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“Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” Guitar Chords & FREE Lead Sheet PDF

Posted on September 24, 2026 by Modern Music Theory and Application

Goodbye Pork Pie Hat: Chords

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Hi Guys,

Today, a quick look at “Goodbye Pork Pie Hat” Fake-book lead sheet.

2 LEAD SHEET EXAMPLES

From Book:

Melody/Guitar Chords:

Image displaying Goodbye Porkpie Hat: Guitar Chords: Melody lead sheet

CHORDAL GUITAR VOICING’S

Here, are the chords for a quick chord melody version that I did in the video above.

These, are quite simple and easy to play guitar voicing’s.

Here, are the chords for the first part that come to rest on a B7b5:

Next, we have the following chord voicing’s:

Notice the “Barring” with the 9th on top and then the wide finger stretch for the 11th:

From here, we carry on with more melodic chords outlining the compositions melody.

To vary this a bit, and add some power I added octaves just here,

This, follows through with some more simple chord to melody note approach:

Finally, we finish on our Fm9 chord.

In Conclusion

To conclude, this was just a quick guitar harmonisation for this classic tune. There are a million ways to do this, but, it is always best to keep to a simple harmonisation, that way it is easier to remember as well as play.

On another note: For accompanying a singer, it can work well with big/rich fully barred chords in the chord melody [or melodic implication] style. But, for a band setting is is best to cut all of the chords down to a 2 or 3 note voiced setting.

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Mastering Slash Chords: The B/C Explained

Posted on August 1, 2026August 1, 2026 by Modern Music Theory and Application

B/C GUITAR SLASH CHORDS GUITAR LESSON AND EXAMPLES

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Hi guys,

Today, a quick look at the idea of employing slash chords.

To do this we will focus on one specific chord that of B/C.

CHORD VOICING:

In the notation/tablature below, notice the use of a B Major triad over a C bass:

John McLaughlin guitar Slash Chord B/C Example in TAB and music notation

Here, are a few more voicing’s:

John McLaughlin B/C guiatr slash chord example

SOLO LINE EXAMPLES:

This chord works well with the diminished scale. But, in order to come up with something unique we are going to take a different approach.

Because, we have the B Major chord we can exploit Pat Martino’s minor conversion technique.

In this case, we will employ the minor a Major 3rd up. This will be D#/Eb as the minor key:

IDEA 1:

Here, we will employ the simple Eb minor arpeggio:

John McLaughlin B/C slash chord improviisation example

IDEA 2:

This time, we will employ scale movement inside of the Eb minor arpeggio shape in a horizontal form.

diagram depicting guitarist John McLaughlin improvisation over Slash Chord B/C Example in music notation and guitar tablature

IDEA 3:

Let’s do the same, but, play with the notation and give it a diminished flavour:

John McLauglin guitar improv example for slash chord B/C

IDEA 4:

Now, let’s take a B Major arpeggio and ascend it by making sure our C bass note is within it.

NOTE: There are also two open string notes of D natural [minor 3rd] and the open E. I used these as they make the arpeggio flow easily when alternate picking.

How to play a John McLaughlin guitar arpeggio example for altered slash chord of B/C

IDEA 5:

We can also add some chromaticism for smooth movement.

Chromatic John McLaughlin guitar example

COMPOSITION- APPLICATION IN CADENCE

Finally, let’s see how composition can be exploited with our slash chord.

To do this, we will create a ii V7 I cadence:

diagram depicting guitarist John McLaughlin cadence and jazz composition

NOTICE: In the example above, we can see that the minor becomes diminished and the Dominant becomes 13b9 and the I chord becomes our slash chord that resolves yet hangs in the air.

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Exploring the Minor Flat 6th Chord in Modern Music:Jobim/Piazolla

Posted on November 1, 2025 by Modern Music Theory and Application

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Hi Guys,

Today, a look at the amazing minor flat 6th chord as used in the compositional styles of Carlos Jobim, John McLaughlin, Astor Piazolla and Al Di Meola.

PART 1:

Most people seem to have a preference for the minor 6th chord, [which in this case has the F# or the Major 6th].

Musical notation showing a chord structure of A minor 6th, highlighting the major 6th note in red.

But, the minor flattened 6th chord [F natural in this case] has an amazing character of its own, [especially when it resolves to the first inversion, as we will see].