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Author:  David Luebbert Posted:  8/5/01; 11:10:53 PM Msg#:  2077 (top msg in thread) Prev/Next:  2076/2078 Reads:  1794

Minor ii-V-i progressions explained

On Thursday, Matt Fisher asked an interesting question about the meaning of the extended 7th chords that Kenny Dorham uses in Blue Bossa. The first half of my response shows how 7alt, 7(b5) and 7(#5) chords can sometimes be treated as synonyms. The second half demonstrates the scale choices that work best with minor ii-V-i progressions. You can hear what's going on because I cooked up musical examples to demonstrate the music theory involved. Check it out!

New composer today

Yee-hah! Another contributor! Brent Pym submitted two new compositions this afternoon: They are entitled A Waltz and A Walk in The Park

Last week's new changes

• Eric Dolphy's Miss Ann
• John Coltrane's Dear Lord and Pursuance from A Love Supreme
• Miles Davis' Half Nelson
• Harry Warren's You're My Everything
• Larry Spiers' Put Your Little Foot Right Out
• Duke Ellington's Just Squeeze Me and Warm Valley
• Billy Strayhorn's My Little Brown Book
• Denzel Best's Wee
• Buster Williams' Toku-do
• Dizzy Gillespie's Manteca
• Henry Mancini's Days Of Wine And Roses
• Bud Powell's Celia
• McCoy Tyner's Aisha
• Leonello Casucci's Just A Gigolo
• Harvey Schmidt's Try To Remember
• Harold Arlen's Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea

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