Help improving

    
Help improving    15:29 on Thursday, December 22, 2005          
(sax_chick88)
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Can someone help me with the notes I can play for an improve part. There`s:
Gmi
Cmi
D7
C7
D7sus(#9)
Dma8
Emi9
A7(b9)
Dma9
Bmi9
Ami9
D+7(b9)
G6/9
G#o7
D6/9
B7(b9)
Emi7
Ebma7

Could someone tell how to figure out which notes to play.


Re: Help improving    15:42 on Thursday, December 22, 2005          
(sax_chick88)
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I forgot to say that I`m playing the bari sax (Eb)


Re: Help improving    22:22 on Thursday, December 22, 2005          
(cjbass)
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This would take a bit of time, one thing I recommend is picking up "How to play Jazz" by Jamey Abersold, which shows you what scales to play behind the chords. An example is your first chord is a Gm7 which will be a ii chord, and that tells you that you are playing a Gm7 chord G Bb D F over the key of F major, the second is Cm7 which is also a ii chord that means you are playing Cm7 chord C Eb G Bb over the key of Bb major. There are all kinds of things you can play, and always remember if it sounds wrong just play a half step away from that note and it will sound good. If you want the scale chart go to www.jazzbooks.com and go to freejazz, and download the scale chart, it will give you all the scales to play for all those chords, here is the link,

http://www.jazzbooks.com/miva/documents/handbook/13_scale_syllabus.pdf.

Just remember in simplest terms a minor7 is the ii of a scale, a dominant7 (same as a major but with a lowered 7th) is a V of a scale and a major7 is the I of a scale. Good luck and I hope this helps


   




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