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Gospel Instruments => General Music Hangout => Topic started by: minofmusic on October 20, 2010, 11:27:29 AM
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Hey Everyone just wanted to get some chord ideas to play over Tritones
Below are some common Tritones that i know of. Please post what chords you would play in your right hand using the below tritone. just trying improve and help others who are learning :)
Tritones for every note in the scale
Bass/ Left hand Right Hand
C E Bb------------
C# F B-------------
D F# C-----------
Eb G C#-----------
E Ab D-----------
F A Eb-----------
F# Bb E-----------
G B F------------
Ab C F#-----------
A C# G-----------
Bb D Ab-----------
B Eb A-----------
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I think it's a matter of where you're going next..Let's take c C in the bass-E-Bb in the left ,If I'm staying on the 1(C) I'll put a cm in the right or C Diminished...If I'm going to the 4 I might play FAD in the right..I don't know,Like I said,"It depends where you want to go next"
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Your ears and your listening audience are factors that determine if tritone sounds good or not. I tend to look at tritones as dominate chords. Dominate chords are usually used as a means to get to some other chord. (i.e. G7 -->CMaj7) I would suggest you look at jazz standards. Every jazz standard I have played showed various uses of tritones/ dominate chords. For instance, "misty" which is in Eb, uses an Eb7 (Eb7 uses the tritone G and Db) to get to the Abmaj7. It also uses the Db7 ( Db uses the tritone F and B) to get to the Ebmaj7. This is only one use of tritones.
Another way to use tritones is to implement substitutions. You can change any major chord into a a dominate chord. Just make sure it sounds good to your ears and it fits your particular chord progression.
In regards to what i would play based on your list:
The first chord you have is a C7. Since the important notes of the chord are covered, I would simply play some inversion of a "A triad" to enhance the chord and probably use it to transition to some type of F chord. The C7 would then become a C13b9