Author(s)

Carmine Cataldo

Jazz Pianist and Composer, PhD in Mechanical Engineering, Battipaglia, Italy.

This article represents the second part of a simple and intuitive method, finalized to “speaking” the Be-Bop language almost immediately, without possessing any particular jazz background. We herein exclusively discuss the improvisation techniques regarding the Minor Seventh Chords. Starting from a specific extended “sentence”, built around the Minor Triad, we show how to instantly deduce further sentences, how to modify them, by cutting and adding “words”, and how to effectively combine them. Moreover, we briefly explain how to deal with tonicization, and how to use the sentences suitable for the Minor Seventh Chords on the “corresponding” Dominant Seventh and Half-Diminished Chords.

Jazz Improvisation, Be-Bop, Fast Learning, Triads, Minor Seventh Chords

Cataldo, C. (2017) The Art of Improvising: The Be-Bop Language and the Minor Seventh Chords. Art and Design Review, 5, 213-221. doi: 10.4236/adr.2017.54017.