JuliusGroove

Hi guys, Currently studying a lot of jazz and as part of it have been doing harmonic analysis' of standards. I'm currently breaking apart 'Solar' a really nice Miles Davis tune, if you haven't heard it i'll leave a link below. I've gone through the tune and worked out it's based on a major blues, which uses parallel minors to incorporate descending ii-v-i's like in 'How High The Moon'. Then in the final bar, the switch from Dbmaj7 to Dmin7b5 is smooth as it's effectively just moving the root up a semitone, followed by a G7b9 to resolve back to the beginning of the progression. Here in lies my question.. I've seen a couple of charts (including my real book) which puts the first chord as a standard C-. However in IrealPro and many articles online about the piece, the first chord is a CminMaj7. Is it just left as C- in the realbook with no 7th suggested so that the maj7 is an option for chordal instruments/walking lines? There is a B natural in the melody line in that bar which would obviously clash if there were a flattened 7th in the chord. Because of the G7b9 in the last bar, it gives option to Harmonic Minor use for solos, so that would explain the choice of a minor ii-V to finish the progression on. I realise I may have slightly rambled and possibly answered my own question. Was just wondering if anybody had clearer information to give on this matter, and whether there is a reason for the MinMaj7 chord, other than to accommodate for the natural 7 in the melody line. I hope somebody has answers or if you haven't looked at the tune, hopefully I've given you some interesting points to look at! Thanks guys Jack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QarhWvPQ610

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Anybody fancy recommending some interesting pieces to transcribe? Getting into studying walking lines again and would love to hear what pieces other people enjoyed transcribing and why? (Interesting harmony manipulation etc..)

[quote name='Drax' timestamp='1429295894' post='2750252'] Are we talking rosewood or maple fretboard? [/quote] Maple fretboard, Mexican Jazz. The thing is I'm not a massive fan of super bright sounding strings for fingerstyle, I like a deeper sound, but I also play a lot of slap. You can't have everything I suppose!

Hey guys, so I usually use rotosound solo or swing bass strings. I play a lot for work and general day to day practice and I've noticed that on terms of slapping particularly, that sweet tone dies off quote quickly (couple of weeks) is this just because I play a lot or can you recommend strings with a longer life span?

I've been hitting the Jazz lately and my walking lines are fine, however my soloing isn't up to scratch at all. Obviously I know it takes years of practice but just wondering if anybody had any advice in the area of note choice and moreso phrasing? All advice greatly appreciated

I've been hitting the Jazz lately and my walking lines are fine, however my soloing isn't up to scratch at all. Obviously I know it takes years of practice but just wondering if anybody had any advice in the area of note choice and moreso phrasing? All advice greatly appreciated