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Contents Introduction .......................................................... 3 Concept of book ................................................... 5 Bb minor ............................................................. 6 B minor ............................................................... 8 C minor ............................................................... 10 C# Minor ............................................................. 12 D Minor ............................................................... 14 Eb Minor ............................................................. 16 E Minor ............................................................... 18 F Minor ...............................................................20 F# Minor ............................................................. 22 G Minor ..............................................................24 Ab Minor ............................................................. 26 A Minor ............................................................... 28
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Rubato example C minor ................................30 Impression/So what example ......................... 31 Eternal Scale ................................................ 32 Eternal Scale ................................................ 33 A7 to D minor ................................................ 34 A7 to D minor example .................................. 35 Minor Turnaround ........................................... 36 Minor Turnaround example ............................. 37 Wise One ........................................................ 38 Wise one exercises ........................................ 39
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Introduction The John Coltrane Pentatonic starting on A consists of the following notes
Root
2nd
Minor3rd
5th
Major 6th
John Coltrane plays these notes over an A minor chord in the middle of his solo on Wise one from his titanic Cresent Album. This group of notes has a distinctive sound. The semitone between the 9th and 3rd for instance, is notable. Also the Natural(Major) 6th colours the scale intensely. Also it does not contain a 7th degree! The above Coltrane Pentatonic can be played over many chords. The following are perhaps a good place to start. Aminor, D7 , F#-7b5 , G#7 altered, Cmaj7b5:
Above you can see the chords in the treble clef do not change, but the bass notes do, yielding quite different sound emotions.
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How the Coltrane Pentatonic relates to the different chords.
ARoot
2nd
Minor3rd
5th
Major 6th
b7
9
maj3rd
b7
root
D7 5th
6th/13
min3rd
4/11
b9
#9
F#-7b5 b5
G#7alt maj3rd
aug5th
b7
Cmaj7b5 6
maj7
root
3rd
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Concept The concept with this book is the idea that is is possible to take any group of notes that you like 3, 4, 5, 6 etc and play/ experiment with them, without any specific goal, just for fun to see what you can come up with + the enjoyment of exploring and the excitement that you may discover new things along the way! The great thing about this concept is that You choose the notes, the ones that appeal to you, so its personal and means something, not what some exam or music school syllabus requires. I hope you will explore and find your own way to use the Coltrane Pentatonic Nick Homes
Suggestions Do not be in a hurry! There is an abundance of material here. 1) Try to memorise the patterns/ shapes you like 2) discard the ones that do not appeal ( or leave them for later) 3) Make the exercises your own, use your own rhythms and articulations. 4) Practice with and without the included Mp’3 drones. 5) Start the Pentatonic on different degrees. 6)Play/ sing the Pentatonics with the suggested chords.
Note to Bass Clef Readers I have endeavoured to transpose the original Soprano Sax exercises of the video as faithfully as possible to Bass Clef. In some cases I have chosen to rather abruptly skip octaves in order to get the exercises to ‘fit’to the Bass clef rather than tamper with the line. Generally, it is not advised to be too rigid with the ranges and octaves of melodies etc. Indeed it can be valuable to be able to develop the ability to jump octaves or invent melodic solutions when lines reach an instruments limits, and even embrace the creative possibilities these challenges present. ©Dogsdinnermusic 2020
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Bb minor
USE on Bb- | Eb7 | G-7b5| A7altered | Dbmaj7b5
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B minor
USE on B- | E7 | G#-7b5| Bb7altered |Dmaj7b5
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C minor
USE on C- | F7 | A-7b5| B7altered | Ebmaj7b5
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C# minor
USE on C#- | F#7 | A#-7b5| C7altered | Emaj7b5
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D minor
USE on D- | G7 | B-7b5| C#7altered | Fmaj7b5
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Eb minor USE on Eb- | Ab7 | C-7b5| D7altered | Gbmaj7b5
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E minor
USE on E- | A9 | C#-7b5| D#7altered | Gmaj7b5
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F minor
USE on F- | Bb9 |D-7b5| E7 altered | Abmaj7b5
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F# minor
USE on F#- | B9 | D#-7b5| F7 altered | G#maj7b5
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G minor
USE on G- | C9 | E-7b5| F#7altered | Bb maj7b5
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G# minor
USE on G#- | C#9 | E#-7b5|G7altered | B maj7b5
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A minor
USE on A- | D9 | F#-7b5| G#7altered | C maj7b5
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1. C- Rubato example Concert part
Here some selected lines from the C minor Coltrane exercises have been put together. As you can see, the Pentatonic works over C-, B7 altered , A-7b5, F9 and D7sus4b9. The reason these chords work is that they all contain many notes of this C minor Coltrane pentatonic.
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2. Impressions/So What Example
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3. Eternal scale This is a chord progression I put together influenced by the solo changes to Wise One by Coltrane.
The C-6 and B7altered chords are very similar, except for the bass note. The B7 resolves down to E minor. The E minor6 and the Eb7 chords are almost identical apart from the bass note. The Eb7 resolves down to the Abminor. The Ab minor and G7 altered chords are almost identical apart from the bass note. The G7alt resolves doen to C minor starting the cycle again. So the same Coltrane C minor Pentatonic works over the above chord pairs. Over C-6 and B7alt play the C minor Coltrane Pentatonic Over E-6 and Eb7alt play the E minor Coltrane Pentatonic Over Ab-6 and G7alt play the Ab minor Coltrane Pentatonic
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3. Eternal scale example
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4. A7 to D minor This is a classic Jazz Chord progression. V7 to I minor, especially when the dominant, as in this case is spiced up. Here the 5th is augmented and the 9th is flattened of the A7.
b9 #9
M3
+5
b7
The Bb minor coltrane pentatonic played on top of the A7 highlights the flat 9, #9, Major 3rd, Augmented 5th and the minor 7th, making it a super colourful sound.
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4. A7 to D minor Example
The above example works on top of other chord possibilities:
Bb-6 Eb7 Dbmajb5 G-7b5
to B-7b5 to G7 to Fmaj7b5 to D-
The reason these chords all work is that they all contain many of the same notes. Bb-6, Eb7, G-7b5 and Dbmajb5 all feature the notes of the Bbminor Coltrane Pentatonic B-7b5 ,G7, Fmaj7b5 and D- all feature the notes of the Dminor Coltrane Pentatonic ©Dogsdinnermusic 2020
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5.Minor Turnaround In any Minor key a great ‘Turnaround’ can be created using chords II-7b5 V7 to I followed by VI-7b5
So the coltane pentatonic changes according to the chord. Over the G minor the Coltrane Pentatonic Highlights (relating to E-7b5) the Minor 3rd, the 4th, the flat 5th, the 6th and the minor 7th. Over The A7altered, the Bb minor trane pentatonic yields the b9, #9, majord 3rd, augmented 5th and flat 7th. The B-7b5 is a very suitable common substitute chord for D-6 as the chords contain the same notes! Exactly. This is an interesting colour as the B natural contrasts with the Bb heard in the previous E-7b5 chord and A7b9.
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5.Minor Turnaround example Bb minor Trane
G minor Trane
D minor Trane
D minor Trane
Bb minor Trane
G minor Trane
D minor Trane
D minor Trane
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6. Wise One Solo chords
The above is the first 2 choruses of Coltranes solo on ‘Wise One’
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6. Wise One example
A minor Trane
Eb- minor Trane
G- minor Trane
C- minor Trane
E- minor Trane
F- minor Trane
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