
Cmi7/B
F13 (passing to handle F in melody)
F#7

[stemajor7]

Thanks for the reply.

This is exactly the type of thing i was looking for.

Now, the inevitable question is how would one work this out for himself?

Steve

[max_power]

Originally Posted by stemajor7

Now, the inevitable question is how would one work this out for himself?

The "easy" way is to use Drop 2 chords, and simply use the voicing that has your desired melody note as the top note.

Some good practice for this: open the fakebook to a tune that has a simple melody (only quarter notes or longer), and try to sight read a chord melody using drop 2 chords. At first this is hard as shit, but it gets easier with practice. It teaches you how to sight read chords and melody at the same time, as well as giving you ideas for how to make your comping more "linear" instead of just throwing out chords.

[henley]

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Thanx Buddies

[Drumbler]

Basically just get a good chord book and look up chords with your desired top note. And you need a general understanding of chord substitution to help you.

Not sure how much you know about that topic. If the bar has a C#m chord over it but the note is a non-chord tone you can use any variation of a C#m chord. As long as you like the sound. You could use a F#7 chord or variation too.

If you need a C#m chord with a certain note on top look it up. It might not be a C#m7 chord that works but a C#m9, C#m6 etc.

Learn how to build chords.

If you need a C#m chord with a D# on top for example you could build the chord and determine that a C#m9 chord would do it. The naming of the chord is incidental and for your understanding.

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Here's a bunch of chords.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sourc...uRpVZQ&cad=rja