The Curious Case of Coltrane Changes

[@ChrisCorrigan]

This is good! I'm actually working on the tune So Rare right now which has a C Major to Ab Major modulation in the chorus, and while I was figuring out how to get there, this video popped up. So Rare is great because it is really basic V-I's on the minor third descending. Good gateway to Giant Steps!

[@jazzguitar]

Right on :) Thank you for watching!

[@JeffreySaxophoneTallNewton]

Look at the bridge from Richard Rogers's "Have You Met Miss Jones," which predates Giant Steps. Also, just play over the V chord. Forget the ii and the I.

[@BELRUE]

exactly !

[@jaaklucas1329]

I also have begun thinking this way.V dominant chords signal a key change and I like to simplify.

[@JeffreySaxophoneTallNewton]

@@jaaklucas1329It's the tonal center (the dominant), not the tonic.

[@jaaklucas1329]

I guess its how you like to think about it.I think changes like this...every chord has a V dominant chord that leads to it. So anticipating the coming chord change playing the V leading to the chord change. Playing over the V chord gives many options mentally for me. V chord has a diminished, plus a double diminished attached to it. Thinking straight ll-V is just another diatonic option. This is what Trane got from his time with Monk,I believe. Monk chose to hear his stuff in that alternate tonality,the land of octatonic. Skip the chord that the V leads to! Bebop.Then JC took it further of course with his great mind.@@JeffreySaxophoneTallNewton

[@JeffreySaxophoneTallNewton]

@@jaaklucas1329Really, I don't thank of any of that when I play, nothing about any of that at all. I play what I hear and after 50+ years I'm able to do that. Then again, I did practice 15 hours a day in my otherwise misspent youth.....

[@hectorrascon2671]

Awesome 👌thank you Teacher

[@candrabalimirage]

The Chords Progression is III-V-I as C - Eb - Ab from Giants Step 😊👍

[@ritonlabaston]

Une pépite cette vidéo, merci !

[@jazzguitar]

Merci, Eric!

[@lushkordz6643]

im finding recently that this Stranberg guitar put you really on steroids 🔥a 5* lesson 🏅 BTW is there some cool vids (somewhere) where we could see you playin live with a band ?

[@jazzguitar]

Of course! :) marcandreseguin.com/music

[@Cooltorpedo]

Excellent easy to follow lesson, Mark. Thank you very much. I guess the tune title comes from the two tone steps, you can't complete an octave making a circle using larger steps, or can you? :)

[@jazzguitar]

Perhaps! :) Thank you

[@roberams]

Thanks for the great lesson. I'm not sure about that decapitated guitar...

[@jazzguitar]

Thanks, Robert. If you are interested, I have a video on this decapitated guitar 😂 check it out! :) kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWjVmKyLeNtoick