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Understanding The Tritone Substitution

Alfred Scoggins (4561) · [archive]
Style: Jazz · Level: Beginner · Tempo: 130
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

We said at the start that, technically, the proper chord to use is a 7b5 but one can use the ordinary dom7s as well. It's often done.

Take a 12-bar blues. The straighforward chords are usually 'jazzed up' by playing 13ths, 9ths and #9s like this:
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