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Spitty · 09-27-2006, 02:43 PM

Hey folks,

I was hipped last night by the great guitarist/composer/educator Roni Ben-Hur to a new way (new to me that is) of using diminished chords over dom 7 progressions - especially when they are a fourth apart such as in the 2nd bar of "Lullaby of Birdland" (D7 / G7 /) (concert) - it sounds quite nice to play a dimished chord from either the 3rd, 5th, b7 or b9 of the first chord and then a half step down from whichever note you started on, play another diminished chord-that will be the diminished for the next chord, in this example, G7. You can then resolve nicely to the next chord which is Cm7 (3rd bar of "Lullaby . . .").

Can any of the experienced jazz players here comment on this? And perhaps let us know if you use this concept and maybe some other concepts that have grown out of this and/or are related to this?

Cheers,
Spitty

09-27-2006, 02:43 PM	#1 (permalink)
Spitty Pianissimo User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 125	using diminished chords over dom 7s Hey folks, I was hipped last night by the great guitarist/composer/educator Roni Ben-Hur to a new way (new to me that is) of using diminished chords over dom 7 progressions - especially when they are a fourth apart such as in the 2nd bar of "Lullaby of Birdland" (D7 / G7 /) (concert) - it sounds quite nice to play a dimished chord from either the 3rd, 5th, b7 or b9 of the first chord and then a half step down from whichever note you started on, play another diminished chord-that will be the diminished for the next chord, in this example, G7. You can then resolve nicely to the next chord which is Cm7 (3rd bar of "Lullaby . . ."). Can any of the experienced jazz players here comment on this? And perhaps let us know if you use this concept and maybe some other concepts that have grown out of this and/or are related to this? Cheers, Spitty __________________ Spitty Bach 43* ML Bach 1 1/4 C