Welcome to Jazztheorylessons.com, the best place to find lessons on jazz theory and improvisation. If you are looking to learn jazz theory then our free jazz lessons will help you. We will be adding new and interesting jazz theory lessons each week. Our site is here to make learning jazz theory fun and interesting. We have lessons on scales, jazz chords, modes, arpeggios and jazz repertoire. Welcome to another lesson on using arpeggios in jazz. In this lesson I will be teaching you how to play the major 7#5 arpeggio in all 12 keys. The major 7#5 sound is pretty unusual but yet it is one of my favorite sounds. The M7#5 arpeggio is simple a M7 arpeggio with a sharp fifth note.
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The minor 11 arpeggio is worth learning but not something you will use all the time. You can use the minor eleven arpeggio over most minor chords. The minor 11 arpeggio has five notes.
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Welcome to another installment of our jazz arpeggio series. In this lesson we will be focusing on the major 9 arpeggio. The major 9 arpeggio is a useful 5 note arpeggio that can add a lot of melodic interest when playing over major 9 chords. You can also use arpeggio substitution to find more interesting ways of using the major 9 sound.
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This lesson will look at the dominant 7#9 arpeggio. The dominant 7#9 arpeggio is a five note arpeggio made up of the root, third, fifth, flatten seventh and sharp nine. You can use the dominant 7#9 arpeggio for playing over 7#9 chords.
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So far in our series of articles we have looked at the most common arpeggios and how to use them in your jazz playing. We will continue this tour of arpeggios by taking a look at the dominant 7b5 arpeggio. The dominant seven flat five arpeggio is an obvious candidate for playing over 7b5 chords and it contains four notes, the root, major third, flat fifth and the flat seventh.
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The dominant 7b9 arpeggio is really only ever used to play over a dominant 7b9 chord. The dominant 7b9 arpeggio contains five notes and is build from a dominant 7 arpeggio and an added b9 note. The 7b9 chord is fairly common in jazz and so getting to know the sounds of the dominant 7b9 arpeggio can be really useful.
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We have been looking at all the important jazz arpeggios you will need to know over the last few weeks and now it is the turn of the dominant 7 arpeggio. A jazz improviser needs to know the basic arpeggios to allow them to outline the harmony of a chord progression when improvising. You should always try and learn the basic arpeggios major 7, minor 7 dominant 7 and minor 7b5. Once you have learned these basic arpeggios your ability to play over chord changes will improve dramatically. The dominant 7 arpeggio contains four notes and as you would assume it can be used to play over dominant chords. Using arpeggios in your solos is a really important skill that will get you away from simply just running up and down the scales. By using arpeggios in your solos to outline the harmony, you will greatly improve your ability to play over changes convincingly.
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