Need help with some theory!

[lobematt]

Hey everyone,

I'm working on a new lick I've transcribed for my blog ( [url="http://www.mattlawtonbass.blogspot.com"]http://www.mattlawtonbass.blogspot.com[/url] )

And I'm a bit stuck on the theory! It's from this track [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6np1zhRar0[/media] at about 3:40

Just coming into the B section and the chords are Bb-7|Eb7b9|AbMaj7

Here's a link to the notation...

http://www.mediafire.com/view/?biew6vnf6bjtbow

The parts that are throwing me are - Over the Eb7b9 chord there's all kinds of strange notes getting thrown in, my first thought was altered scale which seems to fit except for the natural 7th. I can't find a scale to fit the whole lot, or is the natural 7th just a juicy chromatic note? Also I've not seen an alt chord in a major ii V I before??

The other part is over the final chord, AbMaj7, the lick is just playing what seems to be Eb- pentatonic??

Anybody who can shed any light on this would be a big help!

[Kevin Glasgow]

Hi Lobematt,

I think you may have made a mistake with the key. They're are playing it in Db, so the changes for that bit of the bridge would be Ab-7, Db7b9, Gbmaj7. Try analyzing the line with these changes instead, it should make a bit more sense.

Hope that helps


Cheers, Kev

[lobematt]

Doh!! School boy error!!

Will have another look...

[lobematt]

Surprisingly, with the right chords it all makes a lot more sense!

Thanks