Of course, sign up for my free masterclass, because learning blues heads and applying them to your improv is only a small piece of the puzzle. Blue and Sentimental (M: Count Basie, T: David Livingston, 1939) Blue Bossa (Kenny Dorham, 1963) Blue in Green (Bill Evans, Miles Davis, 1959) Blue Lou (M & T: Irving Mills, Edgar Sampson, 1935) Blue Monk (Thelonious Monk, 1954) Blue Moon (M: Richard Rodgers, T: Lorenz Hart, 1934) Blue’n’Boogie (Dizzy Gillespie, Frank Paparelli, 1944) But how about Turnaround (Ornette Coleman) and Nothing Personal (Don Grolnick) ? I’ll certainly check out some of your suggestions. When first soloing with these scales in your practicing, feel free to have this chart in front of you as a practice aid, before removing it from your music stand and working from memory. After logging in you can close it and return to this page. The second major mode that you’ll learn over the minor blues progression is the Locrian mode, which is used to solo over the iim7b5 chord in these changes. In my free jazz blues masterclass I talk about using blues heads as a tool for learning jazz blues language. Here is the interval pattern for the Dorian mode. Below are the basic changes to a C minor blues progression, without any substitutions or alterations to the standard form. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The keys are taken from the Great Gig Book , arguably the handiest Fake Book in existence as it contains a great selection with chords, melody and lyrics. To begin, let’s take a look at two fingerings for the universal scale, one that you can apply to all of the chords in a C minor blues, the minor blues scale itself. Though closely related in form and harmonic movement to its major blues cousin, the minor blues requires an understanding of a number of new scales and modes when first learning how to solo over this common jazz form. That is to say, in bar nine it’s F minor 7 and in bar 10 it’s G7, and the reason will become clearer when we discuss a standard blues sequence. He's also the host of the music entrepreneurship podcast "Passive Income Musician.". And here’s a 5th-string root fingering for the C minor blues scale that can be applied to all 12 bars of a minor jazz blues progression in C. The first mode that you will explore in this lesson outside of the minor blues scale is the melodic minor scale. Copyright Jazz Guitar Online 2020 © All rights Reserved. Once you have practiced playing the C minor blues scale and each of the other scales over the changes, you can start to bring these scales together in your solos. Start by learning the 6th string shape for each scale in this lesson, one at a time, with a metronome and at a wide range of tempos. It tends to be the other way around when you’re talking about a minor blues sequence. As well as working each scale one shape at a time, you can also organize their application to the full minor blues form in order to get the most out of your practicing. You will notice that the Dorian mode is only one interval different than the melodic minor scale, it has a b7 compared to the 7 found in melodic minor. From there, aim to be able to play this one-chorus solo along with the track provided, as well as over a backing track without a recorded guitar part, in order to get the most out of this solo study. Notice that there are two different minor 7 chords in this progression (Im7 and ivm7), as each of those chords will require a different scale approach. I would consider each one of these to be essential to have in your repertoire. Here is a short guide to exercises that you can do in order to integrate these scales into your improvisations. I would suggest picking 3 you don’t know and learning them. When you have the 6th string scale under your fingers in one key, put on a. Most Common Jazz Blues Tunes List Here's a list of the most commonly called (and played) jazz blues songs and tunes. Start to insert the other scales in this lesson one at a time. Move on to learning that scale in all 12 keys, and soloing over one chord in multiple keys. Mr PC 3. To begin getting this scale under your fingers, here is a G Phrygian dominant scale from the 6th string that you can learn in one key, and then all 12 keys. Of course, these are great tunes, but if you really want to start mastering a jazz blues it’s going to require so much more. Blues is sometimes written in minor keys (John Coltrane �s � Equinox,� Oliver Nelson �s � Stolen Moments �). Start by soloing over the minor blues in C changes, using only the C minor blues scale to build your lines. The blues has so much to teach us about jazz harmony. Dies ist eine Übersicht über die wichtigsten Jazz-Standards, die man möglichst auswendig können sollte. Be sure to sign up for my free masterclass “Boost Your Jazz Blues” and I’ll help you take your improv abilities over these tunes to the next level. Are there any there you would recommend for solo jazz guitar by the way? Birk's Works 6. Start by playing C blues and C melodic minor, then C blues and F Dorian, then C blues and D Locrian, and finally C blues and G Phrygian dominant. Now that you have worked on each of the scales used to solo over a C minor blues, and any key of the minor blues, in your studies, here is a handy reference chart that shows each chord with its corresponding scale. Notice the major 7th interval in this scale, which gives the mode its characteristic sound and creates a bit of tension when applied to a m7 chord in your solos. Thanks so much, Nick. Hi Brent, I am trying to order the Jazz Blues program but have not had a reply via email. Here are four more blues heads, a bit more off the beaten path: Blues for Philly Joe – Sonny Rollins Bird's Mother – Jackie Byard Raise Four – Thelonius Monk Blues for Wood – Woody Shaw. In fact, with “Moanin’”, in a sense, the tune is in F major 7 or F7, and the jazz, the chord sequence, is in F minor 7. Home It is intended to be as comprehensive a list as possible, including those pop standards and film song classics which have been sung or performed in jazz on numerous occasions and are considered part of the jazz repertoire. In this jazz guitar lesson, you will learn 11 variations of the minor blues chord progression and 2 jazz guitar chord studies over the minor blues.