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Antolina
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Dunkirk NY
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Posted 16 Oct 2001 9:10 am |
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| Not long ago there was an in depth discussion concerning this. I tried finding it in the archives with no luck. Any help please? |
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Donny Hinson
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Glen Burnie, Md. U.S.A.
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Antolina
From:
Dunkirk NY
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Posted 16 Oct 2001 4:42 pm
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| Thanks Donny but the one I was looking for included substitution chords as passing chords etc. any memory of this? |
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chas smith R.I.P.
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Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 16 Oct 2001 5:25 pm
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RC, simply stated, substitution chords are chords that share notes that are the 3rd and 7th of either of them. For instance: C7 has E and Bb as the 3rd and 7th respectively, F#7 has E and Bb(A#) as the 7th and 3rd so they substitute for each other. The easy rule is dominants a tritone (b5) apart sub for each other.
Relative minors substitute for their major: A-7 subs for Cmaj and E-7 subs for Cmaj7 and Gmaj.
Passing chords are chords of lesser importance that connect the important chords, like chords in a 'walkdown'. The important chords are the one where it started and the one where it ended.
An example of substitute dominants would be a VI-II-V-I turnaround in C: ( C A7->D7->G7->C ). C6 normal set up: 12 13(5ped)->12(5ped)->11(5ped)->12. Which is also C Eb7 D7 Db7 C. |
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Antolina
From:
Dunkirk NY
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Posted 17 Oct 2001 1:22 pm
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| Thanks guys. I'll try making some sense out of it. |
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Jeff A. Smith
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Angola,Ind. U.S.A.
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Jeff A. Smith
From:
Angola,Ind. U.S.A.
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chas smith R.I.P.
From:
Encino, CA, USA
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Posted 17 Oct 2001 5:45 pm
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| RC, it's a lot easier than it looks and Jeff is right, it really helps to know about scales and what's in them. |
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Antolina
From:
Dunkirk NY
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Posted 17 Oct 2001 6:51 pm
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| A great big THANKS to all of you. Those were the exact threads I was referring to. On my way to learning even more!! |
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Jim Palenscar
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Oceanside, Calif, USA
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Posted 18 Oct 2001 12:24 pm
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| Reece has several tunes in his "Smart Tab" (highly recommended)series that really helps to understand subs, passing tones, etc- especially using his "Bubble Chart" in the back of each tabbed song. He has you chart out what's already identified as a sub and it becomes real obvious that there are tons of chords that can be used as subs for others. |
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