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09-27-2021 02:04 PM
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Thanks Chris
nice chords..good melodic minor use..and the E7#5b9 chord form (Bb9..Dmi7b5..Fmi6) - Ex 6- is a nice gateway into many other chords that can cycle back into GM7 type chords
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Useful info. Tight demonstration of the idea.
No excessive verbiage.
Excellent video. Thanks for posting.
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Interesting, definitely sounds like Bill Evans
Would not have guessed it sounds so complete, but leaving out the bass, you have V to i progression in the upper three notes
quibbling a bit, but not sure chords 'come' from scales, and even if so, it could have just as likely come from the augmented scale?
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To look at with less theory, let's take the notes.
Am9 A C E G B
Dmaj7#5 D F# A# C#
Gmaj7 G B D F#
Suppose you play Am9 like this ... x 12 10 12 12 x that's A C G B. (the E isn't played but is heard, faintly, as an overtone of A). Or move the lowest note to E as follows 12 x 10 12 12 x.
Then you play Dmaj#5 like this 10 x 11 11 11 x that's D C# F# A#.
You have B and G moving down a half step. This is the key movement. It makes the voice leading smooth.
You have C moving up a half step. Another half step. Moving up, not down like the others but still smooth.
And, you have bass movement, which depends how you play it. Could be E to D. Could be A to D. Whichever way you play it doesn't the voice leading sound very different, to my ear.
Then to get to Gmaj you move the A# a half step in either direction. You can leave the F# alone. The C# moves to D. Low D moves to low G.
Anyway, the point is, one of the most common options to lead into a chord is to slide into it from a half step up. The Dmaj7#5 can be played with two notes at the top of the chord that do exactly that.
OR (EDIT)
Am9 A C E G B
Dmaj7#5 D F# A# C#
Gmaj7 G B D F#
Notice that Dmaj7#5 contains an F# major triad. It slides up one half tone to become a Gmaj triad. And, the other note, D, stays the same.
For that matter, the Am9 contains two notes that slide up a half step to become part of the Dmaj7#5 chord.
This is, from one point of view, F#/D (same notes as Dmaj7#5, D F# A# C#) going to Gmaj.
Or, it could be spelled F#/D to Bm/G. V-I in the bass. V-im in the rest.
Voice leading from a half step above or a half step below. The bass note can be treated in a few different ways, changing the sound, but not the concept.
Experiment: Focus on F# triad going to G triad. Nice half step movement. Let's put a G beneath both of them. Now, we've got F#/
G going to G/G.
Next, a D under both. Or a D to G. Or, an Ab going to G. Then, make it an Ab triad going to G and try all the usual suspects for the bass notes.
Next, try it with whole step or b3 movement.
My point is that what makes all this work, or not, is the smooth voice leading.Last edited by rpjazzguitar; 09-28-2021 at 06:16 PM.
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Man sounds great, thanks for this fantastic idea!
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Originally Posted by Chris Whiteman
I also think chord-scale theory came after the wide use of certain alt chords
anyway there is no scale in classical music for a French 6th chord, to give one example
anyway, very interesting video, thanks for posting
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Originally Posted by BWV
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Originally Posted by Runegitane
https://www.thejazzpianosite.com/jaz...gmented-scale/
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Interesting. I haven't been exposed to that particular synthetic scale. I still consider the whole tone scale to be a true "augmented" scale though. After I play around with this new one I will probably understand it better. Thanks.
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Originally Posted by Chris Whiteman
the Aug scale .. C Eb E G Ab B
Maj7 chords--C--CEGB. ||..E--E G#/Ab B Eb || Ab--Ab C Eb G
minor triads--C--C Eb G || E--E G B || Ab--Ab B Eb
and every note in the scale can be the root of a Aug triad
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Originally Posted by wolflen
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Originally Posted by Chris Whiteman
So I've also seen this chord written as B/G; which is more familiar to me in this type of context. This is also a variant of Errol Garner Misty chord, which is B/C moving to Cmaj7 similar thing, different bass note. So there's the B triad in there obviously - B F# D#, in both cases.
Errol uses it to harmonise the major 7 of the key 'look at meeee..'. And it does move very satisfyingly to Cmaj7, with the B melody sustained through both chords (transposing from the original.)
Adam Neely did a video on this fairly recently; (IIRC) I think he interpreted it as a variant of the 'common tone diminished' or cadential diminished you get in some tunes like Corcovado and When You're Smiling. Usually it goes with a blues b3 melody.
Dm7 G7 Co7 C
To me there's a strong connection to what I call the 'Mood Indigo' or 'Cherokee' dominant, which obviously also comes from the b3 melody over the V creating an augmented triad. Very common in pre-war jazz... this also acts as a doorway into the very pre-war whole tone sound.
Dm7 G+ C
The Gmaj7#5 sound sort of combines these two into a more modern sound, and could be used in any of these tunes.
as with all subs it's about the melody, and I think in discussions of Bill Evans that sometimes gets overlooked. Herbie too. You can use any sub you want provided it complements the melody. So, I find it useful to think 'this chord sounds great with a melody that sits on 7, #4 and b3 of the key'
That said, a lot of modern harmony is about making dominant chords sound less dominant anyway, because it makes the music float more..
Scale wise, I also like G diminished whole-half and E harmonic minor.Last edited by Christian Miller; 09-28-2021 at 05:57 AM.
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The B triad is also a great choice for an Ebo7 chord.
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From a the point of view of 'quadradic' harmony (Jordans triad + tension note thing), it's quite interesting how much the quality of the sound is changed whether you add a G or a C to the B triad
Baddb6 - definitely melody minor-ey
Baddb9 - definitely more diminished-ey
So I suppose you could say B/G and B/C are actually profoundly different *sounds* despite the similarity in voice leading. Obviously from a textbook CST perspective melodic minor doesn't fit the B/C. The triad + tension tone 'quadrads' fit either though.
Hmmmm... *strokes beard*
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Errol, and Misty, and Misty chord rulez :-)
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I am wonderig how it is related to what I've heard recenty in Autumn in New York:
Gm7 Am7 | BbMaj7 C13 | E/F ->FMaj7...
It was played on piano, but using the not moving F in the A string, and also not movig E in the B string makes perfect sense as a delayed resolution, very similar concept to the delayed resolution used by Errol Garner to resolve to EbM7.
The remaining tense on the first bar (where the listener expects the resolution) adds an extra twist to the tension chord quality and uniqueness.
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Originally Posted by Christian Miller
In my prev post I mention E/F which is great in the inversion having F as bass note. However interpreting it as E-something-9b (well 7 is missing) and putting the F to the top is a complete disaster...
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Originally Posted by Gabor
(We may not think they matter because mostly bass players take care of it, but when we play without bass, we might not realise that our approach has to change. You have to think and hear like a composer or arranger, and that means taking stock of the whole music, not just a chord chart.)
An example I was thinking about last night. So the, first chord of the Matrix score (Don Davis) is a Low Em chord against a C chord fading in and out of each other. The C chord I think is sounded first.
In theory I should hear this as an inverted Cmaj7 chord? In practice I hear it as Emaddb6. b6 of course is also an 'avoid note'. In fact it sounds super menacing and tense, very powerful. Another score that leans into this sound is 'Twin Peaks' by Angelo Badalamenti. So not like a Cmaj7 at all lol.
Let alone C/B which is a whole different vibe again.
Anyway I am studying baroque harmony ATM, and to them a 6 3 chord is different animal from a 5 3 - even though modern theory says they are different inversion of a triad. A 6 4 chord for instance G/D is actually a dissonant chord. Once you start hearing inversions this way there's no going back haha.
It's all about the counterpoint, even in jazz. Melody and bass.... unless you are playing with a pianist who learned harmony from the Levine book, in which case, you better play your chord scales haha.
TL;DR Rameau was an idiot
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...meanwhile I realized how my example of E/F related to the OP Maj7(#5) or Christian's example of B/G : the bass note goes up to a fourth -> B/C... so no wonder the two chords are functioning similarly
Last edited by Gabor; 09-28-2021 at 09:30 AM.
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Thanks Chris W
very nice indeed , I will use that idea
for sure
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Originally Posted by Gabor
x 8 9 9 9 10
BTW, many people choose to play b13 over the C dominant chord in the opening bars of Autumn in New York - for instance, 8 x 8 9 9 10 - and it segues nicely to the chord shown above as they share three common tones.
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I agree that in this context, the chord in question doesn’t sound like E7b9 with the b9 in the bass. Probably makes more sense to treat it as a common tone diminished with a borrowed note.
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Originally Posted by PMB
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Thanks, great sound! Interesting note about the "wrong" 7th. That's the added note in the Mixolydian Bebop scale, right?
Another thing: in transcribing, I've noticed a lot the "wrong" 3d. For example, minor 3d on a Dom. I really think the point of jazz is to play *against* the changes.
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Originally Posted by JazzinNY
(Or perhaps more accurately- 7#9 is probably what later theorists called a dom7 chord with a minor third on…)
Major sevenths on V7 chords are not uncommon.
Theory tries to tie everything together neatly, tidy everything up - but music isn’t and shouldn’t be neat. Chord scales are useful until they are not.
TBH I’m getting less and less interested in theory-as-excuse. We should all remember what the Duke said :-)
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