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Chord Progression of the Day: I-iii-IV-V-I in Db

3/12/2017

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Essential Chords for Jazz Blues Progressions

3/10/2017

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These are "essential chords" for a Jazz Blues progression in Bb as taught by Don Mock.  Various options for the I, IV, V, ii and VI chord are diagrammed with their function.  The final page shows a basic jazz blues progression for Bb.  The chords are mostly grouped by position, so you can easily shift the 'melody' note on the topmost string during a bar.

In a traditional I-IV-V blues, we have the dominant I7 for four bars, IV7 for bars 5-6, then back to the I7 for two bars.  Bar 9 would go to the V7, climaxing with the most tension, then moving to the IV7 and finally back to the I7.

In a Jazz Blues, a few things are different.  First, the IV jumps up in Bar 2.  Second, instead of going directly to the V from the I, we lead into it though a more jazzy I-VI-ii-V cadence starting bar 8.  The final two bars repeat the I-VI-ii-V cadence in half the time.

Notice that the VI chord is a dominant, not a minor, as would 'diatonically' fit in the key of Bb major.  The IV chord is also a dominant, as is usually the case in a traditional major blues.

Don lists typical extensions of 9, 13 and 11 for the I and IV chord which work well.  

Since the VI7 is really a sub for a vi-7, those extensions will sound off.  Instead, try using an altered chord -- a chord with the 9 and 5 raised or lowered a semi-tone.  The #5, b5, #9 and b9 are 'altered' tones which better lead the cadence to the minor ii chord.  The VI7 is really a 'secondary dominant.'  For just a couple bars, the harmoy is shifting to the ii, and the VI7 of Bb is *functioning* as the V of the ii.  The short of it is that a dominant leading to a ii will sound better with altered tones, which jives with minor scales like the harmonic and melodic minor.

For the V (F7), pretty much any extension, alteration, or combination thereof can work. You can mix nines and thirteens with flat nines and sharp fives and so forth.  This is because the V is really the peak of tension from which everything will fall back into place with the I.
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Chord Progression of the Day: I-VI-ii-V in C (c/o Tomo Fujita)

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