Basic Jazz Guitar 2

In this tutorial I talk about basic jazz guitar and the topics " minor modes " and " secondary dominates " . To understand this tutorial it is strongly recommended that you first learn the tutorial " Basic Jazz Guitar ". I make a short review about that at the beginning of this tutorial. If you already know what I am talking about and you can follow then you are ready for this tutorial - if not please first go through this tutorial :

And in this tutorial I show you the connection of minor and major modes. If you know the major modes it's simple you just make the VI in major to the I in minor and this leads you to the following steps :

I : m-7 Chords Aeolian ( 1 2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 )
II : m7b5 Chords Locrian ( 1 b2 b3 4 b5 b6 b7 )
bIII : Maj7 Chord Ionian ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 )
IV : m-7 Chord Dorian ( 1 2 b3 4 5 6 b7 )
V : m-7 Chord Phrygian ( 1 b2 b3 4 5 b6 b7 ) / or Dominat 7 Chord Phrygian nat. 3 ( 1 b2 3 4 5 b6 b7 )
bVI : Maj7 Chord Lydian ( 1 2 3 #4 5 6 7 )
bVII : Dominat 7 Chord Mixolydian ( 1 2 3 4 5 6 b7 )

After that I talk about secondary dominat chords. They mostly resolve a 4th above or a 5th below.

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On page 2, of the music sheets for this tutorial, the scale for G7 shows the 5th string frets 10, 11 then 14.  A full step and a half between frets 11 and 14 which sounds odd to my ears…..Have played this scale several times as I work through the sheets and I can’t seem to get comfortable with this particular scale interval.

Greg

Hey Greg, well thats phrygian nat. 3 - sounds quiet oriental. Thats the default mode which is used on the dominant in a minor chord progression. You can play phrygian there. Maybe you like that one more. Later in an improvisation you can also play other modes like mixolydian b6 or altered.

It certainly does sound oriental!   Phrygian sounds a lot more natural to my ears! Thank you for the response.

Greg