Diminished Chords with Jazz Clue 1
Found in: Jazz Clues
Sherrie A., Utah
Jazz Clues…doing clue one with Here to stay. The Bmin7-5 sounds bad with 1 and 5 LH because the 5 is supposed to be flatted. So do you have the students flat the 5th or stick to the clue? I don’t recall this being addressed in the TTM, but maybe I missed it.
Gordon Harvey, Australia
Flat the 5th. I would explain that there are exceptions and that little -5 tells us this is one. You don’t need to delve any further into theory than that.
Once you’ve shown the student this, you can ask them to look during the week for a little ‘clue’ about the LH – the answer being that it is all white keys.
Original discussion started February 24, 2023