In this lesson we’ll look at the first ii – V7 – I melody found in the “Modern Jazz Vocabulary vol. 2” book. This melody is comprised of major 1st inversion triads descending by half steps and a few chromatic passing tones at the end. The melody is also grouped in 6 against the harmonic rhythm in 4/4. The descending triads end up outlining some nice tensions over the the ii – V7 – I progression. Although this is a melodic sequence it is still loosely based and George Garzone’s Triadic Approach which I recommend checking out. In the video I play this short melodic phrase through the 12 keys at both a med and med up tempo. Remember to work on this and all the material from the blog from memory as much as possible. I believe it’s better to learn the idea from memory in one key than to read it in 12 keys.
~Enjoy!
Lesson 64: ii-V-I From Vol.2 Book PDF
Lesson 64: Play Along 120 BPM mp3
Lesson 64: Play Along 180 BPM mp3
Modern Jazz Vocabulary Vol. 2 Is an in depth study of classic II-V-I progression found commonly in jazz improvisation. The nearly 300 melodic examples incorporate rhythmic groupings, triad pairs, enclosures, chromatics, synthetic scales, chord substitutions and more.
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~Bob Sheppard (sax).
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~Steve Cardenas (guitar)
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