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dreammonk -- 02/26/2007, 15:52:50 -- #33345
Hi. Does anyone have any ideas/reharmonisations for the first two bars of this tune. The Eb chord seems pretty static especially when playing solo... thanks

jwv76 -- 02/26/2007, 16:52:13 -- #33345
You could play chords that walk up the scale, like

I Ebmaj7 F-7 I G-7 Abmaj7 I

or

I Ebmaj7 F-7 I G-7 F-7 I

or you could play a leading chord to the D half-dim in the 3rd bar (can't remember how to make the little circle with a slash)

I Ebmaj7     I Eb7      I D-7b5      I G7       I

You could also sub of the A7+9 for the Eb7, and turn play the D-7bf as D7+9

I Ebmaj7     I A7+9     I D7+9       I G7+9      I

You could also put ii-7b5 chords in front of any or all those dom7+9 chords, like

I Eb maj7    I E-7b5 A7+9 I A-7b5 D7+9 I D-7b5 G7+9 I

Just a few possibilities

jwv76 -- 02/26/2007, 16:53:38 -- #33345
"and turn play the D-7bf as D7+9" should read

and play the D-7b5 as D7+9

jwv76 -- 02/26/2007, 17:00:29 -- #33345
Oh, one more possibility that just came to mind is you could play

I Bb-7 Eb7 I

in place of the E-7b5 A7+9 in the second bar of the last example, I think I like the way that sounds better.

Mike -- 02/26/2007, 18:44:05 -- #33345
u can always sub 3 min 7 for 1 maj  so
G min 7 for Eb maj 7,
then you have option of making Gmin7 into G7
or  make a 11 v   G min 7   C7
or    G7  C7   or then get out there with all the dom
substitions or even the countdown sub for the ii v
that you have subed for the Eb maj 7 chord.
of course the posibilities are infinite

Whacky -- 02/26/2007, 20:19:07 -- #33345
since you're talking issue with the Eb - you could start on Am7b5 - so the first two bars might be:

Am7b5  D7b9 |Db9#11 Cm11 |

Cudo -- 02/26/2007, 22:17:53 -- #33345
another one:

| Gbo7  F-7 | Ebma7  A7alt  | Abma7  G7  | etc.

Jazz+ -- 02/27/2007, 11:43:01 -- #33345
When I was starting out I used to think two measures of the same chord was a dead spot and I too looked for filler chords. That was because my right hand didn't have much to say. Now days I like to play less chords and actualy remove some chords from progressions.

I don't care for all those subs folks are suggesting, too cumbersome and digressive from the ptogression for my tastes.
My favorite device for two measures of a Major 7th chords is too simply alter it slightly:

|| Eb Maj7  Eb 6  | Eb b6  Eb 5 ||

or the opposite:

|| Eb5 Eb+5 | Eb6  Eb Maj7 ||

Whacky -- 02/27/2007, 11:57:21 -- #33345
I agree those subs are quite a departure from the original progression.  For what it's worth, I usually only use those sporadically - here and there as a sort of surprise. (in fact I've never used the one I suggested  - it just popped into my head as another possible answer to the orginal question)  If you're playing with a good bass player, you should be able to do things like that on a whim...

Cudo -- 02/27/2007, 12:45:45 -- #33345
Hi Jazz+,

To use Line-Clichés in this occasion is also a good idea to get movement into the harmonically static room of 2 bars tonic chord.

I wouldn't valuate the different possibilities of reharmonisation to much, because it is a kind of personal flavour that everybody builds up by time.

Jazz+ -- 02/27/2007, 22:51:11 -- #33345
|| Eb  F-7  | Eb   |

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