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connloyalist Heavyweight Member
Joined: 08 Aug 2002 Posts: 1154 Location: Netherlands (by way of New York)
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Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2002 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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I was hoping someone here could help me decipher two chords.... I am not accustomed to "reading" chords (nor do I have the opportunity to play a lot of Jazz.... alas).
I have a piece of music (Conductor's full score actually) which is completely written out, except for one bar, which first says "Bbmi7" and then "Eb7". I presume the "7" indicates a 7th chord, and the Bb and Eb mean those notes are involved.
Are they the base, so it would be something along the lines of Bb-Db-F-Ab-C? (it is in 5 "bbbbb" (what's that called in English... flats? Sorry for my ineptitude in my native language, but most of my music is spoken in Dutch)). Could some put me on the right track please?
Regards, Christine Derksen |
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trumpet1 Veteran Member
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Erin C Veteran Member
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Posted: Tue Sep 24, 2002 8:14 pm Post subject: |
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Another chords 101...
http://www.changes98.com
Erin -iii< _________________ "If it is true that love makes the world go round, then of course there'll always be music to spark the romance of life."
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jonnydb Regular Member
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connloyalist Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2002 10:45 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for all the excellent suggestion folks! This is truly great stuff!
Regards, Christine Derksen |
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musicmonkey Veteran Member
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Posted: Wed Sep 25, 2002 2:37 pm Post subject: |
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Wow, those are some great sites. Thanks for posting this thread connloyalist!
-MM |
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jazz_trpt Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2002 7:42 pm Post subject: |
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I have a piece of music (Conductor's full score actually) which is completely written out, except for one bar, which first says "Bbmi7" and then "Eb7".
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This is a turnaround in the key of Ab. (Bbmin7 -> Eb7 wants to resolve to Ab.)
These three chords basically share the same scale but with different root motion and "avoid" notes.
It's helpful to play these chords at the piano (have a piano player show you) in order to hear what's really happening, which is very basic (this type of progression is probably the most common in jazz music). _________________ Jeff Helgesen
Free jazz solo transcriptions! |
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