The diminished seventh chord (o7) is one of the most exotic and beautiful harmonies that equal temperament has to offer. This chord type has a completely symmetrical structure. It is …
Category: Music Theory
The basic blues format In general the blues is a combination of minor pentatonic melody played over a harmonic progression emphasising the tonic, sub-dominant and dominant chords. It’s also common …
The problem Something I have observed with jazz harmony is that the rules around major keys are comparatively straightforward when compared with that of minor keys. Previous posts on this …
Introduction This is a quick recap about how to approach improvisation over altered dominant chords. Altered dominant chords will be dominant chords with one of the following tensions: b9, #9, b5, …
This post is a summary of the previous posts regarding the modes of the Melodic Minor scale (see Index to other posts at the end). I am trying to break …
Introduction This post contains a harmonic analysis of the jazz standard, Days of Wind and Roses. Beware though – this is a learning exercise for me so I can’t guarantee …