panaopolis.blogg.se

This means that you should investigate the sounds of minor 6th chords and minor-major 7th chords. There is nothing wrong with playing the minor chords this way, but notice that many tunes simply write the chord as “Cmin” or “Fmin” as above. Many fakebooks and lead sheets will show all of the minor chords in a minor blues form written as minor 7th chords. How to Play a Minor Blues – Tip #2: The Chord Voicings

You should check out John Coltrane’s tune “Equinox” to see and hear this exact chord progression played by the masters. Let’s plug these chords into the 12-bar minor blues form in the key of C minor. Measures 9-12 = one bar of what we’ll call the “flat VI dominant” chord, one bar of the “V7” chord, and two bars of the “i” chord.Measures 5-8 = two bars of the “iv” chord followed by two bars of the “i” chord.Measures 1-4 = the minor “i” chord (notice that we use lower-case Roman numerals for minor and diminished chords, and upper-case Roman numerals for major and dominant chords).