"b5 So What chords"
here is the "b5 so what chord" (for want of a better name) on root d:
d, g, c, f, ab
its inversions being:
g, c, f, ab, d
c, f, ab, d, g
f, ab, d, g, c
ab, d, g, c, f
any of these can function as various chords from major or melodic minor scale harmony, eg.
bb7
dm7b5
fmm7
e7 alt
it's funny, i've been practising these for about a year, wondering if i was a bit crazy to try and learn all the inversions in all the keys, but they are starting to click now and they are definitely proving handy. i like the sense of space they give.
i also bought a cd recently and one of the tracks features similar chords during an intro and for comping.
i guess you pro's use these voicings all the time, but probably have another name for them.
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and you can still use any of the voicings you quoted above for:
-abmaj7(13,#11)/abmaj13(#11)
-fmm7(9/6)
-g7sus(b9)/g11(b9)
-amm7(11,b13)!!!
another thing about these chords, they fit with both major and melodic minor scales.
eg. in the above case, the voicings use notes common to eb major and f melodic minor scales.
i think bernard hermann may have used these chords or similar in some of his music (psycho, other hitchcock film scores).
what is a non-voicing? any voicing that you make up that does not fit into a conventional category of voicings. making up your own non-voicings can be a great way of making an arrangement sound unique and original. it is a technique i learned from dave frank.
for example if i take and play the notes ab and e in the left hand
nnd of top of that g ab and f# this might be considered a "non-voicing" because i defy you to point out and example of a text book suggesting the practice of that voicing and you would be hard pressed to find a recording of a pianist playing that particular voicing as well. so now if you practice that non voicing in all twelve keys and gain some dexterity with it you come up with some cool soundds that can really define a solo piano arrangement and make go a long way to making you an original solo pianist which is the name of the game when are truly trying to be a jazz pianist and not just a lounge pianist. so i am saying i see a non- voincing in your so what flat five voicing... it is just that recogniaing it as a so what flat five chord helps organzise and practise it which is cool. but it is still just a non=voicing which is cool because non-coicingc are cool.
bmin7b5---b then cmaj scale you may start any where in c maj scale up and down
i think "i got rhythm" spawned a lot of songs down line as well.
it,s a great site you,ll be wondering how you never found it before now.enjoy and have a nice day
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