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1 tale of contents tale of contents Aout the Author... Introducton alature... Chapter : Introducng rads... rad Formulas and Inversons... Chapter : rads on the Gutar... rads on Adjacent Strngs... rads on Non-Adjacent Strngs... Chapter : rad Chord Scales... Chapter : Four-Note Chords... th Chords... A Word Aout Compng... th Chords... Chapter : Expandng Your Chord Vocaulary... Inverson/Strng Set System... Drop Vocngs... 0 th Chords n Drop and Drop Vocngs... Chapter : Lead Sheets, Arevated Vocngs Datonc Harmony... Lead Sheets... Jazz N Java... Arevated Vocngs... Jazz N Java Arevated... Workng Wth Dads... Jazz N Java Dads... Datonc Harmony... Datonc Harmony In Mnor Keys... Chapter : he V I and Analyzng Chord Progressons... he V I Progresson... Voce Leadng... Voce Leadng th Arevated Vocngs... Analyzng Chord Progressons... Jazz N Java Analyss... Chapter : Addng Extensons to Chords... 0 th Chords... th Chords... th Chords... Add and Sus Chords... -V-I Chord Vocaulary Exercse... Jazz N Java A... Jazz N Java B... Jazz N Java C... jazz gutar harmony

2 Chapter : Altered Chords... Altered Domnant Chords... Altered Major and Mnor Chords... More Aout Altered Chords... Jazz N Java (Altered )... Jazz N Java (Altered )... Jazz N Java (Altered )... Buldng Altered Sounds from rtones... Symmetrcal Chord Movement... Chapter 0: Other Important Concepts... urnarounds... he Domnant Cycle... Backcyclng... Dmnshed Passng Chords... rtone ( ) Susttuton... Half-Step Domnant Approach Chords... Blues Progressons... Rhythm Changes... Clusters... 0 Quartal Harmony (and Inversons)... Dealng th Slash Chords... Workng th Upper Structures... Chapter : Reharmonzaton... Symmetrcal Bass Lne Approach... Jazz N Java th Symmetrcal Bass Lne... Jazz N Java th Reharmonzaton... Scale-Wse Bass Lnes... Jazz N Java on the F Major Scale... Random Chords... Random Jazz N Java... Pedal Pont... Jazz N Java th Pedal Pont... Coltrane Changes... 0 Coltrane Changes... 0 Jazz N Coltrane Java... Appendx: ransposng... Indvdual Chords... Chord Progressons... track 00 A compact dsc accompanes ths ook. Usng ths dsc ll help make learnng more enjoyale and the nformaton more meanngful. he CD provdes you th the sounds of many of the ook s examples. rack ll help you tune to ths CD. Have fun! tale of contents

3 Mnor 0 track Gmn V C Fmn Gmn V C Fmn Gmn V C Fmn Gmn V C Fmn Gmn V C 0 Fmn 0 Gmn V C Fmn Here are major and mnor V I progressons n all keys. Practce these usng the varous fngerngs found n the last to examples. 0 Major Keys V Dmn G I V I V I CMaj Gmn C FMaj Cmn F B Maj..... V Fmn B I E Maj B V mn E I A Maj E V mn A I D Maj A V mn D I G Maj C V mn F I BMaj F V I mn B EMaj V I V I V I Bmn E AMaj Emn A DMaj Amn D GMaj chapter : the v and analyzng chord progressons

4 Domnant Chords Root R C ( ) () You may e sayng, What s th the? Rememer that the th s the same as the th. By loerng the th (th) e have actually created the ( = ). We call t ths so e don t have to name ths chord although you ll occasonally see t rtten ths ay. C Use altered domnant chords any tme you have a domnant chord approachng resoluton. Sometmes domnant chords reman statc, lke n a lues or rock tune. Altered domnant chords are not usually used n ths context, th the notale excepton of domnant chords. Practce playng along th the V I exercse on page replacng the V chords th the ne altered domnant vocngs you have learned. Here are three more versons of Jazz n Java llustratng the use of many altered chords. track JAZZ N JAVA (Altered ) FMaj Cmn F B Maj E Amn D Gmn C FMaj Emn A Dmn G CMaj A Dmn G Gmn C FMajD. Gmn C chapter : altered chords

5 hese changes are knon to e farly challengng to mprovse over ut over the years, people have used them to reharmonze other tunes. It s sometmes dffcult (or mpossle) to use these changes aganst melodes that ere rtten th an entrely dfferent system of harmony n mnd. Because of ths, lertes are often taken th the melodes to make them ork. hs s perfectly okay and has ecome standard practce. All the usual susttutons, extensons and alteratons may e used as ell. As you play ths, you ll realze hat a radcal departure from the orgnal these changes produce. Here s Jazz n Java once agan, ths tme reharmonzed th Coltrane changes. track JAZZ N COLRANE JAVA B Maj Emn A DMaj. Œ Gsus Gsus G Maj. Œ Cmn F B Maj/ D n G Maj Cmn n. j F/. j B Maj Œ Ó D Ó G Maj A n Dmn C F Œ Ó 0 ( ) ( ) chapter : reharmonzaton

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