Tone Taster Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Hey Guys, new member here My only national recording was as a guest guitarist at the age of 26 on Bassist Sean Malone's ffirst album on the tune Splinter at: seanmalone.net/Downloads/Audio/Audio_mp3/Splinter(gtrsolo).mp3 ANYWAY, I am getting stumped on the middle section of Chameleon when the vamp is going from Bb9sus to Db9sus There are these spacy chord progressions interspersed in between the groove I am not sure of The first one but I believe it goes F#min/maj7 A7b13#9 Eb9#11 C9sus Abmin9 The second one I am still working on Any help would be appreciated and should this be inappropriate for this forum, I apologize and would appreciate any redirection to the right place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazz+ Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 I have not heard that track in many years, but I thought the solo section vamped on: ||: Bbmi9 | Db9 sus :|| not Bb9 sus note: Db9 sus = Ab-9/Db Harry was the Technical Editor of Mark Levine's "The Jazz Theory Book" and helped develop "The Jazz Piano Book." Find 800 of Harry's solo piano arrangements and tutorials at https://www.patreon.com/HarryLikas These arrangements are for teaching solo piano chording using Harry's 2+2 harmony method. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tone Taster Posted September 30, 2005 Author Share Posted September 30, 2005 Thanks Jazz+ RE: on the Ab-/Db. That's what I am thinking when I improv Comping wise, I think Db9sus, but soloing wise Ab- (pent, melodic, dorian, chord tones and extensions w/chromatics, pentatonic side slips, etc . . ) It's those changes in between the vamps which are a pain in the @$$. mos def an ear stretcher I could swear that the first chord is a Ab/Bb bass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linwood Posted September 30, 2005 Share Posted September 30, 2005 Bbm11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burningbusch Posted October 1, 2005 Share Posted October 1, 2005 I pulled out an old transcription book from that era. Sounds like you're looking for the Mellotron chords. I can't vouch for the accuracy of the chords but they look fairly close to what you have. According to the book it is: 1st progression (top line is the highest chord note) A-----------------------Bb------------ F#m7 | Am7 | Ebmaj7 b5 | D+7b9 | Abm9 2nd progression F#---E-------D--------E-----------Eb--------D-----------B Bm7 | Em7/D | Dm7/C | Abm11(+5) | Fm7/Bb | Bm11(b5) | Am9/D I haven't listened to the recording for a while. If there are more progressions, I'm afraid I can't help as the book has fallen apart and that's all I have. Also, the book shows the Mellotron chords as being in 6/4 time, if that helps at all. The book shows the solo progression as Bbm7 | Abm7/Db, which is how I've always viewed it. Regarding the solo, Bbm pentatonic is certainly a safe scale across both chords. View scale tones Bb, Db, Eb, F, Gb, Ab as safe with C used on the Bbm7 and Cb on the Abm7/Db. Don't be afraid to go outside, as Herbie does this frequently. So slam an Am7 or Bm7 chord in the left hand, with the appropriate scale in the right hand, then resolve it back to the Bbm7. Busch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tone Taster Posted October 1, 2005 Author Share Posted October 1, 2005 So slam an Am7 or Bm7 chord in the left hand, with the appropriate scale in the right hand, then resolve it back to the Bbm7.VEry cool post, thanks. I am glad to hear I wasn't too far off on the first one. RE: on the +5 on the D7 As far as slamming with the right hand, I can't do that because I am a guitarist, unless I was Stanley Jordan, but I could do it comping wise or chord melody wise I guess Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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