§ Lounge Jazz
§ Basic Chord Progression
- Cocktail Jazz common chord progression: i vi ii V (Cmaj7 Am7/Adom7 Dm7 G7 [G7b9 ] Cmaj7)
- For more sophistication, can throw in the ii V of the current
ii chord. This gives Dm (ii of C) G7 (V of C) [Em7 ( ii of Dm) A7 ( V of Dm) ] Dm7 [flair C#Dim] Dm7 G7 Cmaj7.
§ Shell Voicings and Even More Simple Chord Progression
§ Left Hand
- Improv Lounge Jazz Level 2
- 4 2 5 1: FM7 DM7 GM7 CM7 (all white keys)
- Play shell voicings, where we play the notes surrounding the root note (B D E G for CMaj7).
- 4 7 3 6 2 5 1: Fm7 Bm7 Em7 Am7 Dm7 G7 CM7 (all white keys)
- Voicing: 4:
F A C E, 7: F A B D, 3: E G B D, 6: E G A C, 2: D F A C, 5: D F G B, 1: C E G B. - Double strides: 4 2 5 1.
- B is like the F# of the blues, it's what makes it 'jazzy'?
§ Right Hand
- 3rds and 5ths and octave distances on RH.
§ Bepop Style (C6 [CEGA ] + Ddim [DFAbB ])