lobematt Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 Hey guys, I'm a little bit stuck with the harmony on the A section to You Don't Know What Love Is. The chords are... F-7|Db9 C7b9| F- C7b9| Db7| G-7b5 C7b9| F-6 Ab7| Db7 | G-7b5 C7b9| So numerically I've got ... i | VI7 Vb9 | i Vb9 | VI7 ii Vb9| i III7| VI7| ii Vb9| Is that right? It's just the Db and Ab that are throwing me a bit. Any clarification would be much appreciated! Cheers guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joebass Posted October 2, 2013 Share Posted October 2, 2013 The Db7 and Ab7 are tritone subs for the secondary dominants G7 and D7. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobematt Posted October 4, 2013 Author Share Posted October 4, 2013 These are pretty new for me so is this right... In the second bar the C7b9 is the V chord of F-, G7 would be the V chord of C7b9 but the tritone from G is Db7. And in bar 6 you have to think of the Db7 as a G7, the V chord of G7 is D7 and the tritone from D is Ab7?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hector Posted October 4, 2013 Share Posted October 4, 2013 Yeah man, you've got it. You're basically playing a secondary dominant of C7, so a G7 sound. But then a tritone sub for G7 is Db7. A useful scale for this tritone sub would be Db lydian dominant (mixolydian #4 aka lydian b7). Note that this is the same pitch collection as the scale G altered (or Ab melodic minor if you prefer to think of it that way). So it's kind of a G altered sound. These melodic minor modal (try saying that fast after a pint) sounds are dead useful and lovely. That F-7 Db7 C7 turnaround substitution for F-7 G7 C7 is there in tons of classic tunes (and if not you can put them in!). A good one that springs to mind is "Work Song" by Nat Adderly - there's an killer version on the Cannonball Adderly album "Them Dirty Blues", I took down Cannon's solo on it you want me to send you a copy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lobematt Posted October 4, 2013 Author Share Posted October 4, 2013 Yeah please man! [email protected] Thanks for helping to clarify that a bit for me, think it's gonna take a few weeks of playing them changes for it to really sink in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lobematt Posted October 5, 2013 Author Share Posted October 5, 2013 Thanks man! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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