Lesson 2 – Chord Sequence 1 – Part 1 – (Eb Instruments)
General Information
Studying this lesson will improve:
Your ability to play with a swing feel
Your knowledge of pentatonic scales and chords
Your knowledge of 7 and 8 note scales
Your listening skills
Your reading skills
Chord Sequence
First, follow the attachment link.
Let us look at the first chord – Emin7b5
You will notice that there is an ‘extra’ note in this chord voicing – the 11th (or the 4th step of the scale).
This is so that we can ‘relate’ the chord to one of our 4 types of pentatonic (5 note) scales.
Info
The pentatonic we are using here is a G major pentatonic, with the 3rd flattened.
G A Bb D E
Respelt as:
E G A Bb D
Now the second chord – A7b13b9
Info
The pentatonic we are using here is a Bb major pentatonic, with the 3rd flattened.
Bb C Db F G
Respelt as:
Bb A# C# F G
…And the 3rd chord – D-
Info
The pentatonic we are using here is a Bb major pentatonic, the relative major.
F G A C D
We could also use the C or G Pentatonics.
What voicings would they produce?