Sunday, 15 February 2015

Yet another smooth jazz version of jingle bells...

...I'm getting sick of listening to these.


Yet another version of jingle bells.  Comparing it to the other one I linked, this one seems simpler.  The chord stay truer to the original chord sequence.

I'm noticing this more and more though: major seventh chords starting a chorus, with the seventh at the top.  The major seventh ring out over what should be more chords.

Lots of ii-V-I sequences.  ii-Vs thrown in everywhere, in key and out of key (eg.  Bm-E7, Am-D7-G).  Tritone substitution so subtle you can hardly tell it's there.

Nothing groundbreaking here, but enough to make me realise that ii-Vs and major seventh chords are going to be pretty important in my reharmonisations.

J


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