Lesson 2 – Chord Sequence 1 – Part 1 – (Bb Instruments)

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

Trio

Bass and Drums

Bass and Piano

Piano and Drums

First, follow the attachment link.

Let us look at the first chord – Amin7b5

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.

The pentatonic we are using here is a C major pentatonic, with the 3rd flattened.

C D Eb G A

Respelt as:

A C D Eb G

Now the second chord – D7b13b9

The pentatonic we are using here is a Eb major pentatonic, with the 3rd flattened.

Eb F Gb Bb C

Respelt as:

Eb E# F# Bb C

…And the 3rd chord – G-

The pentatonic we are using here is a Bb major pentatonic, the relative major.

Bb C D F G

We could also use the F or C Pentatonics.

What voicings would they produce?

Improvise on bars 1 – 4, using all of the chord voicings (pentatonic scales) above.