Of course, these chord sequences have no exact rules on where they can be used, just as the well-known jazz progression of the ii-V-I is not only used in jazz. Tonic Super Tonic ...

In addition to the basic I, IV, V chords, jazz blues incorporates major and minor ii-V progressions, substitute dominants, related ii chords and more. In keeping with the improvisatory nature of the ...

The first time I was handed a jazz chord chart, I was 13 years old and trying to prove to the director of my middle-school jazz band that I could cut it as the ensemble’s guitarist. I had been ...

This is particularly true if you’re working in the pop genre; for years, artists have leant on the same chord progressions to write hit records, so it’s perhaps unsurprising that when pianist David ...

Having started life as an ear-training platform, with daily workouts, online learning platform ToneGym has since expanded to include sight-reading and vocal warm-up exercises. The latest update - the ...

This is followed by the chords Eb7/Bb to D7/A, both with the 5th in the bass, which creates a warm sound. D7/A is the VI (six) chord, and I approached it from a half step, or one fret, above.

To start with, the root notes of the chords are laid out on the y-axis of a graph. The chords are arranged in fifths which musically speaking is very important. Bars, measures, beats or time is laid ...

Jazz. After I fed a simple chord progression into the model—right now it’s only possible to create eight-measure improvisations—I asked it to create an accompaniment in the jazz genre.