A substitute chord, or series of substitute chords, can provide alternate harmonic paths while maintaining its original function. Its important to note that the five chord substitutions are taken in the context of a chord progression and not individual chords themselves. Books, such as andy lavernes handbook of chord substitutions. We will look at three basic rules for substitution chord family, inversion, and flat five. Any chord can be substituted for another which has the same tonic, dominant or traveling function. Pdf this paper describes the theory and implementation of a digital audio. Chord substitution chord substitution refers to the art of changing andor adding chords to a progression in order to create harmony that is different and more interesting. Improving the chord by adding complexity such as turning triads into 7th chords. How to substitute chords from the same harmonic function.
In blues and jazz turnarounds, its common practice to use harmonic substitutions for any of the chords. A forewarning some of these ideas may sound abstract and hard to understand in this short report. Chord substitutions survival guide pdf includes tab. To get started using chord substitutions, take a look. Every diminished chord is a 7th chord with a flatted 9 in four different ways. Creative chord sequence generation for electronic dance. Here, we will provide you with lead sheets, basic chord melodies, chords and single note solos that you can begin applying over some of the most popular standards right. To create other tuplets duplet 2 to nonuplet 9, substitute one of the.
The substitutions may have a quality and degree of function in common with the original chord, and often only differs by one or two notes, or they may be far more off the wall, flirting with other keys and modes temporarily, then with deft skill brought back to the home tonal centre. They are used in most styles of music, especially jazz, fusion, blues, pop, and show tunes. For any major chord, substitute a major 2 chord to get a contemporary pop sound. Omitting the chord root gives the music a less predictable and contemporary quality. What are some chord substitutions for a iivv blues progression. In general, you can say that a ii chord substitutes for a v and a iii chord substitutes for a i chord. For a jazz musician, being able to manipulate chords and progressions is an essential part of defining ones own personal musical style. The sixth triad opens a few possibilities for some nice chord substitutions.
Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. What makes this book really good is that laverne presents standard piano arrangements and then interjects substitutions that add variety and interest to. As long as the melody permits, you simply swap out one chord of the same function for another. The jazz style of wes montgomery wes montgomery was one of the greatest jazz guitarists, one of the most recognizable, and one of the most influential. So todays lesson is all about common jazz chord substitutions. Here are some free pdfs used to supplement my free video lessons.
In this article we briefly introduce an original method, the purpose of which fundamentally lies in providing musicians with a reliable instrument that may effectively assist them in carrying out the chord progressions analisys. Includes chapters on tritone substitution, changing chord qualities, pedal points, modulations, suspensions, alterations of chord tones and numerous other arranging concepts. Remember, the more you practice and the more theory you know, the better youll sound and the better able youll be to play what you hear. Guitarmando chord voicings for duos im playing in a quintet, but also spend a bunch of time jamming with just the guitar player in my band. Reharmonizations and substitutions 7th chords and scale harmonization reharmonizing. Over the first four bars of the progression i have applied a great jazz blues chord substitutions called tritone or b5 substitution in beat 4 of bar 1 and beat 3 of bar 4. In the first chord example, i slide up the diminshed chord voicing by 3 frets 4 times.
There are many chord variations or substitutions in blues structures. Group 1 can all usually be used to replace any minor or minor 7 chord. After working with this ygb case study you will be able to. And so, for a long time, i resisted learning many ideas and techniques that i thought of as jazz techniques, or jazz theory, or even jazz. Chord quality alteration is when the quality of a chord is changed, and the new chord of similar root and construction, but with one pitch different, is substituted for the original chord, for example the minor sixth for the major seventh, or the major seventh for the minor. Jazz chord substitution theory and applications we all get bored of the same thing if we have too much of it.
Because songs can use chord progressions in many rhythmic arrangements and in many keys, this book provides you with roman numerals in sequence. Welcome to our archive of some of the most popular jazz standards for jazz guitar. A vi chord often can substitute for a i chord or a iv chord. Harmony free lessons these lessons deal with the process of improving and replacing harmony in songs. Common jazz guitar chords if you are somewhat new to jazz guitar chords, here are some of the most commonly used voicings. There are some specific and even complicated rules for substitution, but the final arbiter of a successful chord substitution is how it sounds. How to use chord substitutions in the key of e major. Often they will utilize different tools to substitute chord changes and create more or different kinds of harmonic movement. Chord substitutions can be described as what i like to call new harmonies with the same function.
A diatonic chord substitution occurs when using different notes within a scale. Includes chapters on tritone substitution, changing chord qualities, pedal points. The happy ukulele songbook not your daddys ukulele. These chords are interchangeable because the tritone interval pitches are identical in each. This book contains useful phrases derived from chord tones, passing tones, resultant scales, and scaletone chords that piano players can use right away as vocabulary enhancers. Handbook of chord substitutions a guide to creating your own special chord substitutions when playing any tune.
Enter the number of the capo position at which you want to display substitute chords, in brackets, after all chord symbols in the score. Pdf creative chord sequence generation for electronic dance. In this short report, we will take a look at some of the key aspects of his style. Modern chord voicings and chord substitutions use pluralities built on the chord s 3rd. Andy laverne chord substitutions torrents pdf njcinvest. Use dominant7, minor 7, diminished 7th and minor 7b5 chords. This guitar tutorial is based on my lesson from last week minor jazz blues chord substitutions.
Add extra tied notes to a previously tied chord add ties to unison notes flip a tie see also external links tremolo add a tremolo single note chord tremolo two note chord tremolo external links repeats and jumps simple repeats 1st and 2nd endings playback repeat symbols and text jumps markers examples of jumps see also external links tuplets. The row 3 is a, the second note in the g scale, and an a minor chord followed in rows 4 and 5, underneath, by c and e. Substituting chords by karen daniels simply put, chord substitution is the use of one chord in place of another chord and using them is one way to give your music interest and a change in sound. This means that the root is omitted, but both essential tones, the 3 and 7, are present in the chord. Introduction to jazz guitar chords and comping styles. Any chord can be tonicized by playing a dominant 7 chord a 5th away. Yellow guitar books case study blues to jazz substitutions i understand the form and construction of a 12 bar blues.
This book is very effective in helping to develop this skill. Free copies of this work and its two companion volumes are available for download in pdf format. Minor jazz blues chord substitutions guitar lesson. These are not lessons, but supplements to my lessons. But, many people are confused when it comes to using them. Chord progression handbook ku scholarworks the university of. The following chord substitutions work in a variety of musical situations and will not clash with what the other musicians are playing. When a i chord is leading into a iv chord add a minor 7th to the i chord. The tritone substitution is a dominant, or secondary dominant 7th chord whose root is a tritone 3 whole steps away from the original chord. Good store, will buy again a guide to creating your own special chord substitutions when playing any tune. So basically, we could use the submediant chord to make a chord substitution with both the tonic or the subdominant in a natural way. The general chord substitution rule holds that chords that share two or more notes in common can be readily substituted for each other money chords. I recommend you go check out that post on primary chords as a primer to this lesson. Everything you ever wanted to know but were afraid to ask guitar method by tom kolb states the rules for diatonic substitution lie in a system of three groups called chord familiesbased on i, iv and v chords of the major scale 88.
If you were to eat vanilla ice cream every day for a year, not only would you gain weight and considerably so you would also quickly tire of the flavor. Then if you did the same thing for the key of d the a7 would be the 5th chord that wants to resolve to d, and then d7 is the 5th chord of g so you end up with e7a7d7g. Daniel david marked it as toread jan 05, matthieu brucher marked it as toread jun 06, trivia about handbook of chord page 1 of 1 start over page 1 of 1. Andy laverne handbook of chord substitutions scribd. A twofive to the four chord in bars 3 and 4, with dm7 and g7 setting up the change to the four chord, c7, in a more harmonically active and interesting way than just preceding it with two bars of g7. Handbook of chord substitutions by andy laverne goodreads. A more conspicuous chord substitution is where a v7 chord in a ii v i is. One of these tricks is the concept of chord substitutions. Musescore 2 handbook ftp oregon state university open. In short, every key has primary chords built off the 1st, 4th, and 5th tones of the scale.
There are other types of chord substitutions but wanted to start with the easiest kind. Do they incorporate substitute scales over the basic chordscales. You will recall that chords are usually build by stacking up thirds, so the characteristic notes of the chord are the notes 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, etc. The technique of diatonic substitution is very simple. Andy laverne went that extra mile to present the reader with new and up to date chord substitutions. Substituting chromatic chords within the iii vi ii v i progression for the sake of variety, coloration and creativity, composers or even players substitute chromatic chords chords that have one or more notes not in the key signature of the song.
Note that a minor is also the parallel minor scale of c major. Creative chord substitution for jazz guitar explains the technique of chord substitution as a tool to expand and vary existing harmonic progressions. These chords sound much better as 7th chords than just simple triads. What makes this book really good is that laverne presents standard piano arrangements and then interjects substitutions that add variety and interest to the music. The notes of the chord stay the same, only the order of the notes in the voicing changes. Abstract reharmonization, also know as chord substitution, is one of the eternal subjects in personalizing the thousands of standard tunes and originals played by working jazz musicians and amateurs all over the world. The purpose of this handbook is to provide you visual resources as you are learning guitar chords. Now we will consider another resource of reharmonization. This is the same chord that i just created on db when i changed the root of the plain ol g7 chord to db. A similar move occurs in bar 8, in this case with a twofive to two. Th e composite tube s ubstitu tion g uid eboo k co ntain s 5 100 receiving tube s ub sti tu tions.
Jazz standards for jazz guitar pdf sheet music, tabs, chords and soloing with audio examples. Meg reynolds added it apr 14, chords and lines in motion. Likewise the vi chord rests on the submediant scale degree, but because it acts as a place of rest it functions like a tonic chord. Traspose and play the blues scales and structures in all keys. There is other ways of thinking about it but that is one way. Worship chord progressions here it is, a very useful collection of worship chord progressions.
The characteristic notes of a chord are the notes that help uniquely identify and characterise that chord hence the name. The following chord substitutions work in a variety of. Jun 12, 2019 noteworthy chord substitutions used here include the following. Andy laverne handbook of chord substitutions free download as pdf file. For example, the diminished chord with the notes d. Chords are sequenced in a fashion that takes into account a few factors, including ease of play, commonality of play, type of chord, and other groupings such as barre chords. This series also includes a bonus video of various substitution chord approaches. Address 282g sno mark watkins received his degrees from brigham young university and indiana university and has studied with eugene rousseau, daniel deffayet, ray smith, and yushi ishiwata and jazz with david baker. Chord substitutions secrets to chord substitutions. If youd prefer some more freebies download the four free musicademy cut out and keep. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus.
Introduction major progressions with primary chords only major progressions with secondary minor chords minor progressions endings a taste of theory minor to major chord substitutions modal progressions. Welcome to the happy ukulele songbook this songbook contains 52 of my favorite songs for the uke, from beginner to intermediate level, gathered over the past couple years since learning to play this magical instrument. This is not my collection of stuff, rather something that i came across maybe 15 years ago that was of great value and immediately went into reprocessing and became a transmittable file. Advanced piano chord substitutions story compositions.
The chords substitutions used in this book can be applied to virtually any other tune, and so can help aspiring jazz pianists improve their playing all around. This ne w t ube s ub stitut io n guidebook tube substitution. Secrets of chord substitutions revealed chord subs make a progression sound hip, retro, cool, consonant, dissonant, melodic, disjointed, flowing, surprising, leading or humorous. This results in the fact that you can slide diminished chords and arpeggios up or down by 3 frets, while keeping the same chord, as you can hear in the following examples. This chord substitution for major chords works great for creating pop or contemporary. Jazz musicians frequently use substitutions to add more harmonic content and colour to a progression and this next example uses tritone substitution. Pilots handbook of aeronautical knowledge federal aviation. Chord substitution part 2 ted greene 1973, november 16 i. Chord progressions and substitutions jazz reharmonization. A guide to creating your own special chord substitutions when playing any tune. Combine tritone subs with secondary dominants and you can have a field day with different patterns and substitutions. Use various chord substitutions to fill out the blues progressions. These chords are all shown with a c root found on the 5th or 6th string. Colorful jazzblues chord substitutions guitar world.
In this installment, youll learn how to play use chord substitutions in the key of e major on guitar. Generally, the piano chord that is substituting for the standard chord has at least two notes in common. Chord progression handbook iv introduction this handbook provides twenty chord progressions commonly found in folk and popular music, both using standard cadences and some modal progressions as well. Iiv substitution by cycles of hybrid chords g7 c7 7 d7 g7 c7 ab7db7gb7b7 c7 eb7ab7d7db7c7 60 iiv substitution by cycles of hybrid chords different quality d7 g7 c7 d7 g7 c7 bb7ab7d7db7c7 eb7eb7ab7co.
See the following explanation of the chords before viewing the free pdf sheet of this chord substitution. For example, if you have a c major chord harmonizing the melody, then a minor and e minor make good chord substitutions for the c major chord because they have two related notes. Check out my free video lessons on my free lessons page. Chord substitution reharmonization simplifying theory. Chord substitutions sound scary, because we hear people talk about things like ah yes, the quintessential tritone substitution with the dominant seventh over a flat fifth blah blah blah. I prefer to stick to rock or folk, and i see a lot of what modern jazz musicians do as showing off or needless complication of what should be simple. Jazz blues chord substitutions guide jamie holroyd guitar. Co mb ines i n one volu me the con tent of th e bas ic book and suppleme nt s i thro ugh iv. When you use these chords, always add the minor 7th to them. Many chord substitutions are available suspended, diminished 7 th, etc. Jun 16, 2017 so todays lesson is all about common jazz chord substitutions.
By the end of this guitar tutorial youll be able to play all the minor jazz blues guitar chords and know how to substitute a jazz minor blues. Heres an easy chord substitution for church pianists to use. The ultimate guide to chord substitutions there are many ways to vary almost any basic chord, but in order to do this spontaneously, you need a fully stocked folder in your brains filing cabinet, containing heaps of chord types that can be used as replacements for a basic progressions stock chord. The reason that this substitution works is that dominant 7 chords with a. While there are many possible substitutions in the context of chord progressions, we will go over five important ones you need to know. Minor jazz blues walking bass guitar lesson with chords.
This lesson, however, will focus on substitution of minor and major chords. Row 2 is roman numeral ii meaning the second note and chord of the g scale, again a minor chord. Group 2 are used to replace minor 7s and are most common on ii of a minor key vii of major. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. This handbook is available for download, in pdf format, from. The minor 7th note is located a 7th above the root bottom note of the chord. Jazz fake book index in spreadsheet form, as a single pdf 143 pages. Use my search bar to find exactly what youre looking for. Iiv substitution with more than 1 momentaneous hybrid g7 7 c7 d7 g7 ab7db7gb7 db7 c7 59 d7 iiv substitution by cycles of hybrid chords g7 c7 7 d7 g7 c7 ab7db7gb7b7 c7 eb7ab7d7db7c7 60 iiv substitution by cycles of hybrid chords different quality d7 g7 c7 d7 g7 c7 bb7ab7d7db7c7 eb7eb7ab7co. Handbook of chord substitutions musical score, 1991. In general, you can make whats called a tritone substitution on any dominant chord i. They can easily be moved throughout the neck of the guitar by lining up the root with another desired note. However, this isnt necessarily a black and white thing as youll see throughout this lesson.
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