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Favorite ii-V progressions


GrahamM

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The list may be endless for this magnificent jam vamp but to start it off I'd like to offer:

 

Fingertips-Stevie Wonder

Venus-Shocking blue

Evil Ways-Santana

Your no Good-Linda Ronstadt

 

and the mutha of all ii-V progressions: Cristo Redentor

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Originally posted by bdegrande



actually, Traffic, but that's a good one.

 

 

Actually...yeah. I think Dave Mason wrote the hook, or the title line, maybe even the whole song...it's been a while.

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can someone explain something to me? i know a little theory and something here isn't making sense to me

let's take "feelin' alright" which i play C7 - F7... if those are the ii and v chords, does that mean the i is B or Bb?

when soloing on top of it, i look at it as a c major scale where i drop 7th note...

and similarly for "evil ways"... the solo is around Gm7 and C chords... i always considered the key of Gm7, but are you saying that is actually the ii chord??

what am i missing??

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No one has to explain theory to gennation, but he has me a little confused also. Feelin' Alright sounds to me like I7 - IV7 not ii - V unless he has something else in mind. Gm7 - C7 is technically in the key of F but a lot of jamsters would just say "play in Gminor"

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^The progression, most accurately, would be described as a G Dorian progression--G minor is G Aeolian and that has a flat 6, whereas in this position the 6 is not flatted (it's in the C7 chord as an E natural)

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Hmm, maybe I'm wrong on that song. I thought it was Cm-F, which I'd play Cm7 and F7 or F9.

It's been a long time since I've even heard it but, if they are both Major chords, oops :0

Other wise I would've played C Dorian, or even C Jazz Minor.

Thanks for filling me in.

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Originally posted by derekfarreal

four on six

 

 

Nice. That's a fun tune. And a damn good way to practice ii-V progressions, quickly.

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