Traditional Jazz/Blues. 2 2
Traditional jazz used more obvious chord progression than you might hear nowadays. 3 3
So you aren't going to hear much chordals or. 4 4
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Think more of the New Orleans jazz band walking down the street. 6 6
You know where the progression is going to go. 7 7
It's more obvious, more light-hearted, fun. 8 8
It's upbeat. 9 9
Traditional jazz progressions are not too complex, but they're also not just as 10 10
basic as a basic blues progression. 11 11
So the basic blues, 12-bar blues, uses three chords. 12 12
It's C, remember, C, F, G, back to C. 13 13
And traditional jazz expands on that with more chords to make things much more 14 14
interesting. 15 15
So we're going to play a typical, 16 16
traditional jazz progression in the key of F. 17 17
But before I show you how it's all put together, 18 18
I'll play the progression through. 19 19
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So, you can hear it's a mix of blues and jazz, not too mysterious. 21 21
You kinda know where it's going. 22 22
It's fun, it's upbeat, best of all it's not too complicated, but 23 23
it does sound great. 24 24
So let's look at the chords you're going to use. 25 25
In F, the three basic blues chords or the three major chords in the key of F. 26 26
F, 27 27
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B flat, C, you can hear that it wants to go back to F. 29 29
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And it's really not important at this stage to know the theory behind that. 31 31
Just memorize it all for now. 32 32
Remember the motto, play first, ask questions later. 33 33
Now in the traditional blues jazz in F, 34 34
they add in more chords to add in more color and interest. 35 35
So there's going to be a B diminished. 36 36
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G minor 7. 38 38
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D 7. 40 40
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Remember it's nearly always sevens in these progressions. 42 42
To start the progression off, we use a nice voicing for the F. 43 43
F7 with an added 6th. 44 44
Gives a nice bluesy feel to start with. 45 45
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So you get that from there's F. 47 47
First, third, fifth. 48 48
Move the root down to the seventh. 49 49
We've got the third, and then move the fifth up to the sixth. 50 50
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So if we just played the fifth, 52 52
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It wouldn't sound quite as mysterious. 54 54
Sixth gives it more interest. 55 55
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Then you have the B flat chord, so just use the root and the seventh. 57 57
So there's B flat, there's B flat up there, 58 58
two left to the seventh, same as you do with the C 7. 59 59
So C two left to seven. 60 60
Same with the B-flat, move two left to seven. 61 61
So it's root and seventh, okay? 62 62
It's in a nice position on the piano and it has a nice sound, so 63 63
it's a good B-flat to play in any progression. 64 64
And you got B diminished. 65 65
Just slide both of those up onto the white half. 66 66
And there's B diminished, there's the seven. 67 67
Two left. 68 68
Lead with the third and fifth. 69 69
[SOUND] And there's a D 7. 70 70
Just play the full chord, again that's a nice position on the piano. 71 71
It sounds okay, the full four note chord. 72 72
There's a G minor seven. 73 73
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And back to the C and back to the F. 75 75
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So now I'll show you how the whole progression's put together. 77 77
Progression uses the riff that you used before in the Sleazy Blues. 78 78
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Okay, when you bunched on to them there's the C 3, 5, 7. 80 80
You bounce on to the third. 81 81
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So you wanna change that to F so there's F. 83 83
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Bounce onto the third. 85 85
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So then you go to B flat and use the same riff transposed to B flat. 87 87
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Bounce on to the third, there's B flat. 89 89
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Look at the sheet music carefully. 91 91
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Back to the F. Repeat the riff, 93 93
and then you're holding it in the second bar. 94 94
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Two, three, four, back to the B flat, same riff. 96 96
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Now you're into B diminished. 98 98
G moves slightly. 99 99
Two notes up. 100 100
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There's a seven. 102 102
Leave out there. 103 103
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Same riff but just slightly different. 105 105
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Back to F 107 107
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And then you're bouncing off the seventh to the F. 109 109
Down to that up to the D, so. 110 110
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And then you're into the G minor seventh. 112 112
Start with the root here. 113 113
You're going to have a run up to C. 114 114
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And then you're on the C 7. 116 116
March down to that. 117 117
Run up to F, and then bounce from the the note above the D. 118 118
Below the G, C. 119 119
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