1 1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:01,240 Minor blues workout. 2 2 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:06,170 This is a workout to experiment with different chord voicings for 3 3 00:00:06,170 --> 00:00:08,300 the three minor chords in a minor blues progression. 4 4 00:00:08,300 --> 00:00:12,140 This gives you different sounds to improvise over. 5 5 00:00:13,520 --> 00:00:15,800 You can stick with just using one scale and 6 6 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:18,750 the right hand, the natural minor scale. 7 7 00:00:18,750 --> 00:00:21,800 This is because the progression is in an overall minor key. 8 8 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:27,130 So we're going to do this workout in the minor key of C minor. 9 9 00:00:28,840 --> 00:00:32,270 So our three chords, there's three columns. 10 10 00:00:32,270 --> 00:00:35,660 The first column is the basic root position chords. 11 11 00:00:35,660 --> 00:00:41,760 The other two columns are more altered chords, give you different jazz sounds. 12 12 00:00:41,760 --> 00:00:44,510 So if you start with column one, C minor seven. 13 13 00:00:44,510 --> 00:00:46,630 [MUSIC] 14 14 00:00:46,630 --> 00:00:53,548 You've got your C minor seven, you've got your F minor seven, 15 15 00:00:53,548 --> 00:00:59,550 root position, G minor seven, back to F minor seven. 16 16 00:00:59,550 --> 00:01:02,310 And don't worry about where you put them in the progression. 17 17 00:01:02,310 --> 00:01:04,450 Just experiment over the top of the three chords. 18 18 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:09,750 In the right hand you can use the C minor natural scale. 19 19 00:01:10,850 --> 00:01:14,928 Now if you remember, [SOUND] to form a natural minor, 20 20 00:01:14,928 --> 00:01:19,563 [SOUND] get the third of the minor chord, so it's the E flat, 21 21 00:01:19,563 --> 00:01:23,381 [SOUND] and play a major chord, so E-flat major. 22 22 00:01:23,381 --> 00:01:28,131 [SOUND] So that's the notes of the C minor natural scale if you start on C. 23 23 00:01:28,131 --> 00:01:32,091 [MUSIC] 24 24 00:01:32,091 --> 00:01:34,511 So the exact same notes as E flat major. 25 25 00:01:34,511 --> 00:01:36,841 [MUSIC] 26 26 00:01:36,841 --> 00:01:39,591 So three flats, B flat, E flat, and A flat. 27 27 00:01:39,591 --> 00:01:46,761 [MUSIC] 28 28 00:01:46,761 --> 00:01:48,051 So that'll work over C minor. 29 29 00:01:48,051 --> 00:01:52,841 [MUSIC] 30 30 00:01:52,841 --> 00:01:58,815 We'll also work over F minor seven, then you can 31 31 00:01:58,815 --> 00:01:59,840 [MUSIC]. 32 32 00:01:59,840 --> 00:02:05,420 But it's helpful if you start the same scale, the same notes on the F. 33 33 00:02:05,420 --> 00:02:13,720 [MUSIC] 34 34 00:02:13,720 --> 00:02:14,630 So. 35 35 00:02:14,630 --> 00:02:16,050 [MUSIC] 36 36 00:02:16,050 --> 00:02:20,970 Same notes from the C minor seven scale, but you just stat on the F note. 37 37 00:02:20,970 --> 00:02:22,760 You can do the same with the G minor seven. 38 38 00:02:22,760 --> 00:02:26,340 [MUSIC] 39 39 00:02:26,340 --> 00:02:28,300 But it's exactly the same, from the same. 40 40 00:02:28,300 --> 00:02:31,630 [MUSIC] 41 41 00:02:31,630 --> 00:02:32,510 But you start on the G. 42 42 00:02:32,510 --> 00:02:38,340 [MUSIC] 43 43 00:02:38,340 --> 00:02:39,090 F. 44 44 00:02:39,090 --> 00:02:45,170 [MUSIC] 45 45 00:02:45,170 --> 00:02:48,760 Column two, that's when the chords are slightly more altered. 46 46 00:02:48,760 --> 00:02:53,170 So it's the third, fifth, seventh, and the ninth. 47 47 00:02:53,170 --> 00:02:57,170 [SOUND] There's your C minor seven, the ninth. 48 48 00:02:57,170 --> 00:03:00,970 So the top chord is gonna be an E flat major seven. 49 49 00:03:00,970 --> 00:03:02,470 Just a helpful reminder. 50 50 00:03:02,470 --> 00:03:04,670 [MUSIC] 51 51 00:03:04,670 --> 00:03:09,414 Again you play the 52 52 00:03:09,414 --> 00:03:11,630 [MUSIC]. 53 53 00:03:11,630 --> 00:03:14,550 So the F minor seven's going to be a chordal fragment. 54 54 00:03:14,550 --> 00:03:18,670 [MUSIC] 55 55 00:03:18,670 --> 00:03:23,090 So there's F minor chordal fragment as in the ninth. 56 56 00:03:23,090 --> 00:03:30,047 [SOUND] Cluster chord still use the C minor seven 57 57 00:03:30,047 --> 00:03:31,300 [MUSIC]. 58 58 00:03:31,300 --> 00:03:34,130 See how the scale even takes on a different sound over that. 59 59 00:03:34,130 --> 00:03:39,048 [MUSIC] 60 60 00:03:39,048 --> 00:03:41,515 If you F again 61 61 00:03:41,515 --> 00:03:43,088 [MUSIC]. 62 62 00:03:43,088 --> 00:03:45,176 The G, it's going to be chordal fragment as well. 63 63 00:03:45,176 --> 00:03:46,756 [SOUND] There's G minor. 64 64 00:03:46,756 --> 00:03:49,086 [SOUND] And add the ninth. 65 65 00:03:49,086 --> 00:03:51,256 [SOUND] Start on the G. 66 66 00:03:51,256 --> 00:04:01,256 [MUSIC] 67 67 00:04:04,006 --> 00:04:07,625 Column three, it's further altered again, 68 68 00:04:07,625 --> 00:04:12,090 well the first one's actually like a tense ballad span. 69 69 00:04:12,090 --> 00:04:13,670 [MUSIC] 70 70 00:04:13,670 --> 00:04:16,420 Minor first, fifth, flat and third. 71 71 00:04:16,420 --> 00:04:26,510 [MUSIC] 72 72 00:04:26,510 --> 00:04:27,864 Just play up and down the scale, 73 73 00:04:27,864 --> 00:04:31,090 don't try anything different than just using the scale with these chords. 74 74 00:04:31,090 --> 00:04:33,670 You're trying to get used to the two combination. 75 75 00:04:33,670 --> 00:04:40,590 [MUSIC] 76 76 00:04:40,590 --> 00:04:43,380 This is F, first, eleventh, and seventh. 77 77 00:04:43,380 --> 00:04:44,880 F minor seven. 78 78 00:04:44,880 --> 00:04:53,010 [MUSIC] 79 79 00:04:53,010 --> 00:04:53,920 G. 80 80 00:04:53,920 --> 00:05:03,920 [MUSIC] 81 81 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:12,590 So just keep experimenting with the chords in each column, 82 82 00:05:12,590 --> 00:05:16,265 with the one scale over the top, and try that in every key, 83 83 00:05:16,265 --> 00:05:19,940 and tick the box at the bottom when you've tried each key.