内容说明成果lesson chord tones and basic scale choices

ChordTonesandBasicScaleTosolooverasetofchordchangesthefirstthingthatyoumustfeelcomfortablewithisspellingoutthechordsinthemostbasicform.Constructingthechordsusingjustthe1st,3rd,5thand7thisreferredtoasthechordtones.ThissolodemonstrateshowSonnyStittcanusethechordtonesasthenucleustohissolowhichwillalwaysmeanthattheimprovisinglineswillsoundstrongthroughouttheToseehowthisisapparentduringthesolohavealookatbars73beatobar75beattwo.Duringthesechordshejustysupthechordtonesoftheminorchordandresolveseachtimeontothe3rdofthedominantchord.Alsolookatthenotesusedinbar42and43ontheminorchords.Aswellasyingwiththechordtoneshedoesputothernotesaroundthem.Lookatthefirsttwobarsofhissoloinbars33and34.Heisyingverystrongchordtoneswithinthemajorchordbutisembellishingaroundthemwithotherfromthemajorscale.ChordTonesfor hordLetsquicklyaddresswhatthebasicchordtonesareforthe5ma hordtypes.TheseareMajor7th,Dominant7th,Minor7th,Half-diminished7thanddiminished7th.WewillstayinthekeyofGandmakeupallofthechordtypesfromaGroot.Gmajor GdominantGminorGhalf-GYouneedtobeabletoconstructthese5chordsfromanygivenrootnoteandthisiswhatIsuggestyoustartyourpracticesessionoffwitheachtime.Noticethatwhengoingthroughthe5chordsintheorderaboveyouareflatteningonenoteeachtimewhenmovingtothenextchord.Tryusingtheexercisegivenbelowwithinyourpractice:ImprovisingwithChordAsyoustartgettingmorefamiliarwiththesechordslookthroughthesoloagainandseehowthewholesolocentresaroundthechordtones.Thenextstepistotryandimproviseyourselfoverachordsequencetryingjusttousechordtones.Asthetherearequiteafewchordsinthistunehowaboutfirstattemptinga3chordblues?Belowisachordsequenceforabasicbluesprogression.Trypractisingthisin4steps:Step1:ChordTonesasCrotchetsStep2:ChordTonesasStep3:ChordTonesthroughtherangeofyou’reinstrument.(Thiswillvarydependingonyou’reinstrumentandabilitybutseeexamplebelow).Step4:Trywritingoutyourownchorusesthroughabluesusingonlychordtones.Thisallowsyoutostartthinkingcreativelybutstillmakingsureyoustickwithintheparametersoftheexercise.(Seeexamplebelow).Step5: lythroughthebluessequencejustusingchordBasicScaleNowthatyouaregettingfamiliarwithhowtoconstructagivenchordletsturnourattentiontothescalechoicesthatgowiththem.Scalescanbedescribedas‘modes’andthemostcommonscalechoicesarefoundinthemodesofthemajorscale.Thisiswhenscalesareformedstartingoneachdifferentnotefromagivenmajorscale.1st Themajorscaleknownas‘Ionian2nd Aminorscaleknownas‘Dorian3rd Aminorscaleknownas‘Phrygian4th Amajorscaleknowas‘Lydian5th Adominant7thscaleknownas‘Mixolydian6th Aminorscaleknownas‘Aeolian7th Aminorscalewithaflattened5th(half-diminished)knownas‘LocrianUsingPartsoftheYouarenow ingmoreawareofthechordtonesandscalessolet’slookdirectlyatthesolotoseewhatwecantakefromit.Bars33and69-70demonstrateapracticedpatternthatwecouldintegrateintoourownpractice.Tryputtingthefollowingexercisethrougheverykey.Asthereisno7thinthispatternyoucouldyitoveramajorordominantchord.Ex.2.Thisisanicelittlepatternfoundinbar76thatyoucouldtryandyineveryTrystartingaphrasewiththispatternandseeifyoucancarryonwithanimprovisedline.Agoodwaytopracticepartsofthesolothatyoulikeistopracticeimprovisingthroughthechordsequenceofthetuneandthenwhenyougettothepartofthesequencethatthephraseyoulikeisintrytoythephrasebeforecontinuingwithimprovising.Alternatively,youcouldtryandythephrasethroughoutthesequencewherepossible.Lookatthephraseinbar73and74.Lookatthechordsequencebelowandseehowthephrasehasbeenputeverywherepossible.Tryimprovisingwithchordtonesinthespacesandcingthisphrasewhereitsbeenwritten.Youcouldrepeatthisprocesswithanyotherphrasethatyoulikeinthesolo.Itisimportantthatyoufeelcomfortablewiththebasicchordconstructionandscalechoicebeforemovingontothenextlessonasitwillprogressonwardsfromthis.Tohelppracticetrysoloin erotherchordsequences(ifyouowna‘realbook’thiswouldhelp)andtrygoingthroughtheallthestepsmentionedabove.Tryputtingsomeofthephrasesyoulikefromthissolointoyourimprovisin ertheothertunes.Insomecasesthiswillmeanhavingtotransposeagivenphraseinordertofitwithadifferentkey.7375424