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Re: Parrots and 1/2 steps.
7/17/2011 4:54 AM
Dan Gable (7926) wrote:
Adam, Ralph uses alot of extended triads and double to as many as 4 chords per measure when he wrote for Nelson Riddle, Henry Mancini and Hugo montenegro. Making a hip walking line can be hard to write withoutout changing the sound of the melody. Another example is walking over the extended triads especially when soloing, a good example is knowing that you can use the minor m7b5 (only if there is time you may only have a couple of beats) a good example is Bm7b5 you can use Dm. or just work on the E7 and not use the Bm7b5, they are almost the same chord , E7 9 11 13th(arpeggio), or use the Fo run starting with the E, any number of E7th combinations: like E triad,Bb triad E triad, I learned this from Ralph and by listening to jazz records with this chord change looking at written scores. Also using vision musics virtual jamb tracks to play along to reading chord charts. Another good one is using a Eaug over a double chord of Bm7b5 to E7 and can use the b5 sub of Fm9 too, Treat both chords as E7 . you can even use the C note scale but not my favorite but it works. but normally the m7b5 chord is of a short duration and easier to walk with a hipper sound.. these are the ones I know and work , When walking wise especially over multi chord measures is best kept simple because you do not have alot of beats to work with. for the Bm7b5 a couple beats i will walk R,to b5, or R b3 b5 to R for 4 beats to the E7, but its best to use the original chordal notes on the head. That is what i remember going back through my lesson materials and notes. now it pretty much comes natural to my fingering. But to get there I had to brush up on my theory to where it comes second nature without alot of thought. Thats why I have a hard time explaining things that I learned. Hope this cleared things up. Dan
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