A dictionary of II-V-I chord progressions

[sunbambino]

Does anyone know of a book (or PDF) which is like a compendium of II,V,I progressions?

[Tal_175]

Voice Leading for Guitar: Moving Through the Changes by John Thomas

Also, lots of variations here:
TedGreene.com - Teachings - Chords & Chord Melody

[Jimmy blue note]

Not to be glib, but the ideas behind effective use of the II V I is integration of the ear and some ear driven knowledge of what is going on.
Personally I've found learning from collections and compendiums helpful but potentially reductionist too.
If you have good EAR guidance of root movement, if you have good melodic concept of how diatonic notes work with the roots, if you practice scale texture and learn to recognize the colour of the notes, and if you can integrate chord tone gravity, you'll let your ear give reins to your imagination.

A logical follow up might be how chromatics are used to create ornaments on what your ear knows. Then different root movements, sometimes refered to as substitutions or interchange.

I give you this (daunting?) list of suggestions because discovering these things will allow you to truly follow in the aural footsteps of anyone playing jazz, and it will give you a true grounding in recognizing what other people have done.

The point is to understand what's happening, why, and make your own.

Make your own book and collection, and learn it in your ear. It's easy and it's fun.
Once your ear is under your command, explore the resources available, but believe me, doing the foundation work on your own makes any resource more powerful.

[AllanAllen]

20 Ways To Play 2-5-1 Chord Progressions

[Tal_175]

Personally I've found learning from collections and compendiums helpful but potentially reductionist too.
If you have good EAR guidance of root movement, if you have good melodic concept of how diatonic notes work with the roots, if you practice scale texture and learn to recognize the colour of the notes, and if you can integrate chord tone gravity, you'll let your ear give reins to your imagination.

A logical follow up might be how chromatics are used to create ornaments on what your ear knows. Then different root movements, sometimes refered to as substitutions or interchange.

This is similar to how I approach this subject. I think exploring compendiums are a fun way to learn what others have come up with but that's not how I mainly develop chordal ideas and textures. That said, these sources exist ostensibly as a method of teaching that involves students memorizing each example towards building a chordal vocabulary. I am assuming that there are people who actually benefit from this style of learning.

Personally, I prefer throwing everything I’ve got onto the fretboard and seeing what comes out; my ears, my knowledge, my curiosity, my sense of exploration.

[wolflen]

Personally, I prefer throwing everything I’ve got onto the fretboard and seeing what comes out; my ears, my knowledge, my curiosity, my sense of exploration.

Yes you have to push yourself to grow.

Key words in your post .."curiosity and exploration"..Experiment..this is how you teach yourself to see what works.

Take the generic ii7 V7 in any key with standard voicings and move them to the next inversion of each chord..hear how that sounds..if you dont like it play with the voices..
perhaps an min 9 or11 instead of the 7th will improve the sound..

You may even discover a new way to finger a chord!

[sunbambino]

Three years ago I might not have recognised the gold dust info sprinkled here but these days I am making my own progressions (focussed a lot on rootless chords for some approximation to that mysterious Wayne Shorter sound).

Now I feel guilty for picking up a voice leading book but it will help in a way.

Amazon.co.uk

The John Thomas vol looks great but it's expensive here in the UK.

[Alter]

Basically get the John Thomas book mentioned above, it's the best on the subject, very thorough, hundreds of voicings, great bebop playing.