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How would you solo over /Dm7b5 Fm6/ ?


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[quote]Originally posted by george costanza: [b]Doesn't the answer depend on context (style/melody/etc) ? I hate those players who seem to think that any given situation calls for the use of a particular scale/mode...to me it idicates a lack of true musical awareness. [[i]Flame on![/i]][/b][/quote]Wow i can't believe you hate me. Actually i was asking for a variety of approaches. sure it depends but what are all the options? That's more what i'm getting at. Btw, some of my fav players DO tend to use the same devices over similar harmonic situations, they just manipulate it accordingly. Thanks for playing anyway.
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Whoa, halljams, I don't hate [i]you[/i] just the idea that I described...& I don't presume that you're limited to that approach.Perhaps I was overly vehement. Though you indicate that you're looking for a contextualized answer, I think to answer would require the description of the elements of the music, as I mentioned before. Anyhow, let me flee the scene & let the players play...
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I'm not a jazzer but I think the following are ideas, though they are relative to each other: Ab Lydian D minor harmonic F minor dorian Eb major G7 alt b9 #9 #4

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[Dante Alighieri] (1265-1321)

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I wouldn't. There's way too much stuff after the D and the F. It just makes my head hurt. (dammit, now I'm gonna have to find out the answer to that! I hate not knowing things.) Seroiusly, if I wrote or had to perform a song with a progression I wasn't familiar with, I'd probably record the changes, then figure out what sounds good by noodling over it. Then I'd figure out the scales/modes that worked, so when I had to do it for real, it would be right there. Analyize it? Yeah, right. Well, maybe, but only [i]after[/i] I figured out what sounded good. Also, give us some context. Is this a 2 chord vamp or is it in the middle of a progression that goes somewhere? If the latter is the case it might be tricky to come up with something meaningful.
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I just did a gig, a memorial for 9/11 where several musicians brought in compositions written for the occassion. One of the tunes had a solo progression that went like: Abmin7b5 (8 bars) / Emin7b5 (8 bars) / fmin7 (8 bars). The tempo was fast. The composer took the first solo and I took the second. Had no time to rehearse. First opportunity to even look at the tune was on the gig which was being broadcast on the local jazz station and had a large audience. So I couldn't rest for a bar. :D You know they just don't have licks that work over those chords!

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Henry Robinett

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Well like I said earlier if the chord is hanging out there by itself D Locrian, same notes as the Eb Major scale. If it's followed by G7, G7b9 or G7aug5 I'd play C Harmonic minor. I also always outline the chord tones in some way; use them as target tones. There's also the 6th degree of the melodic minor ascending scale. But I try and find some melodic reference through it all to make it musical.

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Henry Robinett

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I take it by the subject header you realize that Dm7b5 and Fm6 are the same chord spelling-wise? But I treat them entirely differently. An Fm6 chord I play as F Dorian or the ii chord of Eb major and I like to sit on the 6th because it's a cool sound.

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Henry Robinett

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