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“Chord Language” Part 2
Last time we explored dominant 7th
voicings, which helped to get around in a blues progression. Now let’s convert
the 4 inversions of Dom 7 to min 7 (fig 1a).
Pair those together with the previous
shapes and we have II-Vs, which are the essential ingredients of almost all jazz
standards. Keep in mind that any dominant 7th chord can be preceded
by it’s own related II (min 7) which is a perfect fifth up from the root.
Example: Dm7-G7; G7 is the V and Dm7 is
the related II.
There
are many tasty voice led examples in the following progression, “A Good
Match(p1)”(page2). After you get that one down, try applying some of your favorite II-Vs
to other tunes. Extra credit…go back to “Right on Cue” and pair up all the
Dom 7 chords, wherever possible, with their related II’s. More chords to come
so stay tuned! |
