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Jazz harmony

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The jazz chord naming system is as deterministic as the composer wishes it to be. A rule of thumb is that chord alterations are included in a chart only when the alteration appears in the melody or is crucial to essence of the composition. Skilled improvisers are able to supply an idiomatic, highly
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context, the harmony is the basis for horn material, melodic counterpoint, and so on. The improvising soloist is expected to have a complete knowledge of the basics of harmony, as well as their own unique approach to chords and their relationship to scales. A personal style is composed of these
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are the two instruments that typically provide harmony for a jazz group. Players of these instruments deal with harmony in a real-time, flowing improvisational context as a matter of course. This is one of the greatest challenges in jazz.
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13, m7), it is particularly important in the jazz harmonic idiom, notably as a V chord in a minor key. For our example key of C-minor, the V chord is G7, so the improviser would draw upon the G7 altered scale (mode VII of the
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There is variety in the chord symbols used in jazz notation. A jazz musician must have facility in the alternate notation styles which are used. The following chord symbol examples use C as a root tone for example purposes.
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Bebop or "straight-ahead" jazz, in which only certain of all possible extensions and alterations are used, is distinguished from free, avant-garde, or post-bop jazz harmony.
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Other central features of jazz harmony are diatonic and non-diatonic reharmonizations, the addition of the V7(sus4) chord as a dominant and non-
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are non-pianists who also have a strong sense of the role of harmony in compositional structure and mood. These composers (including also
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specified in parentheses after the chord symbol. An altered note is a note which is a deviation from the canonical chord tone.
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Analytic practice in Jazz recognizes four basic chord types, plus diminished seventh chords. The four basic chord types are
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Jazz composers use harmony as a basic stylistic element as well. Open, modal harmony is characteristic of the music of
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melodic minor). A complete ii-V-i progression in C-minor7 extended 9 flattened fifth might suggest the following:
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are also quite common. Also, jazz music tends to favor certain harmonic progressions and includes the addition of
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It is possible to specify chords with more than four notes. For example, the chord C-Δ9 contains the notes (C E
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are pianists whose compositions are more typical of the chord-rich style associated with pianist-composers.
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are used as the basis of many harmonic elements found in jazz. Jazz harmony is notable for the use of
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The VII chord in particular is rich with alterations. As it contains the notes and alterations (I,
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as a basis for chordal construction. In jazz, chords are often arranged vertically in
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music. Jazz bears certain similarities to other practices in the tradition of Western
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altered harmonic vocabulary even when written chord symbols contain no alterations.
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and Nor Eddine Bahha, "7th chords provide the building blocks of jazz harmony."
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by Barrie L. Nettles (born 1942) & Richard Graf, Advance Music (1997);
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Popular and Jazz Harmony for Composers, Arrangers, and Performers
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symbols designate four notes. Each typically has a "role" as
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Jazzology: The Encyclopedia of Jazz Theory for All Musicians
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such as 9ths, 11ths, and 13ths to chords. Additionally,
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C melodic minor (mode I of the C melodic minor scale)
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Play
theory
chords
jazz
harmony
chord progressions
major and minor
scales
major
minor thirds
stacked fourths
intervals
scales unique to style
seventh chords
triads
classical music
Robert Rawlins
piano
guitar
big-band
McCoy Tyner
John Coltrane
Horace Silver
Clare Fischer
Dave Brubeck
Bill Evans
Joe Henderson
Woody Shaw
Wayne Shorter

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