Saturday, February 02, 2013

Use of Chromatics


Jazz musicians typically use chromatics in the following manner: Between the root and the second, between the fifth and the sixth, and between the root and the seventh.

 

As I have said you can play any note over a given chord as long as you do it right. To sum up the use of notes outside the key Jazz musicians employ surrounds (see lesson six), chord substitutes (see previous post just below) and the above discussed use of chromatics.