The 4th and final Key Scheme that we're going to drill is Cyclical, that is, around the Key Circle (Cycle of 4ths). This one is a little more complicated. When drilling II-V-I's around the Key Circle, alternate with respect to Open-to-Close and Close-to-Open. For instance:
Key of C: D-7(open) – G7(close) – Cmaj7(open) – C6(open)
Key of F: G-7(close) – C7(open) – Fmaj7(close) – F6(close)
Key of Bb: C-7(open) – F7(close) – Bbmaj7(open) – Bb6(open)
Key of Eb: F-7(close) – Bb7(open) – Ebmaj7(close) – Eb6(close)
...and so on.
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Speaking of the Blues, here is a 4-lesson series; “Blues Plus.” The 4 lessons are:
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2) Turnarounds & the Tritone Substitution
3) The Walkdown, The Walkup & Stormy Monday
4) Bop Blues
“Modal Distinctives” is 6-lesson series that accesses the 7 modes of the major scale plus the Harmonic Minor Scale from a scale you probably already know; the Minor Pentatonic. A PDF containing: 36 pages, 6 lessons, 65 fretboard diagrams and other graphics, 6 video links, 28 links to additional lessons, song examples, and more!
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Tune of the Month
From my "Channeling Harold" CD, "Alone Together" was written in 1932 and like many jazz standards was originally written for a Broadway musical. I was introduced to the song by Alone Together - the duo record by Jim Hall and Ron Carter recorded in 1972 live at the Playboy Club in New York. And of course, this tune was covered several times during my studies with John Elliott.
This recording features Rich VanSant on Hammond B3 and Ian Sikora on drums.
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