The Most Beautiful Chord Progression
In this lesson we explore the beautiful 1436251 Progression in the key of Eb Major. If you are looking for a nice chord progression to introduce your jazz standards, this is the progression you have been waiting for.
Diatonic 7th Chords
We start by building the diatonic 7th chords in the key of Eb to understand the base chords that we are working with. We then start to change the chord qualities to dominant 7 which allows us to access more interesting colours and textures.
Introductions To Jazz Standards
This progression is the perfect introduction for any tune that starts on the Imaj7 chord. A nice touch is to run up the upper structure triad on the final V7 chord which then leads smoothly and convincingly into the start of the tune. We demonstrate using this intro for the tunes “Misty” and “Over The Rainbow”.
Lesson Downloads
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1436251 Progressions Worksheet File Type: pdf
Related Lessons
Much of the tune is made up of the 1625 progression. We will explore how we can use this progression to create an improvised introduction.
‘Somewhere Over The Rainbow’ has also been played by many great jazz musicians over the years. In this lesson we create a solo ballad arrangement.
Misty is one of the most popular jazz ballads and the distinctive melody is immediately recognisable amongst jazz musicians.
Practice Tips
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Learn the progression in Eb Major - the same key that we use in this tutorial.
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Apply this progression as an introduction to all of the tunes that you know in the key of Eb.
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Download the PDF supplement and learn the progression in a new key or 2.
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Apply this to other jazz standards in that key.
