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Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

How to Improvise Over Dominant 7th Chords

Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur

Music Commentary, Jazz, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Saxophone, Jazz Theory, Jazz Bass, Jazz Piano, Education, Music, Jazz Guitar, Jazz Solo, Jazz Standards, Jazz Trumpet, How To

4.8536 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Brent talks about the nuances of soloing over dominant chords in jazz, responding to a question from Alan Clayton, an Inner Circle member from Melbourne, Australia. Brent emphasizes the importance of understanding the context of dominant chords within a progression, highlighting that knowing the chords before and after is crucial for effective improvisation. He explains how focusing on chord tones and considering the overall function of the dominant chord can guide your not...

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0:00.0

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0:03.8

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0:08.5

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0:13.0

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0:17.3

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0:21.7

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0:23.1

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0:29.5

That's LJSinnerCircle.com or find the link in the show notes.

0:34.8

Now, on to today's episode.

0:52.3

Music the show notes. Now, on to today's episode. All right, my friends, what's going on? Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards.

0:55.3

Welcome another episode of the Learn Jazz Standards podcast.

0:58.9

I'm here answering your jazz and music questions five days a week to help you have more fun

1:03.0

than ever playing music and to shorten the learning curve in your jazz journey.

1:07.4

We have another great question today.

1:08.9

This one is from Alan Clayton.

1:11.1

Let's go ahead and give it a listen. Alan Clayton, Inner Circle member from Melbourne, Australia. I'd like to

1:17.3

ask about the soloing over dominance in jazz standards where you get multiple dominance and what you actually choose to play over them.

1:31.2

So I have a number of options including harmonic minors.

1:36.0

Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't.

1:38.6

And I also play a pentatonic minor a fifth above.

1:45.2

So if you're playing in the gear of G7,

1:49.3

I sometimes play D minor pentatonic over the G7.

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