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Offline rayjohnson83

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Giant Steps
« on: January 11, 2008, 04:27:12 PM »
Whats good fam. Here is my version to "Giant Steps" by John Coltrane.

LH/RH

BEbBb/AbDbGb
DADb/GbAD
GDGb/DbGbB
BbF/BbDG
EbBb/CFBb

GCE/B
     the bass note for this chord is A
GbCE/A   the bass note for this chord is D

GDGb/DbGbBD
BbFAb/DFBb
EbBbEb/BbDG
GbDb/GbBbEb
BGb/AbDbGb

EbAbC/G
     the bass note for this chord is F
DAbC/F      the bass note for this chord is Bb
DGBb/Bb     the bass note for this chord is Eb

GCE/B        the bass note for this chord is A
GbCE/A      the bass note for this chord is D
GbBD/D      the bass note for this chord is G

BEAb/Eb     the bass note for this chord is Db
BbEAb/Db    the bass note for this chord is Gb
BbEbGb/Gb  the bass note for this chord is B

EbAbC/G     the bass note for this chord is F
DAbC/F        the bass note for this chord is Bb
DGBb/Bb     the bass note for this chord is Eb

GbDbGb/BbDbGb  (2 hits)
then repeat or modulate.
hope this helps ;D ;D
Now my question is, if I wanted to solo on top of this. How would I do it? ?/? ?/? ?/? :-\

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Re: Giant Steps
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2008, 10:01:40 PM »
Whats good fam. Here is my version to "Giant Steps" by John Coltrane.

LH/RH

BEbBb/AbDbGb
DADb/GbAD
GDGb/DbGbB
BbF/BbDG
EbBb/CFBb

GCE/B
     the bass note for this chord is A
GbCE/A   the bass note for this chord is D

GDGb/DbGbBD
BbFAb/DFBb
EbBbEb/BbDG
GbDb/GbBbEb
BGb/AbDbGb

EbAbC/G
     the bass note for this chord is F
DAbC/F      the bass note for this chord is Bb
DGBb/Bb     the bass note for this chord is Eb

GCE/B        the bass note for this chord is A
GbCE/A      the bass note for this chord is D
GbBD/D      the bass note for this chord is G

BEAb/Eb     the bass note for this chord is Db
BbEAb/Db    the bass note for this chord is Gb
BbEbGb/Gb  the bass note for this chord is B

EbAbC/G     the bass note for this chord is F
DAbC/F        the bass note for this chord is Bb
DGBb/Bb     the bass note for this chord is Eb

GbDbGb/BbDbGb  (2 hits)
then repeat or modulate.
hope this helps ;D ;D
Now my question is, if I wanted to solo on top of this. How would I do it? ?/? ?/? ?/? :-\


First thing you will have to do is un gospel your voicing...  You are chording heavily in the right and playing mostly root - fifth - root in the left...  You have to learn to seek independence in your left hand so that it is not a stone that you throw in there to weigh down the bottom end of things.  Try thinking about just voicing this with JUST the left hand a the primary chording instrument...

Let me see what you get...

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Re: Giant Steps
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2008, 09:17:56 PM »
Thanx Ray, i will attempt playing the song with these chords..

o!o! looks like U'r in  it from Wolfram ;D
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Re: Giant Steps
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2008, 10:52:16 AM »
Hey Wolfram.. how about these for LH voicings for Giant Steps.. I'm doing these from my mind with no keyboard around.. (I'm at work.. LOL)
(Sorry in advance for all the flats... LOL)

LH

BbDbEbGb
GbACE
GbABD
AbCDF
GBbDF

GBCE
GbACE

F#ABD
AbCDF
GBbDF
AbBbDbE
BbDbEbGb

AbCEbG
AbCDF
GBbDF

GBCE
GbACE
F#ABD

BEbEAb
BbDbEAb
BbDbEbGb

AbCEbG
AbCDF
GBbDF

BEbEAb
BbDbEAb


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Re: Giant Steps
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2008, 11:21:17 AM »
Whats good fam. Here is my version to "Giant Steps" by John Coltrane.

LH/RH

BEbBb/AbDbGb
DADb/GbAD
GDGb/DbGbB
BbF/BbDG
EbBb/CFBb

GCE/B
     the bass note for this chord is A
GbCE/A   the bass note for this chord is D

GDGb/DbGbBD
BbFAb/DFBb
EbBbEb/BbDG
GbDb/GbBbEb
BGb/AbDbGb

EbAbC/G
     the bass note for this chord is F
DAbC/F      the bass note for this chord is Bb
DGBb/Bb     the bass note for this chord is Eb

GCE/B        the bass note for this chord is A
GbCE/A      the bass note for this chord is D
GbBD/D      the bass note for this chord is G

BEAb/Eb     the bass note for this chord is Db
BbEAb/Db    the bass note for this chord is Gb
BbEbGb/Gb  the bass note for this chord is B

EbAbC/G     the bass note for this chord is F
DAbC/F        the bass note for this chord is Bb
DGBb/Bb     the bass note for this chord is Eb

GbDbGb/BbDbGb  (2 hits)
then repeat or modulate.
hope this helps ;D ;D
Now my question is, if I wanted to solo on top of this. How would I do it? ?/? ?/? ?/? :-\

"Youtube" Quennell Gaskins playing this on the organ. DRUGS!!!!!
Im too tall to act small.

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Re: Giant Steps
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2008, 11:28:42 AM »
"Youtube" Quennell Gaskins playing this on the organ. DRUGS!!!!!


Organ? Feh! >:(







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Re: Giant Steps
« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2013, 10:18:25 AM »
I've found the GIANT STEPS
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