Tones

Guide tones pdf

Guide tones pdf
  1. How do I practice guide tones?
  2. What are guide tone chords?
  3. What is an approach tone?
  4. What are the two chord tones that are used for guide tones?

How do I practice guide tones?

To recap, here's what you can do to practice and apply guide-tones and expand your jazz vocabulary:

  1. Practice stringing together the 3rds and 7ths of the chords as guide-tones melodies over jazz standards.
  2. Practice surrounding/approach tones using every note on your instrument as a target note.

What are guide tone chords?

Guide tones are simply the third and seventh notes of a chord (sometimes the third and sixth if the chord is a simple triad or sixth chord).

What is an approach tone?

Diatonic approach tones are tones that occur within the scale of the chord. Chromatic approach tones are tones that are outside of the scale. Approach tones in general give shape and colour to the line, they give forward motion to the line and help maintain melodic interest.

What are the two chord tones that are used for guide tones?

The 3rds and 7ths are the important chord tones that help define the difference between different 7th chords. The 3rds and 7ths are the guide tones.

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