To Willie: Chords and melody analysis on DVD701 - Types of playing

[jazzytofu]

Hi Willie, can you provide analysis on the brief jam you did starting 2:42 - 2:52 timeline? I want to know the chords and the scales you use to improvise.

Thanks.

[wmyette]

Which chapter?

[jazzytofu]

DVD 701 Chapter 3 (Types of playing).

[jazzytofu]

BTW the reason I asked this in the first place was because you are totally describing my situation in that section of DVD. It seems like my playing style currently is stuck on what you mentioned prior to 2:42 timeline and I really want to enhance my playing like what you did 2:42 and 2:52 timeline :o

[wmyette]

Thanks jazzytofu,

OK, it is a 1-6-2-5 progression, so:

CMaj7: E-G-B-D <--- in LH
A7: G-B-C#-F#
D7: F#-C-E (can also add the B)
G7: F-A-B-E

I also use a quartal voicing on the CMaj 7: E-A-D

Now, this is not a diatonic 1-6-2-5 because the 6 and 2 chords I am playing as dominant 7ths. So, you'd really label this as "extended dominants", because it is a string of dominant 7ths chords resolving to another dom 7.

As far as the improv, I'll cover this on the Jazz/Blues Advanced DVD which will be coming out soon.

[wccook2]

You said the chord progression should be called "extended dominants". Is this different than "secondary dominants"?

[wmyette]

Secondary dominants are from say A7 to D-7 in the key of C. This is a V7 of ii.

Extended dominants are when you have an extended set of dominant resolutions, so...

E7 to A7 to D7 to G7 to C which would be:

V7/vi to V7 of ii to V7 of V to V7 of I.

make sense?

[wccook2]

Thanks Willie. I understand now.

Do you have plans for more theory lessons?

Bill