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This comprehensive course is all about 5-note half-diminished quartal voicings. We’ll learn these modern voicings in all 12 keys, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
This comprehensive course is all about 5-note half-diminished quartal voicings. We’ll learn these modern voicings in all 12 keys, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Exercises - G#m7(b5), C#m7(b5)
Exericses - F#m7(b5), Bm7(b5)
I'm only Half Diminished - Bossa Nova
Exercises - Cm7(b5), Fm7(b5)
Suite 1625 - Swing Tune
Definition & Positions
Exercises - A#m7(b5), D#m7(b5)
Block & Catch - Funk Tune
Exercises - Em7(b5), Am7(b5)
Won 23 - Jazz Waltz
Samba D Loves Me - Samba
Exercises - Dm7(b5), Gm7(b5)
Miner Turn Around - Ballad
This comprehensive course is all about 5-note dominant quartal voicings. We’ll learn these bluesy voicings in all 12 keys, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
This comprehensive course is all about 5-note dominant quartal voicings. We’ll learn these bluesy voicings in all 12 keys, and apply them to short songs in a bossa, swing, ballad, and funk style.
Definition & Positions
Exercises - C7, F7, Bb7
Blocked, Not Broken - Ballad
Right-Hand Dominant - Bossa Nova
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