playing over Nica's Dream

[BigDaddyLoveHandles]

I see your point about "only two notes different", but as an exercise, find what other common scales are only one or two note different from:

* the major scale
* the jazz minor scale
* the diminished scale (you can replace two notes with one, here)


For example, the C major scale is only one note away from the G major and the F major scale and
only two notes away from the D major and Bb major scales.

Replace the C with a C# and you've got the C# altered (D jazz minor) scale.

Replace the E with an Eb and you've got the C jazz minor scale.

Replace the A with an Ab and you've got the C harmonic major scale.

So I think two notes away can be quite a distance!

[Jazzyteach65]

Jazzyteach65,

Is this what you are referring to?

FGABC#Eb F9+#11

over

BbmMa7

Playing on the whole tone dominant of the minor chord?

Essentilly, yes. But I never use it in a scaler fashion. I always use aug arps and consecutive thirds from it. It's considered "modern" on guitar from what I hear, but I first heard Red Garland and Monk use the idea. Then I started messing around heavily with changing/interchanging the ii with the V in the "ii" chord in the measure, to create tension-realease-tension. Like: VI7alt/bIII9-ii-V instead of ii-V

[danjw]

very drole BDLH... i would not for instance play Bb major over a C maj7 "only two notes different" however as JT says i also wouldn't play it in a scalic fashion. more over i kind loop around the b9 it creates or think of it as a triad pair and kind of move shapes around.
if you weren't being sarcstic forgive me, the absense of comic book guy must indicate a leaf newly over turned

[BigDaddyLoveHandles]

Not that serious. Maybe we could ring the changes over "What a difference a day makes!"

[Patrick Brown]

That sure is a cool tune. I'm fingering those min∆7's like an F+(middle four strings at 6 position), or maybe just the bottom 3 strings,,you get the 5th, ∆7th, -3rd, and 5, or just the 1st 3 if you play a 3 note chord bottom up absent the 5th on top.

[Silence]

Jazzyteach65, thank you so much for posting the Louie Stewart video. I never heard of him before I checked this thread and I absolutely love his playing on this video.

Now, I am going to find some Louie Stewart albums!

[Jazzyteach65]