Chord Melody Masterclass
Green Dolphin Street - Changes, Voicings and Lines
“This is an INCREDIBLE Study of a Tune........I have never seen anything this comprehensive anywhere on the Internet, Ever! There is so much valuable, useable material in this 1 hr…”
About this masterclass
Randy Johnston takes you step by step through his thought process for choosing chord changes and voicings and constructing solo lines on On Green Dolphin Street, the standard made famous by the Miles Davis Quintet. Randy teaches it in C (rather than the also-common E flat) because the melody flows better on guitar there, and the devices transfer to any key.
What's covered
- A full chord melody chorus, broken down chord by chord — including when not to harmonize every melody note
- Chord voicing choices and fingerings that flow from one chord to the next
- Back-cycling (cycles of dominants), plus tetrachords and tritone substitutions
- Various chord options for comping
- Soloing ideas worked through a measure or two at a time, using the tune's 8-bar and 4-bar phrase structure
This is a hands-on, practical class with concepts you can apply right away. A lead sheet, chord melody chord sheet, and chord block diagrams are included. Running time 1 hour.
Lessons in this masterclass
Lessons
- 1Green Dolphin Street - Changes, Voicings and Lines1h 11m
Reviews & Ratings
This is an INCREDIBLE Study of a Tune........I have never seen anything this comprehensive anywhere on the Internet, Ever! There is so much valuable, useable material in this 1 hr. lesson it is unreal......... There are plenty of both Chord Melody and Single line soloing examples that of course is transferable to other songs........ Plus a Bonus video segment near the end on SPECIFICALLY how to use guide tone lines while connecting all the 2-5s in the C Section........ This is a Must Have........
Your lessons are so clearly explained. After having I think EVERY one of your cds, I know how well you could easily just "show-off" your p[laying skills and I appreciate how instead you are showing off your teaching skills. Please do more lessons for us!
I'll add to the clear presentation of this class the fact that Randy also patiently explains and demonstrates how to use voice leading to create lines/licks on the last part of the tune. I hope to see more tune-based lessons from this great jazz teacher.
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