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This is an article I've posted in the rec.music.makers.guitar.jazz
newsgroup several times. I'm including it here so folks can access
it more easily. Sorry for the ASCII tab format, but it's the best
I can do right now. I hope this is of use to some folks.
Here's a basic "jazz" chord vocabulary. In each case, the root of the chord is the lowest note. This makes it a little easier for a rock player to relate these to the major and minor bar chord forms you're likely to know so well.
Amaj7 Dmaj7 A7 D7 A-7 D-7 A-7b5 D-7b5
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|--5-------7-------5------7------5------6------4-------6---|
|--6-------6-------6------5------5------5------5-------5---|
|--6-------7-------5------7------5------7------5-------6---|
|----------5--------------5-------------5--------------5---|
|--5---------------5-------------5-------------5-----------|
A-11 D-11 Adim Ddim A13 D9 A11 D11
|---------(5)----------------------------------------(7)---|
|--3-------6-------4-------6-------7------5-----3-----5----|
|--5-------5-------5-------4-------6------5-----4-----5----|
|--5-------5-------4-------6-------5------4-----5-----5----|
|----------5---------------5--------------5-----------5----|
|--5---------------5---------------5------------5----------|
A7sus4 D7sus4 A7b5 D7b5
|--5-----------------------------------|
|--5-------8---------4---------7-------|
|--7-------5---------6---------5-------|
|--5-------7---------5---------6-------|
|--7-------5-------------------5-------|
|--5-----------------5-----------------|
A7#5 D7#9 D7b9 A6 D6 A69 D69 Dmaj9 A-6 D-6
|----------------------------------5------5-----------------------|
|--6------6------4------5-----7----5------5-----5-------5------6--|
|--6------5------5------6-----4----4------4-----6-------5------4--|
|--5------4------4------4----------4------4-----4-------4---------|
|---------5------5------------5----4------5-----5--------------5--|
|--5--------------------5----------5--------------------5---------|
A-9 D-9 A-69 D-69 A-(maj7) D-(maj7) D-9(maj7)
|--7-----------7-------------------------------------------|
|--5-----5-----5------5-------5---------6----------5-------|
|--5-----5-----5------4-------5---------6----------6-------|
|--5-----3-----4------3-------6---------7----------3-------|
|--------5------------5-------7---------5----------5-------|
|--5-----------5--------------5----------------------------|
The chords in each column below all have the same function ... the chords in each
column can all replace each other:
MAJOR MINOR DOMINANT 7th
maj7 -7 -(maj7) 13 7#5
6 -9 -6 9 7#9
69 -11 -69 11 7b9
maj9 -9(maj7) 7sus4 7b5
7b5
Here's how they might fit into the key of C major:
I II III IV V VI VII
Cmaj7 D-7 E-7 Fmaj7 G7 A-7 B-7b5
C6 D-9 E-11 F6 G9 A-9 (B-11)
C69 D-11 F69 G11 A-11
Cmaj9 Fmaj9 G13
G7sus4
And the secondary dominants:
V7 of Cmaj7 V7 of D-7 V7 of E-7 V7 of Fmaj7 V7 of G7 V7 of A-7
G9 A7#5 B7#5 C9 D13 E7#5
G13 A7#9 B7#9 C13 D9 E7#9
G11 A7b9 B7b9 C11 D7b5 E7b9
G7#9 A7b5 B7b5 C7#9 D13b9 E7b5
G7b9 C7b9 (D11)
G7#5 C7#5
G7sus4 C7sus4
G7b5 C7b5
I'll talk about tritone substitutions on another page soon ... that will
help fill in some of the holes in this page.Anyhow, this should get you started. Here's an easy version of "Rhythm Changes" as an example:
||: Bbmaj7 G7#9 | C-7 F9 | D-7 Dbdim | C-7 F9 | | F-9 Bb7#5 | Ebmaj7 Ab13 | C-7 F9 | Bbmaj7 F9 :|| || D13 | A-9 D7#5 | G9 | D-7 G9 | | C13 | C13 C7#5 | C-7 G7#9 | C-7 F7b9 || || Bbmaj7 G7#9 | C-7 F9 | D-7 Dbdim | C-7 F9 | | F-9 Bb7#5 | Ebmaj7 Ab13 | C-7 F9 | Bbmaj7 F9 ||You can use the chords above to play this pretty easily.
Have fun ...
Rog Brotherhood
Madison, WI
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