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ii-V-I options

Here is an option that can be used over certain ii-V-I progressions.
We will concentrate on the V7 chord for our alteration here.

Example in Eb Major:

Step one:
Play minor chord: F-
(or ignore this chord and jump right to step 2)

Step two:
Take the Root, 3rd, and 7th. (Bb, D, Ab)
Stack on top of that a triad built from the 6. (G, B, D)
Stack within the same octave a triad built off of the b6. (Gb, Bb, Db)

we get some nice extensions by doing this. (b9, b13, and #9.)

Step three:
Resolve to the Major chord (Eb).

Methods of use:

The Modes In Detail - Dorian

Dorian is the mode that starts on the second scale degree of the major scale. So in the key of C play D to D.
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Chinese Translation for Chinese students.
Dorian和 Ionian 的不同是,Dorian 降3音降7音
Dorian是最常在爵士樂中在小調和弦(Minor chord)中用到調式。II-V-I的和聲進行,II級幾乎都是用到Dorian。
(Tony示範各種不同爵士標準曲中(Standards)出現各種不同的Dorian聲音)

The Modes In Detail - Ionian

The major scale is the Ionian mode.
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Chinese translation for Chinese students.
今天要講Ionian,
就是大調音階,如果你還不熟悉,要先把每個調的大調練好再來看這支影片。
(Tony示範Ionian出現在生活中的各種聲音)
練習各種不同調式,可以用左手開始,或是右手開始,熟悉棒法。