Passing Chords HELP!

[jshevloff]

Hey, I want to know how to find passing chords to incorporate into my playing. I'm playing "There Will Never Be Another You", so for an example, what passing chord could I play between the Ebmaj7 and the Dm7b5 at the beginning of the song? Also please explain how it works so I can figure it out for the rest of the song. Thanks so much and if there's anything you think I should know or tips on the subject, feel free...

[oleo20]

listen to joe pass mate and martin taylor those 2 guys are amazing at solo playing,learn some of their arrangements or something.

as for passing chords dont forget about tri tone subs that can act as passing chords especially in turn arounds and things like that.

eg

Fmaj7 | D7#9 Ab13 | Gmin7 Db13 | C7#9 F#7#11 |

just an idea for a 1625

[derek]

Passing chords are pretty easy to get up and running by using simple 3 ideas.

First would be backcycling. This is picking a target chord, and by using the circle of 4ths, work your way to that chord. Use of diminished chords is also simple. As long as you have a whole step between chords, you can insert a diminished chord a half step above the target chord.

Finally, the use of chord scales is often overlooked as we tend to want more sophisticated ideas. However, chord scales are so inside, that coupled with other ideas, can make for very smooth movement. oleo20 already mentioned tritone subs, there are minor 3rd subs, and others, but really it doesn't have to be too complicated. Good luck.

[BigDaddyLoveHandles]

You can also think about the bass line. So for example, instead of:

Ebmaj7 / / / | / / / / | Dmin7b5 / / / | G7

You can start with a descending bass line:

Eb / Eb/D / | Eb/C / Eb/Bb / | Dmin7b5/Ab / / Ab7 | G7

[jshevloff]

Cool stuff, thanks a lot guys.