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Blues Comping Tip by Behn Gillece

This is for a student of mine. But you guys can have it also. 

Transcribe it and then think about what I'm playing and what the chord is. Can see the b9s #5s etc.

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🚨 Harmony Without Chords – Pt. 2: Chromatic Approaches to 3rds and 7ths

Part 2 expands on the guide-tone focus from Part 1 by introducing chromatic approach notes to the 3rds and 7ths of dominant chords. While the targets remain the same, the addition of chromatic motion adds tension, direction, and forward momentum to the line—allowing the harmony to feel more alive without relying on full chord voicings or altered scales.

Hello! I have attached a link to a youtube playlist which contains all of my lesson material for the last month. Thanks

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp2ia_j36ngaDEfKtQhc4BOtiwMqQStjG&si…

I talk about There Will Never Be Another You and include an 'Epic Etude'. 5 Choruses of chord study with some easy soloing. 

Please note that I've made a reference to "flat 4" in the pentatonic scale for this video. I'm not sure why, haha! But here is a basic summary of the scale tones for Fmin pentatonic over an F7 chord.

If you think of the main scale tones of F7 being mixolydian, you would have F-G-A-B-C-D-Eb. Fmin Pentatonic would be F,Ab,Bb,C and Eb. So basically leave out scale tone 2 from the mixolydian, flat the 3rd, leave 4 alone unlike what I said in the video, haha! Then just leave out scale tone 6 and you have Fmin pentatonic.

Hope that makes sense :)

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Check out the attached PDF!