While practicing the other day, I came up with these two runs for a 2-5 or 5-1 turnaround...
Key G or D:
Here are the two runs and the fingerings:
| F# | G | A | B | C | D | E | Going up |
| 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
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| D | C | B | A | Ab | | | Going down |
| 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | | | |
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| G | Ab | Bb | C | Db | Eb | F | G - Going up |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
The whole progression looks like:
LH \ RH
. \ F#
A-E-G-B \ G, A, B, C, D, E, D, C, B, A, Ab, G
D-F#-A-C \ Ab-Bb-C-Db-Eb-F-G
This turnaround can resolve well to a Imaj7...but wait there's more...
Here's a neat trick! You can break up that Imaj7 (G-B-D-F#) and play ANY ONE of the notes as the bass!
These are some resolution chords:
1. G-D-G \ B-D-F#-B
2. B-Eb \ A-D-G
3. D-F#-C \ F#-B-E
4. F#-Bb \ E-A-C
...If you pause at the five longer, you can add this run to where you left off....
F#, E, D, C, B, A, G, F#, E (down)
D, E, F#, G, A, B, C, D (up) ... This is the D Mixolydian scale.
