Earlier this year in our June edition of Mandolin Sessions, we took the "static" changes of an extended Dominant 7th segment and explored how we could use inversions of 3-note chord fingerings injecting variety into your comping and connecting them with some ii7 chords in a systematic, intuitive manner.

We took this a step farther in our (just now published) subsequent article in this valuable series, introducing the same movability concept from Dominant 7 (V7) 3-note inversions to variations of the Major 7.

Once again, we can't stress enough how these simple 3-note blocks can supercharge the way you play rhythm in the background of a duet or ensemble. See what we mean. Read article: Static Changes: Connecting Chords and its August follow up article, Major 7ths: More Three-note chords to supercharge your comping.

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Posted by Ted at October 5, 2011 5:32 AM