Notes on bars 17-20
John Lacey, bar 17 is especially for you!
If you look at the notes I used, you'll soon see they are all derived from the A melodic minor scale. (the second note is G#) You'll notice a * on the first string on the note following it. If you use D as your first string, it might be easier to use it rather that pedal 7 on 3rd string.
In bar 18, I went for the B7b9 (my habit).
(They're a no-brainer... there's one every 3 frets!) I had a different phrase in mind for this B chord, using an "alt" voicing instead, but I doubt I could pull it off for the wav. file. If I could, in bar 18, I would have played:
[tab]
B alt
1--------------------------------------|
2--------------------------------------|
3---12(7)------------------------------|
4----------12(7)-----------------------|
5-----------------12-------------------|
6---------------------12(6)~~11(6)-----|
7----------------------------------12--|
8--------------------------------------|
9--------------------------------------|
10-------------------------------------|
1 2 3 4
{....triplets...}
[/tab]
Note the triplets for the second beat
(three notes equally spaced over one beat). This is a Very Cool Phrase, which insinuates a B alt chord (altered) which is derived from the 7th mode of the melodic minor scale. In this case, for B, we'd use the C minor melodic scale. I only wish I could play it right.
During bar 19, the E minor chord, you'll notice that I stepped out of the minor chord for a sec, and passed through the V 7b9 chord (B) (again!) Jazz piano players do this in order to play scale-step phrases in "block chords".
My tech notes: my wav's are recorded on a 1981 ghetto blaster that fell off a truck in Toronto. I'll try to do better. I might even tune my steel for the next one!
P. Gleespen - I'm thinking of a tritone substitution for you, for my next round.
My thanks to Jerry Gleason for putting up the sound files. That's
great! Go easy on me, listeners, I'm a newbie! (but I try to be a good sport) -John
