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    The document discusses jazz saxophonist John Coltrane's approach to playing the blues, where he would play the chromatic neighboring tone of each chord tone he hit. It provides several musical examples of Coltrane applying this technique by moving up or down the scales over blues progressions, and using modes like Dorian, Mixolydian, diminished, and whole tone scales. The document suggests trying inverting Coltrane's phrase by moving down the scales instead of up, and discusses handling the seventh tone in a way that sounds good.

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    The document discusses jazz saxophonist John Coltrane's approach to playing the blues, where he would play the chromatic neighboring tone of each chord tone he hit. It provides several musical examples of Coltrane applying this technique by moving up or down the scales over blues progressions, and using modes like Dorian, Mixolydian, diminished, and whole tone scales. The document suggests trying inverting Coltrane's phrase by moving down the scales instead of up, and discusses handling the seventh tone in a way that sounds good.

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    The Coltrane Blues Thing

    .
    From CT down
    In one of his late-50s solo recordings he starts his chorus on the blues like this


    From the point of view of Mastering the Bebop Scales he does something very
    specific: every time he hits a chord tone, he goes in the other direction and plays
    the chromatic neighbouring tone (approach note, if you will).
    The use of this can be limitless, keeping your bebopscale in mind.

    Lets take another blues example, but start on a different chord tone.
    Listen
    See whats happening?
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    Lets go back to the old II-V and make up an example using dorian and
    mixolydian...
    Now for the use of Diminished...
    Listen

    And for the Whole Tone Scale
    Listen

    But what if we turn the phrase upside down. Moving down, that is, instead of
    moving up.
    Well, the same thing goes...
    Listen
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    Another way is:
    From the CT up
    Listen

    Listen

    Downwards it gives you
    Listen

    Using Diminished
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    Listen

    Using Whole Tone
    Listen

    To a CT

    A bit strange, since the chord tones dont fall on strong beats is the following
    example (but then again, its only theory, isnt it...?)
    Listen

    Watch out for the seventh. You should use it, but it behaves strangly... you could
    try this...
    I put a little egg over the seventh....
    Listen


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    Diminshed sounds just fine

    Listen

    Whole tone s nice too...
    Listen

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    Last changes: 06 februari 2003.
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