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Ｃ13b9 的和聲配置(voicing) 你可以把7音放最底下(Bb)，再來3音(E)，然後是b9(Db)和13(A)音。

來談談這個13音(A)，在聽覺上你可能下一個和弦要接到Fmajor7 的錯覺。因為natrual A是FMajor的三音。
所以當我們在演奏ii-V-I的和聲進行中，會在演奏五級(V)時開始累積Major的聲響，因為五級(V)運用Dominant13b9。
但是其實我們不一定要演奏Major和弦，我們也可以接到Fminor7和弦。

快速找到Dominant 13b9 和聲配置的方法：

例如: C13b9 ———— 從C往下想大二度(Major2)，得到Bb音，再往下想小二度(Minor2)，得到A音。
把Bb當成根音(root)，A做成大三和弦(triad)，這樣就得到了C13b9。

G13b9 ———— F當作根音，做一個E大三和弦。
D13b9 ———— C當作根音，做一個B大三和弦。

(Chinese Translation for Chinese students)

Tony要證明即興時，不需要敲擊和弦的根音，也能辨別出不同的和弦。

以C6和G7和弦為例，Tony示範即興，演奏漸漸的從有根音到無根音，聽者還是能分辨什麼時候從C6換成G7。

所以試著練習看看，你會發現我們在即興時，真的不需要敲擊根音，你也能聽到不同的和弦變換。



Here is Donna Lee. A Quick and Dirty Audio Duet. I played both parts. You can listen.

Your job is you accompany me and use rootless voicings. Download the Accompany me track. Use Garage Band or whatever to record your part. put them together and make an mp3 file and post it!

I can help! (Time permitting)

I've also included a PDF with some rootless voicing examples.

Guys, I can't wait feb 25th. Recorded that, one shot, this afternoon. Basically my routine. I do that practically every week, in a practice routine.
Hope you enjoy.

We work on 13th chords in this video. They are diatonic chords. All the notes are in the major scale.
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(Chinese Translation for Chinese students)

我們今天來講“無根音的和聲配置”(Rootless voicing)

以G屬13和弦(G13)為例子
很多funk曲風的曲子，都是用屬和弦(dominant)。
例如屬九和弦、屬十三和弦，mixolydian 音階都可以應用在這兩個和弦上。

第一步驟，先找到適合這個G屬和絃的和聲，然後移到鐵琴的低音域區域，因為這個練習方式我們要從低音域開始敲，敲出上行音階。
第二步驟，試著敲出轉為和弦。(把最低的一顆音移到右手外棒，以此類推)。

P.S 同時這也是Bminor7b5的和聲配置，(Tony示範了Bminor7b5-E7b9-Aminor)

I tell you ..... after Tony told me. Alterned sticking is the key over up tempos.
Alterned sticking Alterned sticking Alterned sticking Alterned ......
:o))

It's a beautiful composition by Jacques Ballue, the pianist of the 4tet I play with.
The guy broke his leg last week in a motorcycle accident. I wish him a prompt recovery by recording one of his tune. :o)

This etude is in the chorus' and two parts.
Part one is chordal
Part two is more lines
Part three is chordal again.

Who can play it?

Had a little time today between classes and ran through Chick's composition "Desert Air". Chick and Gary recorded a brilliant version on their debut recording "Crystal Silence", one of my favorite recordings. I remember seeing Gary play this solo during the 70s at a club in Boston called The Jazz Workshop. It was spectacular. This is a great but tough tune with odd bar phrasing and unusual chord progressions and modulations.