Tuesday, December 23, 2014

我的結他雜記: 3-9 arpeggios

I am reading this book "Why Jazz Happened?" which analyzed how historical (nonmusical) events affected the development of new styles of jazz. One chapter is about bebop and it said the usage of the 9th is a characteristic of this style. And I have learned long time ago that playing the minor arp (or dorian mode) on top of a major chord works (like Emin7 over Cmaj7 because the 7th (D) of Emin7 is the 9th of Cmaj7. Or Dmin7 over Cmaj7 because it starts on the 9th) Check out the explanations and examples on Jamie Holroyd's post