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Chord Substitutions
Mike Edwin
Welcome Guitar Players! Over the next several lessons we are going to be looking at possible chord substitutions that can be used over a 'I Vi ii V' progression. To begin with, I want you to have a go at this sequence of chords and try and get them sounding nice under your finger tips. Once you have a feel for this progression join me in the next lesson and we can start manipulating them and looking at alternate ways to play through this sequence, via some typical substitutions. Although we are looking at 4 part harmony(aka 7th or 'jazz' chords) the underlying theory can be applied to classical/blues/fusion/rock or what ever style of music you're playing/composing.
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Lesson · 1m I Vi ii V progression - Chord Substitutions
Welcome Guitar Players! Over the next several lessons we are going to be looking at possible chord substitutions that can be used over a 'I Vi ii V' progression. To begin with, I want you to have a go at this...
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Lesson · 3m I Vi ii V Progression - Tonic Substitute
Tonic Substitute The first substitution I want to introduce is called a 'tonic substitute'. It is also known to some as 'two to the right'. In the key of C Major there are 7 chords. That's one chord for each...
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Lesson · 3m I Vi ii V Progression - minor > Dominant
Now we are going to experiment with turning some minor chords into Dominant Chords. Dominant chords generally resolve down to a Perfect 5th. You can see an example of this in our progression via the G7 > Cmaj7...
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Lesson · 2m I Vi ii V Progression - Tri-tone Substitution
Before we get into Tri-tone substitutions, I owe some people the answer to the homework task from last lesson. Am7 contains the notes - A C E G also expressed as R b3 5 b7. If the b3 (minor 3rd) of this chord...
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Lesson · 2m I Vi ii V Progression - D7 to Ab7
The next chord we are going to manipulate is chord ii (D7), which was earlier a Dm7. Just as in our previous lesson, we are going to identify the 5th of this chord: D F# (A) C. Now we lower it by a half step...
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Lesson · 1m I Vi ii V Progression - A7 to Eb7
For our final tri-tone substitution, A7 will become Eb7. We identify the 5th of A7: A C# (E) G. Lower it by a half step. Eb Build a new Dominant7 chord from Eb. Eb7 = Eb G Bb Db Once again you will see that...
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