Frank Novotny's Chord Substitutions Booklet

[dirkji]

Discussion and feedback about Frank Novotny's Chord Substitution Booklet, available at the download page.

[derek]

I dl'd it. Nice quick and dirty document. No clutter of charts, grids, etc, just the relationships and a simple explaination. I like it.

[markyT]

awsome booklet - we were discussing this subject in the forum , timing or what , great stuff

[PaulD]

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[m78w]

Cool article thanks for putting this together!

MW

[harm.on.x]

Cool article

[neilio]

THNX for posting!!!!! Great resource.

[lifechanger]

Take it from an old codger...at 75 this is excellent stuff....concise information that would've helped greatly in my earlier development...but...it's also very useful to me now. Thanks so much for such good material!!

[GaryD]

Well, as another 'old cogger' at 64, I also found this article to be of great help! After a 5 year layoff from playing guitar, I was amazed at the amount of "stuff" I had forgotten! Never again will I get so involved in life that I quit playing, every day if possible. Only recently did I attempt to play jazz style, and while the melody lines are not a problem, getting the right chords and note substitution chords can really be a challenge. It is a good thing to have found this forum...

[philbert]

Brilliant! This book sums up stuff I kind of know instinctively, but couldn't explain to save my life! Now I can be a smartarse next time I have to play with an uppity pianist!

[604bourne123]

with Mr guitar.

[wizard3739]

Excellent article! It is a very practical and useful summary for chord substitution concepts. thanks for sharing.

wiz

[jimkgp]

This is my first post so I'm not sure if this has been covered before.
Frank mentions that Cm6=Am7b5=F9. I also like to think of it as a non root altered B7. It contains the #5 & the b9. So when playing over any 7th#5b9 chord you can play a m6th arpeggio 1/2 step above the root of the chord or a m7b5 arp. a whole step below the root of the altered chord.

[604bourne123]

it sounds okay to me the g and c makes a blend with the c-6 and a-7 flat 5

[mstevenson]

Excellent! The groupings do lend to a more organized view of related chords.

[Krenwin]

Originally Posted by neilio

THNX for posting!!!!! Great resource.

Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[bolanbalin]

hai guys...i'm a new comer ...i'm so glad to join with ya all..

[Krenwin]

Welcome bro!!!!

Originally Posted by bolanbalin

hai guys...i'm a new comer ...i'm so glad to join with ya all..

[guitarist]

Great book. Thanks for passing it on.