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Recycling melodic material

Recycling melodic material is a concept that you can apply to many different situations. Here we will see how to change a melodic line and how to adapt this line (with some harmonic knowledge) to other chords.

1) This is our original melodic line, a D minor 'jazzy' kind of phrase.

2) The first thing I could do is to lower all the A to Ab so to use the same phrase on Half diminished chords (natural nine adds a really nice color to the phrase)

3) Let's now change the m3 (F) to M3 (F#), and the m7(C) to Maj7(C#)

4) Let's try anther one: m3(F) to M3(F#), m7(C) to Maj7(C#), P5 (A)to #5(A#) goes to morph the phrase so that if fits a Dmaj7(#5) chord. Very Modern indeed.

5) Let's see if you can spot these other examples: Altered dominant & Dim H/W

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Expand your vocabulary Pt2

After I have learnt my phrase in every key I will now use it in context. Here I am using it on 'autumn leaves' every time there is a 2-5-1. of course I use it in the appropriate key, and I fill the rest of the tune with material stylistically similar. Here you'll find the two files you'll need to do this exercise:

Printable PDF: 2-5-1 Example Phrase Exercise

Printable PDF: Chords for Autumn Leaves

Posted in The Jazzy stuff (but good for every style!) | Tags: Jazz, Phrasing, Vocabulary | No Comments »

Expand your vocabulary Pt1

In this video I'll show you how to 'import' in your playing a new phrase/ melodic snippet by analyzing its shape and transposing it in every key. This is the phrase I use: