Composition using the 7 diatonic chords from the major scale.
This is an original composition of mine using a common writing tool. all the chords and melody to this piece come from one major scale.
Composition “Cuba Reborn”
This a short tune I wrote at the piano for my father Bruce’s birthday. The melody with the bass note creates triad inversions. That was the starting point, just trying to come up with some nice inversions where there are
Composition “Basheer”
I always enjoy writing contra-facts over chord progressions I like to improvise on. This is an easy one that is based on the Gigi Gryce’s song Minority. Gigi writes great tunes; always melodic and fun to blow on harmonically. I
Composition “Maker’s Curse”
I find that composing is a great way to spend time alone and to work out ideas that you may also use when you improvise. Original tunes also give you something to record and play with other people while contributing
Contrafacts
Here are some original compositions that I wrote which are all based on standard chord changes. This compositional approach is often called writing “contrafacts”. It’s nice to have some tunes in the book that are easy to improvise over because
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