Uploaded March 2017 | Updated September 2026, 8 hours ago
Master improvising over the 2-5-1 (II-V-I) chord progression, the most common in jazz, by jamming along to this gypsy jazz style backing track. Once you are comfortable with improvising over this 2-5-1 sequence you are well on your way to being confident playing along to loads of your standard jazz favourites.
The chords in this 2-5-1 are Bbm7b5 - Eb7 - Abm.
The thing to notice in the MINOR 2-5-1 is the half-diminished chord as the 2. This can be written, for example, as Bø7 but is also known as a minor seventh flat five. e.g. Bm7b5.
The chord is made up of the tonic, flattened third, flattened fifth, and flattened seventh degrees of any major scale. It occurs on the second degree of any natural minor scale.
These "trickier" keys for violin are included for completeness (and for other instruments) but it's worth having a crack at these on the fiddle to test your intonation and fingering. Have a go!
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ALL THESE TRACKS are available as digital downloads (in lots of different audio formats) from my BANDCAMP SITE at http://www.chastewviolinmusic.bandcamp.com. All free (but you can make a donation if you are feeling generous ;-)
Also, if you need these tracks at different tempos or in different keys, with more choruses etc., drop me a line at chastew2016@gmail.com and I can customise a track for you for a paltry $5 a track.
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Master improvising over the 2-5-1 (II-V-I) chord progression, the most common in jazz, by jamming along to this gypsy jazz style backing track. Once you are comfortable with improvising over this 2-5-1 sequence you are well on your way to being confident playing along to loads of your standard jazz favourites.
The chords in this 2-5-1 are Bbm7b5 - Eb7 - Abm.
The thing to notice in the MINOR 2-5-1 is the half-diminished chord as the 2. This can be written, for example, as Bø7 but is also known as a minor seventh flat five. e.g. Bm7b5.
The chord is made up of the tonic, flattened third, flattened fifth, and flattened seventh degrees of any major scale. It occurs on the second degree of any natural minor scale.
These "trickier" keys for violin are included for completeness (and for other instruments) but it's worth having a crack at these on the fiddle to test your intonation and fingering. Have a go!
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ALL THESE TRACKS are available as digital downloads (in lots of different audio formats) from my BANDCAMP SITE at http://www.chastewviolinmusic.bandcamp.com. All free (but you can make a donation if you are feeling generous ;-)
Also, if you need these tracks at different tempos or in different keys, with more choruses etc., drop me a line at chastew2016@gmail.com and I can customise a track for you for a paltry $5 a track.
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