Lesson #8

Taking It All A Step Further

John March
Standard tuning

Scene #1—02:28 "A7 voicings"

A13 A9/C#
1
Elec Gtr

2 2
2 5 5
4 4 4
5 5 5
4 4
5

3
02:37 "Playing a melody..."
= 80 Moderately in 2
A7
3

2 8 7 (7) 5 (5) 8 6 5
2 3 X 5 X 8 X 8 7 (7) 5 5 (5) 6 6 5
4 4 X X 4 X X 6 X 7 6 6 X 4 X X 4 (4) X 6 6 5
5 5 X X 5 X X 8 X 6 5 (5) X 5 X X 5 (5) X 5 5 4
7 4 X X
5 5 X

D7 A7
7

3 3

(5) 5 (5) 8 (8) 14 (14) 12 2

(5) 4 (4) 7 (7) 12 (12) 12 13 12 10 8 7 6 3 3
(5) 10 5 (5) 8 (8) 12 (12) 12 12 11 11 (7) (7) 6 3 X 2
(4) X 10 4 (4) 7 (7) 11 (11) 11 12 11 11 9 7 5 2 X 4
9 11 10 10 7 5 X 2
5 2

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 Bm7 E7( 9) A7 G7 F 7 F7 E7
11

(2) 9 7 5 0
7 7 5 7 8 6
7 7 4 7 7 7 7 6 4 3 3 2 2 1
7 7 4 7 5 6 5 3 2 2 1 1
7 7 3 3
X X 7 5 3 0 2 1 0 0

03:05 "Playing blues melodies"

= 146 Moderately
A7
15

7 7 9 9 7 7 9 9 7 7 9 9 7 7 9 9
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

(D7)

18

14 12 5
12 12 12 9 10 (10) 8 X 7 7 5 5
12 12 13 12 10 11 (11) 7 X 7 7 5 6
11 12 11 10 11 (11) 9 X 7 7 5 5
11 10 9 10 (10) 7 X
(0) 5

A7
20

6 X
X 6 6 X
X 5 5 X
7 7 9 9 7 7 9 9 7 7 9 5 6
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

2/10
 D7
22

6 6 5 4
5 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 5 5 4 4
4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 5 5 4 4 3 3
5 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 5 5 4 4

24

5 5
5 5 6 6 5 5 4 5 5 6 6 5 5
5 5 6 6 5 5 4 4 5 5 6 6 5 5 X
4 4 5 5 4 4 3 3 4 4 5 5 4 4 4 X
5 5 6 6 5 5 4 4 5 5 6 6 5 5 6 X
4 X

A7
26

11 12 X
11 11 12 X
11 11 12 X 10 X
10 10 11 9 X
7 7 9 9 7 7 9 9 7 7 11 12 10 X
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5

Bm7 E7
28

X X X X X X X X
X X X X X X X X
6 7 9 10 11
7 9 10

A7 F 7 B13 B 13
30

X 10 10 X 9 9 8 8
X X 9 9 X 8 8 7 7
X 8 8 X 7 7 6 6
12 9 9 8
0 8 7 6 6

3/10
 A7 D7
32

X 6 7 (7) X 4 X 5 X 4 X 5 X
X 5 6 (6) X 4 X 5 X 4 X 5 X
X 4 5 (5) X 3 X 4 X 3 X 4 X
4 5 4 5
5 5 3 4

A7
34

2 4 X 5 X 6 X 10 10 X
X 3 X 4 X 3 X 4 X 6 X 10 10 X
X 4 X 5 X 4 X 5 X 5 X 11 11 X
3 4
5 4 5 5 11 11

D7 D °7
36

7 X 6 X 8 X 10 X
9 X 8 X 9 X 9 X 5 X 8 X 11 11 11 X
10 X 9 X 10 X 10 X 4 X 7 X 10 10 10 X
9
10 9 10 5 8 11 11 11

A A G F 7( 9)

38

14
14 10 (10) X
14 14 X 13 13 13 X 12 12 X 9 (9) X
11 11 X 10 10 10 X 9 9 X 8 (8) X
9 (9) X
12 12 11 11 11 10 10 X X 9 (X)

4/10
 Bm7 B 7( 5)
40

5
X 7 5 (5) X
X 7 X 7 (7) X 7 7 (7) X 9 12
X 7 X 6 (6) X 6 6 (6) X 8
9
7 7 7 7 7 6 (6) 6 6 (6)

A7 D7 B13 B 13 A13

42

12
12 10 X 10 9 (9) X 9 8 X 8 7
(12) 10 9 X 9 8 (8) X 8 7 X 7 6
9 10 X 8 7 (7) X 7 6 X 6 5
10 9
8 7 (7) 7 6 6 5

04:28 "Inver ng an A7b9#11 chord"

= 60 Slowly
A7( 9)( 11)

44

5 2 5 2 5 2 5 2
4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2 5 5 2 5 5 2 5 2 5
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0

04:37 "well, where's the next inversion?"

48

5 2 8 5 11 8 14 11
4 4 7 7 10 10 13 13
3 3 6 6 9 9 12 12
2 5 5 8 8 11 11 14
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

5/10
 04:46 "A nice, interes ng color op on"
= 170 Moderately Fast

52

2 2 5 2 5 8 11 8 11 14 16 17 17 17
2 2 4 4 7 7 10 10 13 16 15 16 16 16
4 4 3 3 6 6 9 9 12 15 14 15 15 15
5 5 2 5 8 5 8 11 14 17 13 14 14 14
5 5

56

(17) 17 5 (5) 2 5 8 11 (11) 8 11 14 17

(16) 16 4 (4) 4 7 7 10 (10) 10 13 13 16
(15) 15 3 (3) 3 6 6 9 (9) 9 12 12 15
(14) 14 2 (2) 5 5 0 0 11 14 14

06:02 "C major triad arpeggios"

= 84 Slowly and Freely
C Dm Em F
59

5 7 9 10
2 5 5 2 3 7 7 3 5 9 9 5 7 10 10 7
3 3 5 5 7 7 8 8

G Am Bm( 5) C
63

12 14 16 17
9 12 12 9 10 14 14 10 12 15 15 12 14 17 17 14
10 10 12 12 14 14 15 15

6/10
 07:33 "Harmonized triadic C major scale"

C Dm Em F G Am Bm( 5) C Bm( 5) Am G F Em Dm C
67

5 6 8 10 12 13 15 17 17 15 13 12 10 8 6 5
5 7 9 10 12 14 16 17 17 16 14 12 10 9 7 5
5 7 9 10 12 14 15 17 17 15 14 12 10 9 7 5
3 5 7 8 10 12 14 15 15 14 12 10 8 7 5 3

08:18 "C major triad arpeggios, using chord shapes"

= 90 Moderately
C Dm
71

5 5 6 6
5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7
5 5 5 5 7 7 7 7
3 3 5 5

Em F
75

8 8 10 10
9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10
9 9 9 9 10 10 10 10
7 7 8 8

G Am
79

12 12 13 13
12 12 12 12 14 14 14 14
12 12 12 12 14 14 14 14
10 10 12 12

Bm( 5) C
83

15 15 17
16 16 16 16 17 17
15 15 15 15 17 17
14 14 15 15

7/10
 09:04 "Four note C major scale arpeggios"
= 70 Slowly
Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7 Fmaj7
87

4 5 7 9
2 5 5 2 3 7 7 3 5 9 9 5 7 10 10 7
3 3 5 5 7 7 8 8

G7 Am7 Bm7( 5) C
91

10 12 14 16
9 12 12 9 10 14 14 10 12 15 15 12 14 17 17 14
10 10 12 12 14 14 15 15

09:24 "C major diatonic chords using extensions"

= 80
Cmaj7 Dm7 Em7(sus) Fmaj7(sus2)
95

0 0 0 0
5 5 5 5 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 1
4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0
5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 2 2 2 2
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1

G9 Am9 Bm7( 5) C6/9

99

0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 8
2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 7
3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 7
2 2 2 2
3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 8

8/10
 10:15 "Vamp in D Dorian"
= 112 Moderately
Dm13
103

10 10 X X 7 7 7 7 7 7 X 5 X 5 X X 5 X X
12 12 X X 6 6 6 6 6 6 X 6 X 6 X X 6 X X
10 10 X X 5 5 5 5 5 5 X 5 X 5 X X 5 X X
10 10 X X 5 5 5 X 5 X 5 X X 5 X X
10 X 5 5 5 5 X X 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 5 X X
10 X

105

7 7 7 7 X 7 X X 7 5 4 5 X X 5 5 5 5 X X 5 X
6 6 6 6 X 6 X X 6 6 5 6 X X 6 6 6 6 X X 6 X
5 5 5 5 X 5 X X 5 5 4 5 X X 5 5 5 5 X X 5 X
5 5 X 5 X 5 5 4 5 X 5 5 X X 5
5 5 X 5 X 5 4 X 5 5 X X 5 0 X 3 3 3 4 4

11:47 "Diatonic triads in C major"

= 80
C Dm Em F G Am Bm( 5) C
107

X X 7 7 7 7 7 7
X X 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 10 12 1 3 5 6 8
X X 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 10 12 2 4 5 7 9
X 5 5 5 10 12 14 3 5 7 9 10
5 5 5 5 X 5 5 5

13:25 "Subs tu ng a 9ths for 3rds"

Csus2 Dsus2 E( 9) Fsus2

110

3 5 6 8
5 7 9 10
5 7 9 10
3 5 7 8

9/10
 Gsus2 Asus2 Bm( 5)( 9)
114

10 12 13
12 14 16
12 14 15
10 12 14

14:07
= 112
C Csus2 Dm Dsus2 Em E( 9)
117

5 3 6 5 8 6
5 5 7 7 9 9
5 5 7 7 9 9
3 3 5 5 7 7

F Fsus2 G Gsus2 Am Asus2 Bm( 5) Bm( 5)( 9)

120

10 8 12 10 13 12 15 13
10 10 12 12 14 14 16 16
10 10 12 12 14 14 15 15
8 8 10 10 12 12 14 14

15:05 "I like these colors"

G6 F6 Em(add6)
124

12 10 8
12 10 8
9 7 7
9 7 5
10 8 7

10/10