Half Step Below

Hi,

This is a nice exercise to practice your Arpeggio and making it sound more interesting and a little jazzy.

Just add a note half step before your chord tone.

The above outline a Gmaj7 chord.

Try playing the exercise over a Gmaj7 chord and hear how it sound.

You can also try a whole step before your chord tone.

Have fun!

ii V Sub

Hi,

I was reading on adding substitute chords to the static V7 chords.

Let's learn some simple Jazz together.

Say we have a progression like this: Eb |Eb |D7 |D7 |Eb |Eb |C7 |C7 |

We can use the ii V substitute to make it more interesting.

It will become like this: Eb |Eb |Am7 |D7 |Eb | Eb |Gm7| C7|

The reverse is true. So if you have a progression like Am7 D7, it can become D7 D7.

Have fun!

Simple Chord Tone Solo

Hi,

Ever thought of starting a song with some simple solo bass lines?

The easiest way is to play chord tone (1 3 5 7) at a higher register.

Playing the guide tone (3rd, 7th) is a good way to solo.

You can practice soloing over a ii V I progression.

If we are in the key of D, you will have Em7 A7 Dmaj7.

Find the chord tones around the 12th fret or higher and experiment.

Most people will tell you to avoid playing the root note when you solo.

So find the 3rd and 7th note of each chord.

Em7 - G D
A7 - C# G
Dmaj7 - F# C#

When you are comfortable, slowly add other notes in the D major scale as your passing notes.

Have fun trying.

Approach Notes

Hi,

This exercise shows you how to approach the chord tone from one note below.

We will use the C chord for this exercise. The notes in a C chord are C E G.






Your playing will sound more jazzy using this method.

Have fun!

How Tritone Substitute Works

Hi,

We will be learning more about tritone substitute in this lesson.

In key of C, ii V I is Dm7 G7 Cmaj7

Tritone substitute also known as flat 5 substitute, will replace the dominant chord,

in this case, the G7 and replace it with Db7.

The new progression will be Dm7 Db7 Cmaj7.

The notes in a Db7 are Db, F, Ab and B

It is actually a G7 alter chord - G7(b9)#11 (with G as the root)

This is the reason why we could use a Db7 instead of G7.

Hope its clear.

Cheers

Minor ii V i

Hi,

This is part 2 of using Chords to play ii V I

Instead of playing Dm7 G7 Cmaj7 which is ii V I,

for the minor ii V i, try Dm7(b5) G7 Cm7.

This is how a Dm7(b5) looks like on a 4 string bass.

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I love the sound, hope you like it too.

Cheers

Using Chords to play ii V I

Hi,

A simple way of playing the ii V I progressions using chords on bass.








You will notice that the 5th is not used and you still get the jazz sound.

Have fun.