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TUTORIAL
Playing Over Changes Pt 2

Topics: ImprovisingStyles: Fusion Levels: Advanced

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1. Playing over Changes Pt 2 - Minor Major 7 Chords
Tom Quayle
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Level: Advanced
Topic: Improvising
Style: Fusion
Guitar Lesson Text: Hi there and welcome to part 2 of 'Playing over Changes'. This time we'll be dealing with melodic minor chords and their asso...
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2. Playing over Changes Pt 2 - Maj7#5 Chords
Tom Quayle
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Level: Advanced
Topic: Improvising
Style: Fusion
Guitar Lesson Text: Our next chord is very common in fusion and jazz music and has a very attractive but dark sound. It's called a Major7 #5 chor...
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3. Playing over Changes Pt 2 - Lydian Dominant Chords
Tom Quayle
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Level: Advanced
Topic: Improvising
Style: Fusion
Guitar Lesson Text: Our next chord type is dominant 7th chord with a sharpened 11th interval. This gives us a lydian dominant chord also known as...
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4. Playing over Changes Pt 2 - Locrian Natural 9 Chords
Tom Quayle
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Level: Advanced
Topic: Improvising
Style: Fusion
Guitar Lesson Text: Our penultimate chord type is based on a min7b5 chord, also known as a locrian chord. The difference here is that the melodic...
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5. Playing over Changes Pt 2 - Altered Chords
Tom Quayle
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Level: Advanced
Topic: Improvising
Style: Fusion
Guitar Lesson Text: Okay, our final chord type is named an altered dominant chords. If you've seen my other melodic minor tutorial you'll know th...
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6. Playing over Changes Pt 2 - Motifs Introduction
Tom Quayle
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Level: Advanced
Topic: Improvising
Style: Fusion
Guitar Lesson Text: One of the hardest things to do when playing over changes is phrase well through the chords. In order to do this successfully...
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7. Playing over Changes Pt 2 - Using Motifs
Tom Quayle
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Level: Advanced
Topic: Improvising
Style: Fusion
Guitar Lesson Text: Okay, here's the video example with the accompanying transcription below. I'm playing over four chords. The sequence goes as ...
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8. Playing Over Changes Pt 2 - Motifs Closing Comments
Tom Quayle
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Level: Advanced
Topic: Improvising
Style: Fusion
Guitar Lesson Text: Now, when using motifs to play through chord changes you must remember that this is only an exercise and were you to play a c...
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9. Playing Over Changes Pt 2 - Anticipating the changes
Tom Quayle
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Level: Advanced
Topic: Improvising
Style: Fusion
Guitar Lesson Text: Here's the example of anticipating the changes. The changes here are:- Amaj7, Bb7alt, Dmaj7, C7sus4 Try playing over each ...
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10. Backing Track - Melodic Minor 1
Tom Quayle
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Level: Advanced
Topic: Improvising
Style: Fusion
Guitar Lesson Text: Here's the first backing track using melodic minor chords. The changes are:- ||: Am6 / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | ...
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11. Backing Track - Melodic Minor 2
Tom Quayle
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Level: Advanced
Topic: Improvising
Style: Fusion
Guitar Lesson Text: Here's backing track number 2. A mixture of major and melodic minor harmony. The changes are:- ||: A7sus4 / / / | / / / / ...
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12. Backing Track - Melodic Minor 3
Tom Quayle
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Level: Advanced
Topic: Improvising
Style: Fusion
Guitar Lesson Text: Here's backing track number 3. The changes are as follows:- ||: Am7 / / / | / / / / | Bbmaj7#5 / / / | / / / / | D7sus4 / /...
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13. Backing Track - Melodic Minor 4
Tom Quayle
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Level: Advanced
Topic: Improvising
Style: Fusion
Guitar Lesson Text: Here backing track number 4, The changes are as follows:- ||: Amaj7 / / / | / / / / | Bb7alt / / / | / / / / | Dmaj7 / / / ...
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14. Backing Track - Melodic Minor 5
Tom Quayle
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Level: Advanced
Topic: Improvising
Style: Fusion
Guitar Lesson Text: Here's the final backing track. The changes are as follows:- ||: AmMaj9 / / / | / / / / | Bbm7b5nat9 / / / | / / / / | Dmaj...