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dominant 11 chords

A Drop-Dead Easy Way To Play Dominant #11 Chords

by Jermaine Griggs · 4 comments

in Jazz music,Videos

Here’s a quick 2-minute video lesson from our Jazz Piano 201 program taught by James Wrubel.

It’ll show you a quick and easy way to play altered dominant chords — the #11 (aka – “sharped 11th”) to be exact!

Here’s the secret to soloing over dominant chords

by Jermaine Griggs · 12 comments

in Scales

In Friday’s lessons, I talked about the “altered” scale (or super locrian mode) and how you can use it to solo over various altered chords.

Today, I want to talk about another mode you can use to solo or improvise over certain chords.

That mode is called “mixolydian.” (If you didn’t see my last post, it’ll really catch you up).

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