If you don't know how to read the written chords below, the links will take you to their respective pages with all the necessary chord charts. The more challenging chords here are: D9, G7#5, F#dim7, Eaug, D#7. Many jazz players may find a different set of chords that they prefer to play or perhaps find more interesting.Playing a particular chord in 5 different positions will suit the song in terms of notes played however it may only be one of those five that produces a better flavor in terms of how you want the chord to sound within the song.You don't have to play these chords like the charts suggest - these voicings were chosen due to their close proximity, making them easier to play with respect to chord changes.Learn all the chords first and practice the changes with all the harder chords - that way you won't have to keep stopping when you come across an 'iffy' chord.Also, let me know if you have another further questions about this.Georgia On My Mind Song Key is highlighted - Transpose to any other key Db Db7 Bb Bb Eb9 Ab7 Db Db Ab7#5 Intro: 4/4 ♪♪| | - | | - |Īs moon-light through the | pines - | - |ībm7 Ebm7 Bbm7 Gb7 Bridge: O-ther arms reach out to me Let me know how it’s sounding for you, if you have time. I’m going to play around with it – to get me out of my bluesy box with that tune in particular. I’m really glad you brought that scale up, cause it’s a great idea to try for this tune. But If you mainly played around on that #9 (which is the same as the b3) to the 3 of the Alt Dom than it could still give you a bluesy feel. In the video, I was offering up the Extended blues for a bluesy version. It all depends on what sound you are going for, what voicings you are using in the left hand and how comfortable you are with that scale. It’s a more sophisticated jazz sound to be sure, but it could work. I know you know this, but for anyone else reading on… Now, the Altered Scale is built off the Dominant Mixolydian as well by keeping the sound defining notes… So the extended would just add 4 (11) and b7 Major Blues – (major pentatonic with added b3)ġ.2.b3.3.5.6 For F it would be – F.G.Ab.A.C.D Otherwise, the Extended Blues is better thought of in terms of the Major Blues with added 4th (11th) and b7… Of coarse this is only useful if you know the template for the Dominant (Mixolydian) Scale. I was using the Dominate (Mixolydian) Scale as a reference to the extended Blues scale which simply adds a b3 to it…ġ.2.b3.3.4.5.6.b7 For F it would be – F.G.Ab.A.Bb.C.D.Eb So this is a much simpler scale than the V7alt scale. It’s exactly the same as the major scale but with a flat 7.ġ.2.3.4.5.6.b7 For F it would be – F.G.A.Bb.C.D.Eb So to answer your question, by Dominate Scale I’m actually referring to the Mixolydian scale – the 5th mode of the major scales. Hope things are going well for you and yours at this time. We will explore the ‘Anatole Turnaround’ where we put everything into a full measure, giving our singer tons of space to do their own ending.Īlways wonderful to hear from you. We will add a ‘Trad Jazz’ ending that’s a fairly common device to use in older jazz music. Something I like to do for my own arrangement, is to then play the first A up high, rooted and simple, then come down into walking bass for the 2nd A Section. If you are working with a seasoned singer, or if you are performing this song on your own, then you can use an introduction to run some improvised fills using the F Blues Scale and other bluesy embellishments influenced by the great Ray Charles. This jazz guitar lesson is about the great jazz standard Georgia On My Mind by Hoagy Carmichael, made famous by Ray Charles. There’s no hard and fast rules here other than to see what you like and what adds to the message of the music that you want to communicate. We can add as many rootless as you like but also experiment with triads and rooted voicings. It contains standard notation, guitar tablature, chord symbols & chord diagrams with fingerings. This arrangement is a great study for developing bass and melody independence. Solo jazz guitar arrangement of the 1930 standard 'Georgia On My Mind' by Hoagy Carmichael and Stuart Gorrell. If you are feeling comfortable at this point, you ca start to be arrangement-minded, deciding what sounds good to you. Published by Chris Whiteman (H0.203999-269420). Introducing Rootless VoicingsĪfter covering the basic 7th chords, we will introduce rootless voicings in our right hand. In this lesson we will start with 7th chords, and give a mind to the arrangement. In the first video, we familiarised ourselves with the basic melody and harmony, and worked on a simple application of walking bass. Welcome to this 2nd lesson of "Georgia on my Mind", for the accompanying pianist, or the singing pianist.
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