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Jazz Chord Progressions<< Back to FREE Lessons
Jazz Chord Progressions
For this lesson we will be working in the key of Bb. If you are not familiar with this key then you might need to relearn your chords in ALL the flat keys, as these are the keys used by jazz musicians.
This is a basic jazz blues progression. Notice it is different from the one you hear in rock, rock and roll, or blues music. There are many variations to this progression.
║׃ Bb7 / / / │ Eb7 / / / │ Bb7 / / / │ Bdim / / / │
│ Eb7 / / / │ Edim / / / │ Bb7 / / / │ G7 / / / │
│ Cmi7 / / / │ F7 / / / | Bb7 / G7 / │Cmi7 / F7 / ׃║
This progression is a blues in a minor key. There are also many variations to this one as well.
║: Cmi7 / / / │ / / / / │ / / / / │ / / / / │
│Fmi7 / / / │ / / / / │ Cmi7 / / / │ / / / / │
│ Ab / / / │ G7#9 / / / │ Cmi7 / / / │ G7#9 / / / ׃║
This progression is called a “back cycling” blues progression and is more complicated than the first one. There are many variations to this as well, but this is the basic one.
This one is in the key of F.
║׃ F / / / │ Emi7 / A7 / │ Dmi7 / G7 / │ Cmi7 / F7 / │
│Bbmaj7 / / / │ Bbmi7/ Eb7 / │ Ami7 / / / │ D7 / / / │
│ Gmi7 / / / │ C7 / / / │ F7 / D7 / │ Gmi7 / C7 / ׃║
This progression is called “rhythm changes” and is based on the famous song “I Got Rhythm” written by George Gershwin. It is known as an AABA sequence, because the first, second, and fourth eight bars are similar known as the A sections. The B section is the third eight bars which are different.
Don't forget to repeat the first 8 bars.
║׃ Bb / G7 / │ Cmi7 / F7 / │ Bb / G7 / │ Cmi7 / F7 / │
│Bb / Bb7 / │ Eb / Edim / │ Bb / G7 / │ Cmi7 / F7 / :║
║ D7 / / / │ / / / / │ G7 / / / │ / / / / │
│ C7 / / / │ / / / / │ F7 / / / │/ / / / ║
║ Bb / G7 / │ Cmi7 / F7 / │ Bb / G7 / │ Cmi7 / F7 / │
│ Bb / Bb7 / │ Eb / Edim / │ Bb / G7 / │ Cmi7 / F7 / ║
Once you know this one really well, work the tempo up. These songs are normally played at very fast tempos, over 200 beats per minute. So this one should have you working for a while.
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Happy Practising
Kevin Downing.
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