In this post we take a quick look at the basics of secondary dominant chords in jazz music theory. …
Category: Jazz Theory
This post contains a discussion about how we create strong root movement in music. We also examine the minor ii-V-i progression in Jazz. …
In this article I explore the basics of chord families (also known as harmonic functions) and their use to create forward motion in music. The Tonic, Subdominant and Dominant families are discussed and some examples provided in G major for the guitar. …
This post covers an approach to deriving drop 2 chord voicings for guitar by taking a starting chord - such a s a major 7 - and changing one interval at a time to create fingerings for dominant 7, minor 7 and minor 7b5. …
This article covers the basics of Pentatonic Superimposition for guitar, a simple technique for adding colour to your improvisation over IIm7 chords. …
This post covers the basics of 'shell voicings' for the guitar. …