Charlie Christian–Style Swing Lines, Part 2: Dominant Seventh Lines

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Charlie Christian–Style Swing Lines

Charlie Christian–Style Swing Lines, Part 1: Major Chord Lines

Charlie Christian–Style Swing Lines, Part 2: Dominant Seventh Lines

Charlie Christian played of a lot of lines over dominant seventh chords using a familiar minor chord shape. In the key of G, this is the A minor shape at the fifth fret. This gives a lot of his dominant seven lines a iim7–V7 sound. Scott shows you nine different two- and four-bar dominant seventh lines in this video, pointing out the different arpeggios and chord tones Charlie would use and how he could create syncopated sounding phrases out of a steady stream of eighth notes by emphasizing different notes.

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