A standard way to jazzify your Dominant 7th chords is to add “the 9″…
Here are two standard voicings for doing so…
C Dominant 7 Chord: 1/3-5-b7-9 Voicing
In the interest of physical ease and musicality, play the root “1” in your left hand, drop “the 1” from your right hand and play “the 9” instead…
Homework
Using your ears and knowledge of scales and chord structure, play this Dominant 7 chord voicing in the big 12 spellings chromatically ascending…
Listen to an example at 120 beats per minute…
Play-along Tracks
Of the score above with a two bar count off at 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, & 180 beats per minute…
About these play along studies…
Playing along at a variety of tempos–from very slow to very fast–is a highly effective way to discover and tighten up every loose screw in your thinking, listening, technique, and rhythm.
These studies are expertly designed to give you time to think at slow tempos but to test your ability to play without thinking at fast tempos.
These studies pack the study and practice of every aspect of your musical mind into just a few seconds.
If you take these play along studies seriously, you will automatically internalize an enormous chord vocabulary–by ear, intellect, eye, and muscle.
C Dominant 7 Chord: 1/b7-9-3-5 Voicing
Another useful voicing puts “the b7” at the bottom in your right hand…
Homework
Using your ears and knowledge of scales and chord structure, play this Dominant 7 chord voicing in the big 12 spellings chromatically ascending…
Listen to an example at 120 beats per minute…
Play-along Tracks
Of the score above with a two bar count off at 60, 80, 100, 120, 140, 160, & 180 beats per minute…
About these play along studies…
Playing along at a variety of tempos–from very slow to very fast–is a highly effective way to discover and tighten up every loose screw in your thinking, listening, technique, and rhythm.
These studies are expertly designed to give you time to think at slow tempos but to test your ability to play without thinking at fast tempos.
These studies pack the study and practice of every aspect of your musical mind into just a few seconds.
If you take these play along studies seriously, you will automatically internalize an enormous chord vocabulary–by ear, intellect, eye, and muscle.
learn more… Jazz School: Chord Voicings: Dominant 7 “Definitive Tones over Perfect 5th”
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