I havent been on here in a while
I dont really know where the board is in regards to theory and the like
But I would like to share something
I had been in a rut for nearly two years
no real growth nothing really new on the theoretical or new ideas front
just ministering at church.
sunday after sunday.
first i should mention my current church is
lutheran that means no shouts and lots and lots of reading and often anglican type hymns
well
last week I happened to
catch some wisdom that changed my playing overnight
I used to do a lot of 2-5-1 playing
i will be stopping the 2-5-1 playing there is something far more enticing,
but more on that later
as i was saying i did a lot of 2 5 1
and the types of chords used were mainly
those from the
jazz theory books
if you have tried this you will know
that although you can get some nice stuff flowing
it doesent necesarily sound churchy.
of course you can use the sus chords on the V
and minor sus 11
to help soften things up a bit
but I got to the point
where my church services were starting to sound like a jazz club
even though I dont listen to jazz.
so what I discovered were some approaches that
helped my sounds become a lot more lush
the recipe is very very simple.
major and minor sixth chords applied over left hand shells
notice I did not say major 7th chords
or minor seventh chords
which I have used
but instead try minor and major 6th chords
placed over typical bud powell left hand shells.
so if you were doing a 2 5 1 with a turn around in Eb
the left hand should be tenths or sevenths and occasionally thirds in other words the first chord left hand voicing FAb should have the Ab above the f octave.
FAb/EbFAbC LH tenth/major 6th a minor third up
BbAb/EbFAbC ** LH 7th/minor 7th on the V (also try DFAbC) which is the minor 6th on the V
EbG/DFGBb LH 3rd/major6th on the V
C/C#EAbBb LH/minor6th on the b2
the resultant sound
is just spicy enough to not sound plain and vanilla
and has just enough sonority to make it very very church appropriate.
Here is an example of
come thou fount using 6th chords only
go to sound cloud and search for churcplayer379
listen to come thou fount
if you like this sort of stuff let me know
I have a lot more to share.
