June 2009 \ Premier Clinic \ Jazz \ Bi-Tonal Apreggios

Bi-Tonal Apreggios

Don Mock

Combining two arpeggios to create a desired chordal sound
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From Artful Arpeggios
In these examples, note the lower arpeggio is dominant and the higher arpeggio is major.





G7 arpeggio plus A major arpeggio = G13b5
(G, B, D, F)          (A, C#, E)
(1, 3, 5, b7)         (9, b5, 13)


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G7 arpeggio plus E major arpeggio = G13b9
(G, B, D, F)          (E, G#, B)
(1, 3, 5, b7)        (13, b9, 3)


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G7 arpeggio plus Db major arpeggio = G7b9
(G, B, D, F)          (Db, F, Ab)
(1, 3, 5, b7)         (b5, %7, b9)


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Comments

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Tracy Brown
on 07/08/2009 		I like these exercises. I like useing the 13b9 arpeggio in place of the 13b9 chord in exercise 3 from the May issue on Shifting (page 94).
JJ Collazo
on 05/22/2009 		I see Bi-Tonal arps have a wide range of usefulness applications !!



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