altered 2 5 1 short jazz/fusion lick

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Jazz/Fusion quick ii V7 I altered improvised lick lesson

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Just a short ii V7 I alternate picking guitar lick. [This starts on a down stroke]

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The chords are altered:

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So, for chord ii Bm we replace it with B augmented with a sharpened 9th. This in turn gives us the Major 3rd and the minor 3rd and so we can apply a simple B minor scale.

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Also, notice that I have placed accents on the 3rd note of each 4 note grouping. Accenting like this will help to keep the rhythm in tight tetrachords [4 note] groupings.

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In the next bar the “Dominant” chord has the 5th raised to create an Augmented 7th sound:

For this chord we can employ the F melodic minor scale:

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Finally we slide the C natural up a semitone to C# to resolve the cadence to the 3rd note of A Major 7 the tonic chord.

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Laid Back Modal Movement Backing Track and Scale Suggestions:part 2

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Backing Track. Lydian, Mixolydian, Phrygian, Locrian. Smooth Jazz fusion practice for improvisation. Lydian Chords.

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Here is the backing track Audio+Chord Chart:

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PDF Scale Choices DOWNLOADS:

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Here are the pdf Scale/Modal suggestions to employ when improvising over this chord chart/backing track:

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John Mclaughlin Jazz Acoustic Guitar Line:

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John Mclaughlin Jazz Acoustic Guitar Line

Hi Guys,

Just a quick iim7b5 V7+ IMaj7 guitar lick in the style of John McLaughlin.

This employs alternate picking starting on a downstroke:

The first bar moves between D dorian mode and F melodic minor scale.

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The next bar employs tetrachords with Eb pentatonic, C minor pentatonic and Dorian b2/C melodic minor leaning for an altered sound. [This resolves the flattened third to a B natural in the last tetrachord].

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