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Andy French's Musical Explorations

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Tag: Secondary Dominants

Creating jazzy blues progressions

In Jazz Theory, Music TheoryTags Blues, Jazz, Music Theory, Secondary Dominants10th March 2019 Andy French

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 …

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Days of Wine and Roses - A section

An analysis of Days of Wine and Roses

In Jazz Theory, Music TheoryTags Harmonic Functions, Jazz, Melodic Minor, Minor ii-V-i, Music Theory, Secondary Dominants, Secondary ii-V14th July 2018 Andy French

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 …

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Secondary Dominants and Secondary ii-V Progressions

In Jazz Theory, Music TheoryTags Jazz, Music Theory, Secondary Dominants, Secondary ii-V27th January 2018 Andy French

In this post we take a quick look at the basics of secondary dominant chords in jazz music theory. …

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Forward motion and harmonising minor ii-V-i

In Jazz Theory, Music TheoryTags ii-V-I, Jazz, Minor ii-V-i, Music Theory, Secondary Dominants10th January 2018 Andy French

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. …

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Andy French was the lead guitarist and vocalist with the British alternative metal band The Hollowkind. The band is no defunct but their tunes are available on Spotify or SoundCloud.

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