Harmonic Analysis 10: Rhythm Changes, How To Improvise-Anthropology, Oleo and more...

[@tioliak]

Thanks for the inspiration!

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Thank you very much 🙏

[@bharatagrawal851]

Thanks ! You are always a life savior!

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

You're most welcome, thank you for taking the time to comment. Cheers!

[@effsixteenblock50]

Armed with only the parent major scale for the relevent sections of this tune, the results won't be just plain / un-fancy but will rather be likely complete chaos. Students will be randomly emphasising dominant notes when they should be emphasising tonic sounding notes and also the reverse. They shouldn't be overwhelmed with information but they at least need to have chord tones available in the mix.

[@KarenGroningen]

Question: in your video you speak of the Edim7 as the 3rd of I, being C major - but in the pictured barline it says F major underneath: why is that? Does that have to do with the C being 5 of F? Could you play F major notes in stead of C major notes over the Edim7 chord?

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Hi Karen, to be really clear Edim7 is the 3rd degree not of C major but of C dominant 7. Therefore, as you say, it is F major as the dominant 7 is the 5th degree of the key. In this instance C dominant 7 is the 5th degree of the F major scale. A C major scale will not work in this context. I hope that helps! Cheers

[@KarenGroningen]

@@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition Thank you! Now I understand. I misunderstood.

[@jaka398]

Isn't in 6th bar E diminished 7 actually a Ebm7 chord? Well at least in some versions of rhythm changes?

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Exactly right! It can be E diminished, Ebm7/6, C7, Ab7, Gb7#11 and many more. Thanks you for taking the time to comment. Cheers

[@LaurenceGuitar]

I must work on some rhythm changes

[@CharlesHarrisonMusicTuition]

Definitely parent scale approach. There are too many chords at any considerable speed to think of them all running by. However, I do prepare 'set pieces' which I practice at home which outline every single chord. If I play these in performance though it is because they are almost pre-learned. Hope that makes sense! I'll discuss this in a video at some point to give further context. Cheers!