How do you approach outlining extensions for bop melody?

[Christian Miller]

Triads (among other things) off the b7.

Why? Because 2 4 and 6 don't sound like a 9 11 and 13 to my ear. Part of the magic of extensions (and that includes concepts of playing beyond the 13) is that distance from the root "frees" it from the desire to go back home.

Thats at least how I hear it...

That’s true. In fact the crazy thing is the basic chord tones start to sound like dissonances


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[Christian Miller]

A basic video I did on this subject.

Essential jazz chord substitutions

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