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Understanding The Tritone Substitution

Alfred Scoggins (4564) · [archive]
Style: Jazz · Level: Beginner · Tempo: 120
Pages: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

It's very easy to find a tritone on a guitar.

Look at this diagram:



The note on the 5th string is C and the note on the 6th string is F#. They are tritones of each other. That shape can be moved anywhere you like up the board.

The lowest you can go is the open 6th string E and Bb on the 5th string. You need only go to A on the 6th and Eb on the 5th to include all possible notes.



If you know your notes on the board you'll easily find the tritone you want. After a while you get to know them anyway.