• The Harmonic Value Of The Dominant Ninth Chord

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    Discover the harmonic value of the dominant ninth chord in this lesson, and how you can use it to harmonize the major scale.

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

    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!

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    Here’s the secret to soloing over dominant chords

    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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    This trick will spice up your dominant chord progressions… instantly!

    chile-small.jpgWow, the last 4 posts have been crazy! On Thursday, I introduced you to the power chord’s little cousin, “tritone.”

    Then on Friday, we talked about tritone substitutions with 2-5-1 chord progressions.

    Just yesterday, we took it a step further and applied tritone substitutions to 6-2-5-1 chord progressions. And today, I want to show you how to use the technique in other situations…

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